When I wrote my first book The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How To Fix It, I made the decision to cut the chapter on menopause because of length. I have regretted that decision ever since. It is by far and away the most common question I get asked about the contents. "Is there a chapter about menopause?"No, but there is a podcast episode entirely devoted to the topic. In this episode we will cover: the basics of menopause and how it affects sleepsome data that tries to understand the impact menopause has on women's sleep architecture the consequences of hot flashes and how predictive they are regarding sleep issueshow menopause can lead to a higher incidence of sleep disordered breathingthe role of hormone replacement therapyhow other factors could influence sleep in the menopausal populationstrategies for minimizing the impact of menopause on sleepProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!