The Hormone Solution | Perimenopause, Menopause, HRT, Weight Loss & 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 we...
Recent Episodes
Am I in Perimenopause? How to Tell What Phase You're In
7 Mar 2026
Quick Hits: Navy SEAL Health Hacks: Sleep, Peptides, Psychedelics, Brain Health, and Hormones with Dr. Kirk Parsley
3 Mar 2026
The Peptide Revolution: GLP-1s — What Works, What's Hype, What's Risky with Jay Campbell
28 Feb 2026
Menopause Ages You 9–20 Years… Unless You Do This with Nikolina Lauc
24 Feb 2026
Estrogen Dominance… or Estrogen Deficiency? Is It Safe to Start Estrogen in Perimenopause?
21 Feb 2026
From Toe Curling Orgasms to Healthy Poops: Why Oxytocin Is Essential for Midlife Women with Dr. Lindsey Berkson
14 Feb 2026
Inflammaging Is Hijacking Your Hormones: The Ancient Reset Women Need in Midlife with Dr. Shivani Gupta
7 Feb 2026
Why So Many Hormone Providers Get It Wrong (And How to Find One Who Doesn't)
31 Jan 2026
Why You're Not Healing: Stress, Insomnia, Weight Gain & the Vagus Nerve with Dr. Navaz Nabib
24 Jan 2026
Why Waiting for Menopause Is a Mistake: The Case for Earlier HRT and Replacing Hormones the Right Way
17 Jan 2026
Why Your Gut Is Sabotaging Your Hormones (and Your Hormones Are Sabotaging Your Gut) with Kiran Krishnan
10 Jan 2026
Goodbye 2025: A Year of Healing, Hard Truths, and Growth
3 Jan 2026
Part 2 Q&A with Karen: Cortisol Replacement, Optimal Levels, HRT Absorption Issues, Estrogen Detox, BIEST Troches, Perimenopause Confusion & More!
27 Dec 2025
Q&A with Karen: High Ferritin, Injectable HRT, Breakthrough Bleeding, Optimizing Hormones, Histamine Intolerance and MORE!
20 Dec 2025
From Belly Fat to Brain Fog: The Top Peptides, & Hormones Helping Women in Menopause with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer
13 Dec 2025
Hair Loss, Chin Whiskers & More: How to Avoid the Not-So-Pretty Side Effects of Testosterone HRT for Women
6 Dec 2025
The Surprising Root Cause of the Dreaded 3 A.M. Wake-Up—And the Fix No One Told You About
29 Nov 2025
The Most Asked HRT Questions of 2025 — Answered by Karen (a.k.a. The Ones She Hears 10,000 Times a Year)
22 Nov 2025
Reverse Dieting, Metabolic Recovery, and the Real Way to Fix Your Fat Loss Plateaus with Philip Pape
15 Nov 2025
Tesofensine: The Next Big Weight Loss Compound That Boosts Dopamine, Burns Fat and Lights up the Midlife Brain
8 Nov 2025
The Forgotten Molecule That 98% of Women Lose in Midlife—And How It Can Revive Your Libido, Energy & Glow with Cathy Eason
4 Nov 2025
Menopause Besties Q&A: Hormone Testing, Progesterone Truths, Late-Start HRT & More with Zora Benhamou
1 Nov 2025
Beyond Estrogen & Progesterone: The Hidden Hormones That Transform Aging
25 Oct 2025
This Is Your Bones on HRT: How Estrogen, Progesterone & Testosterone Protect—and Why Cycling HRT May Be the Secret to Stronger Bones with Dr. Doug Lucas
18 Oct 2025
Irregular Periods in Perimenopause: What's Normal, What's Not, and How HRT Really Plays In
11 Oct 2025
The Period Brain: PMS, PMDD & the Scary Truth About Birth Control
4 Oct 2025
Beauty Without Toxins: The Alitura Story with Andy Hnilo
30 Sep 2025
Hot Topics in Menopause: Round Table with The Meno Besties
27 Sep 2025
Part 2 The Deepest Hormone Dive Yet: Genetics, Detox & Root Causes of Imbalance & More with Dr. Liz Bartman
20 Sep 2025
Part 1: The Deepest Hormone Dive Yet: Genetics, Detox & Root Causes of Imbalance & More with Dr. Liz Bartman
