EP 6 - Hormones & Husbands: What Men Need to Know About Menopause

Men need to be aware, acknowledge, and adapt to the hormonal shifts women experience both monthly and as they age.Remember that thing your significant other used to do when you were 28 that you thought was so cute and charming? Now that you're 45, it might be the thing that makes you want to punch him in the face.

This doesn't arise from a mental imbalance, but rather a hormonal one.

Women experience the most hormonal stability between 25 and 35 years old. Then, sex hormones tend to flux up and down until they reach an equilibrium after menopause ends. 

These fluctuations can cause both emotional "symptoms" such as irritation, anger or aggression and physical symptoms such as vaginal dryness.

Men need to be aware, acknowledge, and adapt to the hormonal shifts women experience both monthly and as they age.

Chia Chia Sun is a menopause expert and career pharmaceutical executive turned women's health entrepreneur. As the CEO and Founder of the women's health company Damiva Inc., she loves inventing natural products for women over 35. Her products address vaginal health issues after childbirth, hysterectomy, cancer, and menopause.

Chia Chia joins Dr. Bond to explain how women's hormones impact their male counterparts, as well as discuss the various ways to address hormone imbalance and hormone loss.