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Sexual Health is an Equality Issue! – A Chat About Sex, Coaching and Menopause This was a live chat that I did with Dr. Ashley Winter. She is the Chief Medical Officer at Odela health! We had a chat about my book and sexual health in general. Is it true that women are “too complicated”? Sexual Health is an Equality Issue The clitoris doesn’t have a place in the traditional medical paradigm – Dr. Winter We don’t teach people medically accurate language – so we can’t communicate with anyone and it ends up hurting you. It is not informed consent if we don’t tell people that medications can cause sexual health issues. Everyone needs to know about menopause. The reason coaching really helps our sex lives. The fallacy of “natural” and challenging the idea that natural is better. We need to stop judging women for their decisions around hormones. We don’t judge men for being on testosterone. The problem with the FDA label on vaginal estrogen. Love Dr. Winter? Go way back to episode 46 https://www.odelahealth.com/ Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Did you watch the Tedx Talk yet? Why We Need Adult Sex Ed   Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Menopause and Hormones in the Modern Era AKA: Why the Boomers Should be Pissed  This is a lecture I gave for the Society of Women in Urology about hormones.  If you like this episode also check out number 197.  Genitourinary syndrome of menopause  Men at age 60 have more estrogen in their bodies then women Why I don’t do a loading dose of vaginal estrogen.  The problem with the vaginal estrogen labeling by the FDA.  How the nation used estrogen prior to the Women’s Health Initiative Scare. I explain why the WHI study was created and what question it was trying to answer. Myth: you have to be a year without a period to be on hormones.  I break down the three concerns about progestin and breast cancer from the WHI 1)  Was the placebo arm flawed 2) Was it the synthetic progestin and now we use bioidentical 3)  Maybe progestin increases risk but it is small and perhaps benefits still outweigh risk as breast cancer is so curable and all the other benefits are worth the small increased risk I discuss the “critical window” hypothesis and “healthy cell” hypothesis and why hormones are recommended to be started “early” in menopause which means less than ten years. Why I think the Boomers should be pissed. Vaginal estrogen for all and get an okay from your  Best practices -  If you have a uterus, with systemic estrogen you need a progestin -  You can continue hormones for life as long as your benefit > risks -  Vaginal bleeding after menopause is never normal -  If there is an FDA approved product use it instead of compounded -  Checking hormones is often not necessary -  One size does not fit all   What about hormones for prevention? On a national level the answer is no. But everyone needs their own analysis.  National guidelines on how to give testosterone to women for low desire. Hormones: are we being equitable to all genders in regards to hormones.   NAMS 2022 guidelines: According to NAMS, “the benefits of hormone therapy outweigh the risks for most healthy symptomatic women who are aged younger than 60 years and within 10 years of menopause onset.” For women with primary ovarian insufficiency and premature or early menopause who are at higher risk of bone loss, heart disease, and cognitive or affective disorders, “hormone therapy can be used until at least the mean age of menopause unless there is a contraindication to its use.”   Where is the black box warning on alcohol?   What about lasers for GSM?   Where are we on removing the FDA black box warning on vaginal estrogen?   My thoughts on online hormone companies.   Estrogen plays a role in the gut microbiome and may affect the risk of osteoporosis.   Our podcast sponsor today is AG1. Use AG1 to build a foundation for better health. FREE ONE YEAR SUPPLY OF VITAMIN D3+K2, 5 TRAVEL PACKS drinkag1.com/youarenotbroken   Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Did you watch the Tedx Talk yet? Why We Need Adult Sex Ed Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed Join mymembership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

August Podcast Live – the state of sex ed     We are going to talk about Sex ed today in celebration of the Tex talk coming out! https://femtechinsider.com/rescripted-sex-ed-report/  https://pleasurebetter.com/orgasm-statistics/ I answer a listener’s question about being stuck in a sexual script  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035379/   Did you get my “You Are Not Broken” Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Listen to my Tedx Talk: Why we need adult sex ed   Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BRCA Gene Previvor, Menopause Activist and Protector Against Corrosion – Monica Molenaar   Our podcast sponsor today is AG1. Use AG1 to build a foundation for better health. FREE ONE YEAR SUPPLY OF VITAMIN D3+K2, 5 TRAVEL PACKS drinkag1.com/youarenotbroken   Monica Molenaar is a serial entrepreneur and an advocate for frank talk and common-sense solutions around women’s health and wellness.  At the age of 40, Monica tested positive for the BRCA gene and elected to remove her ovaries prophylactically to reduce her risk of breast and ovarian cancers, thereby ending her natural production of estrogen and sending her into surgical menopause overnight. This began a multi-year journey trying to make sense of all the misinformation and lack of clarity around this phase of life. It was only after starting to supplement with estrogen and progesterone that Monica found relief from the menopausal symptoms affecting her quality of life and was able to get back to work. She was inspired to start Alloy to make sure that other women entering menopause would have an easier time than she did accessing credible information, doctors expert in menopause and women's health, effective and safe solutions, and a supportive community.   What turned Monica into an estrogen activist? Why do you think it's important that women learn more about their biology in order to take control of how they age? Since when did it become ok to talk about sex the way we are doing it now? Alloy is combo menopause and sexual health – how did that happen? – let’s talk about topical sildenafil The stigma of testosterone in women     https://www.instagram.com/myalloy/ https://www.myalloy.com/ CODE: CASPERSON25 for $25 off your order   Our podcast sponsor today is AG1. Use AG1 to build a foundation for better health. FREE ONE YEAR SUPPLY OF VITAMIN D3+K2, 5 TRAVEL PACKS drinkag1.com/youarenotbroken   Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Did you watch the Tedx Talk yet? Why We Need Adult Sex Ed Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Estrogen Matters with Dr. Avrum Bluming Avrum Bluming received his MD from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He spent four years as a senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute. He organized the first study of lumpectomy for the treatment of breast cancer in Southern California in 1978, and for more than two decades he has been studying the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy administered to women with a history of breast cancer. Dr. Bluming has served as a clinical professor of medicine at USC and  is the co-author of “Estrogen Matters: why taking hormones in menopause can improve women’s wellbeing and lengthen their lives – without raising the risk of breast cancer” with Dr. Carol Tavris.   Hear his story about how he became the advocate for hormones and hormones after breast cancer.   So many people think correlation = causation – case with E and breast cancer – just poor education in our population?   “we don’t know what causes breast cancer” – can people handle a grey world?   Estrogen receptor positive doesn’t mean estrogen caused the cancer – discuss   Dispel the myth that early puberty and late menopause is a breast cancer risk – dogma – “lifetime exposure” – but women with lots of pregnancies have lower risk.   Should we just work on a re-brand? Go on HRT because if you do get breast cancer you will do better than if you weren’t on it?   How do aromatase inhibitors work? People call them “estrogen blockers” so people think estrogen causes cancer and recurrence.  Why only in post-menopausal women?   What’s with adipose tissue? People always say it is because adipose tissue increases estrogen – is it estrone ?? Or inflammation?   Doctors don’t want to be sued. Do you know of any doctor getting sued for giving hormones in general or after breast cancer?   If estrogen is FDA approved for prevention of osteoporosis – why did the USPSTF say no to prevention and why are we screening for osteoporosis so late (age 65?)   Do you agree with the USPSTF about no for prevention. Your opinion of Progestin causing Breast cancer" Is the placebo arm bad?  Is the risk not actually that high – from 2-4% Is it the synthetic progestin?  Everyone’s talking about dementia now – Dr. Bluming’s take  There are 25 studies showing E is safe after breast cancer  and 20 review studies– and the HABITS trial is the only one that shows local recurrence and is flawed – how many studies are enough?   Advice for younger physicians who care about this work?   Do you think the world is just crazy? How does Dr. Bluming cope?   We discuss the new Danish study in the British Medical Journal and dissect the data to dispel the fear.   http://www.instagram.com/estrogenmatters https://estrogenmatters.com/ Buy Estrogen Matters https://amzn.to/3POsai5     Did you get my “You Are Not Broken” Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK   Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause 101. This is an interview I did with my friend and co-founder of a menopause clinic Alloy, Monica Molenaar. Why I care about women and sex and hormones The definition of menopause and how we aren’t educated about what menopause actually is and the symptoms that can arise Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause The types of bladder leakage and how estrogen can help The different types of estrogen – vaginal and systemic Why we need vaginal estrogen even when we are not sexually active Why I have a cream bias with vaginal estrogen, and other options. Vaginal estrogen will not help your hot flashes. Myths about who can and can’t use vaginal estrogen. Biologic changes of the skin of the vulva after menopause      How the clitoris works. Scream Cream – what it is and does it work. Favorite lubes and I explain why I like what I like Gen X is the lowest users of vibrators in America There are many papers showing transdermal estrogen does not increase your clot risk above what it already is. I explain the Women’s Health Initiative study and how it hurt women by creating fear. Vaginal estrogen is equivalent in efficacy to the common overactive bladder medications.  Why not restore function instead of taking the side effects of the overactive bladder medications? When should you stop using your seatbelt, sunscreen and vaginal estrogen? Urinary tract infections put people in the hospital and kill them – this is not a hangnail. Can estrogen alone help all pain with sex? What do they new Menopause guidelines say about the window for starting systemic hormones and how long can you take them. The role of androgens and testosterone in the genitals.   ACOG Position Statement of using vaginal estrogen in breast cancer patients https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/clinical-consensus/articles/2021/12/treatment-of-urogenital-symptoms-in-individuals-with-a-history-of-estrogen-dependent-breast-cancer Vagina Obscura by Rachel Gross https://amzn.to/46XHChX https://www.myalloy.com/ CASPERSON25 for $25 off   https://www.instagram.com/myalloy/   Our podcast sponsor today is AG1. Use AG1 to build a foundation for better health. FREE ONE YEAR SUPPLY OF VITAMIN D3+K2, 5 TRAVEL PACKS drinkag1.com/youarenotbroken   Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK   Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to July's Live Podcast Orgasmic versus hormonal Use it or lose it Studies on Teen Sex Ed, PRP for ED, HPV jabs, Creating Desire and more! Sex Ed matters:https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11388-2 Did you get my “You Are Not Broken” Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Get in the Free FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/youarenotbroken/   Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Sex Hurts – Dr. Krapf  Dr. Jill Krapf is a gynecologist specializing in vulvovaginal disorders in Tampa, FL  Dr. Krapf is active in research and has published chapters and peer-reviewed articles on vulvodynia, vulvar dermatoses, and hypoactive sexual desire disorder. She is Associate Editor for the Journal of Sexual Medicine, as well as for the textbook Female Sexual Pain Disorders, 2nd Edition.  Love Dr. Krapf? Check out my other episodes #131 – National Lichen Sclerosis Day and #172 – Vulvar Itch Why write a 2nd edition of the book “When Sex Hurts”? How common is pain with sex for women? Often times with pain with sex there is a physical cause, but you can’t always see it. Pelvic pain and pain with sex is very isolating and people feel very alone.  People don’t know how to talk about it.  What happens after the pain is fixed. What does “all in your head” mean and why people don’t like that. “Those who perceive their partners as kind and understanding report more intense pain than women whose partners have responses that promote adaptive coping.” – what!  What is adaptive coping? How to communicate your pain to your partner and your doctor. What if you are a partner of someone with dyspareunia - - “best partner response is having a partner who engages in what researches call facilitative responses – affection and encouragement to cope with the pain in an adaptive way, such as by focusing on pleasure, deep breathing or positive thoughts while experiencing the pain.” We talk about stress, sex and the gut – things like irritable bowel syndrome related to pain with sex? The role of birth control pills and pelvic pain and health. In her book, “When Sex Hurts” they talk about Yaz (drospirenone) and pelvic pain – a prospective study of women’s genitals and sexual function prior to starting Yasmin – and then after three months- decreased clitoris, decreased blood flow, decreased labia minora, decreased libido, fewer orgasms and more dyspareunia. The role of testosterone in pelvic pain – one study showing women with higher androgen levels have less work related neck and shoulder pain then women with low androgen and differing levels of Testosterone may explain some of the gender related differences in pain perception The difficulty in giving testosterone to women and the problem with pellets. Recurrent Yeast Infections – Dr. Krapf helps us Our podcast sponsor today is AG1. Use AG1 to build a foundation for better health. FREE ONE YEAR SUPPLY OF VITAMIN D3+K2, 5 TRAVEL PACKS drinkag1.com/youarenotbroken The new 2nd edition of “When Sex Hurts ”https://amzn.to/460TP4V https://jillkrapfmd.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jillkrapfmd/   Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK   Join my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed   Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Best Sex Ed You Never Had   We all got a sex education – it just wasn’t accurate.   My Sex Ed course is coming out this Month!  Get on the email list to join when it opens.   This was a talk I gave to medical doctors for a residency program continuing education lecture.   Seasons of sexuality Stress and sexuality The importance of self-care in sexuality Communication and sexuality Sex as a skill that can be improved   Sexuality and gender equality   Stop Should-ing all over your sex life       If you got decent sex ed you were lucky   Sex is Complex – therefore so so interesting Biopsychosocial   Your sexuality is not a fixed asset   Orgasms are good for us   Your biggest sex organ is your brain   Night shifts wreak your sexual function – any gender   Sex is dopamine, and we have cheaper dopamine in our current society which competes with sex.   Defining heteronormativity   What Society tell us about sex (and is wrong about)  Pro tip: desire mismatch is normal Pro tip: Why do you want to have sex?  FEELINGS – list three -       If partnered: do you know theirs?   Orgasmic Inequality is real.   The Heteronormative Theory of Low Desire in Women Partnered with Men   How Freud messed us up in regards to sex.   Do you actually “fall out of love” or does your brain habituate and you are craving newness and dopamine?   Cognitive distractions are bad for good sex.  Mindfulness and meditation can help.   How to improve sex as a skill Relationship between sex and sexuality (sensuality) and ways to improve sex drive How to have a balanced life, not put sexual health on the back burner Stress effects on sexuality Resources -       You are not broken book -       Becoming Cliterate -       Your body is not an apology -       Sex and Sexuality podcast -       How to find a sex therapist o   AAASECT.org   Take one action toward achieving a fulfilled life   Why does sex end when the male ejaculates?   The heteronormative definition of sex is not good for anybody.   What we make lubrication mean.   How does your pelvic know that it is sexy time?  Remember brain and pelvic arousal.   Our lack of ability to communicate to our partner’s about why we want sex hurts us.   So many things about sex are aren’t actually about sex.   How to help post partum people and their partner’s understand what is happening after birthing a baby. The biologic and psychosocial component behind this   Even though we are not taught about sex, we are told things about sex all the time.   Women: men didn’t get any more sex ed than we did….we have to communicate our needs to them.   How to communicate about sex.   What does sensuality mean?   Don’t forget to desire things you already have.   What are your top three feelings you want to have during sex.   If you can’t turn off your frontal lobe you may have trouble with orgasms.   Challenge your limiting beliefs about sex.   Figure out your obstacles to a good sex life – now you have the pathway. The obstacles are the way.   Tips from people who have magnificent sex.   Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is my talk I gave at the 2023 Clitoris Summit https://clitoris.io/summit2023   I discuss the bias that women’s sexual health is all in her head.   We can’t neglect the “bio” part of all bodies.   9% of urologists in the United States are female – which is about 1,000 surgeons.   Orgasms are good for us, but so often are considered “bonuses”   Don’t forget the “psychosocial” part of sexuality.   Clitoral Adhesions   Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause   Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder   What to do about blunted orgasms?  New guidelines on female orgasm coming soon!   Our podcast partner is Firmtech – use code “NOTBROKEN” for 15% off https://myfirmtech.com/?sca_ref=3901627.saeQB3wieI   Did you get the You Are Not Broken Book Yet? https://amzn.to/3p18DfK Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP when they are created and without advertisement and even listen live to the interviews and episodes. www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices