Podcast
Women's Survival Guide
Hosted by Kim Druker Stockwell · EN
I interview women passionate about what they do in the now-what phase of life with positivity and humor as important ingredients.
www.womenssurvivalguide.com
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MENOPAUSE Times are a CHANGIN' with Dr. Heather Bartos!
Dec 15, 202401:08:00Tap to summarizeMAVEN OF THE WEEK! DR HEATHER BARTOS!You Should Know This About Heather: * She’s an OBGYN surgeon and has delivered over 5,000 babies.* She joined the Navy and left with both Navy and Marine Corps Commendation (among some others).* Named one of the nation’s top five menopause experts by Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver.* She’s a mom and she is married with lots of pets.* She’s on a mission to change the conversation about menopause. * She’s a co-founder of the nonprofit Institute for Women’s Futures.* She is a Reiki Master and energy healer.Our conversations have been a lot of fun! You can see that in our interview above. But, menopause is serious for all of us experiencing its symptoms. Do you feel yourself getting far more angry more often about issues you didn’t used to loose it over? Short fused? Brain fog? What? The same goes for aching joints, who knew that was a symptom? Does your vagina feel like it’s lined with barbed wire in the Sahara Dessert? And your hair, and your skin, and your weight and your motivation to do anything. At all. ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS DON’T HAVE TO BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE. BUT….You do need to be willing to talk to your doctor or to a menopause specialist like Heather and look into treatments if peri/menopause is bringing you down. Heather says there are 33 symptoms (and counting) due to menopause. Knowing that there is potential help for most symptoms can flip the script of how we feel about ourselves now. Menopause should be seen as a ticket to ride life’s highways, not a death-to-fun sentence. HEATHER SUGGESTS:Baselines! She suggests starting in January getting appointments because then you can do them all in the same insurance year! Get to your doctors and get your baselines for things like:* Gastro/gut doc* Dermatology-get the moles checked* Cardiac-very important! EKG & calcium score* Bone density* and don’t neglect your teeth* Want to know more about menopause and the potential medications? Please check out Dr. Heather’s course in the Mothership that goes through all of it!* Can you think of anything else? Put it in the comments and Dr. Bartos will see it!Want to know more about menopause and the potential medications? Please check out Dr. Heather’s course in the Mothership that goes through all of it!FIVE MAVEN QUESTIONS!What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a disco roller skating queen!What are you excited about now? I’m excited about…the halftime show!What books are on your bedside table? The Change, Dragons and SerpentsWhat do you do to relax? Relax: in my greenhouse: it’s quiet, there are plants and I can drink coffee by myself without bugs!What category/subject would you add to the Guide? History of female rock!!!Dr Heather’s Favorite Recipe! Elote dip! Actually I love any chip and dip but this one is pretty good!It’s cream cheese, a can of corn, Trader Joe’s Elote seasoning (the short cut) and sharp cheddar cheese (1 cup): bake at 325 for 15-20 minutes and sprinkle green onion on top!MORE GOOD STUFF ABOUT HEATHER!The Empress, Alisa Kennedy Jones has recently done a fantastic interview with Heather, much in her own words. I recommend you check it out!!DID YOU KNOW….Dr. Heather Bartos is coming out with a sexy little book? It’s called Quickies! I am providing a link from The Empress web site…”Join the exclusive waiting list for the midnight release of Quickies and be entered into a giveaway to receive a personally autographed copy of the book along with a $500 gift bag from Empress Editions. New giveaways to be added as the waitlist grows.”“For me, Quickies isn’t just a book about sex; it’s a manifesto for unapologetically owning your desires and transforming intimacy in midlife. And if you’ve ever thought midlife marked the end of passion, think again—this book is here to reignite the fire and bring the fun back to intimacy. Because we all need to forge more pathways to joy when we’re in the messy middle.”Coming this Spring! Join the exclusive wait list for VIP giveaways now!AND…WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS…Heather’s article in DailyOm! How to Have Great Sex During MenopauseNEXT WEEK!An interview with a Midlife Pivot Maven, Melissa Fetter, founder of Beacon Hill Books and Cafe. The most gorgeously decorated and well stocked bookstore and epicurean cafe you’ll ever see. Melissa had no retail background, never worked at a book store, but she saw a need in a city she had just moved to at the age of 60. She bought a building in a historic district, gutted it, rebuilt it to code, hired a book sommelier, all during covid. A fascinating woman and an incredible success. Yours in menopause and books, K This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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New Podcast/Vlog with Eva Douzinas!
Dec 1, 202400:45:16Tap to summarizeIf you like this post please tap the little ❤️ above, and help Women’s Survival Guide grow:)Happy Beginning of The Holiday Season!! Eeek! I loved doing this interview with Eva. She is a total inspiration and example of putting your time and money where your heart is. Industrial aquaculture first came to Eva’s attention due to an alarming plan to expand fish farms in Greece by 24 times, covering over 60,000 coastal acres in a relatively small country, similar in size to NY state. At the time, she wasn’t fully aware of the destructive impact of fish farming or the different types of aquaculture. However, the sheer scale of the proposed expansion set off alarms.Leveraging the Rauch Foundation’s focus on research, she allocated resources to better understand the sector. What she uncovered was deeply concerning—despite significant warnings from environmental groups and scientists for years, industrial aquaculture has managed to expand exponentially and market itself as “sustainable,” obscuring its harmful practices. Today, approximately 80% of the salmon and nearly 100% of sea bass (aka Branzino) consumed in the US today is industrially farmed and imported.Learn from Eva and get inspired to be active in the areas that you are passionate about!Holiday gift ideas? Here are a few!Original paintings! New works on paper $75-$200!Little Women prints and fun little items! Click the image to see more!https://www.kimdrukerstockwell.com/kimslittlewomen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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Fall Fashion Edit with Cai Cai Fritzinger!
Oct 27, 202400:03:46Tap to summarizeIt's a hoe down of fun Fall wardrobe pieces to put some spring in your Fall step! Join me and Cai Cai Fritzinger of the Copper Shed, LLC to see her top picks! Get full access to Women's Survival Guide at www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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Filofax, day planner, phone
Aug 18, 202400:05:13Tap to summarizeWhat are you up to on August 26? I’ll be having a Zoom hang at 7 PM EST, and I hope to see you there! Click the button below to copy the information to your calendar.Did you have a Filofax? They were the iPhone of the 80s, 90s and into the 2000s. They came in countless colors and finishes, held your money, your address book and all sorts of other information. Such a handy little thing! Recently, I came to realize I might become better organized if I write down events and see them in a weekly form, rather than typing them and seeing them day by day. Many of us are no longer tied to a desk and that means we do not sit and stare at a big monitor. Seeing our virtual calendar is difficult for these midlife eyes. The enclosed video is both a trip down memory lane and thoughts on staying organized in an era when everything has to be gleaned from a 3-inch by 6-inch phone. Enjoy!Do you use a phone only? Or do you have a paper calendar? Please share with us!Join my fun midlife adventure! Subscribe today! Get full access to Women's Survival Guide at www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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She bought the farm and just published novel #3
Aug 5, 202401:35:42Tap to summarizeGood morning my Midlife Warrior Women! The big takeaway from my interview with Jeanne Blasberg is perseverance. Relentless perseverance. And, that winning one hard-fought battle will lead to success in another. We discover in this interview how she fought through self-doubt and kicked herself in the butt to keep going and finish what she started.A Few Of My Favorite Things* Funny AF series by CK Steefel* Jeanne’s new novel: Daughter of A Promise* Discovering new sites like The Midst which is a lot like what I wanted to do at WSG! * Congratulations to Bebe Stockwell and her first Newport Folk Fest!* My new show at OuiMillie! See below…also Instagram kimdstockwellstudio Get full access to Women's Survival Guide at www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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How Penelope Chilvers Built her Shoe Brand
May 19, 202400:36:20Tap to summarizeWelcome to my two part interview with Penelope Chilvers. Watch or listen to our talk (above) and learn how she built her business, as a single mom with two little girls, into a thriving shoe empire! And, yes..HRH Princess Kate loves her Tassel boot and wears them often!I love the above photo of Penelope. It shows her fantastic style and color sense and her confident and feminine presence. She is adventurous in fashion, travel and business and it shows in the products she sells. 👢Next week I will post her fashion tips for our age group and her answers to the Five Maven Questions. They will be paywalled. To access her cool tips and answers upgrade to premium if you haven’t already! ICYMI: Discount from Penelope Chilvers: Click below! Get full access to Women's Survival Guide at www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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Podcast with Beyond50Skin's Cindy Sterling!
May 10, 202401:12:13Tap to summarizeI love Cindy’s videos! There is a lot to learn about midlife skin care and she can help us with the ins and out and pluses and minuses. See our whole interview here! Get full access to Women's Survival Guide at www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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Meghan Daum and the Unspeakable
Mar 18, 202400:51:12Tap to summarizeMeghan has created a forum for women (with the occasional coed opportunity like one coming up) to speak freely and safely, together about everything. Let’s hear all about it! Get full access to Women's Survival Guide at www.womenssurvivalguide.com/subscribe
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