The Stay Juicy Podcast

In this unapologetically juicy episode of the Stay Juicy Podcast, Dr. Arianna sits down with Maureen Pollack, co-founder and president of LovAbility, for a powerful conversation about pleasure, self-love, and why women deserve access to their bodies without shame.Maureen shares the deeply personal story behind inventing the WaterSlyde, a body-safe, eco-friendly aquatic stimulator designed to make pleasure accessible to women of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Together, they explore the pleasure gap, the cultural stigma surrounding female sexuality, and how self-pleasure can become a pathway to confidence, healing, and empowerment — especially in midlife.This episode is about permission. Permission to feel. Permission to explore. Permission to stop putting yourself last.

Listeners receive 15% off your order for a limited time at LovAbilityInc.com with code STAYJUICY ! Limitations may apply.

Resources Mentioned:
⁠LovAbility⁠ – Women-owned sexual wellness brand⁠The WaterSlyde⁠– Patented aquatic stimulator for pleasure & hygiene⁠Arousal Balm & Bomb Balm⁠ – Vulva-safe pleasure and self-care productsIf you love the podcast, I'd be so grateful if you left me a review! Your feedback helps me educate and empower other women like you.

Watch this full episode on ⁠YouTube!⁠

Where to find Dr. Arianna
⁠⁠⁠Book a menopause consultation at Tula Wellness⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY MY BOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "The Menopause Myth; What Your Mother, Doctor, and Friends Haven't Shared About Life After 35
FOLLOW DR. ARIANNA  ON SOCIALS!
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Books ReferencedBecoming Supernatural – Joe DispenzaBreaking the Habit of Being Yourself – Joe DispenzaEpisode 10 – Highlights00:00 – Why Pleasure MattersDr. Arianna sets the tone for a powerful conversation about permission, embodiment, and self-love.07:40 – The Origin of the WaterSlydeMaureen Pollack shares the personal moment that led to an unexpected innovation in sexual wellness.17:45 – Redefining Women’s PleasureWhy pleasure is about connection, confidence, and autonomy — not shame or indulgence.23:10 – Understanding the Pleasure GapHow culture, medicine, and silence have shaped women’s relationship with desire.34:20 – Midlife, Menopause, and Reclaiming DesireWhy midlife can be a powerful turning point for pleasure and self-knowledge.46:30 – Accessibility and Inclusion in Sexual WellnessWhy inclusive design matters — and who has been left out of the conversation.57:40 – Permission to FeelWhat it truly means to give yourself permission to explore pleasure without guilt.1:07:30 – Final TakeawayComing home to your body is not selfish — it’s revolutionary.

Welcome back to another episode of the Stay Juicy Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Arianna — and happy 2026, y’all. This episode is all about vision — literal and metaphorical.
After having bilateral cataract surgery and suddenly realizing how much I wasn’t seeing, everything in my life came into focus. It made me reflect on my entire year — the highs, the challenges, the manifestations, the miracles, and the deep spiritual unraveling that shaped my path toward 60.
In this episode, I’m sharing what 2025 taught me about clarity, aging, pleasure, manifestation, parenting, partnership, fear, intention, and surrender — and what it means to enter 2026 with vision that finally lets you see what’s possible.
If you’re ready to stop making resolutions and start inviting possibility, this one is for you.

If you love the podcast, I'd be so grateful if you left me a review! Your feedback helps me educate and empower other women like you.

Watch this full episode on ⁠YouTube!⁠

Where to find Dr. Arianna
⁠⁠⁠Book a menopause consultation at Tula Wellness⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY MY BOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "The Menopause Myth; What Your Mother, Doctor, and Friends Haven't Shared About Life After 35

FOLLOW DR. ARIANNA  ON SOCIALS!
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

What's Your Menopause IQ ? — ⁠⁠Take a quick self-assessment⁠⁠ to gauge your menopause knowledge and symptoms.

Dowload a Free Chapter of My Book: The Menopause Myth — Learn the truth about hormones, symptoms, and thriving after 35.

TIMESTAMPED OVERVIEW
00:00–04:40 — The Theme of Vision & Cataract Surgery
Literal clarity, hazy eyesight, and the metaphor of suddenly seeing what you couldn’t before.
04:40–10:20 — Reflecting on 2025 & Entering 2026
Turning 59, approaching 60, urgency, pleasure, mortality, and the call to evolve.
10:20–18:10 — Spiritual Work, Awakening & Midlife Shifts
Joe Dispenza retreat, meditation, intention-setting, manifestation examples.
18:10–27:50 — Parenting in Adulthood & The Power of Receiving
Autism diagnosis at 21, finding the right program, capacity, surrender, grace.
27:50–33:40 — Partner Illness, Intention, Prayer & Deciding the Outcome
Navigating husband’s bladder cancer, setting clear collective prayer intentions.
33:40–40:00 — Professional Expansion in 2025
Speaking engagements, opportunities, TulaMD supplement line.
40:00–45:00 — Sexual Curiosity, Pleasure & Unlearning Judgment
Sexual wellness conference, BDSM quiz, vanilla revelations, curiosity as growth.
45:00–End — Vision for 2026: Pleasure, Joy, Curiosity & Possibility
What corrected vision means for midlife, and the final reflection:
“If your vision was fully corrected… what would you finally allow yourself to experience?”

Welcome back to Stay Juicy. Today’s episode is a different kind of juicy — it’s real, raw, and deeply human. I’m joined by my dear friend, psychotherapist and creative powerhouse Dawn McMillan, for a conversation that honestly felt like a therapy session I didn’t know I needed.This week was a lot — aging parents, a child in transition, my husband’s health scare, business pressures, and the weight of just… being human. Dawn and I dive into the truth of midlife: how adulting gets heavier, how we get lost in our thoughts, how our filters shape our reality, and how we can return to ourselves through presence, curiosity, and compassion.We talk about my recent meditation retreat, what it awakened in me, and how easily we can forget what we know to be true when life starts stacking up. Dawn also teaches a powerful tool — her NAIL IT framework — to stop the spiral before it takes over.If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, alone, or like you’re supposed to “have it together,” this episode is for you.Follow Dawn McMillan on Instagram  @TheDawnMcMillan 
Work with Dawn, Subscribe to her Substack, and much more HERE!

If you love the podcast, I'd be so grateful if you left me a review! Your feedback helps me educate and empower other women like you.

Watch this full episode on ⁠YouTube!⁠

Where to find Dr. Arianna
⁠⁠⁠Book a menopause consultation at Tula Wellness⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY MY BOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "The Menopause Myth; What Your Mother, Doctor, and Friends Haven't Shared About Life After 35
FOLLOW DR. ARIANNA  ON SOCIALS!
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
What's Your Menopause IQ ? — ⁠⁠Take a quick self-assessment⁠⁠ to gauge your menopause knowledge and symptoms.
Dowload a Free Chapter of My Book: The Menopause Myth — Learn the truth about hormones, symptoms, and thriving after 35.Time Stamped Overview:00:00–04:00 — Why this episode is different + vulnerability about a difficult week04:00–07:00 — Introducing Dawn McMillan + her mission to elevate consciousness07:00–10:30 — “All the things”: aging parents, young adults, marriage stress, business pressure10:30–13:30 — Who am I vs. What am I here to do13:30–16:00 — Being present through meditation; what the Joe Dispenza retreat unlocked16:00–22:00 — The physical and spiritual awakening that shifted everything22:00–27:00 — Understanding the Matrix of our thoughts27:00–30:00 — Suffering = believing a thought that isn’t true30:00–34:00 — The filters we all live behind + generational + cultural patterns34:00–38:00 — Circle of influence vs circle of concern38:00–44:00 — The trigger conversation + neurodiversity epiphany44:00–51:00 — Self-talk, self-compassion & removing triggers51:00–56:00 — Dawn’s NAIL IT framework56:00–1:04:00 — Parenting, expectations, and the grief of “different than expected”1:04:00–1:10:00 — What it means to be a woman in midlife: magical, powerful, essential1:10:00–end — Closing reflections + stay juicy

Welcome back to the Stay Juicy Podcast. I’m Dr. Arianna, and today we’re unpacking something big — something that is long overdue in women’s health: the FDA’s removal of the black box warning on estrogen therapy.
For 23 years, women have lived under a cloud of unnecessary fear. A fear that changed how we treated menopause, how we educated providers, and how millions of women suffered in silence.
Today, we’re breaking down what the new evidence shows, why estrogen was never the villain, and how this moment marks a powerful correction in women’s health. If you’ve ever wondered whether estrogen is safe, whether you should be afraid of hormone therapy, or whether you’ve been misled — this conversation is for you.
Let’s get into the truth, the science, and the reclamation of estrogen.

Timestamped Overview
00:00–02:15
Why estrogen has been misunderstood for over two decades
02:15–04:45
How the black box warning originally happened and why it was flawed
04:45–07:30
The harm the warning caused — millions untreated, suffering, dismissed
07:30–12:00
New data: what we now know about estrogen’s true safety profile
12:00–15:20
The real risks (and why they were exaggerated)
15:20–22:00
What breast cancer data actually shows
22:00–27:00
Brain health, heart health, metabolic health: estrogen’s wide-ranging benefits
27:00–31:15
Why this moment matters for midlife women
31:15–34:00
Reclaiming your choices: how to make confident decisions about hormone therapy
34:00–36:00
Final message: your body deserves truth, not fear

If you love the podcast, I'd be so grateful if you left me a review! Your feedback helps me educate and empower other women like you.

Watch this full episode on ⁠YouTube!⁠

Where to find Dr. Arianna
⁠⁠⁠Book a menopause consultation at Tula Wellness⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY MY BOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "The Menopause Myth; What Your Mother, Doctor, and Friends Haven't Shared About Life After 35
FOLLOW DR. ARIANNA  ON SOCIALS!
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
What's Your Menopause IQ ? — ⁠⁠Take a quick self-assessment⁠⁠ to gauge your menopause knowledge and symptoms.
Dowload a Free Chapter of My Book: The Menopause Myth — Learn the truth about hormones, symptoms, and thriving after 35.

Welcome back family!
This episode is a little different — it’s not about data or symptoms or even solutions. It’s about reflection. I just returned from the Menopause Society Conference, and I have to tell you — it changed me.
There were conversations that went beyond the science — about trauma, burnout, and the invisible weight women carry through midlife. About what it means to practice medicine in a system that doesn’t always see the whole woman. And about what happens when we finally start connecting the dots between hormones, health, and healing.
So today, I’m taking you behind the scenes — into the rooms, the talks, and the quiet moments that reminded me why I do this work. This is what I took home from the Menopause Society Conference.

Timestamped Topic Overview
00:00 – 02:30 | Introduction: Returning from the Menopause Society Conference
02:31 – 06:00 | The emotional undercurrent of menopause medicine — why it’s more than hormones
06:01 – 10:15 | Conversations that shifted everything: trauma-informed care and compassion fatigue in clinicians
10:16 – 14:00 | When science meets the soul — connecting data with humanity
14:01 – 18:45 | Why menopause is not a diagnosis but a transition of identity
18:46 – 22:00 | Reflections on burnout, balance, and rediscovering purpose
22:01 – 26:30 | The sisterhood of medicine — community, empathy, and shared healing
26:31 – 30:00 | What this means for women everywhere — redefining midlife wellness

If you love the podcast, I'd be so grateful if you left me a review! Your feedback helps me educate and empower other women like you.

Watch this full episode on ⁠YouTube!⁠

Where to find Dr. Arianna
⁠⁠⁠Book a menopause consultation at Tula Wellness⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY MY BOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "The Menopause Myth; What Your Mother, Doctor, and Friends Haven't Shared About Life After 35
FOLLOW DR. ARIANNA  ON SOCIALS!
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
What's Your Menopause IQ ? — ⁠⁠Take a quick self-assessment⁠⁠ to gauge your menopause knowledge and symptoms.
Dowload a Free Chapter of My Book: The Menopause Myth — Learn the truth about hormones, symptoms, and thriving after 35.