

The Hormone Solution | Menopause, Perimenopause, & Women's Midlife Health
Karen Martel: Certified Hormone Specialist
The Hormone Solution is a top-ranked women's health podcast focused on perimenopause, menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), weight gain, metabolism, thyroid health, and midlife transformation.
Hosted by Certified Hormone Specialist Karen Martel, this show helps women in their 40s and 50s understand what's really happening with their hormones — and what to do about it.
If you're struggling with perimenopause symptoms, menopause weight gain, estrogen dominance, low progesterone, testosterone decline, brain fog, poor sleep, thyroid dysfunction, or metabolic slowdown, this podcast breaks it down in a clear, practical, no-nonsense way.
Each episode features:
• Evidence-based hormone education
• Expert interviews
• Real-world HRT guidance
• Midlife weight loss strategies
• Thyroid and metabolic health insights
With over 2.5 million downloads and ranked in the Top 30 on iTunes, The Hormone Solution is trusted by women worldwide who want real answers about bioidentical hormones, menopause treatment options, and midlife health.
New episodes every Tuesday and Saturday.
Take the free hormone quiz at karenmartel.com
Shop Midlife Products and Solutions at midlifesolutions.org
Hosted by Certified Hormone Specialist Karen Martel, this show helps women in their 40s and 50s understand what's really happening with their hormones — and what to do about it.
If you're struggling with perimenopause symptoms, menopause weight gain, estrogen dominance, low progesterone, testosterone decline, brain fog, poor sleep, thyroid dysfunction, or metabolic slowdown, this podcast breaks it down in a clear, practical, no-nonsense way.
Each episode features:
• Evidence-based hormone education
• Expert interviews
• Real-world HRT guidance
• Midlife weight loss strategies
• Thyroid and metabolic health insights
With over 2.5 million downloads and ranked in the Top 30 on iTunes, The Hormone Solution is trusted by women worldwide who want real answers about bioidentical hormones, menopause treatment options, and midlife health.
New episodes every Tuesday and Saturday.
Take the free hormone quiz at karenmartel.com
Shop Midlife Products and Solutions at midlifesolutions.org
Episodes
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Jun 20, 2019 • 46min
Slaying Your Dragons with Jennifer Ludington
Jennifer Ludington is a recovering exercise and physique addict who is now a Fitness and healthy lifestyle coach. After battling years of over-exercising, eating disorders and obsessions, she understands first hand how you can break free and transform your fitness and health to become more than just your BODY. Jennifers goal is to help empower and guide women through transparent, honest, and real-life fitness. In this episode; The importance of NOT falling into the trap of trying to look a way that isn't normal for your body. Self-sabotage and the real reason we get sidetracked. Slaying your dragons or uncovering the past emotional traumas that keep us from losing weight. Finding your why to help you radically change. How to begin a tough transformation. and much more! Join the Weight Loss for The Driven Woman Summit! Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Jun 13, 2019 • 50min
Heal the Gut...Heal the Body with Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride
Dr. Campbell-McBride graduated with Honours as a Medical Doctor from Bashkir Medical University in Russia. She gained a Postgraduate Degree in Neurology and completed a second Postgraduate Degree in Human Nutrition at Sheffield University, UK. She is the author of Gut And Psychology Syndrome. Natural Treatment Of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Depression And Schizophrenia. In this episode: What lead Dr. Natasha McBride to create the GAPS protocol How the brain and gut are deeply connected The detrimental effects of the standard American diet on our gut. How it impacts our brain, hormones, weight and every other aspect of our health. The future of our health and our children's health Vaccines, pesticides and even organic food can be wreaking havoc on our gut microbiome How we should be eating Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

Jun 6, 2019 • 43min
Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss
If you are insulin resistance weight loss will be challenging! In this episode you will learn; - What is insulin and how does the body become insulin resistance - Why everyone needs to test for it if they are trying to lose weight - How it can stop you from losing weight and cause weight loss resistance - The best diet and exercise to reverse it and quickly - My top supplement recommendations - How to use fasting to reverse it Get the Intro to Carnivore program Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

May 30, 2019 • 41min
Self Love...Your Ticket to Transformation with Paul Fishman
Paul Fishman is a self-love coach who is on a mission to empower and inspire humanity to love unconditionally, and to him, self-love is the best medicine. In this episode - How Paul discovered the missing piece in his life self-love and went from being 75 pounds overweight, in debt and in an abusive relationship to happy, fit and in love with himself! - What is self-love - Why self-love is the missing piece to overcoming health, career and relationship issues. -How becoming authentically you is the key to your happiness - What social media's impact has on our ability to love ourselves - The importance of tuning into your body to discover the perfect for YOU! - Paul's favorite self-love practice that can help you transform your body. Join the Intro to Keto for Women's Hormone Health! My Keto start-up eBook with everything you need to know to get started on the right foot. The Ultimate Hormone Questionnaire to help you discover which hormones are out of balance. The Ultimate Guide to Balancing Your Hormones eBook Three information-packed videos on the basics of the Ketogenic diet. Three information-packed videos on how to balance your hormones for optimal weight loss results. Supplement recommendations for hormone health. What labs are best to determine the state of your hormones. How to properly test your thyroid and how to test your thyroid from home with no lab work! How to modify the ketogenic diet when you have an existing thyroid issue, including Hashimoto's. and much more! Join today!

May 23, 2019 • 1h 8min
Take Charge of Your Health to Lose Weight and Feel Your Best!
A special episode from the Women's Empowerment Project Elle Russ and Karen Martel dive deep into their own personal stories of rising up and overcoming weight and health issues. The importance of having your thyroid checked, ancestral nutrition and how it changed their lives. Why there is so much more to health and weight loss then what we are being told as women and more! Women's Empowerment Project Free online summit; interviews with empowering life coaches, health experts, and authors. Hosted by Karen Martel & Elle Russ Contact Host Karen Martel: https://karenmartel.com Contact Host Elle Russ: http://www.elleruss.com Elle Russ is a writer, actor, and best-selling author of The Paleo Thyroid Solution. She is the host of the popular Primal Blueprint Podcast and a certified Primal Health Coach. Elle is the leading voice of thyroid health in the fast-growing Paleo, Primal, Ancestral Health Movements. Elle is also the writer of award-winning documentary Headhunt Revisited. She is dedicated to educating and empowering others to live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives. Karen Martel is a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. After struggling with her own health issues, Karen was determined to bring her knowledge to others with a bold new approach to women's health and weight management. Karen's passion lies in helping women breakthrough weight loss resistance and find their personal weight loss code through nutrition, digestive health, hormone optimization, and managing stress.

May 23, 2019 • 1h 8min
Take Charge of Your Health to Lose Weight and Feel Your Best!
A special episode from the Women's Empowerment Project Elle Russ and Karen Martel dive deep into their own personal stories of rising up and overcoming weight and health issues. The importance of having your thyroid checked, ancestral nutrition and how it changed their lives. Why there is so much more to health and weight loss then what we are being told as women and more! Women's Empowerment Project Free online summit; interviews with empowering life coaches, health experts, and authors. Hosted by Karen Martel & Elle Russ Elle Russ is a writer, actor, and best-selling author of The Paleo Thyroid Solution. She is the host of the popular Primal Blueprint Podcast and a certified Primal Health Coach. Elle is the leading voice of thyroid health in the fast-growing Paleo, Primal, Ancestral Health Movements. Elle is also the writer of award-winning documentary Headhunt Revisited. She is dedicated to educating and empowering others to live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives. Karen Martel is a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. After struggling with her own health issues, Karen was determined to bring her knowledge to others with a bold new approach to women's health and weight management. Karen's passion lies in helping women breakthrough weight loss resistance and find their personal weight loss code through nutrition, digestive health, hormone optimization, and managing stress.

May 16, 2019 • 52min
The Power of Mindful Movement with Ellen Barrett
Ellen Barrett, M.A., is a well-known mind/body movement instructor, with blockbuster videos like Fat Burning Pilates, The Yogini Workout, and Prevention's Flat Belly series. She's the author of four wellness books, including her latest, 28Days Lighter Diet, which delves into, specifically, women and weight release. With yoga, Pilates, ACE-Fitness, and Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) certifications, Ellen is helming the Now Age of empowered health, by bridging movement, diet and lifestyle. ellenbarrett.com In this episode: Mindful movement versus cardio for weight loss and health Why Ellen prefers using the term "Weight Release" rather than "Weight Loss". How women are different when it comes to diet and exercise and how to tune in to your body and do different exercises depending on where you are in your cycle. Why women have to start ignoring messaging from mainstream media How to use movement as medicine Listening to your intuition to know what your body needs for exercise and food Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Join the OnTrack women's weight loss and hormone balancing master class. In the OnTrack Program, You Find Out Exactly What is Keeping You From Losing Weight, Balance Your Hormones and Feel Amazing! Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram Join the OnTrack Women's Weight Loss program

May 9, 2019 • 44min
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on Calorie and Carb Counting
Should you count calories? Should you count carbohydrates? In today's episode, I am going to answer those questions. You will learn the TRUTH behind calorie counting. What the science tells us about the efficacy of counting calories both short term and long term when it comes to losing weight. Plus how many carbs should you be eating and how to test your carb tolerance. Get the download on how to carb test here. Join the OnTrack women's weight loss and hormone balancing master class. In the OnTrack Program, You Find Out Exactly What is Keeping You From Losing Weight, Balance Your Hormones and Feel Amazing! Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram Join the OnTrack Women's Weight Loss program

May 1, 2019 • 54min
Master your stress to regain your health with Elena Lipson
Elena Lipson is an expert in self-care and helps ambitious women, on the edge of burnout who are ready to reconnect with their bodies and tune into their own needs. Learn about the importance of having a self-care practice. What self-care even means. How to get started and some amazing tools to try out. Get instant access to Elena's 3-Step Magic Morning Recipe for Success, Resonance & Well-being at www.elenalipson.com Join the OnTrack women's weight loss and hormone balancing master class. In the OnTrack Program, You Find Out Exactly What is Keeping You From Losing Weight, Balance Your Hormones and Feel Amazing! Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram Join the OnTrack Women's Weight Loss program

Apr 24, 2019 • 50min
How to Bring Soul Into Life with Thomas Moore
In this episode, I explore with best selling author Thomas Moore what the soul has to do with relationships. How the soul expresses itself in our many relationships with our partners, family, friends, and children. What is the soul and soul mates? How as a society we need to bring more soul into our conversations and even into the bedroom. Watch the video on our Women's Empowerment Project YouTube channel. Join the OnTrack women's weight loss and hormone balancing master class. In the OnTrack Program, You Find Out Exactly What is Keeping You From Losing Weight, Balance Your Hormones and Feel Amazing! Karen Martel, Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram Join the OnTrack Women's Weight Loss program


