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The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health

by Karen Martel: Certified Hormone Specialist

The Hormone Solution is a top-ranked women's health podcast focused on perimenopause, menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), weight gain, metabolism, thyroid health, and midlife transformation. Hosted by Certified Hormone Specialist Karen Martel, this show helps women in their 40s and 50s understand what's really happening with their hormones — and what to do about it. If you're struggling with perimenopause symptoms, menopause weight gain, estrogen dominance, low progesterone, testosterone decline, brain fog, poor sleep, thyroid dysfunction, or metabolic slowdown, this podcast breaks it down in a clear, practical, no-nonsense way. Each episode features: • Evidence-based hormone education • Expert interviews • Real-world HRT guidance • Midlife weight loss strategies • Thyroid and metabolic health insights With over 2.5 million downloads and ranked in the Top 30 on iTunes, The Hormone Solution is trusted by women worldwide who want real answers about bioidentical hormones, menopause treatment options, and midlife health. New episodes every Tuesday and Saturday. Take the free hormone quiz at karenmartel.com Shop Midlife Products and Solutions at midlifesolutions.org

Latest episodes

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What Happened When I Stopped Drinking: Hormones, Weight, Stress, and Breaking the Cycle

#6 trending · Nutrition

This may be one of those episodes you are tempted to skip because nobody really wants to hear that their nightly glass of wine could be working against them. But this i

Sep 19
47 min

Quick Hits: Breathwork for Women: Igniting Inner Empowerment with Kyla Erlandson

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Sep 15
20 min

Tired, Wired, Puffy, and Foggy? Minerals May Be the Missing Piece with Caroline Alan

You are taking the supplements. Drinking the water. Maybe you are even on HRT. And yet you still feel tired, puffy, anxious, inflamed, constipated, foggy, wired at night,

Sep 12
1 h 00 min

Quick Hits: Reversing Hashimoto's Disease: Insights from Dr. Anshul Gupta

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Sep 8
19 min

HRT & GLP-1 Q&A: Progesterone Problems, Hair Loss, Weight Gain, and More

What do you do when you finally start HRT and instead of feeling amazing, you feel exhausted, puffy, bloated, or like something is just not right? Or you start a GLP-1, l

Sep 5
1 h 09 min

Quick Hits: The No BS Guide: Ditching Excuses and Taking Charge of Your Health

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Sep 1
20 min

GLP-1s and Menopause: What Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Know

You cannot open your phone anymore without hearing about Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, retatrutide, and before-and-after transformations. One person says GLP-1s ar

Aug 29
54 min

Estrogen Dominance Explained: What Every Woman on HRT Needs to Know

If you are taking HRT, it is not enough to only ask how much estrogen you are using. You also have to ask a second question: how well is your body actually processing and

Aug 25
1 h 07 min

Your Body Isn't Broken: Why Doing More Can Make Midlife Worse with Debbie Potts

Have you ever felt like you are doing everything right and your body is just not cooperating? You are eating well, exercising, tracking your protein, fasting, taking su

Aug 22
1 h 19 min

Quick Hits: From Depression to Peak Health: The Secret Struggles of High-Performing Women with Biohacker Angela Foster

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Aug 18
22 min

Are You Actually Optimized on HRT? The Levels, Doses, and Symptoms That Matter

Grab Your FREE guide "Is Your HRT Actually Optimized?" How do you know if your HRT is actually optimized? Not just enough to stop a hot flash, but enough to support you

Aug 15
1 h 01 min

Quick Hits: Secrets to Anti Aging Skin Care with Amitay Eshel

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Aug 11
16 min

GLP-1s, Skinny Culture, and the Question Every Woman Should Ask Herself with Natalie Jill

Something happened after my conversation with Natalie Jill on her podcast, Midlife Conversations. Women flooded my inbox and my community, not with questions about dosing

Aug 8
1 h 23 min

The Dark Side of GLP-1s No One Is Talking About

Karen Martel grew up with a front row seat to diet culture most of us only felt secondhand. Her mom didn't just live it, she ran a weight loss center. Butter was called V

Aug 1
1 h 14 min

Quick Hits: Sex, Lies & Liberation: What You Were Never Taught About Female Pleasure with Susan Bratton

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Jul 28
19 min

Beyond the Pepcid Claritin Trend: Real Solutions for PMDD and Progesterone Sensitivity with Dr. Liz Bartmen

In part one, Dr. Liz Bartman and I broke down why PMDD happens: the histamine surges, the GABA receptor glitch, the progesterone metabolite that either calms you down or

Jul 25
1 h 10 min

The Molecule Your Doctor Never Mentioned That Controls Your Libido, Energy, and Heart Health with Cathy Eason

You've been told menopause is a hormonal transition. It's also a vascular one, and almost nobody is talking about it. In this episode, Karen sits back down with Cathy E

Jul 21
1 h 07 min

The Histamine Hack, PMDD, and Progesterone Sensitivity: What's Really Going On

If you've been on social media lately, you've probably seen it: women swearing that a combo of Pepcid and Claritin, ordinary histamine blockers, gave them their life back

Jul 18
1 h 01 min

Quick Hits: Decoding Fibroids: Unmasking Causes & Effective Solutions

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes. Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversat

Jul 14
17 min

Pellets, Periods, and Not Giving a Damn: A Midlife Hormone Roundtable with Dr. Amie Hornaman & Elle Russ

This is not just a conversation about hormones. It is a conversation about what it means to age as a woman in a culture that is obsessed with youth, terrified of wrinkles

Jul 11
1 h 41 min

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#14
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What listeners say

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Have gleaned so much helpful insight and direction in my health journey with Karen Martel’s podcast! Her clarity and wisdom on women’s health/wellness has given me what I have needed to learn and advocate for myself. Thank you for all you do!

CO follower · May 2026

Thank you for advocating for women in this time of life! I’ve learned so much and your knowledge has been validating and reassuring!

LauraIrmen · Mar 2026

Karen is real, honest, knowledgeable, easy to listen to AND she has dynamite guests. She’s the perfect host and I’m super grateful for what she brings.

Cdupuie · Jan 2026

I love Karen Martel’s podcast! The interviews are insightful, the information is well-researched, and I appreciate how she breaks down complex hormone topics into something totally digestible and empowering. I also really enjoy the wide range of topics she covers—from hormones and weight loss to mindset, aging, and beyond. The “Ask Me Anything” episodes are a favorite too—I love that listeners can submit questions and get honest, thorough answers. Such a valuable resource!

ClementineAdalaide · Aug 2025

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