The Female Brain (and Coming Soon: The Upgrade!)
This week on The Rose Woman Pod, Neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine discusses with Christine the latest on Science of the Female Brain. The stages of a woman’s life, from birth to menopause, explaining what hormones trigger feelings, behaviors, and skills. Comparing and contrasting to the Male Brain counterpart.
Louann Brizendine, M.D. completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She has also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and the University of California at San Francisco. She founded the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. Her NY Times bestseller: “The Female Brain” and its follow-up, “The Male Brain" continue to be read around the world. Now as the Benioff endowed professor of clinical psychiatry at UCSF, Dr. Brizendine, continues to mentor, speak, write, consult with start-up companies and see patients.
She has just completed the manuscript for her next book entitled: “The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Remakes Itself for the Better in the Second Half of Life” Publication date is April 2022.
In this episode, we cover:
- Louann’s upcoming new book “The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Remakes Itself for the Better in the Second Half of Life” to be released on April 2022
- Understanding Infantile Puberty and hormones at that stage
- Learn about the functions of hormones like Ghrelin, Leptin, Estrogen, Oxytocin (and many more) and how it affects on female and male behavior
- What is the latest in using Bioidenticals today?
- Is there a way to track hormones?
- How does your body send signals during transition to menopause?
- Experiences of both women and men who are experiencing hormonal changes in different stages
Helpful Links:
- Dr. Louann Brizendine - Author of NY Times Best Seller: The Female Brain and The Male Brain.
Check out her Facebook and Twitter
- The Female Brain Movie (2017) - Romantic-comedy film based on The Female Brain book by Dr. Louann Brizendine
- The Women’s Health Initiative - (WHI) is a long-term national health study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, or NHLBI
- Find Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman and Christine on Instagram as @the.rose.woman
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