The Volume is Too Loud | Season 1 | Episode 7

This episode is basically a group exhale from three women who are done pretending the small things do not get to them. The conversation moves from whistling and sighing and couch cushions into something much bigger: what happens when everything around you, the noise of perimenopause, the expectations of your family, the flood of information, the pressure to be grateful for support that does not actually help, is just too loud all at once. There is a moment when Melissa talks about her doctor naming a symptom she thought was making her lose her mind, and the room just goes quiet for a second in that good way. It feels like a conversation happening in someone's kitchen at eleven at night, honest and a little messy and completely real.Chapters:00:00 - Welcome and Why the Volume Is Too High02:22 - Melissa's Hot Take: Seeing Perimenopause Reflected in the Media04:20 - The Doctor's Office Confession and the Symptom Nobody Talks About06:39 - What Does the Volume of Perimenopause Actually Mean to Each of Us08:00 - TikTok, ADHD, and the Double-Edged Sword of More Information10:42 - When Perimenopause Becomes Your Whole Identity Whether You Like It or Not13:21 - Can Anyone Around Us Actually Do It Right15:00 - Teenagers at Home, Partners in Closets, and the Swing From Silence to Volume 1019:44 - The Whistling, the Breathing, the Couch Cushion: Things We Cannot Handle Right Now23:27 - The Mental Load of Caring About Everything All at Once24:47 - Hot Flash of the Week: The Estrogen Patch Shortage Is Real26:21 - What We Are Taking Away This Week28:44 - Wrapping Up and Finding Your People#HotFlashPod #Perimenopause #WomensHealth #Menopause