Trust Your Innersense™ with Joanne Starkman
Trust Your Innersense ™ with Joanne Starkman invites you to slow down, reconnect, and come home to yourself. Rooted in self-love and everyday rituals, this podcast explores what it means to live with intention—starting with the relationship we have with our bodies, our breath, even our hair. Joanne, a holistic beauty founder and gentle guide, shares real conversations and mindful practices to nourish your inner and outer world.
Each episode feels like a cozy cup of tea with a wise friend—full of heart, honesty, and tools you can actually use. From soulful storytelling to simple shifts in daily habits, you'll find inspiration to soften, listen inward, and move through the world a little more rooted and real. Trust Your Innersense is a quiet nudge toward the truest version of you.
Trust Your Innersense™ with Joanne Starkman
52 - The Sacred Season of Perimenopause with Dr. Amy Day
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Hormone Wisdom Before the Pause
Joanne sits down with Dr. Amy Day for a deeply affirming conversation about perimenopause, hormone shifts, and what so many women experience in their 30s and 40s without clear guidance. After navigating her own journey with endometriosis, Dr. Day devoted her career to helping women understand their bodies sooner. She unpacks the early signs of imbalance—fatigue, anxiety, sleep disruption, mood changes—and reminds you that these are not random inconveniences but signals asking to be heard.
The Pyramid of Foundational Support
Dr. Day shares the pyramid model she uses to support her patients, beginning with foundational lifestyle pillars like sleep, nutrition, stress regulation, and gut health before layering in targeted supplementation and, when appropriate, bioidentical hormone therapy. She explains how estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, and inflammation interact in a delicate ecosystem, and why treating symptoms without addressing the base of the pyramid often leaves women stuck. This grounded, step-by-step approach reframes hormone care as proactive and personalized rather than reactive.
Before the Pause
Beyond the clinic, Dr. Day is part of a growing movement to bring hormone education into the mainstream through the documentary M Factor II: Before the Pause. She encourages you to look for it at a local screening or watch for it on PBS. This episode is about advocacy—testing instead of guessing, speaking up instead of settling, and recognizing that this transition can be navigated with clarity and strength. If you’ve felt “off” but couldn’t quite explain why, this conversation offers both validation and a path forward.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Dr. Amy Day and Her Journey
08:02 Current Landscape of Women's Health
10:22 Addressing Chronic Stress and Fatigue
15:39 Recognizing Early Signs of Perimenopause
20:04 Navigating Hormonal Transitions and Bioidentical Hormones
27:07 The Importance of Holistic Health
31:27 The M Factor II: A New Perspective on Menopause
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