In this episode, you will learn: Why taking hormones is a must for midlife women How estrogen interacts with your body to keep you healthy The effects of estrogen on your muscles Skin & Vaginal Health  About Kristin Johnson Kristin is a functional nutritionist with advanced training in holistic nutrition as well as a specialty in peri-menopause and menopause health.  She is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition through the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, a certified DUTCH hormone test practitioner, and a graduate of the Nutritional Therapy Association’s Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner program. In addition, she has special training in amino acid therapy for anxiety and mood disorders as well as mindset coaching to facilitate change. Kristin completed a professional mentorship with naturopathic endocrinologist Dr. Rebecca Provorse in 2020 and am also a “recovering” corporate attorney. She will perform a comprehensive functional analysis of your health history, nutrition status and lab tests to create an individualized protocol aimed at rebalancing your body’s systems and solving for any deficiencies. She then guides you through shifts in diet, lifestyle and mindset while educating you on options to restore or support your hormones and optimize your health! About Maria Claps Maria is a functional health coach with a specialty in peri-menopause and menopause. She graduated from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2013 and then went on to study in a hormone program for practitioners with Dr Sara Gottfried in 2014. She spent the first 8 months of 2015 completing the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Certification Program and, in 2017, completed the Menopause Method Program for Physicians with Dr David Rosensweet.  Maria has been personally mentored by hormone scholar Dr Lindsey Berkson and naturopathic endocrinologist Dr Rebecca Provorse. She now mentors other health coaches and nutritionists to help them understand the unique and profound hormone changes of midlife.  She combines holistic health coaching with functional lab tests to help you identify and assess your hormonal deficiencies, gut health and metabolic status.  She then educates you on your options for hormone therapy so that you can work with a hormone provider (either your own or one of ours) from a position of knowledge and clarity instead of fear and confusion.