#1 Hormone Doctor: The Ultimate Guide to Perimenopause, Fertility, Birth Control, PCOS, & Menopause

**Mel Robbins** (0:00)
Hey, it's your friend, Mel, and welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast.
I am so excited for the conversation today, because in the last two years, I am so proud to tell you that two of our episodes from The Mel Robbins Podcast have been among the most shared episode of any podcast in the entire world on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. And guess what the topic was? Women's health.
Well, since then, we have been getting non-stop questions from listeners around the world all about how hormones and the reproductive phases of a woman's life impact her health. Now, our team has analyzed thousands of questions from your fellow listeners, and there were eight topics that kept coming up over and over and over again. These are topics that affect women of all ages. From high school to your 80s and 90s. So today, we're answering all of them, and you're going to get a master class with one of the most trusted medical experts in women's health today. She has been a practicing OB-GYN for almost 40 years, and today she's answering your questions in what is going to be an extraordinary in-depth episode about women's hormonal health. Whether you're 25, 35, 65, heck, 85, this is your guide to understanding what's happening in your body. She's calling out all the misinformation online that is hurting women's health. You're going to learn what symptoms deserve your attention, two specific questions you need to ask your mom. She will also cover painful periods, birth control, fertility, infertility, endometriosis, PCOS, perimenopause, HRT, weight changes, muscle loss, osteoporosis, and so much more. So no matter how old or young you are, this is so relevant for you and the women you love, because there's one thing that women deserve. You deserve the facts. You deserve the truth. You deserve to be treated with respect, because you get to choose what you're going to do to take care of your health. But I want to make sure that you are informed and that you're getting it from a licensed and respected medical professional. And that's what we're doing today.
Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast. I am thrilled that you're here today. I'm so excited about the topic. It's an honor to spend this time together with you. And if you're a new listener or somebody shared this episode with you, I'm so glad that you're here, because today's episode is the Women's Hormone Health Episode for every age. I'm so glad that you're making the time to listen to this. And if you're not a woman, I'm thrilled that you're here, because you're listening on behalf of all the women in your life that you care about and love. So thank you. Thank you for listening to this, because you're about to meet one of the most trusted experts alive today in women's health. Her name? Dr. Sharon Malone. She is a board-certified OBGYN and nationally recognized expert in menopause, perimenopause, reproductive health and women's health equity.
Dr. Malone has spent nearly 40 years helping women understand their bodies, advocate for better care and get the answers they deserve. She graduated from Harvard University, earned her medical degree from Columbia University, completed her residency in OBGYN at George Washington University. She was also an associate clinical professor at George Washington University for 26 years.
She's been in clinical practice in Washington DC for almost 30 years. She's a New York Times bestselling author, a leader in women's health, and she has more awards and accolades than we have time to list. So please help me welcome Dr. Sharon Malone to The Mel Robbins Podcast. Dr. Sharon Malone, welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast.

**Sharon Malone** (4:05)
Well, thank you so much for having me.

**Mel Robbins** (4:07)
I am so thrilled that you're here. The team is buzzing, and we have so many questions from our audience, and we're going to go through them one by one. And I think one of the places that I would love to start is, I would love to have you speak directly to the person that's here right now, and explain a little bit about what might change in their life for the better, or their health for the better, if they take everything to heart that you're about to share with us.

**Sharon Malone** (4:37)
I think the most important thing that women should understand is that we are hormonal beings. From the moment we start puberty to the day our periods stop forever, and these hormonal changes and undulations that happen affect every part of our body, and they're not disconnected. Puberty is not disconnected from your reproductive years, is not disconnected from perimenopause and menopause. It is one continuous story.