Wellness by Designs - Practitioner Podcast
Apr 30, 2026 · 39 min · 21 segments
Menopause care has a memory problem. Many of us were trained in the shadow of the Women’s Health Initiative, where “hormones” became shorthand for danger, and a whole generation of clinicians stepped…
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I think it's fair to say practitioners, you know, regardless of what type of medicine or health you practice, staying up to date with the latest research is just a, a mammoth job, even in your own niche.
So I think this is a really important place to start the conversation because certainly, you know, that's, that I too saw the results from the Women's Health Initiative, and it was just an absolute turnoff, and things have really changed.
Now, before anyone thinks that Tracy and I are paid, um, pharmaceutical [laughs] plants-
Um, and nor are we suggesting that you should consider this for yourself or for your patients.
But if you have previously held the mindset, understandably, that this is a no-go zone, and the, the benefits are, you know, symptomatic at best and the risks are just too extreme-
Partly because of the development of medicines, what's available, the way that they can be delivered, the different types of, you know, molecular structures, the delivery methods, the way they can g- be combined.
... also the, the response and how somebody's, uh, body is actually detoxifying and metabolizing these things.
And really, at this point, as it always was and always will be, we're looking at truly holistic medicine.
And if this is not a space that you've looked at since then or in a long time, now is a really great time to dive back in and actually see.
And I think it's really important, and this really applies across the whole board.
I think it's fair to say practitioners, you know, regardless of what type of medicine or health you practice, staying up to date with the latest research is just a, a mammoth job, even in your own niche.
So I think this is a really important place to start the conversation because certainly, you know, that's, that I too saw the results from the Women's Health Initiative, and it was just an absolute turnoff, and things have really changed.
Now, before anyone thinks that Tracy and I are paid, um, pharmaceutical [laughs] plants-
Um, and nor are we suggesting that you should consider this for yourself or for your patients.
But if you have previously held the mindset, understandably, that this is a no-go zone, and the, the benefits are, you know, symptomatic at best and the risks are just too extreme-
Partly because of the development of medicines, what's available, the way that they can be delivered, the different types of, you know, molecular structures, the delivery methods, the way they can g- be combined.
... also the, the response and how somebody's, uh, body is actually detoxifying and metabolizing these things.
And really, at this point, as it always was and always will be, we're looking at truly holistic medicine.
And if this is not a space that you've looked at since then or in a long time, now is a really great time to dive back in and actually see.
And I think it's really important, and this really applies across the whole board.
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