Kristen wraps the nurse practitioner series and launches the founder series with Peri & Pause founder Jamie Gallagher, who shares what drew her into nursing, her critical care background, and why she became a nurse practitioner and later earned her DNP. Jamie explains how time limits, metrics, and fragmented, symptom-by-symptom care pushed her to rethink how midlife women are treated, especially after her own perimenopause experience revealed a major healthcare gap. She describes Peri & Pause’s model as relationship-driven, evidence-based whole-woman care through the perimenopause/menopause lens, including proactive prevention, collaboration with other clinicians, and referrals when needed. Jamie discusses misinformation and clinician shaming around hormones, the need for better clinician education, core values like integrity and humility, and her vision for continued growth to meet ongoing demand.
00:00 Podcast Welcome
01:09 Jamie Nursing Origins
02:47 Becoming Nurse Practitioner
04:46 Healthcare System Friction
08:27 Perimenopause Wake Up Call
11:13 Seeing the Bigger Pattern
13:11 Biggest Care Gap
14:20 Founding Peri and Pause
18:25 Building Patient First Practice
19:21 Whole Woman Care Approach
20:20 Coordinated Care Promise
20:46 Preventive Deep Dives
21:56 Proactive Treatment Mindset
22:19 Patient Wins That Matter
23:12 Word of Mouth Growth
24:12 Building a Mission Business
25:41 Imposter Syndrome and Connection
26:57 Misinformation and Clinician Shame
30:00 Why Education Still Lags
31:13 Values Purpose and The Future
36:45 Closing Thoughts and Wrap Up
Jamie GallagherGuestKristenHost