# Rawdogging Menopause: No Hormones, No Pathologizing, No BS with Bett Williams

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Podcast: [WORD UP with Dani Katz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-up-with-dani-katz-5207570)
Published: 2026-05-06T06:00:00+00:00
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What happens when you opt out of the standard Western medical menopause playbook? In this episode, Dani sits down with author and babealicious badass Bett Williams to explore her experience navigating menopause without hormone replacement therapy—or the usual medical interventions. Together, they unpack the cultural narratives shaping menopause, the pressure to conform to prescribed solutions, and what it looks like to trust your body through a major physiological transition. This is a conversation about autonomy, language, conditioning, and the unseen forces influencing how women navigate their own health and well-being as they are authentically guided, instead of plugging into a for-profit formula that tries to convince us we need the medicate our milestones. Not a prescription. Not a protocol. An expansion of the conversation. Part 2: danikatz.locals.com www.patreon.com/danikatz All things Dani, including books, courses, coaching + consulting: www.danikatz.com Plus, schwag: danikatz.threadless.com Find Bett: https://www.bettwilliams.com/ https://youmightbehappy.substack.com/ Show notes: Bett’s personal experience choosing not to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and what “rawdogging menopause” has looked like in practice How menopause is culturally framed—and how those narratives shape women’s expectations and experiences Language, conditioning, and the role of fear in driving medical decision-making Empowering ourselves with our intuition, self-trust, and sovereignty in navigating major physiological transitions Examination of symptoms, adaptations, and the realities of going through menopause without standard interventions Critique of one-size-fits-all approaches in women’s health and the pressure to conform to institutional norms Broader themes of power, infl…

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