Can HRT do this for you?

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Somehow this has become controversial, but it feels to me that there might be a few things HRT can’t do for you.

I say this while acknowledging various forms of HRT are helping many of us feel better so that we can go on to tackle some of these things, which I believe really do need to be done at this time of our lives to reckon with the past and set us up for the rest of our years.

And I say it while acknowledging that some people are seeing HRT work miracles on their lives. For example this week I learned that not only did American influencer Marcella Hill (who has grown to 645k followers on TikTok) get her libido back eight months ago with testosterone, it also helped her fall madly in love with her husband again and “fix my whole entire being”.

But back to my list of things I’m not sure HRT can do:

• get you walking + lifting weights (the perimenopause power combo)

• heal your adverse childhood experiences or trauma

• meet and make some peace w…