# How Hormone Therapy Can Improve GLP-1 Results (with Dr. Arianna Sholes-Douglas)

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Podcast: [The Holistic GLP-1 Podcast with Elizabeth McGann](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-glp-1-podcast-with-elizabeth-mcgann-871570)
Published: 2026-07-01T18:56:45+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Elizabeth welcomes back Dr. Arianna Sholes-Douglas — board-certified OB-GYN, author of *The Menopause Myth*, founder of Tula Wellness and Aesthetics, and host of the *Stay Juicy* podcast — for a powerful and wide-ranging conversation about menopause, metabolism, hormone therapy, GLP-1 medications, inflammation, and what it really means for women to thrive after 40. Dr. Arianna brings her signature mix of medical expertise, humor, candor, and whole-person wisdom to a topic so many women are quietly struggling with: why their bodies suddenly feel different, why weight loss becomes harder, why sleep, mood, sex drive, energy, and brain function can all shift in midlife — and why none of this is a personal failure. Together, Elizabeth and Dr. Arianna explore how estrogen, insulin sensitivity, thyroid function, gut health, cortisol, inflammation, nutrition, muscle mass, and GLP-1s all intersect. They also discuss why women using hormone therapy may experience better outcomes on GLP-1 medications, why estrogen is not simply a “weight loss tool,” and why menopause can be understood not only as a biological transition, but as a "body, mind, and soul" transformation. SHOW NOTES [ 00:00 ] GLP-1s, estrogen, and the anti-inflammatory lifestyle [ 00:53 ] Key question for women over: “Why is it so hard to lose this weight?” [ 03:05 ] Why so many women in perimenopause and menopause feel like their bodies have changed overnight [ 05:00 ] Estrogen, metabolism, gut health, inflammation, and abdominal fat [ 07:00 ] Why estrogen alone does not simply make midlife weight gain disappear [ 08:22 ] The hormone “orchestra”: estrogen, cortisol, testosterone, progesterone, thyroid, and gut health [ 10:00 ] Why midlife weight gain is due to biology, not personal failure [ 10:30 ]…

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