Episode 2 of Unmuted: The Midlife Roundtable is live — and it’s a powerful one.

We sat down with Angela MacGregor, Founder and Event Director of the National Menopause Show, a groundbreaking Canadian event bridging the gap between the medical community and women in midlife.

This conversation goes far beyond symptoms.

It’s about education, advocacy, connection, and aging with power — not fear.

Angela shares how the National Menopause Show is reshaping the conversation by:
✨ Bringing together healthcare providers who truly understand perimenopause & menopause
✨ Curating products + services designed to help women feel better
✨ Creating clinical education opportunities for providers
✨ Building a community where women finally feel seen, heard, and supported

We dive into:
• Why menopause education is essential for women and healthcare providers
• The role partners play in supporting women
• Mental health and the emotional load of midlife
• Building the right menopause care team
• Vaginal health and the importance of open conversations
• How communication strengthens relationships during menopause
• HRT: what women need to know
• Why pleasure and intimacy should never come with shame
• The power of peer support to break isolation

If you’re a woman in your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond — a partner who wants to support better — or a healthcare professional committed to doing better…
this episode is a must-listen.

Midlife podcast for women 40+: Real talk on perimenopause, menopause symptoms, vaginal dryness (GSM), libido, HRT (hormone replacement therapy), intimacy & body image. 

In Episode 1 of Unmuted – The Midlife Roundtable, hosts Deborah (Pleasure Pods co-founder) and Serena Haines (sex educator & podcast host) sit with an expert panel to unmute what women are actually experiencing—no whispers, no shame, just practical help and humor (hello, “cougar puberty” energy).

Featuring:
• Gina Marie — Somatic Sex & Intimacy Coach
• Amanda Otterman, RN — Certified Menopause Specialist

• Taylor McConnachie — Registered Psychotherapist & AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist (only for Episode #1)

You’ll learn:
• What GSM/vaginal dryness is—and why vaginal estrogen can be a game-changer
• The truth about HRT (beyond the scary headlines)
• How mood, anxiety & neurodivergence show up in perimenopause
• Somatic practices to reconnect with pleasure & confidence
• How plant-based, solid moisturizers/lubes (e.g., Pleasure Pods) support comfort & intimacy

Chapters:
• 00:00 Why “Unmuted”

• 01:15 Meet the panel

• 10:55 HRT myths

• 16:23 Vaginal estrogen & GSM

• 21:16 Mood & anxiety

• 25:36 Body image & somatics

• 31:24 What Pleasure Pods is

• 38:14 Midlife ≠ end of sex

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Comment with your questions—we’ll cover them in future shows.

Educational discussion, not medical advice.

Talk to your licensed clinician for personal care.