unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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Welcome to unPAUSED, the podcast where bold, unfiltered conversations take place about what it really takes for women to thrive in the second half of life. Every week, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Certified Menopause Practitioner, and #1 New York Times best-selling author, tackles the conversations women actually need to hear. Dr. Haver sits down with a variety of medical experts, CEOs, and risk-takers to discuss everything that matters, from hormones and identity to financial power, relationships, and the tools needed to build the life you want. unPAUSED is about reclaiming your healthspan—not just the number of years you live, but the number of years you live well. Tune in every Tuesday for new episodes of unPAUSED. Subscribe now so you don't miss it.
Episodes
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Mar 31, 2026 • 1h 6min
The Perimenopause Masterclass: Anxiety, Brain Fog, Broken Sleep, Weight Gain & GLP-1s
A clear primer on perimenopause as a distinct, years-long hormonal transition that often starts in the brain. Short explanations of why anxiety, brain fog, broken sleep, and unexplained weight gain show up even with “normal” bloodwork. Practical focus on rising cardiometabolic risk, muscle and bone loss, why single hormone tests mislead, and cautious discussion of GLP-1 medications.
Mar 24, 2026 • 1h
Brain Fog, Memory Loss, and Alzheimer’s Risk During Menopause with Dr. Lisa Mosconi
Dr. Lisa Mosconi, neuroscientist and author focused on menopause and the brain, explains why midlife brain fog and memory lapses matter. She discusses how menopause can unmask Alzheimer's risk, metabolic changes in the brain, surprising shifts in estrogen receptors, and efforts to build large-scale prevention programs. Short, urgent, and eye-opening conversations about midlife brain health.
Mar 20, 2026 • 2min
Welcome to Becoming You with Suzy Welch
Suzy Welch, business journalist-turned-NYU professor and three-time NYT bestselling author, talks decision-making and finding authentic purpose. She urges reclaiming authorship of your life and offers weekly practical steps to craft your narrative. Expect witty, practical conversation about small daily wins and how to shape what comes next.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 6min
The Alzheimer's Prevention Plan for Women: Hormones, Sleep, and Nutrition with Dr. Lisa Mosconi
Dr. Lisa Mosconi, neuroscientist and director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Weill Cornell, focuses on women’s brain health and menopause. She discusses why menopause matters for the brain. They cover brain fog and energy changes, the role of sleep in brain clearance, exercise’s protective effects, nutrition and supplements, and the evidence gaps around hormone therapy.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 20min
The Sleep Crisis in Menopause: Insomnia, Sleep Apnea & Solutions
Dr. Andrea Matsumura, a board-certified sleep medicine specialist focused on women’s sleep and creator of the D.R.E.A.M. Sleep Method, discusses menopause-related sleep disruption. She covers how hormones affect sleep, insomnia types, restless legs, and atypical sleep apnea in women. Practical topics include CBT-I, melatonin use, sleep studies, environment tweaks, and actionable first steps to restore restorative sleep.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 16min
Katie Couric on Truth, Trust, and Women's Health
Katie Couric, award-winning journalist and founder of Katie Couric Media, reflects on breaking barriers in network news and turning personal tragedy into public health advocacy. She discusses her live colonoscopy, cancer advocacy after losing her husband, gaps in women's health research and training, hormone therapy debates, and the challenge of restoring trust in journalism.
Feb 24, 2026 • 58min
The Sex Life Nobody Warned You About: What a Top Sexual Medicine Expert Wants You To Know
James Simon, a board-certified OB-GYN, reproductive endocrinologist and sexual counselor, unpacks how sex, desire, pain and intimacy evolve with age. He talks about sexual aging, practical tools to rewrite routines, testosterone and vaginal therapies, pelvic floor issues, male sexual aging and non-intercourse intimacy. Short, clinical wisdom on topics most clinicians never address.
9 snips
Feb 17, 2026 • 1h
Building a Menopause Brand: Naomi Watts on HRT, Hot Flashes & Hollywood
Naomi Watts, Academy Award–nominated actress, entrepreneur and author who founded Stripes Beauty, shares her menopause journey. She discusses an early menopause diagnosis, desperate fertility searches, and navigating night sweats, brain fog and migraines. Naomi explains choosing long-term HRT, launching a menopause-forward brand, and pushing candid conversations about midlife health and aging.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 1h 7min
Female Libido in Menopause: Desire Loss, Biology & Solutions with Cindy Eckert
Cindy Eckert, pharmaceutical entrepreneur who created Addyi to treat low female libido. She recounts building trials, fighting FDA skepticism, and relaunching access. Conversations cover how the drug works on brain chemistry, the eight-week onset and realistic expectations, the scale of clinical trials, and the cultural battle over treating women’s sexual desire medically.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 1h 20min
Understanding Your Brain Through Perimenopause and Menopause with Dr. Louisa Nicola
Louisa Nicola, neurophysiologist, Alzheimer’s researcher and former world-class triathlete, studies how sleep, hormones and exercise shape women’s brains. She explains how Alzheimer’s pathology builds decades early. Short segments cover hormone loss in perimenopause, sleep’s role clearing proteins, why women are at higher risk, and how resistance training, nutrition, and timely hormone strategies may help.
