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Featured News Appearances

KTVB7 Interview:

‘Now is the perfect time to focus on who we are:’ How to improve your physical and mental health during a pandemic

Dr Hammerstedt shared her best advice on how to improve physical and mental health during this pandemic. Click the button below to watch her interview.

Podcast Features

Still in the ER, Still an Entrepreneur

Super Doc Tech

In this episode of Super Doc Stories, Dr. Heather shares the unconventional path behind Wholist and WholistRx, from 22 years of integrative health coaching to balancing emergency medicine, entrepreneurship, and a life built intentionally. She and Dr. Marissa Codil explore midlife health, changing physiology, sustainable lifestyle change, and why understanding your body matters more than chasing the latest wellness fix.

Mood, Memory, Muscle, and Menopause: Dr. Heather’s Interview with Dr. Rashmi Schramm

Inner Peace and Power

Dr. Heather joins Dr. Rashmi Schramm on her podcast Inner Peace and Power to unpack the changes women experience in perimenopause and menopause, and the science-backed basics that can help them work with their changing physiology, from nutrition and strength training to sleep and self-trust.

Cut Through the Health Noise

The Dr. Francavilla Show

With so much conflicting wellness advice online, it can be hard to know what actually works. In this episode, Dr. Heather Hammerstedt joins the conversation to unpack the trends, tips, and “shoulds” that dominate social media and why health works best when it’s individualized. Together they explore how to tune out the noise and focus on realistic, sustainable habits that support long-term health.

Longevity Secrets – The 6 Pillars of Health

Business. Wealth. Impact.

On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Heather Hammerstedt discusses longevity, metabolic health, and the six foundational pillars that support robust health for midlife women. She shares practical, evidence-based insights on building resilience, improving healthspan, and creating sustainable habits that support whole-person health in midlife.

Lifestyle Medicine & Charity Work in Uganda

MD for Moms

Lifestyle medicine and charity work in Uganda with Dr Heather Hammerstedt, founder of Wholist Health and co-founder of Global Emergency Care on MD for Moms with host Dr Carly Snyder.

Emergency Medicine, Advocacy, Lifestyle Medicine

Women in White Coats

On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Heather Hammerstedt shares about her many hats worn as a woman who dons the white coat. She shares about the importance of getting involved in advocacy as it relates to our daily ability to care for patients, the rewards of global health practice opportunities and the benefit of lifestyle medicine even in a busy emergency department at night.

Food Relationships, Food Addiction, Weight Wellness, Lifestyle Medicine

LearnSkin with Dr Raja & Dr Hadar

Dr Hammerstedt joins Dr Raja and Dr Hadar to dig into the science of food and food addiction, lifestyle medicine style.

Behind the Scenes of a Physician-Owned Health Coaching Business

BootstrapMD – Physician Entrepreneurs

Articles & Written Features

Essential Guide to Understanding Perimenopause After Babble’s Balance Events

Babble

7 tips to make going off of keto easier

Insider

19 Ways to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously When Losing Weight

SparkPeople

35 Self-Care Ideas You Can Start Practicing Today

SparkPeople

How Sleep Deprivation Affects The Brain and Body

SparkPeople

Lazy AF Guy’s Guide to Weight Loss

Urbasm

Books & Publications

Doctoring, Better

A best-selling Amazon anthology featuring Dr. Heather Hammerstedt on physician coaching.

What is a physician coach? Do I need one?

Read the journeys of 11 of the nation’s most renowned physician coaches in this best selling anthology.

Learn how to they came to be coaches and what benefits they can offer to make your life easier, better, calmer, and happier.

Summit & Speaking Features

Balance: A Perimenopause Journey Screening & Expert Panel

Dr. Heather Hammerstedt participated in live screenings of Balance: A Perimenopause Journey in Boise and Salt Lake City, joining expert panel discussions about perimenopause, menopause, and the importance of bringing more informed, evidence-based conversations about women’s health into the open. The Boise screening was featured by KTVB.

Boise · January 30, 2026
Salt Lake City · May 2, 2026

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IAAFP (Idaho chapter of American Academy of Family Physicians) and Women Physician’s Wellness Conference

Dr. Hammerstedt presented at the IAAFP and Women Physician’s Wellness Conference on how menopause medicine and high-yield lifestyle changes can support women’s wellbeing in midlife, along with how creating a niche in your medical career can help reduce burnout and reignite passion for your work.

Midlife Reset: How Lifestyle and Menopause Medicine Could Rejuvenate Your Patient’s Wellbeing…. And Your Career

Learning Objectives:

Menopause Medicine is “making a comeback”: Be able to describe three subjects that the menopause medicine commmunity now understands better than in the past.

Lifestyle Medicine in midlife:  Be able to delineate three high yield lifestyle modifications that are essential for women in midlife.

Physician Career Autonomy:  Understand how crafting a niche in your medical career can help keep you passionate, diminish burnout, and improve patient experiences within the healthcare system.

Fun Fit Lifestyle Summit

Join Dr. Hammerstedt with host Dr Dianah Lake in the Fun Fit Lifestyle summit, to talk about food addiction, emotional eating, and intermittent fasting – all in the context of developing real lifelong health with real food and real evidence.

Food Addiction and Emotional Eating: Finding Strategies and Solutions

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Benefits and Myths of Intermittent Fasting

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National Mom’s Summit on Fitness & Healthy Living

Food Addiction and Emotional Eating

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