{"podcast":{"title":"Real Talk, Whole Life","slug":"real-talk-whole-life-888447","podcast_index_feed_id":888447,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/HSW8753368472","website_url":"http://www.realeverything.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3f27f38a-e65b-11eb-a651-ff92105c9291/image/51e56375269cd80b407fde36d172a94a.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cloud10","episode_count":563,"summary":"Welcome to Real Talk, Whole Life—part candid phone call with your nerdy best friends, part myth-busting, and entirely unfiltered. Wellness without the woo. Womanhood without the guilt. Wisdom from the fine folks who survived dial-up and low-fat lies. Host Stacy Toth brings honest, heartfelt conversations about what it means to live fully—in your body, your brain, and your messy, magical life. From midlife mayhem and mental health to Botox alternatives and book recs, we’re covering it all—with a side of sarcasm and a whole lot of heart. No shame. No pseudoscience. Just the kind of conversations you actually want to hear when you call a friend—especially if “wellness” has never quite felt like it was made for you. Rooted in womanhood, open to anyone who’s ever been side-eyed in a yoga studio. Come for the hot takes, stay for the healing. Real Talk, Whole Life is hosted by Stacy Toth, bestselling diet culture author turned anti-diet health at any size educator. Her goal is to create a safe space for all to explore their own version of wellness without the elitist self-focused woo woo. Previously The Whole View and The Paleo View, this evolution of the podcast is a reflection of the g…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-whole-life-888447"},"episode":{"title":"Hormone Pioneer Myth-Busts Aging, HRT and Anxiety during (Peri)Menopause","slug":"hormone-pioneer-myth-busts-aging-hrt-and-anxiety-during-peri-menopause","published_at":"2026-02-27T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-whole-life-888447/hormone-pioneer-myth-busts-aging-hrt-and-anxiety-during-peri-menopause","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-whole-life-888447","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL6926643151.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL6926643151.mp3","summary":"Women are still being told that fatigue, anxiety, heavy bleeding, mood swings, and brain fog are “just part of aging.” But what if they’re symptoms of perimenopause and no one is connecting the dots? Stacy sits down with hormone therapy pioneer Dr. Marcia Harris to separate myth from science around aging, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and midlife mental health. With more than 40 years of experience, Dr. Harris explains how the Women’s Health Initiative study reshaped menopause care for decades, why many physicians stopped being properly trained in hormone therapy, and how that gap continues to leave women dismissed and misdiagnosed. They unpack the difference between perimenopause and menopause, why anxiety and exhaustion are often hormonal, not personal, and how estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone impact heart health, bone density, muscle mass, brain function, and overall vitality. Find Dr. Harris: drmarciaharris.com facebook.com/DrMarciaaharris Find Stacy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Women are still being told that fatigue, anxiety, heavy bleeding, mood swings, and brain fog are “just part of aging.” But what if they’re symptoms of per…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3822,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-talk-whole-life-888447/episodes/hormone-pioneer-myth-busts-aging-hrt-and-anxiety-during-peri-menopause/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-whole-life-888447/hormone-pioneer-myth-busts-aging-hrt-and-anxiety-during-peri-menopause.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}