Smart, often funny, and sometimes surprising. Everything's up for discussion: from divorce to dating app disasters, hot sweats, menopause myths, changing body image, family responsibilities, solo travel adventures, and challenging societal norms. Join me for candid chats, expert insights, and the conversations you wish you had. Subscribe here: www.nicolevanhattem.com
Hot & Healthy Menopause
Claim This Podcastby Nicole van Hattem
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139 episodes
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Smart, often funny, and sometimes surprising. Everything's up for discussion: from divorce to dating app disasters, hot sweats, menopause myths, changing body image, family responsibilities, solo travel adventures, and challenging societal norms. Join me for candid chats, expert insights, and the conversations you wish you had. Subscribe here: www.nicolevanhattem.com
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July 7, 2026
214 - If Menopause Is an Initiation... How Would We Actually Do That? | Part 2
<p class="isSelectedEnd">What if we prepared women for menopause the way we prepare them for pregnancy?</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Imagine announcing to your family and closest friends that you've entered perimenopause. Instead of awkward silence or jokes about hot flushes, they respond with, "Congratulations. How can we support you?"</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">It may sound radical—but should it?</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">In Part 2 of this series, Nicole explores what it might look like if menopause were recognised as a genuine rite of passage worthy of preparation, celebration, community and wisdom. Rather than focusing solely on symptom management, this episode invites you to imagine a cultural shift that honours one of the most significant transitions in a woman's life.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">In this episode, you'll discover:</p> <ul data-spread="false"> <li>What a modern menopause initiation could look like.</li> <li>Why preparing for menopause may be just as important as preparing for motherhood.</li> <li>The idea of a "Menopause Shower" and why celebrating this life stage could change how women experience it.</li> <li>How intergenerational women's circles could reconnect younger and older women through storytelling, mentorship and shared wisdom.</li> <li>Why the first anniversary of your final menstrual period could become a meaningful milestone to honour.</li> <li>How retreats can provide the space, reflection and community needed to navigate this transition with intention.</li> <li>What anthropology teaches us about rites of passage and why transformation has traditionally been supported by the whole community—not experienced in isolation.</li> <li>Why wisdom doesn't arrive automatically with age, but grows through conscious reflection, curiosity and lived experience.</li> </ul> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Nicole also asks an important question:</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>What if menopause isn't the initiation itself? What if it's simply the doorway into the next stage of becoming?</strong></p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">This episode challenges the cultural narrative that menopause is something to endure and instead offers a hopeful vision of what becomes possible when women are supported to evolve into the next chapter of their lives.</p> <p>If this episode resonates with you, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with another woman who deserves to know that she doesn't have to navigate menopause alone.</p> <p> Together, we can begin creating new traditions that honour women—not only for their fertility, but for the wisdom that follows.<br /> <br /> www.NicolevanHattem.com</p>
June 30, 2026
213 - Menopause: The Missing Initiation? | Part 1
<p class="isSelectedEnd">What if menopause isn't the end of something... but the beginning of something profound?</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">After attending a fascinating presentation at HerbFest on the major stages of human life, Nicole noticed something extraordinary. The speaker explored birth, puberty, coming of age, reproduction, old age and death—but one of the biggest transitions in a woman's life was completely missing.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Menopause.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">In this thought-provoking first episode of a new series, Nicole explores the idea that menopause may be one of the last forgotten rites of passage in modern society. Drawing on anthropology, psychology, women's history and her own reflections, she asks what happens when women are expected to navigate one of life's greatest transformations without preparation, guidance, ceremony or community.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">In this episode, you'll discover:</p> <ul data-spread="false"> <li>Why every culture has traditionally recognised important life transitions through rituals and initiation.</li> <li>What happens when those rites of passage disappear.</li> <li>How girls are often introduced to menstruation through silence, shame, fear or sexualisation rather than celebration and wisdom.</li> <li>The surprising similarities between puberty and menopause.</li> <li>Why our culture celebrates fertility but largely ignores the transition beyond it.</li> <li>How menopause has become medicalised while its psychological, social and spiritual dimensions are often overlooked.</li> <li>The fascinating question of why humans—and only a handful of other mammals—live for decades after reproduction.</li> <li>Whether menopause could actually be an invitation into wisdom rather than decline.</li> </ul> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Nicole also reflects on a conversation with the HerbFest speaker that raises a much bigger question:</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>If we celebrate birth, puberty, weddings and even retirement... why don't we honour menopause?</strong></p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">This episode invites you to see menopause through an entirely different lens—not as something to fear, but as a powerful initiation into the next stage of your life.</p> <p>If this episode resonates with you, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with another woman who deserves to know that menopause isn't the end of her story—it may be the beginning of one of its most meaningful chapters.</p>
June 23, 2026
212 - Creativity and Anger: What Menopause Is Trying to Teach You About Your Next Chapter
<p class="isSelectedEnd">Have you found yourself feeling unexpectedly angry in midlife?</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Not irritated. Not frustrated.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Angry.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">In this episode, Nicole explores the surprising connection between creativity, anger, and the menopause transition. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking book Women Who Run With the Wolves by PhD Clarissa Pinkola Estés, she challenges the idea that anger is something to suppress or fix.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">What if your anger is actually a messenger?</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">What if it is pointing towards dreams you've postponed, boundaries you've ignored, truths you've swallowed, or a creative life force that is longing to be expressed?</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Nicole shares why so many women experience rising anger during perimenopause and menopause, how modern life often disconnects women from their instinctive nature, and why retreats can create the space needed to hear the wisdom beneath the rage.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">In this episode you'll discover:</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">• Why anger is often a boundary looking for a voice<br /> • The hidden relationship between creativity and emotional wellbeing<br /> • How suppressed life force can show up as resentment, exhaustion, or rage<br /> • The Wild Woman archetype and what she can teach us about midlife<br /> • Why menopause may be an initiation into a more authentic version of yourself<br /> • How retreats help women reconnect with their creativity, intuition, and purpose<br /> • Powerful journal prompts to help you explore what is trying to be born through you</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">If you're wondering why your tolerance for nonsense has disappeared, this conversation may help you see your anger in a completely different light.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Because perhaps your anger isn't asking you to calm down.</p> <p>Perhaps it's asking you to wake up.<br /> <br /> Reach out at www.NicolevanHattem.com</p>
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