Healthcare Resources

• The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause  Documentary on PBS. The first documentary film that addresses the marginalized or ignored health crisis faced by millions of women as they go through menopause.  

• The M Factor 2 - Before the Pause, Perimenopause. A documentary on PBS. "Before the Pause shines a light on perimenopause through real women's stories-teachers, firefighters, and doctors-showing how silence and stigma derail lives, and why early awareness is essential to protect women's health, work, and identity. A film by Women in the Room Productions and Take Flight Productions. 

• FDA Expert Panel on Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women, July 17, 2025 

• Dr. Mary Claire Haver - demystifying menopause and her blog with several topics to explore and read

• Dr. Lisa Mosconi - The Menopause Brain 

• Elektra Health’s - Guide to Menopause gives you the low down on everything from stages of menopause, symptoms and what you can do about them. Provides access to clinicians who specialize in perimenopause and menopause treatment. 

• Alloy Health: provides access to doctors who specialize in menopause treatment.

• Midi Health: Get the midlife care you deserve, the prescriptions you need, and the insurance coverage you've worked hard for. 

• Find a menopause practitioner  

• Let's Talk Menopause Hear from the best experts in the menopause space.

• Perimenopause - Why doctors often miss the diagnosis 

• Dr. Kelly Casper discusses Perimenopause, Menopause 

• How to Approach Your Healthcare Provider about Hormone Replacement Therapy

• The Journal of the Menopause Society Neurophysiological correlates of subjective cognitive decline in perimenopausal midlife women at risk for Alzheimer's Disease

• Book Estrogen Matters co-authored by medical oncologist Dr. Avrum Bluming and social psychologist Dr. Carol Tavris. In the book Drs. Bluming & Tavris "reveal the true story of the WHI’s distorted data. They investigate what led the public—and many doctors—to accept so readily the WHI’s incorrect, alarmist claims, while providing a fuller picture of the science that supports HRT."

• Dr. Stacy Sims - aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. She is an exercise physiologist, nutrition scientist, author, and women's health and fitness advocate.

• Dr. Vonda Wright - orthopedic surgeon "For 20 years Dr. Vonda Wright, has dedicated her work and research as an orthopedic surgeon, elite sports doc, public speaker, published author, biotech consultant, and health innovator to optimize aging and compel us to live more, do more, excel more, and live VITALLY as we age." 

• Sports Rehab & Injury Specialist June Rivera

• Women's Fitness Health Coach Chantel Bermejo 

• NYU Harkness Center for Dance Injuries 

• Hospital for Special Surgery Nutrition for Bone, Joint and Musculoskeletal Health 

• Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause 

• National Alliance on Mental Illness - The nation's largest grassroots mental health organization. Their alliance includes more than 650 NAMI State Organizations and Affiliates who work in communities to raise awareness and provide support and education to those in need. 

• Dr. Lisa Mosconi - Neuroscientist "At the intersection of neuroscience and women’s health, my research is focused on how our genetics, hormones, environment, and lifestyle shape the brain — the female brain, in particular. Right now, tomorrow, and over the course of a lifetime."  

• Minding the Gap

• Mindfulness and Medication Benefits Weill Cornell Education

• Menopause, Memory & Mental Health 

• Integrative Medicine, click here to discover what this is and how it could be incorporated in your healthcare.

• Good Neuroscience (see link for specific research studies)

• Why is Women’s Mental Health Health Important?  

• Women’s Mental Health : the statistics

• How Dancing Helps Your Mental Heal

• Dr. Kelly Casperson - "Building a world where people are empowered to own their health and sexuality, through education."  

• Dr. Iris Platt Pelvic floor physical therapist 

• Women's Fitness Health Coach Chantel Bermejo 

• Tight Lipped 

• Pelvic Awareness Project

• Pelvic Global

• Prosayla

• International Pelvic Pain Society

• The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Dr. Rachel Rubin : urology and sex medicine specialist

• The Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: frequent UTI, pain with sex, vaginal dryness & more 

• National Association for Continence

• SIECUS - Advancing sex ed for social change since 1964. 

• Sex Positive Families - Provides the education and resources that help families raise sexually healthy children.

• Planned Parenthood - Sex Ed To Go for Teachers

• Giving The Talk - The sex education you deserve. For adults and parent support. 

• Scarleteen - Queer Sex Ed for all since 1998

• Sex Ed VA - A leader in supporting adolescent sexual health through training and technical assistance, curriculum development, research, and advocacy.

• Come As You Are (book) : The surprising new science that will transform your sex life by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.

• Sex Talks (book) : The five conversations that will transform your love life, by Vanessa Marin, LMFT, with Xander Marin

• How Not To Let Having Kids Ruin Your Sex Life (book) : Navigating the Parenting Years with Your Relationship Intact, by Dr. Karen Gurney. 

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• Menopause:

  • Addressing Questions about fluctuating hormones 

  • The #1 Menopause Doctor: How to Lose Belly Fat, Sleep Better, & Stop Suffering Now 

  • On The Tamsen Show - joined by Dr. Lisa Mosconi, neuroscientist and director of the Women’s Brain Initiative at Weill Cornell. She’s sharing powerful new research on why menopause is such a turning point for our brains and what we can do to stay sharp, focused, and energized through it 

  • Leading OBGYN Dr. Mary Claire Haver breaks down the science, the economics, and the myths keeping women from safe, effective treatments. 

  • There’s no single test for menopause, but that’s where so many women get dismissed.⁠
    Leading OBGYN Dr. Mary Claire Haver shares what doctors should be looking for instead…and why the answer might surprise you.

  • The Most Important Conversation You’ll Ever Hear About Women’s Health - Dr. Rachel Rubin 

  • The Ultimate Guide to Women’s Hormones: Use Science to Reset Your Body, Balance Mood, & Feel Amazing. 

  • How menopause affects the brain - Dr. Lisa Mosconi  

  • Free Menopause Empowerment Guide 

• Musculoskeletal Health:

  • Dr. Vonda Wright - BONE is a metabolic organ creating hormones that communicate all over your body. This is just so fascinating. 

  • Breast Cancer and bone health with Dr. Vonda Wright

  • The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy - Dr. Stacy Sims  

  • Look, Feel, & Stay Young Forever: #1 Orthopedic Surgeon’s Proven Protocol | The Mel Robbins Podcast (with Dr. Vonda Wright)  

  • Dr. Stacy Sims answers the question, "What is the most efficient way for a woman to train to focus on LONGEVITY?"

• Pelvic Floor/Diaphragm:

  • Vaginal health isn’t just about intimacy, it’s about comfort, confidence, and prevention.⁠ How one simple treatment can rebuild tissue to its premenopausal state.⁠

  • You’re about to hear what she wishes every woman knew sooner: Almost every issue that you're dealing with “down there” is likely related to changing hormones. (includes conversation on testosterone) 

  • Function of the pelvic floor  

  • Diaphragm 

• Mental Wellbeing:

  • Lifting weights does more than build muscle, it can protect your brain as you age.  

  • In a study from the Veterans Administration, those who were offered hormone therapy and chose to take it were 47% less likely to die by suicide. That’s how profoundly protective estrogen is for both the brain and the body.  

  • 50% of midlife women suffer clinical insomnia. That's not aging, that's neglect. 

  • Research shows that the bond you share with your dog may have measurable effects on mental health. A 2024 study in JAMA Network Open examined 214 midlife and older women.  

  • This episode with renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, Dr. Jim Doty.   

• Sex Education

  • ​Crash Course with Shan

  • "SHIFT"  with sex & relationship therapist, intimacy coordinator Shelby Terrel