Dr Mary Pines

Dr Mary Pines https://drmarypines.com/about

💃🏼 Midlife Women's Health & Longevity Expert
🤓 Cambridge Biomedical PhD Scientist
✨25y Research, Education, Consulting
✅ Founder, The Better Beyond 40 Formula - Midlife Hormone & Metabolism

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Easter (and holidays in general) tend to swing people into two extremes…All in… or all out.And neither actually feels th...
04/02/2026

Easter (and holidays in general) tend to swing people into two extremes…

All in… or all out.

And neither actually feels that good in your body.

What I’ve found — both personally and in working lots of with women in midlife — is that it’s not about doing less or more…

It’s about staying connected.

Eating in a way that keeps your energy steady.

That lets you enjoy the moment without paying for it later.

A few small anchors can change the entire experience.

Not rules.

Not restrictions.

Just support.

And when you approach it this way…

you don’t need to “start over” the next day.

You just keep going.

If you’re navigating this season of life and want a more grounded, sustainable way to feel good in your body…

Link in bio for my free masterclass on thriving in midlife.

04/01/2026

Yep. I did the thing I tell everyone not to do. 😬

Started my day with a pure carb and sugar load — even if it was a healthy-ish zucchini chocolate loaf — and an hour later I was anxious, crashing, and looking exactly like you’d expect.

If you’re over 35, this matters more than you might think. That blood sugar spike and crash hits differently when your hormones are already shifting. The anxiety, the energy dip, the brain fog — it’s not in your head.

Start with protein. Eggs, ham, avocado, a proper breakfast. (Oopsies!) It doesn’t have to be complicated.

And no, we’re not aiming for perfection here. I clearly am not. But it’s a good reminder of the why — sometimes you need to feel it to remember it. 😅

I recently debunked a viral article claiming you’re “overdoing” protein — and the fear-mongering in it genuinely frustra...
03/31/2026

I recently debunked a viral article claiming you’re “overdoing” protein — and the fear-mongering in it genuinely frustrated me. (Blog post.)

Here’s my slide-by-slide breakdown of every “warning sign” they listed, and why most of it doesn’t hold up for midlife women.

Save this one. Share it with a friend who’s been scared away from protein by a headline.

The bottom line:

Most of the women I work with aren’t eating too much protein. They’re barely hitting the minimum to support their bodies.

You deserve better information than what some of the mainstream media is serving you.

Link in bio to The Better Beyond Files (aka my Blog). 👆

Who needs weights when you have a giant Doodle?!That's functional fitness, baby!Happy Monday — hope your week is off to ...
03/30/2026

Who needs weights when you have a giant Doodle?!

That's functional fitness, baby!

Happy Monday — hope your week is off to a great start.

03/28/2026

The MOST incredible day out there splitboarding with the homies…we hit Heartstrings! Legendary. Best conditions ever!

Feeling blessed. For this place. For this life. For this body. For the peace in this corner of this crazy planet. 🙏

❤️

03/28/2026

If you've lost your drive, can't build muscle no matter how hard you train, or just feel like a shell of your former beast-mode self — this one's for you.

Testosterone and DHEA start declining in your late twenties and early thirties. By midlife those drops show up as low motivation, a body that won't respond, and that frustrating "what is even the point" feeling at the gym.

It's not laziness. It's not age. It's hormones — and there's a difference.

Episode 8 is in the feed. Go have a listen. Link in bio.

you've lost your drive, can't build muscle no matter how hard you train, or just feel like a shell of your former beast-mode self — this one's for you.

Testosterone and DHEA start declining in your late twenties and early thirties. By midlife those drops show up as low motivation, a body that won't respond, and that frustrating "what is even the point" feeling at the gym.

It's not laziness. It's not age. It's hormones — and there's a difference.

Episode 8 is in the feed. Go have a listen. Link in bio.

Menopause BetterBeyond40 Hormones

If you used to have a strong s3x drive and now you'd just rather Netflix...There's nothing wrong with you.HALF(!) of wom...
03/24/2026

If you used to have a strong s3x drive and now you'd just rather Netflix...

There's nothing wrong with you.

HALF(!) of women in midlife struggle with low libido!

And most of them are told it's psychological....

But when your brain is on board and your body still says no, we need to talk about hormones.

Swipe through for the full breakdown. 👉

03/23/2026

The way you’ve been told to manage bladder leaks may be totally wrong. 🤯

If you’ve been doing Kegels to fix bladder leaks, urgency, or frequency — and nothing is improving — this might be why.

Most women are told that pelvic floor problems stem from weakness.

But pelvic floor physiotherapist Lindsay Geddes says that if you’re dealing with urge incontinence, overactive bladder, or urethral sensitivity, you’re actually more likely to have a pelvic floor that’s too tight — not too loose.

And if that’s the case? Kegels aren’t just unhelpful. They could be making things worse.

The fix isn’t always about strengthening. Sometimes it’s about learning to release and rebalance.

Full episode with Lindsay is out now — link in bio. 🎙️

03/19/2026

New episode: Midlife Hormones 101: Decoding Peri/Menopause Stages

This whole episode is grounded in the idea that what USED doesn’t work for us anymore - our "operating systems" have updated, so to speak, and we need to re-learn how to navigate these bodies…

So in this episode, I’m going to walk you through what you can expect as you move through the stages of perimenopause (from an unconventional point of view), some labs to look at and a couple of important hormones that often get left out of the conversation.
..Then in our next episode, the topic you've been asking about A LOT:

Hormone Replacement Therapy — best practices and worst practices! Some hot tips and hotly contested ideas in this one so stick around, it's a goodie. :)

Link in bio and available in all the places - Apple, Spotify, etc.

03/18/2026

At 45, I feel better than I did 15-20 years ago. 🙌

Here’s what’s actually in my current hormone stack and why.
(This protocol is personal to ME based on my symptoms, labs & history - yours will be different.)

The short version: oral bioidentical progesterone (recently changed dosage), testosterone cream (l***a only!), dessicated thyroid tablets, and oral DHEA.

Plus topical estradiol+pregnenolone for skin as really my only skincare routine (alongside GHK/copper peptides). Few things actually have solid data behind them for skin, but these do.

Each one has a reason.

Each one is personalized for my body.

Each one has made a measurable difference in my sleep, my energy, my brain, my mood, and my body.

I go deep on all of this — where you are in perimenopause and what supports you could potentially benefit from, HRT best and worst practices, what to say to your provider, what the research actually says — in my upcoming 2 podcast episodes. You’re not going to want to miss them.

Follow the show anywhere you listen to your podcasts so you don’t miss the drop. “The Better Beyond 40 Formula” with Dr Mary Pines. 🎙️

Hormones

If you've been avoiding hormone therapy because you heard it causes cancer — this one's for you.That fear traces back to...
03/18/2026

If you've been avoiding hormone therapy because you heard it causes cancer — this one's for you.

That fear traces back to one extremely FLAWED study from 2002.

It used the wrong hormones, included women already in poor health, with the wrong controls, and has been widely discredited. The organization that ran it has since reversed its own conclusions (AKA retracted the study).

The real picture is a lot more nuanced — and a lot more hopeful!

The next myth I'll debunk - Low s3x drive 💋 & testosterone in women

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