Plant Medicine for Menopause: What Science and Ancient Healing Say Actually Works
4/14/20261 hr 10 min
In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, a board-certified OB-GYN, integrative medicine expert, and author with nearly 30 years of clinical experience, including training in Ayurvedic medicine spanning almost two decades. Dr. Gilberg-Lenz is the Chief Clinical Officer of Monarch, a membership-based healthcare practice built to restore what modern medicine has nearly eliminated: time, relationship, and trust between women and their clinicians.
Dr. Haver and Dr. Gilberg-Lenz open with a question that sits at the heart of women's midlife health: why does the current healthcare system consistently fail to see...
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First 90 secondsSuzanne Gilberg-Lenz· Guest0:00
The system is not set up for people to experience each other, and for your doctor to experience you. Like, they- we just don't even have time. So we don't get reimbursed by insurance for the amount of time that we're spending reading about this, thinking about you, calling you back, reviewing your labs, sitting and hearing your story. We get paid for how many people we saw that day.
Mary Claire Haver· Host0:23
Mm-hmm.
Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz· Guest0:24
That does not lend itself to dealing with these kinds of issues, and talking about stuff, and recognizing patterns.
Mary Claire Haver· Host0:31
Yeah.
Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz· Guest0:31
It just doesn't.
Mary Claire Haver· Host0:32
[upbeat music] The views and opinions expressed on Unpaused are those of the talent and guests alone, and are provided for informational and entertainment purposes only. No part of this podcast or any related materials are intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. [upbeat music] One of the things I've learned after years in medicine and talking to women in midlife is this: the system doesn't give them the time, space, or respect to be truly known, and yet the problem is often framed as that women just don't know their bodies. My guest today deeply understands this. Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz has spent her career caring for women across every life stage, but especially in midlife, where complexity is the rule,