BETTER! with Dr. Stephanie Estima | Women's Strength, Body Composition and Hormones

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Dr. Stephanie Estima, Perimenopause & Women's Fitness Expert Visit website › Health & Fitness · EN · 500 episodes · latest 2026-11-09

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Most women are told that feeling exhausted, gaining weight, losing muscle, and watching their body change after 40 is just what happens. Dr. Stephanie Estima is here to tell you that's the wrong map. BETTER is the podcast for women in perimenopause and menopause who want to build real strength, understand their hormones, and take body composition seriously — without the diet culture nonsense and without the fear. Dr. Stephanie is a chiropractor, brain health expert, and one of the few voices in the menopause space who leads with fitness, muscle, and what your body is actually capable of. Each week she brings the world's leading researchers, clinicians, and practitioners into conversation — then translates the science into something you can use on Monday morning. Topics include strength training in perimenopause, body composition after 40, HRT and hormonal health, bone density, metabolic health, injury prevention, sleep, nutrition, and the kind of training that actually works when your body is changing. This is not a podcast about surviving menopause. It's about building the strongest, most capable version of yourself — at the exact moment most women are told to expect less.

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Owner: Dr. Stephanie Estima
Oldest episode in feed: 09/2019 · over 7 years
Typical length: 1 hr 6 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: menstruation, women's health, dr. stephanie, alternative health, betterpodcast, hormones, optimization, sex

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