810. Post-Birth Control Syndrome: Why Your Period Disappeared and How to Get It Back
Understanding Your Body After Birth Control What every woman should know about hormonal changes post-pill. What happens when you stop hormonal birth control—and why doesn’t your body always return to its usual rhythm right away? Dr. Beth Westie explores the transition off birth control, including missing periods, weight changes, mood swings, and the return of […]
809. Ferritin & Hair Loss: What Women Over 40 Should Know
In this episode, I dig into one of the most overlooked pieces of the women’s health puzzle: ferritin. If you’ve been struggling with hair loss, stubborn fatigue, or that feeling of running on empty no matter how much you sleep, your iron reserves may be at the heart of it. I explain why standard iron […]
808. Chronic Fatigue vs Burnout: What’s the Difference?
Are you exhausted no matter how much you rest? In this episode, Dr. Beth Westie breaks down the critical differences between burnout and chronic fatigue—two conditions that are often confused but require very different approaches to heal. Dr. Westie explains how to identify the root causes of your exhaustion, why proper testing is non-negotiable for […]
807. Why Your “Normal” Labs Are Keeping You Stuck in Perimenopause
Dr. Beth Westie, women’s health and hormone expert, tackles one of the most frustrating experiences women face in their late 30s, 40s, and 50s: being told their labs are “normal” while their body feels anything but. In this episode, she explores why standard blood work often misses the bigger picture—and why “normal” and “optimal” are […]
806. Functional Lab Testing for Women: What Bloodwork Misses
In this episode, I talk about why functional lab testing can be such an important tool for women who feel like something is “off,” even when their standard blood work comes back normal. So many women are told their labs look fine, but they still feel exhausted, anxious, inflamed, foggy, hormonally imbalanced, or just not […]
805. Low Progesterone and Anxiety in Women Over 40
You used to be the calm one. Your rule was simple: if it will not matter in five years, it does not get more than five minutes of your energy. Now there is a low hum of anxiety that never shuts off, and someone closes a cupboard and you snap. In this episode I explain […]
804. Hypothyroidism in Women: Why You’re Still Tired
Have you ever been so bone tired that you thought something has to be wrong, only to be told you are just getting older? You are freezing when everyone else is comfortable, your hair is thinning, and the scale keeps creeping up no matter how little you eat or how hard you push yourself. In […]
803. Estrogen and Gut Health: Bloating in Perimenopause
In this episode I explain why your gut and your hormones are in constant two-way communication, how shifting estrogen in perimenopause slows your digestion and drives that afternoon bloat, and why the probiotics and elimination diets you have been trying may be targeting the wrong thing. Gut issues are not something I talk about from […]
802. PMDD in Your 40s: Luteal Phase Anxiety Explained
For two weeks a month you feel steady, capable, and grounded, and then somewhere around day 17 a switch flips. A wave of anxiety rolls in that you cannot shake. By day 20 it is a low sense of dread, like a thundercloud parked over you that was not there before. By day 25 your […]
801. Histamine Intolerance in Women: Bloating and Hormones
You have eaten the same yogurt bowl every morning for months. Then, one random Tuesday you eat it again, same bowl, same time, and suddenly you’re painfully bloated, your face is flushed, your head is pounding, and a wave of anxiety hits. So, you start a food journal. You cut the berries, then the yogurt, […]
