Hormone Hangout

The Conversations We Don't Have Out Loud | Missing Pieces, Pt. 3

James Earl, Jess Hassler, Natasha Mankins, Tracey Willingham — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:50:48 -0500

Natasha explains what actually changes in the tissue during perimenopause and menopause, why it can hurt, and what can be done
about it. Tracey gets into the good girl conditioning that has women reading spicy novels in bed beside a partner they will not
ask for anything. James talks about the invisible load his girlfriend named for him, and what redefining intimacy looked like
in his own relationship. Jess names the layer underneath all of it: if you have spent twenty years not saying what you want, that
conversation feels like a mountain.

Then the thing that surprised us most about July 18. The room was full of postmenopausal and surgical menopause women who were told
the story ends at menopause and found out otherwise. Natasha covers what to ask for after a hysterectomy, and why progesterone still
belongs in that conversation.

Closes on losing your cycle and finding your way back to belonging. Because if you feel like you belong here, you belong.

The next event is already on the calendar. September 18, 2026.
https://www.thathormonegirl.com/hh-why-women-are-exhausted-but-still-cannot-rest

Meet the practitioners:

That Hormone Girl (Tracey Willingham)
https://www.thathormonegirl.com

Sultrosium Wellness (Dr. Natasha Mankins)
https://www.sultrosiumwellness.com

Breathe Mija (Jess Hassler)
https://www.instagram.com/breathemija/

The Sankofa Method (James Earl)
https://www.thesankofamethod.com/

Music from #Uppbeat
https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/heat
License code: 3B0LIKKDV8BEJM0I

You're Going to Need More Than One Person | Missing Pieces, Pt. 2

James Earl, Jess Hassler, Natasha Mankins, Tracey Willingham — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:37:07 -0500

Natasha opens with a question most women never think to ask: what did your doctor actually test? Routine bloodwork often does not
look at your hormones at all, and even when it does, the timing of the draw changes the answer. She breaks down why urine testing
reads differently than blood, and why day 19 to 21 matters.

From there it widens out. Why splitting hormone health into one piece keeps failing women. Why the four of us refuse to work in silos, and why practitioners need each other as much as clients do. What it costs a woman when her practitioner cannot admit the limits of their own work. Focus on why community itself is the medicine.

Then the thing the room would not let go of on July 18: when are you going to talk to our partners? That opens into renegotiating
relationships in midlife, the partnerships this field has barely built resources for, and Natasha's story about what her husband's test revealed.

Closes with something honest about shame, bodies, and who gets treated well in a gym. The next event is already on the calendar. September 18, 2026.
https://www.thathormonegirl.com/hh-why-women-are-exhausted-but-still-cannot-rest

Meet the practitioners:

That Hormone Girl (Tracey Willingham)
https://www.thathormonegirl.com

Sultrosium Wellness (Dr. Natasha Mankins)
https://www.sultrosiumwellness.com

Breathe Mija (Jess Hassler)
https://www.instagram.com/breathemija/

The Sankofa Method (James Earl)
https://www.thesankofamethod.com/

Music from #Uppbeat
https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/heat
License code: 3B0LIKKDV8BEJM0I

What Four Practitioners Saw in a Room Full of Women | Missing Pieces, Pt. 1

James Earl, Jess Hassler, Natasha Mankins, Tracey Willingham — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:36:34 -0500

Hormone Hangout is what happens after the room clears out.

Every other month, four Fort Worth practitioners sit down and unpack the live event we just finished. Tracey Willingham brings the emotional and identity side, because hormone health is bigger than physical symptoms. It's a woman's whole damn life. Dr. Natasha Mankins brings the chemistry and what your labs are actually saying. Jess Hassler brings breath work and the nervous system. James Earl brings movement, strength, and the rare thing of a man who did the work before showing up.

We talk about what the women in that room asked us, what surprised us, and the answers we ran out of time to give. Real conversation,
no lecture, no dumbing it down.

If you were there, this is your debrief. If you weren't, this is your seat at the table. The next event is already on the calendar. September 18, 2026.
https://www.thathormonegirl.com/hh-why-women-are-exhausted-but-still-cannot-rest

Meet the practitioners:

That Hormone Girl (Tracey Willingham)
https://www.thathormonegirl.com

Sultrosium Wellness (Dr. Natasha Mankins)
https://www.sultrosiumwellness.com

Breathe Mija (Jess Hassler)
https://www.instagram.com/breathemija/

The Sankofa Method (James Earl)
https://www.thesankofamethod.com/

Music from #Uppbeat
https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/heat
License code: 3B0LIKKDV8BEJM0I