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Hotflashinc Hotflash inc is a journalist-led platform to inform, inspire & entertain people in peri/menopause

Ann Marie McQueen has focused on the spectrum of complementary and mainstream health care for much of her 30-year journalism career. That includes covering the early days of marijuana law reform, holistic and alternative treatments, transgender issues and abortion rights in North America and accessibility, solar power, and the Special Olympics in the Middle East. She has worked as a national columnist for Sun Media in Canada, was part of the launch team and served as news, arts and life, and features editor for The National newspaper in the UAE, and was the first sustainability columnist in the Gulf. Ann Marie is the founding editor-in-chief of Live healthy, the only health and wellness platform for men and women in the Middle East. She has written and reported for the Globe and Mail, CBC Radio, CBC The World This Weekend, Women's and Men's Health Middle East, Vogue Arabia and Harper's Bazaar Arabia. She has been recognized with awards in health and excellence in feature writing from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and ITP Publishing in Dubai. Ann Marie launched Hotflash inc in June 2020 to cover the latest clinical studies, treatments, products, guidance and more via a weekly research letter, podcastand across social media. Hotflash inc subscribers include some of the top CEOs, doctorsand other practitioners in the space, alongside curious, open-minded women and other folks seeking to connect the dotsand find their own solutions,all part ofafast-growing 20k+ global community living across 40+ countries.

07/04/2026

🎙️ Episode 204 of The Hotflash inc Podcast is out now.⁠

In this episode Naturopathic doctor and menopause specialist Dr. Kirsten Smith unpacks why perimenopause and menopause symptoms can feel so intense, where hormone therapy helps, where it gets overpromised, how stress, lifestyle, blood sugar and inflammation shape the experience, and why midlife often becomes a reckoning we aren't ready for.⁠

🎧 Listen to the full conversatio https://thehotflashincpodcast.riverside.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

There are four stages of perimenopause - and we don’t talk about them enough.⁠⁠The first might just involve subtle shift...
07/04/2026

There are four stages of perimenopause - and we don’t talk about them enough.⁠

The first might just involve subtle shifts within your period, and changes to mood, sleep and energy.⁠

It can be one of the hardest though because it is almost always accompanied by denial.⁠

Does it track for you?⁠
If so, how?⁠
If not, how not?⁠

Graph adapted from "Hormone Repair Manual" by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

06/04/2026

I love this show and I love how menopause is turning up all over television these days.

I wrote an essay about it. Drop TAKE ME THERE and I’ll send it to you.

06/04/2026

Being scared doesn’t help anything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

05/04/2026

talking to about how hormone therapy has worked for her strikes me as both incredibly normal-seeming and also pretty groundbreaking.

It’s just so matter-of-fact.

I’m also reminded of the line “Nobody wants to watch a middle-aged woman sweat her way through menopause” spoken by the character of Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow) about Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson in the 2019 film Bombshell. The film dramatized the real-life sexual harassment scandal at the network, in which Kelly was a central figure, providing crucial testimony against Ailes.

BTW perimenopause and menopause do not care who you voted for or what colour state you live in and neither does

Women everywhere should have as many choices and options through this transition as possible.

hrt hormonetherapy

04/04/2026

Drop HOT TRUTH and get on the waiting list.

03/04/2026

We are all hanging in because we love being here. ♥️🇦🇪💪🏻

And I want you to hang on and know that although perimenopause can suck, it’s also definitely not going to last forever and it’s going somewhere good. (Don’t believe me? Just watch me calmly eat yoghurt and make videos while getting alerts about interventions. That’s a woman who’s been through the 🔥➡️✨).

03/04/2026

One of the most misunderstood topics in perimenopause and menopause is progesterone intolerance — and it’s not always because women are sensitive.⁠

A huge thank-you to Laura for sharing that she reversed her progesterone intolerance by removing certain foods — because emerging research supports this 👇⁠

Here’s what the science shows:⁠
• Diet influences how progesterone is metabolized by the liver⁠
• High refined-carb or insulin-spiking diets can slow progesterone clearance, making symptoms worse⁠
• Inflammatory or unbalanced diets may affect progesterone receptor sensitivity, not just hormone levels⁠
• Micronutrients (like selenium, beta-carotene, and adequate protein quality) play a role in progesterone production and signaling⁠
• Diets that stabilize blood sugar and inflammation — like the Mediterranean diet — are linked to healthier hormone balance and fewer hormone-related symptoms⁠

Translation:⁠
If progesterone made you anxious, bloated, depressed, or unable to sleep — it doesn’t automatically mean progesterone “isn’t for you.”⁠

It may mean your metabolism, gut, liver, or nutrient status needed support first.⁠

This is why one-size-fits-all hormone advice fails women in midlife.⁠

Your body isn’t broken.⁠
Your symptoms are information.⁠

And sometimes, food is part of the solution.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

02/04/2026

We talk with Kausar Tahir about her app MeNow which helps women navigate perimenopause and menopause.⁠

The key takeaway is that MeNow stands out by offering information in six languages with a cultural lens, making complex health information relatable and tailored to women's needs.⁠

Rather than requiring women to search for answers, the app brings personalized, culturally-relevant information directly to them, helping women understand the physical, mental, and emotional changes they're experiencing.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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