Karen Roy is trusted by women and organizations to transform menopause from confusion and stigma into a leadership advantage.
Today, Karen speaks at the intersection of hormones, leadership, and performance — helping women understand why their biology changed and how to use it as a strategic advantage instead of fighting it.
They recalibrate how women lead — and how companies retain, elevate, and empower them.
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Meet Karen.
Karen Roy is a menopause leadership educator, speaker, and author dedicated to changing the way we talk about women’s health and midlife.
With warmth, honesty, and science-backed education, Karen helps women feel seen, understood, and empowered — replacing fear and frustration with clarity and confidence.
To normalize menopause, empower women, and rewrite the midlife story.
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Karen Roy merges leadership coaching, menopause wisdom, and cutting-edge wellness strategies to help women reclaim their power in midlife. Through expert interviews, real-life stories, and actionable tips, this podcast is for every woman who wants to thrive - not just survive - through menopause.
Why Your Blood Work Says You’re Fine (When You Know You’re Not)
What if the reason you’ve been told “everything looks normal” is because your hormones were only measured on one day?
In perimenopause, hormones don’t sit still—they rise, fall, and shift from day to day. A single blood draw captures only one moment in time. It can’t reveal the patterns where many women first begin to experience brain fog, anxiety, poor sleep, mood swings, hot flashes, and other frustrating symptoms.
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Amy Divaraniya, molecular biologist and Founder & CEO of Oova, to explore why longitudinal hormone monitoring is changing the conversation around women’s health.
We discuss why hormone patterns—not just individual numbers—matter, how technology is helping women better understand what’s happening inside their bodies, and why the future of menopause care may lie in combining hormone trends with wearable data, lifestyle habits, and personalized insights.
If you’ve ever been told your hormones are “normal” while feeling anything but, this episode is for you.
In This Episode
✔ Why one hormone test often isn’t enough during perimenopause
✔ What longitudinal hormone monitoring actually means
✔ Why hormone patterns tell a more complete story than a single lab result
✔ How daily hormone fluctuations can impact symptoms
✔ Why so many women feel dismissed despite “normal” blood work
✔ The exciting future of personalized menopause care
✔ How wearable technology and hormone tracking may work together to give women a clearer picture of their health
✔ What every woman should know before assuming she’s “just getting older”
About My Guest
Dr. Amy Divaraniya is a molecular biologist, entrepreneur, and the Founder & CEO of Oova, an innovative hormone testing platform helping women better understand their bodies through quantitative hormone tracking. Her mission is to empower women with better data, better answers, and a deeper understanding of their hormonal health across fertility, perimenopause, and menopause.
Interested in Tracking Your Own Hormones?
One of the reasons I was so excited to have Dr. Amy on the podcast is because I’ve been using Oova as part of my own observational case study.
As a FLAG-certified coach, I became an Oova affiliate, but instead of simply recommending it, I decided to become my own case study. I’ve been tracking my hormones alongside my Oura Ring data, sleep, readiness, HRV, fasting, movement, nutrition, and symptoms to better understand how all of these pieces work together during post-menopause.
If you’re curious about tracking your own hormone patterns, you can learn more using my affiliate link below.
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Disclosure: I am an Oova affiliate, which means I may earn a small commission if you purchase through my link. There is no additional cost to you, and I only recommend products I personally use and genuinely believe can help women better understand their health.
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Final Thought
Perimenopause doesn’t happen in a single moment—it happens in the pattern.
The more we understand those patterns, the better equipped we are to ask informed questions, advocate for ourselves, and partner with our healthcare providers. Women’s health is moving beyond one-day snapshots and toward understanding the whole story—because you deserve more than being told you’re “fine.”
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