{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40","slug":"midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","podcast_index_feed_id":236815,"rss_url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.nataliejillfitness.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/c/5/7/8c5771886eddcdda16c3140a3186d450/MIDLIFE_CONVERSATIONS_Podcast_Logo_-_square.png","author":"Natalie Jill","episode_count":521,"summary":"Welcome to Midlife Conversations. On this podcast Natalie Jill does what she does best - taking complicated information that is relevant to us (women entering Midlife) NOW, and breaking it down simply with actionable steps you can implement to level up your life in your BEST YEARS to come. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living their best Midlife years. On this show, I cover topics about our shifting hormones, weight struggles, our mood and focus changes, raising teenagers, our relationships, career changes, beauty and more. If you are new here, Natalie Jill encourage's you to go back and listen from episode one, when this podcast was previously called \"Listen UP\" for the full transformative experience!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815"},"episode":{"title":"525: Most Thyroid Medications Fail: The Thyroid–Menopause Collision Destroying Women in Midlife with Dr. Amie Hornaman","slug":"525-most-thyroid-medications-fail-the-thyroid-menopause-collision-destroying-women-in-midlife-with-dr-amie-hornaman","published_at":"2026-05-12T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815/525-most-thyroid-medications-fail-the-thyroid-menopause-collision-destroying-women-in-midlife-with-dr-amie-hornaman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/525-thyroid-episode-with-dr-amie","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/levelingup/ep_dr_amie_526_MLC.mp3?dest-id=801512","summary":"Save your seat in the free Thyroid and Hormone class https://fixyourthyroid.com/natalie If you are a woman in midlife who has been told everything is fine when you know in your body that something is NOT fine, this episode is going to change everything. I have Dr. Amie Hornaman, The Thyroid Fixer, back on the show, and we are going somewhere we have never gone before. One in eight women will develop a thyroid condition in her lifetime. Eighty-eight percent of us are metabolically unhealthy. And yet most doctors run ONE test, look at one number, tell us we are normal, and send us home with an antidepressant. Meanwhile we are gaining weight, losing our hair, can't sleep, can't think, can't lose a pound to save our lives, and being told it is just stress, just aging, just menopause. Today we are tearing that apart. Dr. Amie saw SEVEN doctors before she was finally diagnosed. She is now licensed to prescribe thyroid and bioidentical hormones in all 50 states and most of Canada. She built the Better Thyroid and Hormone Institute, hosts The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast, and has helped thousands of women globally finally get answers. We go DEEP on: Why the standard TSH-only test misses almost everyone, and the six tests you need to ask for by name THYROPAUSE: Dr. Amie's term for what happens when thyroid dysfunction collides with perimenopause and menopause (and why so many women are being treated for the wrong one) The T4-only medication trap: why Synthroid and levothyroxine fail an estimated 98% of patients Reverse T3, the silent saboteur that blocks your active thyroid hormone from getting into your cells Natural desiccated thyroid, the controversy, FDA scrutiny of animal-derived medications, and where Dr. Amie stands T2: the FORGOTTEN thyroid hormone with 30+ years…","meta_description":"Save your seat in the free Thyroid and Hormone class https://fixyourthyroid.com/natalie If you are a woman in midlife who has been told everything is fine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4187,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815/episodes/525-most-thyroid-medications-fail-the-thyroid-menopause-collision-destroying-women-in-midlife-with-dr-amie-hornaman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815/525-most-thyroid-medications-fail-the-thyroid-menopause-collision-destroying-women-in-midlife-with-dr-amie-hornaman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}