The Arc Woman Podcast

🎙️ More than half of women will have a UTI by age 32, and up to 4 in 10 will have another within six months. Yet the entire public conversation around prevention is built on cranberry marketing, wiping myths, and supplement brands. This episode rebuilds the picture from the ground up, using the 2025 AUA/CUA/SUFU guideline reordering.
🧬 We break down the real physiology: your bladder isn't sterile, E. coli doesn't just "splash around" but hooks into the bladder wall, and why women are up to 30x more susceptible than men. Plus the evidence hierarchy and where D-mannose and cranberry juice actually land (spoiler: not where wellness influencers say).
⚡ Why methenamine hippurate (a drug most people have never heard of) was shown to be as effective as long-term antibiotics without the resistance risk.
🩺 We also cover the antibiotic resistance cycle, the chronic UTI controversy and why some women's symptoms fall through the cracks, and the massively under-investigated role of pelvic floor dysfunction in recurrent infections.
All references are in the full UTI article available on my Substack and Patreon.
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🎙️ A full deep-dive into PMOS and how over 70% of women remain undiagnosed, with the diagnostic delay averaging two years. This episode rebuilds the foundational knowledge from the ground up using the 2023 evidence-based guidelines.
🧬 We break down the Rotterdam criteria, why the name change from PCOS to PMOS actually matters clinically, and the four distinct subtypes.
⚡ At the root of it all: insulin resistance, present in 95% of cases regardless of body weight. We map the full cascade: chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and how a dysregulated gut environment drives everything from mood to fertility to skin.
💊 Plus a complete supplement breakdown for insulin resistance, excess androgens, and the PMOS-thyroid overlap, and the two lifestyle non-negotiables that move the needle most.
All references are in the full PMOS article available on my Substack or Patreon.
If you would like to go even deeper, I recommend my Heal PMOS masterclass and ebook.
Heal PMOS Masterclass
Heal PMOS Ebook
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One woman dies of femicide every four days in Australia. This podcast is a conversation on how we got here, why this is happening and what has to happen for it to stop.
🔴 Before you listen, please note that this episode discusses the killing of women, girls, and children, as well as domestic and family violence, sexual violence, and failures in the police, court, and coronial systems. Take care of yourself; feel free to skip this episode or listen with someone you trust if you need support.
🩸 Since 2015, Sherele Moody has recorded the deaths of more than 3,000 Australian women and children, keeping this record herself because there is no federal database. We revisit the cases of nine-year-old Stacey-Ann Tracy and five-year-old Sandra Dorothy Bacon, and explore how this grief led to ten years of detailed, journalism-driven advocacy through The RED HEART Movement and the Australian Femicide & Child Death Map.
🔵 We discuss the Royal Commission petition, the request for $500 million compared to the $21 billion annual cost of domestic violence, the media’s part in victim-blaming, and how to talk safely and supportively with someone you think may be at risk. We also explain why it’s important not to pressure a woman to leave before she is ready.
🩸 If this episode brings up difficult feelings for you, support is available at any time. If you are in immediate danger, please call 000.
National
🔴 1800RESPECT - 1800 737 732
🔴 Lifeline - 13 11 14
By state and territory
⚫ NSW - Domestic Violence Line - 1800 656 463
⚫ VIC - Safe Steps - 1800 015 188
⚫ QLD - DVConnect Womensline - 1800 811 811
⚫ WA - Women's Domestic Violence Helpline - 1800 007 339
⚫ SA - Domestic Violence Crisis Line - 1800 800 098
⚫ TAS - Safe at Home - 1800 633 937
⚫ ACT - Domestic Violence Crisis Service - (02) 6280 0900
⚫ NT - Dawn House - (08) 8945 1388 and DAIWS (08) 8945 2284
🌐 You can find Sherele’s work, the Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence, the femicide map, and the She Matters podcast at australianfemicidewatch.org.
🖋️ You can also sign the Royal Commission petition at https://www.change.org/p/royal-commission-into-the-killing-of-australian-women-and-girls
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🎙️ It's International Fibroid Awareness Month, and this is the deep-dive episode I've been promising for ages. Between 70–80% of women will develop at least one fibroid by 50, yet most women only find out what a fibroid actually is when a doctor tells them they have one.

🧬 We break down what a fibroid actually is, why every fibroid in your uterus is genetically distinct, and the real pathophysiology. Spoiler: it's not estrogen dominance.

📊 The disparity story that doesn't get enough airtime: Black women are diagnosed at higher rates, younger, with larger and more numerous fibroids. We discuss how environmental factors and racism play a big factor in this.

🩺 We cover location vs. size (why a 1cm fibroid can be debilitating and a 10cm one silent), the FIGO classification system, modifiable vs. non-modifiable risk factors, and a full evidence-graded rundown of every fibroid intervention floating around wellness spaces (i.e., castor oil packs, seed cycling, fibroid teas, DIM, Vitex, and more.)

🤰 Plus what fibroids actually mean for fertility and pregnancy, and what's genuinely worth doing if you're trying to conceive with one.

All references are in the full Fibroids article available on my Substack and Patreon.
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🎙️ In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Kelly Simms, a naturopathic doctor with 15 years of clinical experience in Chicago, to break down one of the most underexplored connections in women's health the relationship between the gut microbiome and your hormones across every stage of life.
🦠 We cover the oestrobolome, beta-glucuronidase, leaky gut, and why the health of your gut microbiome directly shapes how your body produces, recycles, and clears estrogen — and what happens when that system breaks down.
⚡ Dr. Simms walks us through primary versus secondary dysbiosis, the gut-brain connection in PMDD, how the microbiome shifts across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause, and why a disrupted gut doesn't cause hormonal symptoms so much as amplify them.
🔬 We also get into PMOS and insulin resistance, how leaky gut drives androgen excess, what the research says about Akkermansia and metabolic health, and why just taking a probiotic is rarely the answer.
📋 I close the episode with a practical guide to reading your own gut microbiome test — primary and secondary dysbiosis markers, what zonulin, calprotectin, sIgA, beta-glucuronidase, and short chain fatty acids actually tell you plus recommended tests for Australia, the US, Canada, the EU, and the UK.
Iscreen Gut Test - Australia + New Zealand
Biomesight Gut Test: Europe + UK
Viome Gut Test: Canada + USA
Find Dr. Simms at kellysimmsnd.com
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