Marriage and Menopause

Marriage and Menopause Episode 15: My Husband Accidentally Diagnosed My Perimenopause. Our Doctor Never Did

In 2020 Judy and David were emailing each other about their sex life. Trying to schedule intimacy. Tracking pain on a scale of 1 to 10. Writing drafts for weeks before hitting send. They were doing everything right. And the word perimenopause never appeared once. Because nobody gave it to them. This episode is built from those real emails. The ones they wrote to each other while perimenopause was quietly disconnecting their 23-year marriage one inch at a time. No script. No performance. Just two people reading their own words back and seeing clearly now what they could not see then. Hindsight is 20/20. And what they see now makes them furious. Judy had years of surgeries and treatments that a single hormone prescription could have prevented. They spent more than a year in therapy digging out from damage that should never have happened. Her symptoms were treated. She was not. If your marriage feels like two roommates lately. If intimacy has quietly disappeared and neither of you knows how to say it out loud. If you are doing everything right and nothing is working. This episode is for you. You are not broken. You are not incompatible. You are undiagnosed. And you deserved better information than the system gave you. Free Menopause for Men Playbook: https://marriageandmenopausepodcast.com/products.html [https://marriageandmenopausepodcast.com/products.html] Couples Operating System: https://marriageandmenopausepodcast.com/products.html [https://marriageandmenopausepodcast.com/products.html] If this episode hit home, act on it. Share it with your spouse. Sit down. Talk. Lead the change inside your own home. This show is for couples who refuse to drift. Who refuse to lose a strong marriage to hormones. Who are willing to learn new rules when the old ones stop working. Stronger marriages. Direct conversations. No avoidance. We Deserve Better.

Marriage and Menopause Episode 14: Men Lost Their Minds and Explained MY BODY to me

Judy shared a reel about losing her desire during perimenopause. She said she missed it. She explained how she wanted it back in 2020. She discussed how HRT treatment helped. The response? So many comments, including men explaining menopause to a woman who was living through it. In Episode 14, Judy and David read real comments and take on five of the biggest myths about menopause, intimacy, hormones, marriage, and women's health. Myths covered: * Women stop wanting sex after 50 * Hormones are just an excuse * Loss of desire means she's cheating * Women should simply accept it * Men are the real victims of menopause This episode is about facts, relationships, and what actually happens when hormones change. If you are navigating perimenopause, menopause, low desire, painful intimacy, relationship challenges, or trying to understand what your spouse is going through, this one is for you. Free Menopause for Men Playbook: https://marriageandmenopausepodcast.com/products.html [https://marriageandmenopausepodcast.com/products.html] If this episode hit home, act on it. Share it with your spouse. Sit down. Talk. Lead the change inside your own home. This show is for couples who refuse to drift. Who refuse to lose a strong marriage to hormones. Who are willing to learn new rules when the old ones stop working. Stronger marriages. Direct conversations. No avoidance. We Deserve Better.

Marriage and Menopause Episode 13: Lisa Lounsbury Talks Menopause With Us

Perimenopause is ending marriages that should not end. In this episode, Judy and David sit down with Lisa Lounsbury, resilience and well-being expert and founder of New Day Wellness Inc., and she says the things most couples never hear until it is too late. This is a clips episode. Real conversations. Grey divorce. Hormone decline in both partners. Why men need time to catch up. Why listening is the actual fix. What losing intimacy looks like from the husband side. What thriving after menopause actually looks like.  Lisa found us on Instagram and YouTube. She is at @the_wellness_lady on Instagram. Her website is newdaywellness.ca. If your husband is trying to figure out what perimenopause is doing to your marriage, this episode is for him. If you are the wife who has been carrying this alone, this episode names what you are living. If you are the couple who almost did not make it, this episode shows you the other side exists. Everything we are building for couples navigating perimenopause together is at MarriageAndMenopausePodcast.com Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marriage-and-menopause/id1895366296 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marriage-and-menopause/id1895366296] Follow on YouTube: youtube.com/@MarriageAndMenopausePodcast New episodes every Tuesday. If this episode hit home, act on it. Share it with your spouse. Sit down. Talk. Lead the change inside your own home. This show is for couples who refuse to drift. Who refuse to lose a strong marriage to hormones. Who are willing to learn new rules when the old ones stop working. Stronger marriages. Direct conversations. No avoidance. We Deserve Better.

Marriage and Menopause Episode 12: She Stopped Wanting Intimacy During Perimenopause

She stopped wanting you. It was not the marriage. It was perimenopause. Episode 12 of the Marriage and Menopause Podcast goes into the one thing couples stop talking about: desire. Libido changes during perimenopause are not a choice. They are a hormonal imbalance. And when a husband does not understand that, he reads it as rejection. When a wife cannot explain it, she feels shame. Both of them pull back. The distance builds. Judy and David have lived this. They read real journals from the years perimenopause was silently wrecking their physical closeness. They talk about what actually changed desire and what brought them back to each other. This is marriage advice for couples navigating perimenopause together. A real couple telling you what nobody else will say out loud. If perimenopause has changed your relationship, this episode is for you. If you are the husband trying to understand what happened, this episode is for you. Send it to someone whose marriage needs it. Free Menopause for Men Playbook: https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/vziuft [https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/vziuft] Couples Guide to Surviving Perimenopause: https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/rebust [https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/rebust] Listen and subscribe: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/marriage-and-menopause--6897985 [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/marriage-and-menopause--6897985] Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@MarriageAndMenopausePodcast If this episode hit home, act on it. Share it with your spouse. Sit down. Talk. Lead the change inside your own home. This show is for couples who refuse to drift. Who refuse to lose a strong marriage to hormones. Who are willing to learn new rules when the old ones stop working. Stronger marriages. Direct conversations. No avoidance. We Deserve Better.

Marriage and Menopause Episode 11: How Perimenopause Secretly Strengthens Your Relationship

Everyone tells you perimenopause will destroy your relationship. They are wrong. In this solo episode, David breaks down why perimenopause is not a crisis but a forced relationship reset that can build the strongest bond you have ever had. What you will learn in this episode: Why the crisis narrative is only half the story. How radical honesty changes everything for both of you. Why redefining intimacy is the move most couples refuse to make. How to turn shared adversity into an unbreakable team. Whether you are the husband trying to figure out what happened to your marriage or the woman who feels like nobody understands what she is going through, this episode is for both of you. Comment COUPLES on any of our social posts and David will send you the free Menopause for Men Playbook.  Subscribe so you do not miss Episode 12. That is the one about what actually happened to Judy's body. And what happened to David's. And why your wife probably stopped wanting you for a reason you have completely wrong. Marriage and Menopause Podcast is hosted by Judy and David. New episodes every week. Free Menopause for Men Playbook: https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/vziuft [https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/vziuft] Couples Guide to Surviving Perimenopause: https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/rebust [https://menopausefriend.gumroad.com/l/rebust] If this episode hit home, act on it. Share it with your spouse. Sit down. Talk. Lead the change inside your own home. This show is for couples who refuse to drift. Who refuse to lose a strong marriage to hormones. Who are willing to learn new rules when the old ones stop working. Stronger marriages. Direct conversations. No avoidance. We Deserve Better.