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Women's Hormone Network, Montecito, CA (2026)

01/01/2026

✨Let us celebrate a year that will be filled with success and health!
Happy New Year! 🥂

12/20/2025

“The Myth of Estrogen Dominance”

Many women are told they have “estrogen dominance”… but the science tells a different story. 🎯
In perimenopause, estrogen isn’t “too high”—it’s not high enough. Without a strong estradiol peak, the LH surge collapses, ovulation fails, and progesterone plummets (Ramakrishnan et al., 2002; Seifert-Klauss & Prior, 2010).

The symptoms blamed on “too much estrogen”—irregular cycles, breast tenderness, mood swings, heavy bleeding—aren’t signs of excess. They’re the body struggling without hormonal rhythm.

Your hormones are wired to work in pulses, not in flat lines. The true solution is not to suppress estrogen—it’s to restore estradiol and progesterone in the physiologic rhythm your body once relied on. 🌙✨

Women deserve hormone care based on biology—not outdated labels. Ready to learn what real hormonal restoration looks like?

👉 Learn how PHRT™ helps patients regain health through hormonal pulsatility: https://womenshormonenetwork.org/

12/17/2025

Your Cycle Was Never Just About Fertility — It Was Your Health Blueprint

Your menstrual cycle is more than bleeding days and fertile windows — it’s a biological rhythm that orchestrates bone strength, cardiovascular protection, breast tissue renewal, cognitive balance, and overall vitality. When ovulation fades in perimenopause, that rhythm collapses… and so does everything it once protected.

🩸 Breast tissue cycles with your hormones (Ramakrishnan et al., 2002).
🦴 Bone building requires ovulation — at least five ovulatory cycles per year with adequate luteal progesterone to maintain skeletal strength (Seifert-Klauss & Prior, 2010).
❤️ Estradiol surges protect your heart — mid-cycle peaks mobilize endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) that repair blood vessels and support cardiovascular resilience (Fadini et al., 2008).

When estradiol amplitude falls or ovulation disappears, women lose:
• bone density
• vascular repair
• cognitive sharpness
• metabolic stability
• sexual wellness
• urogenital health

This isn’t aging — it’s the loss of rhythm.

PHRT™ works by restoring the same cyclical pattern your body relied on for decades, honoring the pulsatile rise of estradiol and the luteal surge of progesterone — not flattening your biology with static doses.

As Dr. Julie Taguchi said it best:
“It is likely the rest of the female body is controlled by the cycle.”

Your cycle shaped your health. Now precision rhythm can help you reclaim it.

👉 Learn more about PHRT™ and sign up today!
https://womenshormonenetwork.mykajabi.com/opt-in-711c1b96-0620-4e94-8fad-7b09759e76b9

12/15/2025

Your Hormones Aren’t Flat — They’re Rhythmic

Women were never meant to function on static, one-level hormone dosing. From puberty through menopause, estradiol and progesterone rise and fall in elegant pulses — creating the monthly rhythm that supports breast health, cognition, sleep, metabolism, sexual function, bone preservation, and emotional stability (Zava & ZRT Labs, 2023).

When this rhythm collapses in perimenopause, symptoms like night sweats, mood shifts, dryness, memory lapses, low libido, and metabolic changes are not “random.” They’re the direct result of losing hormonal pulsatility — the very pattern your brain, bones, heart, and reproductive tissues rely on.

The issue?
Many conventional therapies — including oral contraceptives and some static HRT regimens — flatten the natural peaks of estradiol and progesterone, wiping out the rhythmic information your body needs. Even estradiol patches provide steady delivery, but not the biologic rise-and-fall that drives true hormone signaling.

PHRT™ restores what your physiology recognizes: cyclical, peak-driven hormones that mirror the natural menstrual pattern — not a flat line.
Your body is rhythmic. Your hormone therapy should be too.

👉🏾 Learn more about PHRT™ and sign up today:
https://womenshormonenetwork.mykajabi.com/opt-in-711c1b96-0620-4e94-8fad-7b09759e76b9

12/15/2025

For decades, women—and many clinicians—were steered by fear, not facts, into believing hormone therapy inevitably led to breast cancer. That narrative was never backed by solid evidence, yet it shaped care anyway.

Now the FDA, under the leadership of Dr. Marty Makary, is taking steps forward by removing misleading warnings from estrogen products. This isn’t cosmetic. It’s a long-overdue reset toward evidence-based menopause care and an honest look at the long-term benefits of HRT.

Seeing respected physicians engaged in this conversation signals a shift: science over superstition, data over dogma.

The message is clear. Women deserve accurate information—not decades of unnecessary alarm. It’s time for the rest of the world to catch up.

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12/13/2025

THE WHI GOT IT WRONG — AND WOMEN PAID THE PRICE 💔

For more than 20 years, women were told hormones were dangerous. But here’s what the WHI actually studied: women who were decades past menopause, mostly unhealthy, never screened for cancer or heart disease, and given horse-derived estrogens + synthetic progestins—not human hormones, not rhythms, not physiology (Rossouw, 2002).

These women averaged 63 years old, many obese, prediabetic, sedentary, and >25% were already using statins. Meanwhile, women with hot flashes—the very women who would benefit—were excluded. And then the results were generalized to all women.

To make matters worse, the WHI used:

👉🏾Premarin (estrone-dominant, horse-derived waste metabolites)
👉🏾Provera (a synthetic progestin linked to breast cancer risk) (Chlebowski, 2010)
👉🏾Oral dosing, increasing clotting factors → stroke risk (Canonico, 2007)
👉🏾Static dosing, ignoring the biologic need for hormonal rhythm

None of these remotely resemble bioidentical estradiol + progesterone used cyclically in PHRT™.

And yet… the WHI still showed that women in their 50s had 30% lower all-cause mortality even with this poor regimen (Rossouw, 2007).

The tragedy?
Between 18,601 and 91,610 avoidable deaths occurred in women 50–59 who avoided hormones because of WHI fear (Sarrel, 2013).

Today, updated science confirms what physiology has always known:
Estradiol and progesterone—restored in rhythm—protect the heart, brain, bones, and quality of life when started within 10 years of menopause (Hodis & Mack, 2022).

It's time to move past fear and return to physiology.

Learn more about PHRT™ and reclaim your hormonal health today:
👉🏼 https://womenshormonenetwork.mykajabi.com/opt-in-711c1b96-0620-4e94-8fad-7b09759e76b9

12/10/2025

"🔥 Most women think they’re replacing “estrogen.”
But Biest, Premarin, and implants don’t replace the hormone their body actually needs — estradiol.

Estradiol (E2) is the primary active estrogen, responsible for neuroprotection (Brinton, 2009), cardiovascular support (Hodis & Mack, 2022), bone preservation (Prior, 2017), sexual function (Wierman et al., 2014), metabolic regulation (Mauvais-Jarvis, 2017), and mitochondrial health (Yao et al., 2010). Estrone (E1) and estriol (E3) simply cannot replicate these systemic effects — E1 is only ~4% as potent (Tebbens et al., 2022), and E3 is a terminal metabolite with localized influence.

💡 Why this matters:

Biest weakens estradiol’s receptor binding, blunting E2 activity (Barha et al., 2010).

Premarin contains horse estrogens (equilin, equilenin) linked to thrombotic and metabolic risks (Vinogradova et al., 2019).

Implants force constant hormone release, suppressing receptor sensitivity and increasing the risk of overdosing (Conway et al., 1988).

✨ What women actually need:
Physiologic estradiol + progesterone in a cyclic rhythm that mirrors the natural menstrual endocrine pattern. This rhythm restores hormonal amplitude, receptor responsiveness, and whole-body health — far beyond what static or diluted therapies can offer (Hale et al., 2020; Prior, 2017).

🌟 Restore the rhythm. Restore the woman.
PHRT™ aligns treatment with human biology — not pharmaceutical convenience.

👉 Learn more about PHRT™:
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12/04/2025

Doctors… are you addressing the **leading cause of female mortality?**
Cardiovascular disease remains the ** #1 killer of women**, with ischemic heart disease and stroke topping global mortality charts (WHO, 2023).

💔 **Low estradiol accelerates vascular aging.**
Research shows that premenopausal women with coronary artery disease present with **significantly lower estradiol levels**, highlighting estradiol as a vascular protector—not a liability.

💡 **Here’s the flip side:**
**Early, physiologic estradiol** has been shown to **slow vascular aging** and may reduce coronary artery calcium—key drivers of long-term cardiovascular risk (Hodis et al., 2016).

🧠 **Cyclic estradiol = better cerebrovascular health.**
Estradiol *peaks* enhance cerebral blood flow and reduce vascular inflammation, supporting healthier brain perfusion and lowering stroke vulnerability (Resnick et al., 2009).

Your patients’ hearts depend on more than symptom control—they depend on physiology.
**PHRT™ restores the rhythmic estradiol signaling women lose with ovarian aging, helping protect vascular, cerebral, and metabolic health.**

❤️ **Discover how PHRT™ can save lives. Your patients’ hearts will thank you.**

👉🏾 Become a PHRT™ provider today:
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12/02/2025

Doctors… true or false?
“Hormones should be ruled out for women beyond 60 years of age.”

❌ False.
Long-term menopausal hormone therapy can still be appropriate for women over 60 when evaluated through individual comorbidity, symptom burden, and updated risk assessment (NAMS, 2022). Many patients continue to benefit from personalized hormonal support well beyond arbitrary age cutoffs.

🔥 Vasomotor symptoms don’t magically stop.
Over 40% of women ages 60–65 continue to experience hot flashes significant enough to impair sleep, cognition, and quality of life (Gartoulla et al., 2015).

⏱️ Timing is key.
Strong evidence shows that initiating HRT earlier in the menopausal transition delivers the greatest vascular and systemic benefits, with risks remaining low when treatment is individualized (Hodis & Mack, 2022).

Age should never be the limit to your patient’s comfort, health, or quality of life.
Become a PHRT™ provider and bring physiologic, evidence-based hormone care to the women who need it most.

👉🏾 Become a PHRT provider today!
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11/29/2025

🌸 Your Hormones, Your Story — Not Just a Risk Alert

For decades you’ve heard “HRT = cancer risk,” but that story is incomplete. Not all hormones are the same — and the science is evolving.

The Women's Hormone Network explains that many fears come from old studies that used synthetic drugs and continuous dosing — not natural hormones used with rhythm and care.
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✨ With the right approach (bioidentical hormones + physiologic rhythm), hormones may support your bone health, brain, mood — and even help protect you from cellular stress, not add to it.
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You deserve choices backed by data — not fear.

👉 Find a PHRT™ practitioner near you: https://womenshormonenetwork.org/find-a-provider/

11/17/2025

Loss of microbial diversity can worsen menopausal symptoms.
Your gut microbiome helps process, activate, and recycle hormones throughout the body.

When diversity declines, hormonal balance falters — leading to more hot flashes, mood swings, and metabolic changes.

Support the microbiome. Support the rhythm.
👉🏾Doctors: Learn how PHRT integrates with gut health to restore true balance.
https://womenshormonenetwork.mykajabi.com/opt-in

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