{"podcast":{"title":"The Midlife Realignment: Menopause, Hormones, HRT, Perimenopause, Weight Gain,Progesterone, Estrogen","slug":"the-midlife-realignment-menopause-hormones-hrt-perimenopause-weight-gain-progesterone-estrogen-7557659","podcast_index_feed_id":7557659,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/FGcTpVQk.rss","website_url":"https://estherblum.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/a459ca9a-516b-43aa-8f42-9352b77e4ae6/logos/83451334-8421-4c6f-8d8b-6137767c4f50.png","author":"Esther Blum","episode_count":40,"summary":"The Midlife Realignment is where humor meets hormones. Join bestselling author and menopause expert Esther Blum as she disrupts the narrative on perimenopause and menopause with fierce self-advocacy, functional medicine, and real-talk conversations about what it means to thrive in midlife. Because there’s a light at the end of the vaginal tunnel—and it’s a damn good one.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T14:17:46.049749+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-realignment-menopause-hormones-hrt-perimenopause-weight-gain-progesterone-estrogen-7557659"},"episode":{"title":"The Invisible Epidemic: Trauma, Burnout & Midlife Women with Claudia Chan","slug":"the-invisible-epidemic-trauma-burnout-midlife-women-with-claudia-chan","published_at":"2025-12-29T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-realignment-menopause-hormones-hrt-perimenopause-weight-gain-progesterone-estrogen-7557659/the-invisible-epidemic-trauma-burnout-midlife-women-with-claudia-chan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-realignment-menopause-hormones-hrt-perimenopause-weight-gain-progesterone-estrogen-7557659","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8aa6170d60f8d1bfad3eeadb8da471e617106795573273e8b5a488b0d1ec7630/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI2NTc1ODI5Zi01ZTVmLTRkZmMtYTY5OS04NGMyY2QxOGE3MDMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhNDU5Y2E5YS01MTZiLTQzYWEtOGY0Mi05MzUyYjc3ZTRhZTYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2N2QxYmFhNjU1ODYzNDU5ZDQ5OGEzOGUiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjk0NzBiY2FkNjBkNmI5N2NiOThiZDYyL3ZzbC0xSklFMy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI1LTEyLTIwX18yMS00OS0xNC5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/8aa6170d60f8d1bfad3eeadb8da471e617106795573273e8b5a488b0d1ec7630/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI2NTc1ODI5Zi01ZTVmLTRkZmMtYTY5OS04NGMyY2QxOGE3MDMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhNDU5Y2E5YS01MTZiLTQzYWEtOGY0Mi05MzUyYjc3ZTRhZTYiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2N2QxYmFhNjU1ODYzNDU5ZDQ5OGEzOGUiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjk0NzBiY2FkNjBkNmI5N2NiOThiZDYyL3ZzbC0xSklFMy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI1LTEyLTIwX18yMS00OS0xNC5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Esther sits down with leadership coach, author and entrepreneur Claudia Chan to talk about what happens when you “do everything right” on paper... and still feel burned out, disconnected and unfulfilled in midlife. Claudia shares her journey from building a multimillion dollar “girls’ night out” brand in New York City to creating the Whole-Self Leaders movement, helping high-achieving women move from pressure and productivity to purpose, courage and inner wholeness. In this episode, you’ll learn: • What Claudia calls the “Invisible Epidemic” hiding underneath success • How childhood patterns, trauma and attachment show up in midlife achievement • Why so many high performers hit a wall in their 40s and 50s • What “whole-self leadership” actually means in real life • How faith, inner work and aligned decisions can reshape your next chapter Connect with Claudia: ClaudiaChan.com and @claudiachanofficial on Instagram. Connect with Esther Website: estherblum.com Instagram: @gorgeousesther Disclaimer: This podcast is for education only and is not medical advice.","meta_description":"In this episode, Esther sits down with leadership coach, author and entrepreneur Claudia Chan to talk about what happens when you “do everything right” on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2425,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-midlife-realignment-menopause-hormones-hrt-perimenopause-weight-gain-progesterone-estrogen-7557659/episodes/the-invisible-epidemic-trauma-burnout-midlife-women-with-claudia-chan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-midlife-realignment-menopause-hormones-hrt-perimenopause-weight-gain-progesterone-estrogen-7557659/the-invisible-epidemic-trauma-burnout-midlife-women-with-claudia-chan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}