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BETTER! with Dr. Stephanie Estima | Strength, Body Composition & Perimenopause

Dr. Stephanie Estima, Perimenopause & Women's Fitness Expertwww.drstephanieestima.com
Most women are told that feeling exhausted, gaining weight, losing muscle, and watching their body change after 40 is just what happens. Dr. Stephanie Estima is here to tell you that's the wrong map. BETTER is the podcast for women in perimenopause and menopause who want to build real strength, understand their hormones, and take body composition seriously — without the diet culture nonsense and without the fear. Dr. Stephanie is a chiropractor, brain health expert, and one of the few voices in the menopause space who leads with fitness, muscle, and what your body is actually capable of. Each week she brings the world's leading researchers, clinicians, and practitioners into conversation — then translates the science into something you can use on Monday morning. Topics include strength training in perimenopause, body composition after 40, HRT and hormonal health, bone density, metabolic health, injury prevention, sleep, nutrition, and the kind of training that actually works when your body is changing. This is not a podcast about surviving menopause. It's about building the strongest, most capable version of yourself — at the exact moment most women are told to expect less.
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Jan 23, 20231 hr 52 min

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Jan 16, 20231 hr 14 min

The Art Of Balancing Your Blood Sugar as a Woman with Kelly Leveque

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Jan 09, 20231 hr 55 min

The Psychology of Building Habits with Dr. Heather McKee

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Jan 02, 20231 hr 20 min

Best of 2022: Menstruation & Menopause Explained with Dr. Stephanie Estima & Guests

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Dec 26, 20222 hr

Best of 2022: Muscle & Hypertrophy Explained with Dr. Stephanie Estima & Guests

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Dec 19, 20221 hr 54 min

Best of 2022: Metabolism Explained with Dr. Stephanie Estima & Guests

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Dec 12, 20222 hr 43 min

Best of 2022: Hormones Explained with Dr. Stephanie Estima & Guests

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Dec 05, 20221 hr 10 min

How to Burn Fat for the Holidays with Dr. Stephanie Estima

Today's episode is a throwback to the Holidays of 2021, where if you were listening to the Better Show, we hope you were able to enact Dr. Stephanie Estima's advice for maintaining your diet goals. If you've ever gone on a diet and failed (who hasn't), it's not because of your body. It's because of your mind. Dr. Stephanie reveals the one mind-blowing neurological principle that can make or break your diet success. She'll reveal what happens in the brain and why most people throw in the towel an...

Nov 28, 202225 min

Female Muscle Building AMA with Dr. Stephanie Estima

This week on the Better show we bring back the AMA - Ask Me Anything with Dr. Stephanie Estima. We went to instagram and had a flood of questions, and the majority of them revolved around Female Muscle Building. We begin the episode by breaking the myth of Creatine especially for women’s use of it. We then discuss the best ways women can gain muscle, as we aren’t the same as our male counterparts. The age-old question that is asked of Dr. Steph, “Through training and nutrition, is there a way to...

Nov 21, 20221 hr 9 min

Fasting for Women with PCOS, Estrogen Dominance & Thyroid Symptoms with Dr. Stephanie Estima

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Nov 14, 202255 min

Why Fasting For Women is Different with Dr. Stephanie Estima

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Nov 07, 20221 hr 4 min

The Neuroscience of Winning with Dr.Stephanie Estima

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Oct 31, 202226 min

Navigating Life Through Love & Forgiveness with Danielle Laporte

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Oct 24, 20221 hr 11 min

Mental Illness, Perimenopause, & Mitochondrial Dysfunction with Dr. Chris Palmer

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Oct 18, 20221 hr 26 min

Red Meat For Female Hormones, and Longevity with Diana Rodgers RD

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Oct 10, 20221 hr 14 min

Fasting For Women - A Deep Dive with Dr. Mindy Pelz

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Oct 03, 20221 hr 24 min

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Sep 26, 20221 hr 28 min

Healing Adaptogens with Tero Isokauppila

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Sep 19, 20221 hr 25 min

Obesity, Lipostats, & Fact Checking Diet Books with Stephan Guyenet

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Sep 12, 20222 hr 15 min

The Genetics of Estrogen, Testosterone, Detoxification and Autism with Kashif Khan

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Sep 05, 20221 hr 36 min

Athletic Performance, Brain Health & Ketones - A Discussion with Michael Brandt

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Aug 29, 20221 hr 14 min

AMA Round 2: Muscle Building, Creatine Supplementation,and Perimenopause with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Are you A Healthcare Practitioner? Join The Estima Certification Program Here Join the Hello Betty AMA here: https://www.hellobetty.club/ama We’d like to thank our sponsors, Athletic Greens - redeem an exclusive offer here: athleticgreens.com/stephanie LMNT Electrolytes - A FREE 7-flavor sample pack! - https://www.drinklmnt.com/DrEstima Orion Red Light Therapy - get 10% off your order with Promo Code “STEPHANIE10” https://www.orionrlt.ca/?ref=Stephanie Lumen - get $25 off your order with Promo C...

Aug 22, 20221 hr 35 min

Ketones, Protein & Cholesterol with Chris Irvin

Are you A Healthcare Practitioner? Join The Estima Certification Program Here Join the Hello Betty AMA here: https://www.hellobetty.club/ama We’d like to thank our sponsors, Athletic Greens - redeem an exclusive offer here: athleticgreens.com/stephanie LMNT Electrolytes - A FREE 7-flavor sample pack! - https://www.drinklmnt.com/DrEstima Orion Red Light Therapy - get 10% off your order with Promo Code “STEPHANIE10” https://www.orionrlt.ca/?ref=Stephanie Lumen - get $25 off your order with Promo C...

Aug 15, 20221 hr 36 min

Pleasure Manifestation, Swamping & P*ssy Power with Regena Thomashauer

Are you A Healthcare Practitioner? Join The Estima Certification Program Here Join the Hello Betty AMA here: https://www.hellobetty.club/ama We’d like to thank our sponsors, Athletic Greens - redeem an exclusive offer here: athleticgreens.com/stephanie LMNT Electrolytes - A FREE 7-flavor sample pack! - https://www.drinklmnt.com/DrEstima Orion Red Light Therapy - get 10% off your order with Promo Code “STEPHANIE10” https://www.orionrlt.ca/?ref=Stephanie Lumen - get $25 off your order with Promo C...

Aug 08, 20221 hr 23 min

Keto, Cholesterol, & Heart Disease with Dr. Bret Scher

Are you A Healthcare Practitioner? Join The Estima Certification Program Here Join the Hello Betty AMA here: https://www.hellobetty.club/ama We’d like to thank our sponsors, Athletic Greens - redeem an exclusive offer here: athleticgreens.com/stephanie LMNT Electrolytes - A FREE 7-flavor sample pack! - https://www.drinklmnt.com/DrEstima Orion Red Light Therapy - get 10% off your order with Promo Code “STEPHANIE10” https://www.orionrlt.ca/?ref=Stephanie Lumen - get $25 off your order with Promo C...

Aug 01, 20221 hr 6 min

Sleep Your Way To The Top - Sleep Optimization with Dr. Michael Breus

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Jul 25, 20221 hr 22 min

Keto Diet & Building Muscle with Robert Sikes

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Jul 18, 20221 hr 1 min

Calories, Protein and Building Skeletal Muscle with Layne Norton

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Jul 11, 20221 hr 52 min

How to Slow the Aging Process with Dr.Kara Fitzgerald

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Jul 04, 20221 hr 20 min
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