EP 88: Are you feeling tired, moody, and overall blah? Looking for solutions and having trouble finding them? Ready to get to the bottom of it when it comes to midlife health blocks? Curious about functional medicine for menopausal women? Are you ready to take health matters into your own hands and advocate for yourself at the doctor's office? Then this episode is for you! Join me, Dr. Sarah Milken in an informative and honest conversation called “Gut Health and Hormone Imbalance in Peri/Menopause”. My guest Esther Blum is an integrative nutritionist specializing in menopause, fellow midlifer, and best-selling author. She wrote the book See You Later, Ovulator! and Cave Woman Don’t Get Fat. We are getting into all questions you probably didn't even know you had about menopause, hormonal balance, bowel movements, and finding the right practitioners. Get ready because we’re talking about menopause and it feels like your getting info from your bestie.  Some Highlights:  Midlife health can be full of trial and error  Supplements!!! Set an alarm to remind yourself to take them! Why liver health is important during menopause  The 3 tests you should get done in midlife  How often you should be pooping Vaginal Estrogen and the pelvic wall  Hormones, bioidentical vs. synthetic  Self-advocacy as a midlife woman Functional medicine vs. traditional medicine  How to find a good functional medicine practitioner Click Here for Esther Blum's FAVS! THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC SHOW NOTES: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/episodes/88 THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theflexibleneurotic/  THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC WEBSITE: https://www.theflexibleneurotic.com/  THE FLEXIBLE NEUROTIC EMAIL: sarah@theflexibleneurotic.com