Menopause Reimagined with Andrea Donsky
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We created Morphus to spark change in the conversation around perimenopause and menopause wellness, to bring together women seeking support and information, and to provide research-backed supplements for women in perimenopause and menopause. As Health Experts with over 23 years of experience as wellness educators, we bring you expert insights on perimenopause and menopause, along with the latest evidence-based scientific research.
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Co-Founders, Morphus, Inc.
Menopause Reimagined with Andrea Donsky
Ep #196: Vaginal Dryness & Lubricants with Deborah Porteous
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Dry, irritated, and every lubricant burns or makes a mess? You're not alone. 91% of women say their libido changes in menopause.
Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, author of Nourishing Menopause, 7x published menopause researcher and menopause educator, and co-founder of wearemorphus.com, sits down with Deborah Porteous, co-founder of The Pleasure Pods Company, who hit vaginal dryness in her early 50s and couldn't find a single product that didn't irritate her, ran everywhere, or ruined the sheets. So she and her partner Brian spent two years with a formulator and a team of plant scientists building something better: a 100% plant-based solid that melts at body temperature. This is the honest, slightly cheeky conversation about dryness, painful sex, and pleasure that most of us never got to have.
Topics:
- Why vaginal dryness hits almost 40% of women in perimenopause and menopause, and why it's nothing to be embarrassed about
- The difference between a lubricant, a vaginal moisturizer, and vaginal estrogen, and why it's not either/or
- What's inside Pleasure Pods and why the solid format matters
- How women are using the pods beyond intimacy: massage oil, face, dry skin, even travel
- Why sexual wellness products for women are still so hard to advertise, and what that stigma costs us
Chapters:
0:00 How a solid-to-liquid lubricant works (cold open demo)
1:10 Libido in menopause: what almost 1,400 women told our survey
5:00 Meet Deborah Porteous and the story behind Pleasure Pods
9:30 Talking vaginal dryness on a pitch stage: the CHFA launchpad story
13:00 Why so many lubricants burn, itch, or irritate after 50
18:00 Mango, cocoa, and kokum butter: what's actually in the formula
23:30 How to use it: palms, warm massage oil, face, and dry skin
29:00 Lubricant vs vaginal moisturizer vs vaginal estrogen
35:00 Cutting a pod into pieces for overnight vaginal moisture
39:30 The stigma of marketing women's sexual wellness products
44:00 Deborah's panel podcast and where to buy Pleasure Pods
Learn more about Pleasure Pods here: https://thepleasurepods.com/
Watch the interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n1odK1pPdV8
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