Women on Fire® Podcast

Welcome to Women On Fire® – A Top Global Menopause Podcast

We’re so glad you’re here. Women On Fire® is a safe, supportive, and smart space for women navigating midlife, perimenopause, and post-menopause.

This award-winning podcast was recently named one of Feedspot’s Top Menopause Podcasts in the World (2025) – and for good reason.

Each episode brings together world-class experts, evidence-backed insights, and real women’s stories to help you feel informed, empowered, and less alone.

We talk about it all: sudden weight gain, wild night sweats, mood swings, itchy skin, low libido, anxiety, and more.

Our guests include leading voices in women’s health, hormones, sleep, mindset, and relationships – alongside women who just get it.

We’re proudly sponsored by MenoMe®, so we can keep showing up for women like you – helping you live well, age wisely, and laugh through the chaos.

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Thank you and here’s to growing older well!

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Post-menopause


This is the time when menstruation is well and truly over, the ovaries have stopped producing high levels of sex hormones and for many ladies, perimenopause symptoms subside.

Estrogen has protective qualities and the diminished levels mean organs such as your brain, heart and bones become more vulnerable. It’s also a key lubricant so your lips may become drier, your joints less supple and your vagina might be drier. In addition, your thyroid, digestion, insulin, cortisol and weight may alter.

At this juncture, a woman might experience an increase in the signs of reduced estrogen but she should have a decrease of perimenopause symptoms. That said, some women will experience symptoms like hot flushes for years or even the rest of their lives.

Perimenopause

Peri = ‘near’

Most females begin to experience the symptoms of perimenopause in their mid-forties. Your progesterone levels decline from your mid-30s but it’s generally from around 40 that the rest of your sex hormones begin to follow suit. 

Perimenopause is a different experience for every woman and some women may barely notice it. The first indicators are usually changes to the monthly cycle. This means that for some ladies, this can be accompanied by things like sore breasts, mood swings, weight gain around the belly, and fatigue as time goes on.

For those with symptoms it can be a challenging time physically, mentally and emotionally.

Importantly, perimenopause lasts – on average – four to 10 years. The transition is usually a gradual process and many women enter perimenopause without realising.