Next Level NP

About Next Level NP

The Next Level NP Podcast Revolutionizing Women’s Healthcare—One Conversation at a Time. Women’s healthcare is evolving, and meaningful change begins with better conversations. Hosted by Marcia Jones, NP—Functional Medicine Practitioner, educator, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Next Level NP—this podcast brings together the voices shaping the future of women’s healthcare. Each week, you’ll hear inspiring conversations with women, Nurse Practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are challenging the status quo and helping create a more compassionate, evidence-informed approach to caring for women. Together, we’ll explore everything that impacts a woman’s health—from hormones, metabolism, gut health, nutrition, longevity, and mental wellness to leadership, innovation, business, advocacy, and the evolving landscape of healthcare. Whether you’re a woman searching for answers or a healthcare professional striving to provide exceptional care, this podcast is designed to educate, inspire, and empower. Every conversation offers practical insights, fresh perspectives, and real stories that remind us that listening is often the first step toward healing. Because the future of women’s healthcare will be transformed when informed women and inspired providers learn from one another. Welcome to The Next Level NP Podcast. Together, we’re revolutionizing women’s healthcare—one conversation at a time.

Publisher

Marcia Jones, NP

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jun 2020

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Episode 40: Hormones, Mood & Marriage: Navigating Relationships in Perimenopause

   Hormones, Mood & Marriage: Navigating Relationships in Perimenopause Perimenopause doesn’t just affect a woman’s body—it can affect her mood, confidence, mental health, intimacy, and the way she connects with the people she loves. In this episode of The Next Level NP Podcast, I’m joined by Jamie Jones, FNP, PMHNP, owner of Intentional Wellness Solutions, for a conversation about what happens when hormones begin showing up in our relationships. As both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner—and a woman who has experienced perimenopause herself—Jamie brings a unique perspective to the connection between hormones and mental health. We talk about irritability, anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, changes in libido and intimacy, body image, weight, communication, and what can happen when a woman simply says, “I don’t feel like myself anymore.” We also discuss Jamie’s remarkable personal health journey, including maintaining a 140-pound weight loss for more than a decade, why sustainable health is about far more than willpower, and the importance of considering hormone health earlier—not just when symptoms become unbearable. This conversation is for women navigating perimenopause, the people who love them, and healthcare providers who want to better understand the whole woman sitting in front of them. Connect with Jamie Jones, NP 🌐 Intentional Wellness Solutions: https://www.intentionalwellnesssolutions.com (https://www.intentionalwellnesssolutions.com) Connect with Marcia Jones, NP 🌐 MarciaJonesNP.com (https://marciajonesnp.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) 🌐 For Nurse Practitioners: NextLevelNP.com (https://) If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman—or a partner—who needs to hear this conversation. The Next Level NP Podcast Transforming Women’s Healthcare One Conversation at a Time.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Episode 39: The Wellness Exam Is Outdated: Women Deserve Better

   Are we really practicing preventive healthcare—or are we simply screening for disease and calling it wellness? In this episode of The Next Level NP Podcast, I’m challenging the traditional wellness exam and the way we approach women’s health. A CBC, CMP, glucose, cholesterol and basic screenings are important. But when a woman is exhausted, gaining abdominal weight, losing muscle, struggling with sleep, experiencing brain fog or noticing significant changes during perimenopause and menopause, being told that “everything looks normal” doesn’t answer the most important question: Why doesn’t she feel well? Women’s health needs change across the lifespan, and our approach to prevention should change with them. In this episode, I discuss the importance of looking beyond basic disease screening to consider hormonal changes, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, insulin and metabolic health, thyroid function, muscle mass, bone health, sleep, nutrition and cardiovascular risk. We also talk about why counting steps isn’t the same as protecting muscle and bone, why a normal glucose doesn’t necessarily tell the entire metabolic story, and why improving a woman’s quality of life may actually give her the capacity and motivation to pursue true wellness. This isn’t about ordering every test on every woman or treating every symptom with hormones. It’s about asking better questions, understanding female physiology, and recognizing opportunities for prevention before disease becomes the diagnosis. It’s time to move beyond simply telling women, “Everything looks normal.” It’s time for better women’s healthcare. FOR WOMEN If you’re tired of being told your labs are “normal” when you know you don’t feel like yourself, learn more about working with me. I provide virtual women’s health and hormone care. marciajonesnp.com (https://marciajonesnp.com) FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS If you’re an NP who wants to go beyond ordering labs and learn how to understand women’s hormonal and metabolic health, interpret the bigger clinical picture, and connect the dots, explore NextLevelNP.net (https://www.nextlevelnp.net) FOR ORGANIZATIONS Women’s health isn’t just a healthcare issue. It’s a workforce strategy. I work with organizations to bring evidence-informed midlife women’s health education and strategy into the workplace. https://marciajonesnp.com (https://marciajonesnp.com) The Next Level NP Podcast Transforming Women’s Healthcare One Conversation at a Time. Subscribe, share this episode, and join the conversation about what women’s healthcare can become. #WomensHealth #Menopause #Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #PreventiveHealth #NursePractitioner #NextLevelNP #MetabolicHealth #WomensWellness #MenopauseAtWork

3. 

   25 Aug 2026

   Episode 38: From Taboo to the New Frontier of Women’s Healthcare

   Women’s hormones have gone from being something we rarely discussed to one of the biggest conversations happening in healthcare today. But how did we get here? In this episode of The Next Level NP Podcast, I’m looking at the evolution of women’s hormone care—from the introduction of birth control in 1960, to the fear that followed the Women’s Health Initiative, to the new conversations happening around menopause and hormone replacement therapy today. For generations, women were expected to simply endure the changes of midlife. Today, women are asking more questions, research and clinical guidance continue to evolve, and providers have an opportunity to change the way we care for women. But more conversation doesn’t automatically mean better care. We need better education, better assessment, and providers who understand the bigger picture. In This Episode, I Discuss: How women’s attitudes toward hormones have evolved across generations How the Women’s Health Initiative changed the perception of HRT—and important context surrounding those findings Why annual wellness care needs to better address sleep, cognition, libido, mood, metabolism, stress and hormonal changes Why hormones shouldn’t be evaluated in isolation—and how thyroid health, insulin, nutrition, gut health, sleep and HPA-axis/stress physiology can be part of the bigger picture Why Nurse Practitioners are uniquely positioned to help bridge the gap and lead the next evolution of women’s healthcare This isn’t about abandoning traditional medicine. It’s about bridging the gap. And if you’re an NP listening and thinking, I wasn’t taught enough of this, you’re not alone. Women’s healthcare is evolving, and our education has to evolve with it. For Nurse Practitioners: Work With Me Schedule a Practice Assessment If you’re ready to expand your practice, improve the way you care for women, or simply aren’t sure where to start, let’s look at your current practice and create a path forward. https://www.nextlevelnp.net/launchyournppractice (https://www.nextlevelnp.net/launchyournppractice) Take My Basic Women’s Hormone Panel Course You don’t have to practice exclusively in women’s health to make a difference. Learn how a foundational women’s hormone panel can help you ask better questions, recognize patterns, and better understand the woman sitting in front of you. https://www.nextlevelnp.net/courses (https://www.nextlevelnp.net/courses) Join Me at the Women’s Health Intensive September 17–19, 2026 | South Carolina Go deeper with me in an intimate, hands-on learning environment focused on women’s hormones, labs, HPA-axis/stress physiology, whole-person care, real clinical application, and the bigger picture behind women’s symptoms. https://www.nextlevelnp.net/nextlevelnpwomenshealthintensive (https://www.nextlevelnp.net/nextlevelnpwomenshealthintensive) The conversation around hormones has changed. Now healthcare has to change with it—and I believe Nurse Practitioners can help lead the way. Subscribe, share this episode with another NP, and join me as we continue Transforming Women’s Healthcare—One Conversation at a Time.

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