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Vibrant Menopause Podcast

Heather Awad, MD

Weight Loss and Women"s Health

health & fitness food

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Ep 140 Why Counting Calories Stops Working in...

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2025/11/05

Click here to text us! Hi friend — today I want to make a case for why counting calories doesn’t work for perimenopause and menopause weight loss… and why a hormonal approach makes so much more sense for what’s really going on in your body right now. For years, we were told that weight loss was simple math: calories in, calories out. But at midlife, that old formula falls apart. You can eat less, work out more, and still gain weight — and it’s not your fault. In this episode, I’ll explain how...

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Ep 139 Hormone Update 2025 with Dr. Kerri Anthony

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2025/10/29

Click here to text us! Hello, my vibrant friend! This is your 2025 Hormone Update, I’m joined by Dr. Kerri Anthony, OB-GYN and founder of Your Menopause MD, to share what every woman in perimenopause or menopause needs to know about hormone therapy, bioidentical hormones, and testosterone. We cover the latest research on hormone safety, how to choose the right type of estrogen, and why personalized menopause care matters for your mood, metabolism, and energy. If you’ve been told “your labs ar...

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What It’s Like to Work With Me

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2025/10/22

Click here to text us! Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work with me one-on-one or inside one of my group programs? In today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain and walking you through exactly how I help professional women in perimenopause and menopause finally lose weight for the last time — without counting calories, cutting carbs, or giving up the foods and lifestyle you love. You’ll learn how we reset your hormones, build simple and sustainable meal frameworks, and create grac...

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Ep 137 Perimenopause Brain Fog With Dr. Siri Erickson

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2025/10/15

Click here to text us! Have you ever heard of a menopause doula? I hadn’t either until I met Dr. Siri Erickson, and wow, did this conversation open my eyes. Dr. Siri is a certified menopause doula and Clinical EFT practitioner who helps women through the emotional and brain-related changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause. After struggling herself with anxiety, brain fog, and exhaustion, she made it her mission to help other women find their way through this season feeling supported...

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Ep 136 Dryness, Pain, and UTIs in Menopause? This...

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2025/10/08

Click here to text us! If you’re a woman in perimenopause or menopause and you have a vagina, listen up because this conversation will change the way you think about your body. My guest is Dr. Rachel Rubin, a Urologist and Sexual Medicine Specialist who’s helping women everywhere reclaim comfort, confidence, and pleasure. The work she’s doing in her clinic and online is empowering women to finally understand what’s possible in midlife. We’re talking all about vaginal estrogen: the small but m...

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Ep 135 Change Your Lunch for Menopause Weight Loss

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2025/10/01

Click here to text us! Lunch can be one of the trickiest meals during a weight loss journey, especially in menopause. In this episode, I share how being intentional with your midday meal can support weight loss, steady energy, and clear thinking for the rest of your day. You will learn why protein, vegetables or berries, and healthy fats are the best combination for lunch, and how they help avoid afternoon crashes and constant snacking. I also give you simple, realistic examples you can take ...

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Ep 134 Four Reasons to Eat Like My Grandma for Weight...

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2025/09/17

Click here to text us! Hello my friend. In today’s episode, we’re talking about four reasons to “eat like my grandma” for weight loss and weight maintenance. This isn’t about outdated recipes—it’s about simple, nourishing habits that work beautifully for women in midlife and menopause. I’ll walk you through how focusing on protein, fiber, and healthy fats at your meals (instead of constant snacking) can help with midlife weight loss, balance your hormones, reduce overeating, and keep your ins...

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Ep 133 Menopause Weight Loss & Strength Training: Why...

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2025/09/03

Click here to text us! Hello my friend, and welcome back to the Vibrant Menopause Podcast! Today, I am thrilled to introduce you to my guest, Missy Hughes, a certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, and life coach who will be joining us inside my upcoming Reset & Release group program this September. Missy brings a wealth of expertise and lived experience to the conversation, and together we dive into why strength training is such a powerful tool for midlife women—not just for weight ...

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Ep 132 Reinventing Yourself in Midlife: From...

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2025/08/27

Click here to text us! Welcome back, my friend! Today’s episode is a little different from our usual conversations about menopause and midlife health, but I know you’ll find it inspiring and practical. I’m joined by Dr. Parham Balan, a radiologist from Southern California who built a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio while raising two young children and working full-time in medicine. She reached financial independence at 41 and chose to practice medicine on her own terms. Now, as foun...

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Ep 131 How to Lose Weight So That You Feel Better...

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2025/08/20

Click here to text us! Hi friend, it’s so good to be back with you on the podcast! After a little break and some unexpected voice therapy, I’m excited to dive into a topic that resonates with many professional women in midlife: how to lose weight in a way that truly helps you feel better about yourself. So often I hear, “I want to lose weight so I can like myself again.” While this makes sense with all the body changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, it can actually keep us stuck....

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EP 130 Ozempic and Wegovy for Menopause Weight Gain?...

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2025/07/23

Click here to text us! Hello friends! In this episode, I am delighted to have Dr. Sarah Stombaugh on the podcast. We explore the popular GLP-1 medications you may have heard about—Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro—and talk about how they work, who they're designed for, and what makes them effective. We also unpack some of the concerns around these medications, including who should avoid them and what needs to be in place for long-term success. Dr. Stombaugh explains how these medications fit into a m...

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Ep 129 High Protein Vegetarian Eating

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2025/01/01

High-Protein Vegetarian Eating: Join Heather Awad, MD, and Vasudha Viswanath, author and expert from EatingWell, as they explore tips, recipes, and insights for incorporating more protein into a vegetarian diet. Vasudha’s expertise includes vegetarian and vegan cooking and low-carb cooking. She is the author of The Vegetarian Reset and the founder of We Ate Well, a wellness website featuring low-carb vegetarian recipes.More about Vasudha: www.eatingwell.com/author/vasudha-viswanath...Are you ...

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Ep 128 Holiday Eating Tips from 2 Weight Loss Coaches

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2024/12/25

Holiday Eating Tips from Two Weight Loss Coaches: Heather Awad, MD, and Dr. Ginny Trierweiler share expert advice and practical strategies to help you enjoy the season while maintaining your health and weight goals. Discover tips for mindful eating, managing cravings, and staying balanced during festive gatherings.Dr. Ginny Trierweiler's Socials:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginnytrierweiler/https://www.facebook.com/ginny.trierweiler/https://www.youtube.com/@slenderforgood/...Are you a professi...

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Ep 127. 5 Blood Sugar Hacks for the Best Menopause...

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2024/09/04

If you've listened to this podcast before, you'll know that one of the keys to successful weight loss in the menopause transition and beyond is taking control of your insulin and blood sugar levels. More specifically, being mindful of when and what you're eating in order to allow your levels of insulin, our fat storage hormone, to rise in reaction to typical increases in blood sugar, then fall back down when its work is done. There's so much that we could discuss regarding optimizing die...

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Ep 126. Balancing Blood Sugar for Weight Loss

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2024/08/30

In this week's episode of the Vibrant Menopause Podcast, we'll be exploring some of the myths surrounding keeping your blood sugar "balanced" and how it plays in with weight loss. There are three main myths that we'll get into, and after going through them my hope is that you'll have a solid understanding of how glucose, insulin, and weight loss all work together.Before we dive in, here's a little preview of the myths:Myth #1: Eating frequently keeps your metabolism revved upMyth #2: Eating f...

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125. Why Professional Women Find Menopause Weight...

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2024/08/14

Menopause and perimenopause are tough. Let's just break it down quickly. After years of relative homeostasis in our bodies, things just start to go a little haywire across most body systems. We see mood changes, skin changes, difficulty sleeping, hot flashes, and then the pièce de résistance for many people... our weight can sneak upwards and aggregate around the middle without changing anything about our diets. Tough!Now just remember, there's light on the other side of the tunnel and e...

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124. Change Your Breakfast for Weight Loss

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2024/08/07

We've always been told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and there are, of course, arguments for why this is or not true, depending on your perspective. But when we're talking about weight loss in menopause and beyond, the foods with which you start your day can have a real impact on how easily you shed those extra pounds, especially those sitting around the waist.So in this episode of the Vibrant Menopause Podcast, we'll talk about why I unequivocally advocate for a savor...

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123. Preventative Cardiology with Tracy Paeschke, MD

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2024/08/02

There may be some cool medical technology that your primary care doctor isn’t offering you. It could help increase your health span (your healthy years), by telling you what is going on with your heart right now. It might not be offered because you seem “fine,” and it may not be covered by insurance, but it’s not very expensive out-of-pocket for most professional women either. Take the Coronary Artery Calcium Score test, for example. It’s a CT scan to see if you have calcium deposits in ...

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122. Which Exercise Will Help with Weight Loss?

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2024/07/24

Exercise is the gift that keeps on giving, especially in the midlife transition that we all go through. From weight loss, to overall health, to menopause health, the benefits of starting and maintaining an exercise routine show up in all aspects of our lives and keep us happy and vibrant long into the future. So in this episode of the Vibrant Menopause Podcast, I share what I think are the benefits of exercise that can most profoundly touch the lives of women in menopause and midlife. We...

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121. Intimacy at Midlife with Alexandra Stockwell, MD

Vibrant Menopause Podcast ·

2024/07/17

Did you ever wonder why some long-term relationships stay hot, and some become more like friends or roommates? Did you ever think that once the kids were out and you had more energy that you would have more passionate time with your partner, but it just isn’t going that way? Well, my guest today on the Vibrant Menopause Podcast is here to talk about midlife intimacy for high performance couples.A physician coach and Intimate Marriage Expert, Dr. Alexandra Stockwell is the best-selli...

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