What if menopause wasn’t something to endure—but a story to embrace, reclaim, and even celebrate?

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, storyteller, performer, and cultural icon Satori Shakoor shares her journey from the funk-filled stages of Parliament Funkadelic to the deeply personal, laugh-out-loud honesty of her one-woman film Confessions of a Menopausal Femme Fatale. With warmth, humor, and fearless truth, Satori invites women to step out of silence and into self-expression during midlife.

Through stories of music, identity, aging, and resilience, this episode dismantles shame, challenges outdated narratives about menopause, and replaces them with curiosity, compassion, and courage. If you’ve ever felt confused, exhausted, unseen, or disconnected from your body during this season, this conversation will help you reconnect with your power, your voice, and your story.

What You Will Learn

• Why menopause deserves open conversation, not silence, shame, or dismissal
• How storytelling and humor can help heal emotional, hormonal, and identity shifts in midlife
• The powerful lessons Satori learned from George Clinton about authenticity, confidence, and self-expression
• How reframing aging can restore energy, purpose, and self-trust
• Why embracing your full story—including struggle—can unlock confidence and freedom

Satori Shakoor is a dynamic storyteller, performer, and founder of Detroit’s Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers. A former background singer with George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Satori blends humor, music, and raw honesty to empower women navigating menopause, aging, and identity.

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If menopause has turned sleep into a nightly struggle, you’re not imagining it. Midlife insomnia is deeply connected to hormonal shifts, nervous system overload, and rising stress hormones that make rest feel out of reach. This episode offers reassurance, clarity, and practical tools to help you reclaim deeper, more restorative sleep.

We explore why sleep disruption becomes so common during menopause, how declining estrogen and progesterone affect REM sleep, and why poor sleep doesn’t just leave you tired—it impacts metabolism, mood, memory, and long-term health. You’ll also learn why quick fixes like late-night scrolling, snacking, or sleep aids often backfire and worsen the problem.

Blending science with faith, this episode reframes sleep as more than a physical function—it’s a sacred rhythm your body and spirit both need. Through practical strategies and spiritual grounding, you’ll discover how to calm racing thoughts, reduce nighttime cortisol, and create a sleep routine your body can trust again.

This conversation is especially for women who feel exhausted after meals, overwhelmed before bed, discouraged by inconsistency, or stuck in negative self-talk around health and habits. You’ll walk away with permission to stop forcing rest—and start supporting it.

• Why hormonal changes in menopause disrupt REM sleep, increase night sweats, and make falling asleep harder
• How elevated cortisol, inflammation, and poor sleep are linked to weight gain, brain fog, and long-term health risks
• The role of consistent routines, light exposure, meal timing, and sleep environment in restoring circadian rhythm
• Why quick sleep fixes often worsen insomnia and delay melatonin production
• How integrating faith, Scripture, and prayer can calm the nervous system and support deeper, more peaceful rest

Stephanie Shaw is the host of the Hello Hot Flash podcast, where she educates and empowers women navigating midlife and menopause through science-backed health conversations and faith-centered perspectives. She is also the creator of the limited-series podcast Christian Women and Menopause.

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Intermittent fasting is often framed as a weight-loss shortcut—but in menopause, it’s far more nuanced than that. For midlife women, fasting can influence blood sugar, inflammation, hormone balance, stress response, and even mental clarity. Done thoughtfully, it can support health. Done aggressively or without context, it can backfire.

In this episode of Hello, Hot Flash, we explore intermittent fasting through both a science-backed and faith-centered lens. You’ll learn how fasting actually works in the body during menopause, which approaches tend to be better tolerated in midlife, and why fasting has historically been used not for control—but for clarity, humility, and alignment.

If you’re eating “healthy” but still struggling with weight, energy crashes, guilt, or confusion about what your body needs now, this episode will help you move away from extremes and toward sustainable rhythms that support both your body and your spirit.

What You Will Learn

• What intermittent fasting is—and why it’s not a diet, cleanse, or quick fix
• How fasting affects insulin, inflammation, metabolism, and cellular repair during menopause
• The most common intermittent fasting methods and how to approach them safely in midlife
• Why cortisol, sleep, and stress regulation matter more than longer fasts for menopausal women
• How fasting can create space for clarity, reflection, and spiritual grounding without shame or pressure

Stephanie Shaw is the host of the Hello Hot Flash podcast, where she educates and empowers women navigating midlife and menopause through science-backed health conversations and faith-centered perspectives. She is also the creator of the limited-series podcast Christian Women and Menopause.

Learn how to feel clear, steady, and in control again:

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Listen to the limited-series podcast Christian Women and Menopause:

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