The Gathering Place

10/20/2026

Sharing more of Kelly Casperson igniting fire in individuals to advocate for improved women’s health right where you are…. By sharing your story, talking to your doctor, participating in local women’s health events, reaching out to congress for women’s health change, etc.. enjoy!

10/20/2026

Sharing this awesome information about testosterone being a “human” hormone, not a “male” hormone. We all have receptor sites everywhere in our bodies and we all need it!! So what’s the problem? Well science has not caught up to what we see clinically in women patients using testosterone, so we are trying to help them along!!

Testosterone is not a “male hormone.”

It’s a human hormone. And women make it too, in fact, more testosterone than estrogen across our lifetime.

So why does it do so much? Because just like estrogen, there are androgen receptors in every cell. It acts everywhere.

Sexual function

Bone density

Muscle mass

Mood

Cognition

Pain modulation

Metabolic health

Autoimmune conditions

Cardiovascular health

Bladder control

Sleep

That’s not a “libido hormone.” That’s a whole-body hormone.

So why is it so hard to get? Why is there still no FDA-approved option for women in the US? Why do so many of us hear “your levels are normal” and get sent home?

Today’s Substack walks through how women make testosterone, what it does, where the research is strong, where the gaps are, and the controversies around using it.

You deserve to know this. Then talk to your doctor.

New post is live. Link in bio.

10/13/2026

Let’s keep the conversation going….

10/08/2026

Low estrogen is much more that hot flashes…. It can lead to leaky gut and then a plethora of comorbidities…. But we can stop this trickle down effect! Start by making an appointment with your provider to discuss your hormone levels!

10/05/2026

It’s time to get back to addressing the gut biome, which impacts everything!!

10/02/2026

The history usually goes something like this: She tells her primary care clinician she cannot sleep. Cardiology documents palpitations. Orthopedics records joint pain. Her therapist or primary care clinician identifies new anxiety. She reports brain fog. Urology documents urinary symptoms or painful s*x. Gynecology may document hot flashes!

After all of that, she still is not diagnosed with menopause and continues to go untreated.

This does not have to be you!! Do your research and find a provider that will listen!!

10/01/2026

Keep talking about menopause until someone hears you!!!

10/01/2026

Yes, you heard that correctly!!

09/27/2026

Let’s talk about what expectations and perceptions you have had about menopause…….

I always had this impression in early adulthood that life goes “downhill” once menopause took place. Well, obviously, I don’t think that anymore but that seed was planted in my head at some point in my life.

The reality is that we get to decide what menopause looks like and how we live it! So go live it well!! 💜

09/24/2026

I got you!!!