{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Peri & Pause The Podcast","title":"Navigating Menopause: A Conversation with Nurse Practitioner Kristen Nawyn","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6c71db47\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1762,"description":"In this episode of The Peri and Pause podcast, Jamie Gallagher launch the “Meet the Nurse Practitioner” series by introducing Kristen Nawyn, a board-certified adult gerontology nurse practitioner and Menopause Society–certified menopause specialist. Kristin shares her path from ICU nursing through the pandemic to palliative care interests focused on goals, values, and quality of life, and explains how a family medicine preceptorship revealed the gaps in menopause care and shifted her career. She discusses limited menopause education in graduate school, her oncology research on chemotherapy-induced early menopause in premenopausal cancer survivors, and how sudden induced menopause differs from natural menopause. Kristin describes common “loss of self” experiences in perimenopause, the biology of hormonal fluctuations, the need for anticipatory guidance, and how she builds trust with patients, addresses long-term hormone therapy concerns, and advocates for whole-person, time-rich menopause care.\n00:42 Podcast Intro and Guest Spotlight\n02:08 Kristin’s Nursing Origin Story\n03:10 What Palliative Care Really Is\n04:35 From ICU to Nurse Practitioner\n05:52 Discovering the Menopause Care Gap\n08:43 Graduate School vs Real Menopause Care\n10:37 Thesis on Chemo Induced Menopause\n13:04 Losing Your Sense of Self\n15:05 Natural vs Induced Menopause\n16:52 Better Care for Cancer Survivors\n17:46 Staying On Hormones\n18:57 Risks Of Stopping\n21:02 ICU Lessons On Aging\n22:50 Earning Patient Trust\n25:52 Midlife Women Carrying It All\n28:24 You Are Not Crazy\n29:00 Whole Person Menopause Care\n30:43 Emotional Weight And Guilt\n32:36 Closing Thanks And Wrap\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}