There are seasons in a woman’s life that don’t arrive quietly. They come with a tremor, a shimmer, a sense that something deep in the architecture of who you are is being rewritten. It’s not collapse, but instead a reordering that can’t be ignored.
In this conversation with Heidi Lovie, we wander into the transformation of menopause. She invites us to consider this transition not as a breakdown, but as a profound renegotiation between heart and kidney, ancestry and agency, biology and identity.
Listen into this discussion as we explore how hormones shape our sense of reality, why perimenopause can feel like the caterpillar dissolving into goo phase of becoming a butterfly, how grief and sovereignty intertwined in midlife, and ways clinicians can expand their imagination beyond the default kidney-yin story. This is about expanding language, reframing experience, and recognizing the second spring as a time of creativity, clarity, and unapologetic self-definition.
Decenter yourself in the intake; your job isn’t to sound insightful, but to create enough space for the patient’s experience to organize itself out loud. The pattern often declares itself once the room feels quiet enough.
Heidi Lovie, DACM, L.Ac
I believe women deserve care that makes sense. Care that explains what’s happening in their bodies and takes their experiences seriously. I’m Dr. Heidi Lovie, a New York based doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, herbalist, and educator focused on women’s health across the lifespan.
My clinical work draws on Chinese medicine while engaging modern biomedical thinking, particularly around hormonal change, immune regulation, and the transitions of perimenopause and menopause. In my Manhattan practice, I work with women whose symptoms are often layered and difficult to fit into a single diagnosis, especially during midlife.
Beyond the clinic, I teach and mentor advanced practitioners, helping them think more clearly, listen more deeply, and practice medicine that is both compassionate and rigorous. My goal is simple: to help women feel understood and supported during one of the most significant transitions of their lives.
Visit Heidi on her website.
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