If you've been doing all the right things and your body still isn't cooperating, your hormones have probably just changed the rules on you. In this episode, Dr. Mary Pines breaks down the three stages of perimenopause so you can finally understand what's happening — and where you're headed.

Links & Resources

Learn more about Dr. Mary’s work at DrMaryPines.com and her signature Better Beyond 40 Formula program.

Follow her on Instagram at @drmarypines for day-to-day inspiration, wellness insights, and a behind-the-scenes look at her life and practice.

You can watch each episode on YouTube.

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

Bladder leaks, painful sex, urgency, and constant bathroom trips are incredibly common for women over 40 — but they are not something you have to live with. In this episode, pelvic floor physiotherapist Lindsay Geddes joins Dr. Mary to debunk Kegel myths, explain what’s really happening in the pelvic floor during midlife, and share how women can restore bladder confidence without surgery or medication.

Links & Resources

Learn more about Dr. Mary’s work at DrMaryPines.com and her signature Better Beyond 40 Formula program.

Follow her on Instagram at @drmarypines for day-to-day inspiration, wellness insights, and a behind-the-scenes look at her life and practice.

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

You can watch each episode on YouTube.

Where to Find Lindsay Geddes

• Follow her on Instagram at @lindsaygeddespt
• Join her Free Facebook Community: Women’s Natural Bladder Support: Leaks, Incontinence, OAB, Urge, Frequency
• And check out her Free Masterclass: The Bladder Confidence Solution
  
  

Dr. Mary sits down with functional medicine health coach Danna Levy Hoffman to unpack gut health, food freedom, and why dieting keeps failing women over 40.

From bloating and migraines to emotional eating and weight struggles, they explore how so many symptoms start in the gut — and why the real path forward isn’t restriction, but better sleep, more protein, and learning to trust your body again.

Links & Resources

Learn more about Dr. Mary’s work at DrMaryPines.com and her signature Better Beyond 40 Formula program.

Follow her on Instagram at @drmarypines for day-to-day inspiration, wellness insights, and a behind-the-scenes look at her life and practice.

Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

You can watch each episode on YouTube.

Where to find Danna Levy Hoffman

• Website: Organilicious.ch
• Podcast: So Frickin’ Healthy
• Podcast: Becoming a Health Coach (with Megan McCrory)

Mentions in this Episode

• Mel Robbins’ book, The “5 Second Rule”
• LMNT (Element) electrolytes