The Hairy Chin Podcast
The Hairy Chin is an award-winning women’s health advocacy podcast centered on patient education and women empowerment. Hosted by Spencer Moore, a patient advocate with over 30 years of experience navigating complex healthcare systems in the US and Spain, this show empowers women to develop practical self-advocacy skills. The podcast shares patient education, expert insights, and patient stories focused on doctor communication, navigating healthcare, organizing medical information, preparing for followup appointments, and understanding treatment plan clarity. This podcast is dedicated to helping women confidently participate in their care, no wellness trends or detoxes here. Whether managing chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or seeking breast cancer advocacy support, The Hairy Chin offers structured advocacy series and uplifting journeys to foster empowerment and clarity throughout your healthcare experience.
Episodes
A mammogram takes about 10 minutes. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I talk with Angie Lane, CEO of The Rose in Houston, about everything it takes to get women to those 10 minutes, and what happens after.
With its Pink Fleet of mobile mammography units, The Rose finds 75 percent of the breast cancers it detects at stage zero or 1A.
The Rose has spent 40 years taking down the barriers to breast cancer screening. Its five mobile uni...
If you struggle with unexplained fatigue, heavy periods, iron deficiency, low ferritin, brain fog, or symptoms that persist even when your bloodwork is considered “normal,” this episode is for you. I’m talking about what ferritin actually tells us about iron stores, new 2026 guidelines for diagnosing iron deficiency, symptoms associated with low iron, oral iron supplements and iron infusions, and what I learned fr...
An eye-opening and practical conversation about what happens when women get sick with author and advocate Rebecca Bloom.
Substack Blog: How I Make an MRI a Little Less Awful
Former benefits attorney and women's health advocate Rebecca Bloom joins Spencer to talk about her book "When Women Get Sick: An Empowering ...
The Hairy Chin Substack has arrived!
PCOS was just renamed PMOS. Dental hygienist turned integrative health coach Christine Horton joins Spencer to unpack the name change and the oral-systemic health link that not many people are talking about.
In May 2026, PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) was officially renamed PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome) in The Lancet, after 14 years of research into a condition affecting one...
A quick summer update from Barcelona! After taking some time away to focus on my health, I’m sharing what’s ahead for The Hairy Chin through the rest of 2026.
Coming up I've got lots of new content including some interviews with some really badass women!
Rebecca Bloom, author When Women Get Sick
Kayla Branstetter, author Don't Be An Athena
Anna Mapson, IBS and SIBO nutritionist, podcast host and author
Jayne Denton, radiolog...
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In this episode, I'm talking about why I believe women's health does not start at midlife, and why two things taking over my feed right now brought that belief straight to the surface.
The first is Melinda French Gates committing $215 million to women's health. The second is a McKinsey report estimating that closing the women's health gap could add $1 trill...
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In this episode, I talk about a familiar but often overlooked moment after most doctor's appointments: walking out without a clear plan. We've spent this season focusing on how to prepare for appointments, organize symptoms, and advocate for ourselves inside the exam room. But preparation only gets us so far if we leave without understanding our next steps...
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In this episode, I'm sharing the upsetting experience of my Mom's fall on a rainy bridge in Spain, and what that taught us about preparing for medical emergencies while traveling.
According to the International Society of Travel Medicine, up to 50% of traveler...
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In this episode, I'm talking honestly about what I discovered during a routine skin check that changed my understanding of melanoma risk, sun damage, and why so many women are skipping dermatology appointments altogether.
After finding a suspicious spot on my radiated breast, I went on a journey that taught me about the 37% increased melanoma risk for breas...
I have been waiting to release an episode about women and ADHD and this conversation has been so worth the wait! In this episode, I speak with Kate Moryoussef about what late diagnosis actually looks like, why it takes so long, and what women can do to move their care forward when the system keeps calling it something else.
Kate is an ADHD coach, author of the DK-published ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, and host of the ADHD Women's...
In this episode, I’m talking honestly about what happens when your body reaches its limit, even when you’re trying to do everything “right.”
After weeks of pushing too hard, spending too much time on screens, not sleeping enough, and trying to keep up with a packed schedule, I ended up with a severe migraine that completely stopped me in my tracks for almost two weeks.
I spend a lot of time talking about self-...
If you’ve ever laid awake exhausted, replaying your to-do list at 2AM, wondering why you still feel tired no matter how much sleep you get, this episode is for you.
In this Expert Interview on The Hairy Chin Podcast, I welcome Dr. Alison Kole, a triple board-certified sleep medicine physician, to talk about insomnia, sleep apnea, burnout, ADHD, exhaustion, supplements, jet lag, screen time, and why women’s sleep problems...
In this new episode of The Hairy Chin Podcast, I'm talking about what happens when you can't communicate for yourself in a medical setting. And while that's a scary thought, this episode isn't here to scare you, it's here to prepare you.
One of the tools I walk you through is simple, often overlooked, and actually sitting in your phone right now. I'm talking about the Medical ID. It takes less than five minutes to set up, and in an ...
Pain is one of the most common reasons women go to the doctor, and also one of the most commonly dismissed areas of female health.
In this episode, I’m breaking down how to describe pain to your doctor in a way that can be understood and evaluated. Since pain is subjective and difficult to measure, doctors rely heavily on how it’s communicated, and most women are never taught how to explain their pain clearly.
I talk abou...
If you've ever wanted to know what happens when a female walks into a crowded emergency room with “the worst headache of her life," then this episode is for you.
In this Chin Chats, I’m joined by Golda Arthur, creator and host of the Overlooked podcast, as she shares her real-life ER experience and what it reveals about how women are treated when they’re in pain.
Emergency rooms run on scales, codes, and unspoken la...
No matter where you search for health information, online, social media, AI, at some point you will inevitably sit face to face with a physician. And communicating what’s happening in your body in a way that your doctor can interpret matters more than most women realize.
In this episode, I'm sharing a simple but powerful communication formula, and some specific language shifts, that have genuinely changed how my symptoms are h...
In this episode, I’m breaking down the rise of health influencers and what it means for women’s health. From my perspective as a patient, content creator, and creative professional, I explore how we got here, and why so many women are turning to social media for answers.
I talk about the growing disconnect between patients and the healthcare system, especially for women dealing with chronic illness, autoimmune conditions...
In this advocacy episode, I share the simplest and most effective health advocacy tool I've ever used: one single structured page that helps you organize your information, communicate clearly with your doctor, and make the most of every appointment.
Most medical appointments last between 10-20 minutes, which is not much time to explain your symptoms, ask questions, and walk out with a plan. Especially when you're nervous, uncomforta...
Have you ever avoided scheduling a doctor's appointment, or held back a question during one, because something about it felt too embarrassing or exposing? If so, you're not alone. Not even close.
In this second episode of my second second double opener, I’m pulling back the curtain on one of the most significant and least talked about barriers to women's healthcare: body self-consciousness. This isn't about vanity, it's about ...
If you've ever walked out of a doctor's appointment feeling unheard, confused, or unsure of what just happened, this episode and new season of The Hairy Chin Podcast is for you.
In this double episode opener, I’m redefining what healthcare advocacy actually means for women. Spoiler: it has nothing to do with being confrontational, having a bold personality, or arguing with your doctor. Advocacy is a skill, and like any skill, ...
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