{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Peri & Pause The Podcast","title":"Empowering Women Through Midlife Transitions: A Conversation with Amanda Maingi","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6c557272\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1595,"description":"On Peri and Pause the podcast, host interviews women’s health nurse practitioner Amanda Maingi, who shares why she chose women’s health, her education at Georgetown, and how menopause and perimenopause received limited focus in training despite women spending a third of life in this stage. Amanda describes noticing gaps while working in a fast-paced traditional GYN clinic, where time constraints and protocol-driven care could miss the “whole woman” experience. She contrasts younger patients’ typically more straightforward visits with the complexity of midlife, highlighting under-research, life stressors, and chronic conditions. Common perimenopause symptoms often mislabeled as anxiety or depression include sleep disruption, heart palpitations, brain fog, irritability, overwhelm, and feeling out of control. The episode emphasizes validation, individualized high-touch care beyond algorithms, and addresses misconceptions that hormone therapy is inherently dangerous, stressing risk-benefit tailoring and comprehensive evaluation.\n00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro\n00:53 Why Womens Health\n02:17 Academic Journey Highlights\n04:09 Menopause Education Gap\n05:24 Clinic Reality and Missing Care\n08:57 Midlife vs Younger Patients\n13:14 Symptoms Mistaken for Anxiety\n17:43 Beyond Protocols Individual Care\n19:34 Patch And Pill Problem\n21:21 Telehealth Versus High Touch\n22:56 Layered Whole Woman Care\n26:03 Validation First Visit\n28:42 Hormone Therapy Myths\n30:07 New Patient Expectations\n31:53 Outro And Sign Off\n32:23 Recording The Closing Script\n34:16 Final Takeaway Message\n\n------\nThis podcast exists to normalize, explain, and elevate the midlife healthcare conversation—so women feel informed, believed, and empowered to demand better care for their bodies and lives.\nVisit https://periandpause.com for more info","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/blIqoXV8cJEwQkLxFiT2hhmzV5NFQ3SQUL8ePL6tRgE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMGVj/M2RkYjA1MGExODEw/MzY2Mjk3NzUwODE5/MmNmNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}