The Midlife Realignment: Menopause, Hormones, HRT, Perimenopause, Weight Gain,Progesterone, Estrogen
Aug 31, 2026 · 30 min · 14 segments
If you want hormone replacement therapy but don't know how to ask your doctor for HRT—or what to say when you're told your labs are "normal"—this episode is for you. I hear from women every day who…
I'm your host, Esther Blum, and I'm here to disrupt the narrative on perimenopause and menopause with humor, nutrition, hormones, and fierce self-advocacy.
Together, we'll rewrite your story and the rules, because there's a light at the end of the vaginal tunnel.
Today on the Midlife Realignment, I am bringing a subject to you that was inspired by you.
It is going to be, we're going to talk about today, the exact conversation that you need to ask your provider for HRT.
So I want to make sure that you are arriving to your appointments armed and dangerously curved and that you are not afraid or anxious when you go to your provider, that you feel nothing but empowered and and absolutely clear on your plan of action, whether your provider prescribes you HRT or not.
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I'm your host, Esther Blum, and I'm here to disrupt the narrative on perimenopause and menopause with humor, nutrition, hormones, and fierce self-advocacy.
Together, we'll rewrite your story and the rules, because there's a light at the end of the vaginal tunnel.
Today on the Midlife Realignment, I am bringing a subject to you that was inspired by you.
It is going to be, we're going to talk about today, the exact conversation that you need to ask your provider for HRT.
So I want to make sure that you are arriving to your appointments armed and dangerously curved and that you are not afraid or anxious when you go to your provider, that you feel nothing but empowered and and absolutely clear on your plan of action, whether your provider prescribes you HRT or not.
