Hotness

Hotness - The podcast where hormones, confidence, and desire come back online. Hotness is where science meets soul, helping midlife women reconnect to their vitality, confidence, and desire. Hosted by Dr. Liz Lyster, Board-Certified OB/GYN and hormone expert, this show offers medical insight and lived wisdom to support you through the physical and personal shifts of this life stage. Each episode explores hormones, sexuality, identity, love, loss, movement, and desire, providing practical tools for understanding your body. Embrace your hotness at every age.

Hotness is a health podcast hosted by Dr. Liz Lyster, with 24 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Dr. Liz Lyster hosts Hotness, a health show with 24 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  Sunscreen or Skip Everything Else

  Oct 2, 202628 min

  I have known Jen Rowell for 12 years, which means she has had her hands on my face for the whole of my own midlife. So when I asked her what she sees happening to women's skin in their forties and fifties, she did not hand me a list of products. She started underneath. Oil production drops and cell turnover slows way down, and her image for the rest of it is that the face starts making its way down while the bone structure stays exactly where it was. Then she named the thing most of us get wrong, which is that we keep buying the newest item on the shelf instead of the two that do the work. We went through her actual routine in order, and it is calmer than the skincare aisle wants you to believe. At night, an oil cleanse, a second cleanse, a growth factor, a retinoid, then something to seal it in. In the morning, a lactic acid cleanser, vitamin C, eye cream and sunscreen. We also got into what happens in the treatment room, from dermaplaning to red and blue light, and why she thinks the most underrated thing about a facial is that somebody makes you lie still for an hour. Self-care is not selfish. And when I asked what makes her feel her hottest, she said gratitude, and the way she said it has stayed with me. - - - - - About the Guest: Jen Rowell is an esthetician with 30 years behind the treatment table and a partner at Glow Skin & Body Care in San Mateo, California, a practice she and three partners have run for twenty-two years. Glow has been voted Best Facial and Waxing Salon in San Mateo more than once. Her work runs from the classic European facial to dermaplaning, peels, hydrodermabrasion, LED light therapy and gua sha lymphatic massage. She is a hands-on practitioner in the most literal sense, and she will tell you her hands do more than any machine in the room. She is candid about what a treatment can and cannot do, and she would rather talk you through the two products you actually need than send you home with twelve. Thirty years in, she works on clients she met before their weddings, then through their pregnancies, and now on their daughters. Book an appointment at glowskinandbody.com - - - - - Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ iHeart Radio ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

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  Episode #23

  Normal Is Not Optimal

  Sep 25, 202629 min

  Here is the line I want you to keep: "Normal is not optimal." Donna White has spent over 30 years teaching providers how to do hormones properly, and her example stopped me. A lab range for testosterone might run from around 300 up past 1,000. Come in at 352 and you are, officially, normal. Nobody calls and nothing happens. But most people there do not feel good. Swap in almost any hormone and the story holds: the range was built to catch disease, not describe a woman who wants to feel like herself. In her twenties, Donna had brutal PMS, acne, headaches, the lot — and was offered an anti-anxiety pill and birth control. Her reaction was one I hear weekly. That sounds like a band-aid. She went looking underneath instead, and thirty-four years later she is still there, teaching the people who write prescriptions. Hormones are signalling molecules — a fancy way of saying they tell your cells what to do everywhere, not just ovaries. That is why sleep, mood, focus and weight share the conversation with hot flashes. Route matters too: a hormone you swallow goes through your digestive tract first, and Donna explains why that path affects clotting factors, triglycerides and thyroid in a way a cream or patch does not. And a full workup is more than three hormones. Thyroid, stress hormones, insulin and blood sugar all sit in the same system, and you cannot read one without the others. On the news you have probably seen: the FDA began removing boxed warnings from menopausal hormone therapy products in November 2025, and approved the labeling changes in February 2026. Warnings for cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and probable dementia came off. The endometrial cancer warning stays for women with a uterus taking estrogen alone — exactly why a progestogen gets prescribed alongside it. That is a labeling change, not a promise, and not a reason to skip the conversation with someone who actually knows this material. It is a reason to have it. Donna's practical advice: start with the provider list on her site, ask your local compounding pharmacist prescribing in your area, and when you call a practice, ask what they test. If the answer is estrogen and progesterone and here is your prescription, keep calling. You are worth a real workup, and you are allowed to ask for one. - - - - - About the Guest: Donna White is the founder and CEO of the BHRT Training Academy and the author of The Hormone Makeover . Known as The Hormone Defender, she has spent more than thirty years in hormone education, and she teaches physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists and health coaches how to test for and prescribe bioidentical hormones, meaning hormones with the same structure as the ones the body makes. Her own start was personal. In her twenties she had severe PMS, acne, hormonal headaches and cramps, and what she was offered was an anti-anxiety medication and the pill. She went looking for something that was not a band-aid, found bioidentical hormones, and has been on them for about thirty four years. She is now sixty three. Website: https://bhrttrainingacademy.com - - - - - Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ iHeart Radio ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

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  Episode #22

  Spicy Science #1 - Loss of Libido

  Sep 18, 202613 min

  Two things women tell me in the exam room, almost word for word. The first is that they would be fine if they never had sex again. The second is that their partner is very understanding. What I do not say out loud is that understanding has a shelf life, and that libido was never only about sex in the first place. It is about intimacy and connection in a partnership, and it is about intimacy and connection with yourself. So I start where it actually starts, with comfort. If sex is dry, or there is pain at the entrance or deeper in the pelvis, then not wanting it is your brain doing its job. We are wired to move away from pain and toward pleasure. From there I walk through what shifts underneath: progesterone pulling back from your sleep and your mood, estrogen pulling back from the tissue of the vulva, vagina and the base of the bladder. That is not only a dry surface. It is a loss of elasticity underneath it, the way an old waistband crackles when you stretch it. Add reduced blood flow and a body that is bracing for discomfort, and desire has very little room to show up. Then comes the emotional layer, the quiet thought that maybe that part of life is simply over. I would like to gently challenge that. In most cases desire has not gone anywhere. The conditions that support it have changed. I also retire the idea that real desire has to arrive first and unprompted, because that linear model was built decades ago and it does not describe most women. Responsive desire, the kind that shows up once you have started and once you feel safe, is just as valid. And libido was never only sexual. It is life energy. It is the thing that gets you off the couch and out for the walk. If yours is not where you want it to be, there is a great deal that can be done. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Liz Lyster is a board-certified OB/GYN and midlife hormone expert, and the host of Hotness. She helps women in their late 40s, 50s and 60s feel like themselves again after being dismissed, undertested, or told everything looks normal. Her work goes after the root of what midlife women are actually living with: low energy, brain fog, weight changes, low libido, disrupted sleep, mood shifts and vaginal dryness. Dr. Liz believes women deserve to feel good in their bodies at every age, and that taking care of yourself is not selfish. Her north star is simple. Feel your best so you can do your best. - - - - - Connect with Dr. Liz Lyster: Website: https://drlizmd.com/hotness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

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  Episode #21

  Aliveness at Every Age: Tantra and Midlife Desire with Dr. Elsbeth Meuth

  Sep 10, 202636 min

  Here is what I want you to sit with: my guest is 77 and radiantly, unapologetically alive. Dr. Elsbeth Meuth is the co-founder of the TantraNova Institute, and she is one of my favorite people to talk to about the thing my whole message is built on: feeling alive at every age. Elsbeth reframes tantra right at the top, not as a set of techniques, but as the original yoga of the energetic body, a way of tuning into the life force that has been running through us since before we were born. From there we get personal. She shares the turning point at 50 that led her out of a consulting career and into this work, why she believes the relationship with yourself comes first, and how she brings her energetic practice together with real hormonal support, because, as she says, the chemistry and the energy both matter. We talk about sacred sexuality, about presence over performance, and about why so many of us, especially at midlife, have let our connection to ourselves get pushed to the bottom of the list. It is warm, it is honest, and if you have been wondering whether this part of your life is behind you, Elsbeth is living proof that it is not. - - - - - About the Guest: Dr. Elsbeth Meuth is the co-founder of the TantraNova Institute, based in Chicago, which she built with her partner Freddy Zental Weaver. A former management consultant who came to tantra in her fifties, she has spent the last two decades teaching thousands of women and couples how to reconnect with their own life force, pleasure, and sense of aliveness. She is an author and educator, and at 77, a living example of the idea that vitality and desire are not reserved for the young. She teaches through workshops, private sessions, and online programs for both women and couples. Website: tantranova.com - - - - - Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ iHeart Radio ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠⁠⁠https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/⁠

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  Episode #20

  Midlife Plot Twist: Time Doesn't Heal Grief

  Sep 4, 202615 min

  Here is the truth no one told us: time does not heal. We say it to each other constantly, and it is one of the kindest sounding, least helpful things we pass around. On this Midlife Plot Twist, I go straight at it. By the time we reach midlife, every one of us is carrying loss, and often a layer of unresolved pain underneath it, and that weight does not just sit quietly. It shows up in our energy, our sleep, our relationships, and yes, our health and our vitality. I walk through the myths we were handed: be strong, keep busy, don't feel bad, grieve alone, and where they come from, which is usually people who love us and were never taught any better. Then I name the short-term energy-releasing behaviors, the STERBs, that we reach for to avoid the pain, from overworking to doomscrolling to a little retail therapy, and yes, I have done that one too. None of it means you are broken. It means no one handed you the correct steps. That is what this series is for, and it is some of the most freeing work I have ever done. I want you to make room in your body and your soul for love, for freedom, and for your own best vitality. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Liz Lyster is a women's health and hormone expert and the host of Hotness, known for helping women feel their best in the second half of life. She looks past quick fixes to the hormones, habits, and emotional health underneath how a woman actually feels, and she does it as the doctor who also sounds like a good friend, warm, direct, and a little wry. In this Midlife Plot Twist series, she brings that same honesty to the emotional side of midlife, the part most of us were never taught how to handle. - - - - - Free Guide (Dr. Liz's Guide to Midlife): https://drlizmd.com/hotness - - - - - Hotness with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drlizmd.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drlizlyster/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlizmd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/DrLizLyster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Hotness on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ iHeart Radio ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get the tools you need to thrive in midlife. - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com ⁠⁠https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

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