Episode 25

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Published on:

13th May 2026

You Lost Your Libido… Now They Want to Sell It Back to You

You lost your libido during menopause… and now the pharmaceutical industry may be trying to sell it back to you.

You lost your libido.

Maybe slowly.

Maybe all at once.

Maybe you didn’t even realize it until one day…

…it just wasn’t there anymore.

And now?

There’s a solution waiting for you.

A pill.

A diagnosis.

A way to “fix” what suddenly feels different in your body.

But what if low libido during menopause isn’t just something to fix?

What if it’s something to understand?

In this episode of Menopause Love Lounge, we’re diving into one of the most controversial conversations in women’s health:

👉 what really happens to desire during perimenopause and menopause

👉 why libido can shift even in relationships that seem perfectly “fine”

👉 and what it means that there’s now a drug designed to bring female desire back

Including the so called “pink pill” (Addyi) and the debate around whether it’s truly helping women… or profiting from them.

Because this conversation is about so much more than sex.

It’s about:

• hormones, brain chemistry, and the nervous system

• emotional and relational connection

• body confidence and identity in midlife

• the pressure to perform vs the truth of how you actually feel

• and a medical system that still struggles to understand women’s bodies

We also get into:

• why desire can’t always be reduced to a hormone imbalance

• the difference between support and symptom suppression

• holistic healing vs pharmaceutical solutions

• and the uncomfortable question so many women quietly ask themselves:

👉 Is something actually wrong with me… or is my body trying to tell me something?

And then we really go there:

👉 If you could take a pill to get your libido back… would you?

This conversation is honest.

Funny.

A little controversial.

And might completely change the way you think about desire, menopause, and your body.

👉 Send this episode to a woman who’s been quietly wondering where her desire went.

💬 And tell us in the comments:

Would you want your libido back exactly the way it was… or do you think your body is asking for something different?

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About the Podcast

Menopause Love Lounge
Redefining Intimacy, Identity & Relationships
Menopause Love Lounge is a menopause podcast for women in midlife who feel misunderstood, dismissed, and quietly blamed—and know that what they’re experiencing deserves more than surface-level answers.
Menopause isn’t just a hormonal transition. It’s happening inside a culture that profits from women feeling broken, depleted, and “behind”—offering quick fixes that keep us disconnected from our bodies, our relationships, and each other.
Six women talk honestly about sex after menopause, intimacy, menopause-related anxiety, emotional burnout, identity shifts, nervous system overload, boundaries, self-trust, changing relationships, and the quiet loneliness that so often defines midlife.
Many women reach this season having pulled back from female friendships—not because they don’t value them, but because years of comparison, fear of judgment, and emotional self-protection made closeness feel risky. We name that honestly, and we talk about what it takes to rebuild connection in ways that feel safe, real, and nourishing again.
Six hosts matter because no single woman gets to be the answer. This isn’t single-voice authority—it’s real women thinking together, questioning out loud, and letting complexity be honest.

This isn’t another podcast telling you what to buy, fix, or optimize.

It’s a place to slow down, tell the truth, and remember that what you’re feeling makes sense.

Welcome to the lounge.

(Hosted by Andrea Knoche, Ozzie Osborne, Dawn Wiggins, Karen Viesta, Junie Moon, and Laurie Gerber.)
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About your hosts

Andrea Knoche

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Podcast host and on-air personality, Andrea is the creator of Menopause Love Lounge and host of From Mrs. to Ms. She’s passionate about honest, unfiltered conversations around reinvention in midlife, and also around menopause and the impact it has on relationships, identity, and intimacy.

Ozzie Osborne

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Ozzie Osborne is a love and relationship coach grounded in attachment science and nervous system regulation. She works with individuals and couples to uncover the patterns shaping their relationships, move out of reactive cycles, and build secure, connected partnerships.

Laurie Gerber

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Laurie is a love and dating coach, the host of the podcast Love at Any Age, and creator of the course Master the Art of Love. She helps women get radically honest about what they want, break unhealthy patterns, and create deeply fulfilling relationships with confidence and clarity.

Junie Moon

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Love coach and shadow work expert, Junie helps women break lifelong patterns, heal emotional blocks, and reconnect with their true selves. She guides women in midlife to create deeper, more aligned relationships rooted in self-worth, authenticity, and emotional freedom.

Karen Viesta

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Midlife influencer and wellness coach, Karen Viesta helps women feel more energized, confident, and turned on by life. She shares what actually works to look better, feel better, and make midlife your most vibrant and powerful chapter yet!

Dawn Wiggins

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Dawn Wiggins is a licensed marriage and family therapist, homeopath, and host of Dear Divorce Diary. She helps women untangle divorce, hormones, heartbreak, and midlife identity shifts with sharp insight, nervous system healing, and deep emotional discernment. She’s known for saying the thing everyone is thinking—but may make us blush.