Mindful Healing
Hello! I’m Dr Jennifer Hopkins, integrative medicine specialist, with a passion for biohacking the human body, diligent researcher, health advocate, and wellness enthusiast.
This raw and real podcast explores holistic wellness and self-empowerment from a unique perspective! Join us as we navigate the world of holistic healing. Together, let's embark on this transformative adventure!
We’re grateful you’re here, Welcome to Mindful Healing.
Dr Jennifer Hopkins Email: Mindfulmedicine4@gmail.com Cell: 607-727-6079
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Mindful Healing
The Perimenopause Survival Guide
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You are not losing your mind. You are not too young. And you are definitely not the only one wondering what the hell is happening to your body.
Dr. Jennifer Hopkins is pulling back the curtain on perimenopause, the transition nobody prepares you for and almost nobody talks about honestly. Periods that catch you off guard. Rage that comes out of nowhere. Sleep that disappears overnight. An itch you cannot explain. A doctor who tells you everything is fine when you know it is not.
She is sharing her own hormone journey in real time, testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, what worked, what surprised her, and what she wishes someone had told her a decade sooner. Plus the exact questions to ask your doctor, the tests most people never get, and why this fight is not just happening in your thirties. It can hit at any point on the road to menopause, and knowing what is coming changes everything.
Consider this your survival guide.
01:09 Perimenopause Starts Early
03:21 Early Signs and Heavy Periods
04:33 Hormone Fluctuation Explained
07:10 How Common It Really Is
10:18 Testosterone and Sex Drive
13:13 Estrogen Drop Weird Symptoms
17:18 Progesterone for Sleep and Calm
20:19 Which Hormone Comes First
22:57 Symptoms Breakdown and Science
33:53 Thyroid Overlap and Testing
37:48 Misdiagnosis and SSRIs
39:03 Comprehensive Workup Approach
42:59 Advocate and Final Takeaways