Aug. 10, 2026

Ep 122: Should We Trust In Peptides? | #gotherbackpodcast

Ep 122: Should We Trust In Peptides? | #gotherbackpodcast
Ep 122: Should We Trust In Peptides? | #gotherbackpodcast
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Ep 122: Should We Trust In Peptides? | #gotherbackpodcast

Kathy Wieliczko is a nurse practitioner who learned about hormone replacement therapy from Real Housewives of New Jersey. Not from school, or from her doctor, but from Bravo.

Her own GYN told her she'd go up a few dress sizes in menopause and that was just life now. Kathy said absolutely not, blocked every person she knew, started an anonymous Instagram at 52, and turned into the girlfriend we all wish we'd had. (You know, the one who tells you the truth in the back of the Uber at 2 AM.)

She gives Meg and Carrie the whole list this week. The alcohol. The Peloton habit that had her cortisol through the roof. Why she quit chasing splat points and started lifting heavy for 30 minutes instead. And then they get into peptides, GLP-1 microdosing, and the sketchy vials people are mixing at their kitchen counter like Walter White.

Pull up a chair, sis.

This is just girl friends talking, not medical advice. Go see your own provider.

Find Kathy

Instagram: @midlifeinspo

Chapters:

00:00 The tips nobody wants to hear

00:40 Meet Kathy Velichko, aka Midlife Inspo

01:15 Why she blocked everyone she knew

02:10 Learning about HRT from Real Housewives

03:00 The GYN who laughed at her

04:20 Megan's testosterone wake-up call at 31

05:35 A nurse practitioner on the struggle bus

06:10 The training doctors never got

06:55 The 30-year reunion victory lap

07:50 Meeting at a Dallas photo shoot

09:30 Cattywampus lips and a ruined birthday

11:45 Doing your makeup when you can't see

13:20 Top five: alcohol, cardio, weights, protein

16:20 Nurses graze all day: the three meal reset

17:45 Walking, cortisol and quitting Orange Theory

19:15 How a GLP-1 company changed her mind

20:15 Microdosing GLP-1: food noise and labs

21:20 The stigma and the people still denying it

22:30 Peptides 101: copper peptide and NAD

23:45 Gray market vials and the Walter White problem

25:05 Big Pharma, compounding and the FDA fight

27:50 BPC-157, Wolverine and the vial in her fridge

30:15 J.Lo, Gwyneth and what's really going on

31:00 Start with one thing before peptides

32:20 How long until you see results

33:20 From one post at 52 to coaching women

34:45 Where to find Kathy

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