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GenX Hits MenopauseRed Light and Blue: Our Midlife Clean Energy FutureIn “Red Light and Blue”, Heather dives deeper into the focus on “balance” in women's health concerns with Dr. Sarah Secor-Jones, founder of Lush Lifestyle and an integrative medicine physician specializing in hormone health and longevity. Dr. Sarah makes it clear that finding your happy balance isn't just about hormones; it’s about optimizing the internal power systems that support and produce them. The real game-changer here: mitochondria, the powerhouses of every cell.Conversations include:The Powerhouse Organ: Why optimizing ovary health is key to combating brain fog and boosting energy during the menopausal transition.Methylene Blue, The L...
2025-12-1245 min
GenX Hits MenopauseNot the Doctors | Personalized Medicine, Personal ResponsibilityIn ‘Not the Doctors’, Heather sits down with ‘Nurse Gone Rogue’ Diana Nicorici for a no-holds-barred conversation about busting through corporate healthcare, becoming a multi-million-dollar pioneer, and how women especially need to retake control of their own healthcare choices.Diane went rogue for a reason - to create better outcomes for her patients. In less than three years, she flipped three suitcases into a portfolio worth $3 million. This warrior mother of five is changing the system for people who need it the most, including co-founding The Blind Investment nonprofit to help victims of domestic abuse survive and thrive i...
2025-11-201h 34
GenX Hits MenopauseOnly GenX Wasteland | Toward True Leadership with Paul KarasikHeather and John continue their conversation with author, leadership visionary, and entheogenic legend Paul Karasik, exploring how the modern leadership crisis mirrors a deeper spiritual one. Drawing from his book Getting High on Leadership: The Leader’s Guide to Higher Consciousness, Karasik challenges listeners to rethink what it means to lead with awareness, empathy, and authenticity. From the lost ideals of the 1960s to the burnout of today’s workforce, Only GenX Wasteland asks: how do we evolve leadership itself—so it’s no longer about power, but about presence, connection, and conscious evolution?Conversation include:
2025-11-0651 min
GenX Hits MenopauseSleep All Night, Rock All Day | Rebalance HeathIn “Sleep All Night, Rock All Day”, Heather has a sparkling conversation on a very hard topic for most of us with Justin Hai, author of one of this summer’s best-selling books, "Stress Nation”. Justin turns a strong light on the profound impact of modern stress and technology on our hormonal balance, and the critical role of sleep in supporting hormone regulation and vibrant, sexy aging.Justin is also the co-founder of Rebalance Health, which introduces an innovative, actionable solution to the adverse effects of our constantly stimulated world, as well as the inevitable changes our bodies go t...
2025-10-241h 02
GenX Hits MenopauseYou Want a Healthspan Revolution?In this special episode of Gen X Hits Menopause, Heather speaks with Elias Arjan – a true luminary in the healthspan and longevity universe. Armed with his powerful "trifecta" of scientific prowess, business savvy, and tech-forward thinking, Elias is on a mission to start a revolution in health and wellness, a revolution to dismantle misinformation and champion credible, life-enhancing solutions in today's overwhelming health landscape.Elias's groundbreaking venture, PRUVN, is a truth-teller, rigorously validating health innovations and cutting through the noise. His production company Healthspan Productions creates transformative events like the Longevity Leadership Conference this past June and th...
2025-09-1843 min
GenX Hits MenopauseMore Than This ~ Extended Orgasm & The Fountain of YouthIn “More Than This: Extended Orgasm & The Fountain of Youth“ host Heather Reilly Hiemstra holds a high-voltage conversation with Alicia Davon, a leading expert in Tantra and tantric relationship coaching. Get ready to amplify your passion and ignite your inner rockstar, because this isn't your grandma's menopause talk.Alicia and her husband Erwan have guided over 20,000 students through their unique Davon Method over the last two decades, blending psychology, Zen, and Tantra into a unique system that's hitting all the right notes for singles and couples worldwide.Topics include:Dismantling Menopause Myths: Challenging the beli...
2025-08-0747 min
GenX Hits MenopauseTowards More Radical Human ConnectionIn "Towards More Radical Human Connection", Heather introduces listeners to Pete Cessa, a pivotal figure who transitioned a high-profile career in marketing and large-scale event production, including the Grammys and Super Bowls, to his pioneering work in the cannabis and psychedelic communities. Learn how he co-founded the Florida Cannabis Coalition in 2014, laying the groundwork for the state's current cannabis industry. This trailblazing effort culminated in Cannadelic, a groundbreaking event that has united cannabis and psychedelics under one roof, drawing over 25,000 attendees from more than 32 countries since 2022.Uncover the origins of Pete's career in marketing and e...
2025-07-311h 09
GenX Hits MenopauseEnter Lady LongevityIn ‘Enter Lady Longevity’, Heather talks with Alejandra Garcia, a functional medicine practitioner and longevity specialist who is here to help us learn to balance fatigue, hormone imbalances, and accelerated aging by optimizing our cellular health and metabolic function. Join their conversation on rewriting the current health narrative for women.Topics include:The unique aspects of female biology for longevity: Why women are naturally built for a longer lifespan and how menopause can be seen as an opportunity for reinvention.Addressing the shortcomings of current longevity protocols: How standard medical approaches and most longevity research often overl...
2025-07-2435 min
GenX Hits MenopauseWhat Your Stylist Wants You to KnowIn “What Your Stylist Wants You to Know”, the haircare gurus from Magick & Mane/SRQ Hair return to talk over their holistic approach to hair issues that’s helping women stay vibrant, sexy, and beautiful through every stage & challenge of life.Heather kicks off the conversation by praising Melissa Marino’s seasoned artistry and "energy-informed beauty rituals". Specializing in Japanese haircare science and mesh integration systems, Melissa is all about luxury and longevity, helping women reclaim their confidence from the crown down. The conversation quickly turns to the new salon space Melissa shares with extension specialist I...
2025-06-2640 min
GenX Hits MenopauseThese Are the Good Hair DaysIn “These Are the Good Hair Days “, Rockstar Blends founder Heather Reilly Hiemstra explores the deep link between hair health, confidence, self-esteem and self-expression with local Sarasota experts lsle Chevalier and Melissa Moreno. Together, they unpack why hair isn’t just about beauty—it’s about agency. From hormone-driven hair loss to healing and recovery, they share real solutions rooted in ingredient integrity, scalp science, and open conversation. Melissa brings insights from Japanese haircare traditions that prioritize the scalp as the root of it all, while Ayal reframes extensions as restorative tools, not vanity fixes.This episod...
2025-06-1239 min
GenX Hits MenopauseC'mon, Light My Fire: Endocannabinoid Science & Orgasm on the Road to Vibrant AgingPicking up where they left off last time, Heather and John get deeper into a more scientific understanding of what happens when we orgasm —and why pleasure, immunity, and longevity just might share the same spark. In this episode, Heather and John try to connect the dots between the body’s most overlooked regulator of vitality: the endocannabinoid system (ECS) and the essential role it plays in our sex lives.Spoiler alert—it’s not about getting high. It’s about unlocking the system your body already runs on to regulate pain, mood, sleep, metabolism, immune response, and, yes, o...
2025-06-0547 min
GenX Hits MenopauseOrgasm Rx: What Your Body Already Knows, and Why She’s Asking for MoreIn “Orgasm Rx”, Heather and John launch into what promises to be the first of many conversations around another topic many people tiptoe around for any number of reasons. But as Heather accidentally discovered on the path to creating Rockstar Woman, orgasms are much more than exhilarating, fleeting moments; they can be in fact a fundamental contribution to our immune system function, health and longevity.John asks the questions once again in this episode, so Heather can introduce us to all the leaping-off points that science has to offer here. We're talking oxytocin floods, bone density boosts, and im...
2025-05-2937 min
GenX Hits MenopauseLet's Talk About Cannadelic Miami 2025 with Dr. Angela FisherIn this special episode, Dr. Angela Fisher returns to chat about the upcoming Cannadelic Miami conference May 23 /24th sponsored by both Bionic Bloom and Rockstar Blends. Think less “head shop” and more “head -and-heart-connected healing.” Together they discuss the evolution of these events to spaces for authentic connection, discovery of new information and experiences in the realms of cannabis and psychedelics, and for personal transformation—not just getting high. On Saturday, Heather will moderate a discussion panel titled "The New Intimacy: How Cannabis and Psychedelics Are Changing Connection." Dr. Angela was a featured panelist, discussing her recent groundbreakin...
2025-05-2124 min
GenX Hits MenopauseFirst, We Kick Out All The ToxinsIn this episode, chef and educator Natalie Golba takes us on a tour of toxins hiding in plain sight all around us in our everyday lives, from cookware to personal care products to the water we drink and cook with. Learn small, actionable steps we can take in our own kitchens that can make a big difference in how we feel right now and help us head off some of the biggest challenges of healthy aging and longevity.Natalie shares the free master class on toxic exposure she has created with Dr. Stephanie Peacock and offers listeners a...
2025-05-1537 min
GenX Hits MenopauseAll We Need Is L.O.V.E.In this episode of "GenX Hits Menopause," host Heather Reilly Hiemstra sits down with Mark Mears, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and business consultant to talk about new ways of working at midlife.Mark introduces an earlier book "Paying it Backward," which is about sharing lessons he wishes he'd known earlier in life, as a belated mentor to his younger self. Sharing his own professional experiences and career setbacks, Mark shares how his LEAF and LOVE concepts for working better came to be.Mark thinks everyone in business is in the people's business and that people ne...
2025-05-0841 min
GenX Hits MenopauseLet's Talk About Sex with Dr. Angela FisherHeather embarks on a new exploration of “why sex is good for you” with groundbreaking psychologist and integrative mental health expert Dr. Angela Fisher, who pursues the question "Why is sex a good thing?” by first super clear up front; “I'm going to divide that out into two brands of sex. recreational sex and procreational sex."The conversation dives into the notion of "recreational sex," uncovering why it's not just a good time, but a crucial element for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Together, Heather and Angela begin to illuminate the physiological and psychological wonders of sex, esp...
2025-04-1733 min
GenX Hits MenopauseLive Your Legacy NowSovereign legacy advisor Christy Morrell-Stinson joins Heather & John to talk about founding our 'legacy'. What does 'legacy' even mean here at midlife & menopause? What should our next act be?Christy introduces her multi-layer framework for designing and building our individual legacies, weaving together refined concepts of clarity, desire, discernment and more to help each of us open up our own true destiny. Spoiler alert: there's no wrong way to use it!Christy and Heather talk through feminine desire and pleasure, both the deeply physical and the deeply creative essentials that can unlock destiny for women...
2025-04-1032 min
GenX Hits MenopauseTurning On Your SuperheroineMD, OBGYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist, coach, athlete, mom and perpetual student Dr. Tina Koopersmith shows us how discovering our own individual true joy can help us finally move on from perennial state of 'survival stress' to a new state of true healing and regeneration.Turning On Your SuperheroineStarting with a big question - why it is imperative for women to rediscover their voice now - Heather and Tina dive deep into how women's expectations and experiences are shaped by societal expectations and norms. Women have actual superpowers - like bringing new life into the world. Wh...
2025-03-2700 min
GenX Hits MenopauseLet Laughter Open the (Fifth) DoorTransformation mentor and artist Janet Hogan takes us on a powerful journey, detailing her evolution from what she describes as an "innocuous self" to fully embracing her authentic being. We dive deep into what it actually means to live authentically, and how much that's tied to empowering others to do the same. Together, we explore letting go of people-pleasing tendencies and the societal routines that keep us from becoming who we want to be and who we were meant to be.For many women, growing up and being encouraged to emulate men in order to succeed in...
2025-03-2050 min
GenX Hits MenopauseAren't The Effects of Topicals Only Skin Deep?Heather and John dive deep into the world of topical botanicals in this episode. Discover how these natural wonders can impact your health beyond skin deep, targeting your immune system, mood, and pain through transdermal absorption. Learn about the crucial role of carrier oils like jojoba, and explore potent botanicals such as copaiba and frankincense. They also touch on the complexities of hemp extraction and the importance of understanding product ingredients. Tune in for an enlightening conversation on how to harness the power of botanicals for holistic wellness.To Learn More, visit:rockstarblends.com
2025-02-2747 min
GenX Hits MenopauseWomen Are Talking About This Stuff All The Time!Heather, founder of Rockstar Blends, hosts beauty and wellness professional Assunta Swier on the GenX Hits Menopause podcast to discuss the physical and emotional impact of menopause from the perspective of their peers and clients. They highlight that candid conversations about menopausal experiences, including debilitating dryness, pain, and changes in intimacy, are primarily happening among women organically in their daily lives, rather than within the medical establishment.Heather and Assunta discuss how the decline of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone during menopause can cause various health issues, including osteoporosis and deteriorating eyesight. Challenging the misconception...
2025-02-1329 min
GenX Hits MenopauseWhat is the Endocannabinoid System?Ayurvedic Doctor of Osteopathy Melissa Morgan addresses the questions "From a medical perspective, what is the endocannabinoid system? What are some concrete, simple things that people can do to empower themselves to find balance by nurturing it?" Learn Dr.Melissa's top recommendations for simple changes anyone can make to feel better by activating the endocannabinoid system they've always had.Dr. Melissa Morgan is a highly sought-after Doctor of Osteopathy and medical marijuana doctor currently seeing patients for The Sanctuary Wellness Institute in Lakeland and Spring Hill, FL. She received her medical degree from Nova S...
2025-01-3032 min
GenX Hits MenopauseReason for BeingHeather introduces herself as founder of Rockstar Blends and her husband John as her wingman on the inaugural episode of 'GenX Hits Menopause'. Together they discuss how the podcast came to be through Mission Matters, the origin story and mission of Rockstar Blends, and the kinds of guests and discussions listeners can expect in future episodes.Heather's husband John Hiemstra is also her partner in founding Rockstar Blends and now her podcast wingman for 'GenX Hits Menopause'.To Learn More, visit:rockstarblends.com ...
2024-12-1223 min
Mission Matters Business Podcast with Adam TorresSex, Menopause and the Endocannabinoid SystemWhat is the EndoCannabinoid System and why is it important? In this episode, Adam Torres and Heather Reilly Hiemstra, Founder of Rockstar Roll On, LLC with Rockstar Blends, explore feeling happy and balanced, sexy and vibrant. Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be a guest on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/Visit our website:https://missionmatters.com/...
2024-07-1524 min
Mission Matters Startup Garage with Adam TorresSex, Menopause and the Endocannabinoid SystemWhat is the EndoCannabinoid System and why is it important? In this episode, Adam Torres and Heather Reilly Hiemstra, Founder of Rockstar Roll On, LLC with Rockstar Blends, explore feeling happy and balanced, sexy and vibrant. Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.Apply to be a guest on our podcast:https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/Visit our website:https://missionmatters.com/...
2024-07-1524 min