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rhonda doruiter's avatar

I appreciate the courage to pause the usual wellness conversation and acknowledge what’s happening beneath the surface. Safety is foundational…without it, optimization means nothing.

YOUR DOCTOR KLOVER's avatar

This was an important pivot, and I’m glad you made it! As a physician-scientist, I really appreciate how you reframed “safety” as a physiologic state, not a vibe: if a communicator is dysregulated and the listener walks away activated (behind, ashamed, hypervigilant), that’s meaningful information about the environment being created, regardless of how many studies get name-dropped. Discernment is not cynicism, but it’s nervous-system hygiene. 

I also love the line “Evidence-based isn’t a personality.” Research should narrow uncertainty and guide decisions; it should never be used as a cudgel to dominate, sell, or extract. The “power over vs power with” distinction is a clinically relevant lens for the wellness space right now, especially for midlife women, who are frequently targeted precisely when they’re symptomatic, searching, and vulnerable to performative certainty. 

Your closing invitation is the most actionable medicine in the whole post: regulate first, discern second. That’s how people keep their agency online, cand how we rebuild trust without turning anyone into a guru.

Dr. Mindy Pelz's avatar

LOVE this reflection! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Sara Szal MD's avatar

Thank you for your reflections, so wise and helpful feedback!

Claudia González's avatar

Thank you, Dr. Mindy, for genuinely caring and sharing with us. I do feel safe with you and the information you share. Your podcast make me think more seriously about what and who I choose to listen to and you are right, I can feel it in my body. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Divya S Bisen's avatar

This resonates. Safety isn’t just physical anymore; it’s about how our nervous system feels in digital spaces, too. True empowerment comes from discernment, not from the loudest voices.

Lisa's avatar

Thank you Dr. Mindy!! Love you and what you stand for and protect!!!

OXOXO

Leslie Diaz's avatar

Thank you, Dr. Mindy for being vulnerable and always coming to us with what’s real. I just cannot express the amount of gratitude I have for you and your work and how much you‘ve impacted my life. I understand what my hormones are, I stopped birth control, I healed my gut, I’ve been intermittent fasting for almost 2 years. I’ve never felt as healthy in my whole life and I’m 39 years old. Thank you!!

Sara Szal MD's avatar

Mindy, thank you for being such a bright light of hope and transmutation of the pain we are feeling in this moment. Always delighted to be in conversation with you, my friend.

Dr. Mindy Pelz's avatar

Thank you!!! 🙏

Meqan Moon's avatar

Opinion on the LMNT Maltodexatrine being left off ingredients,?

Tre Maloney's avatar

Thank you ! It’s so overwhelming at times, I just shut off all the information coming in and at me and other women

Arrianne Bell's avatar

You are such a guiding light for me as I’m walking through my menopausal journey. Your new book has been like a second bible for me. I resonate so deeply with you. I feel more empowered now. I’m 61 and have been post menopausal now for 6 years. I found you about 2 years ago and began implementing fasting. I read the Menopause Reset and loved it. I’ve been following very closely. I trust you and I know you are genuinely out for women’s well being.

I am in stage 2 The Shedding in your five stages of transformation. Im in the chrysalis right now, trying to dissolve old parts of my identity that no longer fit.

Juliette Barber's avatar

Thank you, Dr Mindy – exactly what we all need to hear, as always.

"Patriarchy isn’t about men. It’s about power over."

This really resonated with me. Such a powerful distinction – it’s not about men, it’s about the dynamics of power.