Happily Hormonal

Dr. Heather and I just did something we've never done on this podcast before. Can two hormone practitioners actually guess a client's gut test results just from her symptoms alone?That's the game we played on this week's episode, and honestly, neither of us knew if we'd end up looking brilliant or completely humbled. We took a real client case, someone newer to us who we barely knew yet, and we called our shots on her labs before opening a single result: just her age, her symptoms, and a peek at how she eats.Then we pulled up her actual GI-MAP and Full Monty panel live and found out exactly how close we got.It's part detective game, part science breakdown, part two friends arguing over bacteria names we can barely pronounce. We nerded out for almost forty minutes on one test, and it's one of my favorite episodes we've ever recorded.Here's what we get into:Why a client eating clean, whole foods can still be bloated, exhausted, and moody for a full week before her periodThe gut bacteria and mood connection that had Heather and me both going Wait, say that againWhat a low SigA marker can tell you about immune function, gut lining, and even fertilityWhy a history of constipation is one of the first things we flag before we even look at a testHow H. pylori and low stomach acid quietly sabotage digestion without you ever knowing it's happeningWhether our predictions actually matched her real results, or if one of us had to eat some serious wordsIf you've ever sat there staring at labs that say normal while your body is screaming otherwise, I made this one for you. Normal doesn't mean thriving. It just means you landed somewhere inside a range built for the general population, not built for you.This client's story is honestly so relatable it's almost funny. She's doing everything "right." Four eggs, good fats, whole foods, eating at home most nights. And she's still dealing with a full week of PMS symptoms before her period even shows up. Low energy. Irritability. Some days that dip into sadness she can't explain. If you've been there, wondering why doing all the right things isn't fixing how you feel, this episode walks through the actual why behind it.What made this one so fun (and honestly a little vulnerable for both of us) is that Heather and I had to commit to our guesses out loud before we had any idea if we were right. She'd say something like "I think Morganella is going to be high" and I'm sitting there going, nothing crazy, and then we just had to wait and see who got humbled first. Turns out guessing is a lot easier when your name isn't on the test.We talk through her gut bacteria levels, what butyrate actually does for your mood (it's more connected to how you feel emotionally than people realize), and how low good bacteria can quietly wear down your gut lining without a single obvious symptom pointing you there. We also break down beta-glucuronidase, which sounds intimidating but is really just the marker that tells you whether your body is clearing estrogen properly or pulling it back in for a rerun nobody asked for.Then there's the SigA conversation, which might be my favorite part of the whole episode. That one marker says so much about whether your immune system has any fight left in it, and it matters even more if you're trying to conceive. We really go there.What I love most about this episode is the reminder that you don't have to have sixteen different problems to explain why you feel off. A lot of the time it really is one or two things: bile flow, mineral depletion, a gut lining that needs some love, quietly running the whole show behind the scenes. Once you can actually see what's happening, the fix is usually a lot less complicated than you'd expect.So if you've been staring at your own "normal" results, feeling confused about why your body doesn't feel normal at all, or if you just want to sit in on two practitioners guessing, bickering a little, and geeking out over gut bacteria in real time, hit play.Guess along with us. See if your gut instinct beats ours.CONNECT WITH DR. HEATHER:WebsiteIG: @drheatherrhodesNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Fix Your Breakfast Secret PodcastNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Ever notice how the second you say "why is this happening to me," your whole body tenses up like something bad is about to go down?Today I have Tessa Romero as my guest and we talked about some emotional/mental root causes of hormone imbalances AND feeling misaligned in your motherhood. We talked about the victim mentality. Not in a "just think positive" way. In a "your nervous system is reading this as danger and your hormones are paying the price" way.Tessa has four kids under 8 and has coached women through infertility, cancer treatment, every kind of hormone chaos you can think of. She broke down exactly how the stories we tell ourselves about our circumstances, yes, including our hormone symptoms, keep our body stuck in survival mode. Here's what we cover:The four red flags that mean you're in victim mentality right now, even if you'd never label it that wayWhy your body treats "this is happening TO me" the same way it treats a real threatWhat you're actually getting out of staying stuck, and why that question changes everythingA simple phrase Tessa uses with her own kids that instantly de-escalates a meltdown, hers or theirsWhy "become over outcome" might be the single most important mindset shift for anyone trying to get pregnant, heal hormonally, or just feel like themselves againThe real difference between strength and pride, and why most of us have been mixing them up for yearsSo why does any of this matter for your hormones? Fair question, I asked her the same thing.When you feel stuck, like life is happening to you and you have zero say in it, your nervous system doesn't know the difference between "my toddler is losing it in Target" and an actual emergency. It reads that low-grade, all-day feeling of powerlessness as danger. And when your body thinks it's in danger, hormone production is not the priority. Safety is. So all that energy your body would normally spend making progesterone or regulating your cycle gets rerouted into survival mode instead.This is why you can be eating right, taking your supplements, sleeping decently, and still feel like your hormones are working against you. If your mind is stuck in a story where everything is happening TO you, your body is stuck right there with it.One thing Tessa said stopped me mid-sentence. The victim mentality is always trying to get something good. Attention, help, recognition, nurturing. We're not bad people chasing bad things; we just picked a rough way to go get them. Which means the fix isn't shame, it's redirection. You still get to want those things. You just get to ask yourself, "who do I want to be while I go get them?"That reframe alone took the shame out of it for me, and I think it will for you too.We also got into marriage, obviously, because where else would this conversation go? That moment where your husband says something, you go cold and silent, and you're just waiting for him to notice and apologize? Tessa calls it out with so much love and humor, and shares what her husband does instead when she raises her voice. If you've ever felt like your hormone symptoms are just something happening to you, something you have no say in, this episode hands you a completely different way to look at it. And a few small phrases that actually shift how your body responds to stress.Your symptoms are real, but how you relate to them, whether you're the victim of your body or you're someone learning your body, changes how you show up while you heal.Grab your coffee and give this one a real listen, maybe even twice. Tessa also shares where to find her Yes Family Flipbook if you want practical scripts to use at home too.And if you catch yourself thinking "well that explains a lot" somewhere around minute twenty, text that part to a friend who needs to hear it too.CONNECT WITH TESSA:Yes Family FlipbookWebsiteThe Momset PodcastNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Fix Your Breakfast Secret PodcastNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever hit a season so hard that you genuinely forgot what feeling okay even feels like?That's been my last two  years, and today I'm finally sitting down to tell you the real version. Not the polished, wrapped-up-with-a-bow version. The actual one. The version where my nervous system was on fire for a full year straight, where sleep became a stranger, and where even a four-year-old doing normal kid things felt dangerous. My son has had some incredibly scary, recurring health events and nothing can really prepare you for what life is like when you're always on high alert in this way. Here's the part that still humbles me. I'm a nurse. I coach women on hormones and nervous system regulation for a living. This is literally what I teach. And I still watched my own cortisol shoot through the roof, my sleep completely fall apart, and PMS symptoms show back up that I hadn't dealt with in years. So, if you've ever felt like you know all the "right" things and your body is still falling apart anyway, I want you to know I get it, deeply.Here's what I'm walking you through in this episode:What actually happened with my son that turned our world upside down, including the moment in an airport that I'll never forgetThe specific hormone and cortisol shifts that happen when your body thinks there's an emergency every single second, and why "just relax" is the least helpful advice anyone can give youThe one belief that kept me moving forward even on the days I had absolutely nothing left to giveWhat I did consistently well during the hardest year of my life, and what completely fell apart (hint, it's simpler than you'd think)Why my symptoms came back even though I know all the protocols, and what that taught me about the limits of supplements and testingWhat replenishing actually looks like now, and why I'm choosing to do it slowly on purposeThis episode isn't here for sympathy. It's here because I know so many of you are in your own survival season right now, whether that's a sick child, a hard marriage season, a business falling apart, or just life piling on faster than you can process it.And I want you to know what's actually happening in your body when that happens, because knowing it changed everything for me.Here's what nobody talks about enough. You can have every credential, every resource, a husband who's also a nurse, a mom who shows up to sit with you when you're too scared to be alone, and a whole community rallying around you, and there still comes a point where none of that is enough to fix what's happening.That was one of the most disorienting parts of this whole season for me, realizing that all my knowledge and all my support could not fix what was happening to my son. I had to learn how to hold onto faith AND expertise at the same time, without either one canceling the other out.For a full year, I don't think I felt safe for one single stretch of time. Even when I tried to take a nap or step into another room by myself, part of me was still listening, still waiting for the next thing to go wrong. And if you've ever lived in that kind of alert mode, even for a few weeks, you already know what it does to the body. Your minerals get depleted fast. Sleep becomes nearly impossible even when you're exhausted. Your gut and your hormones stop getting the message that it's safe to function normally, because as far as your nervous system is concerned, there's an emergency happening at all times.I watched this play out in my own body in real time, which was humbling in a very specific way, because I've built my whole career around helping other women avoid exactly this. PMS symptoms I hadn't dealt with in years came right back. My sleep, which used to be one of my strong points (I used to brag about being a great sleeper, if you can believe that), fell apart completely. There's something so vulnerable about watching your body do the exact thing you coach other people out of.I'm walking you through what I did right during the hardest stretch (eating real food and staying connected to people mattered more than I realized) and what slipped, because sleep and consistent eating were the first things to go when survival mode took over. I think you'll recognize a lot of yourself in both lists.And now that we're finally coming out the other side, I'm sharing exactly what replenishing looks like for me these days. It's not a fancy supplement stack or some rigid new protocol. It's prioritizing sleep even when part of me still wants to stay up late just to enjoy the quiet. It's speaking life over myself even on days I don't fully believe it yet. It's rebuilding my mineral levels through food first. And it's actively choosing joy again instead of just waiting for it to eventually show back up on its own.If your body has been holding onto stress you haven't fully named yet, or if you're deep in a season where survival is genuinely the goal and healing feels far off, I made this one for you. Hit play on your next school run, your grocery run, or whatever it is you're doing today, because I think you needed to hear this.NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Fix Your Breakfast Secret PodcastNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

What if the anxiety, rage, crying, and exhaustion before your period are not just “hormones being hormones,” but are actually showing you where your body needs support long before your period starts?You've tried the supplements. You cleaned up your food. Maybe you've tried medication, tracked your cycle, worked on your mindset, and done so many of the “right” things. And still, one to two weeks every month, it feels like someone flipped a switch.One part of the month, you feel like yourself - you can handle life, enjoy your family, and think clearly. And then the luteal phase hits, and suddenly everything feels heavier. You're irritated, anxious, crying, snapping, craving carbs, not sleeping well, and wondering why this keeps happening when you're trying so hard.So, in this episode, I'm putting the whole picture together for you.I'm walking you through what's actually happening in your body with PMS and PMDD. You'll understand why your luteal phase can feel so intense, why your symptoms are not a personality flaw, and what they are trying to show you about progesterone, cortisol, minerals, blood sugar, and the way your body is handling stress.I want this episode to feel like someone finally slowed down and explained in plain language what's been happening in your body.Here's what I'll get into:Why PMS and PMDD can make you feel like a completely different person, sometimes almost overnightWhat your luteal phase is trying to show you about the rest of your monthHow progesterone, allopregnanolone, and GABA affect your mood, patience, sleep, and ability to handle normal lifeWhy cortisol can steal from progesterone and keep your body in survival modeThe mineral pieces most women are missing, especially magnesium, sodium, and potassiumWhy blood sugar, breakfast, and consistency matter more than the next hormone trendLet's be really clear for a second. PMS symptoms like irritability, rage, breast tenderness, bloating, acne, painful periods, and feeling like you cannot handle your life are common, but they are not something you just have to accept forever.And if you've ever been told, “It's just your hormones,” or “That's normal,” or “Your labs look fine,” I want you to hear me. Your body is giving you information. Those symptoms are signals that something needs support, and once you understand the pattern, you can stop blaming yourself for it.Your cycle is not just your period. Your period is the end of a month-long hormone conversation your body has been having. So when things fall apart in the luteal phase, that is not random. That second half of your cycle is showing you what your body has been carrying all month long, and sometimes even the month before.One of the biggest pieces I talk about in this episode is progesterone. So many women think progesterone is the problem because they feel worse in the luteal phase, when progesterone should be higher. But progesterone is actually one of the hormones that helps you feel calm, steady, rested, and more like yourself.The problem comes when your body is not making enough progesterone, or when estrogen is not clearing well, or when your brain is extra sensitive to the normal hormone shifts before your period. That is where PMS and PMDD symptoms can get really intense.I also talk about cortisol, because this is where the “I'm doing everything right” woman can get stuck. If your body is getting signals all day long that life is not safe, from under-eating, skipping breakfast, running on coffee, over-exercising, not sleeping enough, emotional stress, or just living in constant go-mode, your body is going to prioritize survival.And when survival is the priority, progesterone gets pushed to the side.That is why safety is not just a cute nervous-system word. It is a biological requirement for making hormones well. Your body has to believe there is enough coming in before it will prioritize things like ovulation, progesterone, good sleep, healthy metabolism, stable mood, and smooth cycles.I also get into minerals in this episode, because this is such a missing piece for so many women. Magnesium gets talked about a lot, and yes, it matters. But magnesium does not work alone. Sodium and potassium matter too, and they are deeply connected to your stress response, energy, blood sugar, hormones getting into the cells, and your ability to feel steady instead of overwhelmed.Then there is blood sugar. If you are starting your day with coffee before food, skipping breakfast, eating something tiny, or going too long between meals, your body may be getting a stress signal before your day even gets stressful. And in the luteal phase, that matters even more because your body needs more support, not less.This is why random supplements, diet trends, fasting, cold plunging, and trying harder usually do not fix PMS long-term. Your body needs consistency. It needs food, minerals, sleep, sunlight, emotional safety, and a plan that fits your life as a busy mom.And I know that might sound simple, but simple is usually the part we skip because we think the real answer must be more advanced.If you've been stuck in the cycle of trying random things, feeling better for a minute, and then ending up right back in the same luteal phase spiral, this episode will help you zoom out and finally understand what your body has been asking for.So, take one step today that actually moves you forward. Listen to the episode, grab the breakfast mini podcast, or reach out about coaching so we can look at what is happening in your body and build a plan that makes sense for you.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Fix Your Breakfast, Fix Your Hormones Podcast CourseNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

What if your progesterone problem has nothing to do with your hormones, and everything to do with your alarm clock? Stay with me. Your body steals progesterone to make cortisol every time you're stressed, physically or emotionally, and it does this without asking your permission, often before you've even gotten out of bed.In this episode, I'm going rapid-fire through a list of everyday habits that are quietly draining your progesterone production. This isn't a beginner list, and I admit I'm guilty of some of these too! These are the sneaky, "literally everyone does this" kind of habits that feel so normal you'd never think to question them, but your body absolutely notices every single one. So, if you get through this whole episode and somehow find that you don't identify with any of them, please message me, because I will be genuinely shocked.And this matters even if a baby isn't on your radar right now. Building good progesterone today is basically how you bank yourself a smoother perimenopause later, and that's a season I'd love for you to walk into feeling like yourself.Here's what I'm breaking down for you:Why your phone in the morning is priming your nervous system to be stressed for the rest of the day, and yes, switching to email counts just as muchThe real cost of always needing something in your ears, and what I noticed when I finally let myself sit in silence for five minutesWhat it actually means if you're waking up to pee at night, because "I drink a lot of water" probably isn't the full answerTwo light habits almost everyone gets wrong, one in the morning, one at night, and what they're quietly doing to your cortisol and progesteroneThe way you're eating lunch that's messing with your hormones, and it has nothing to do with what's on your plateWhy eating less can slow your metabolism and raise your cortisol, and why discipline has nothing to do with itSome of this stuff is so woven into our daily lives that it feels impossible to even question. My husband legitimately cannot understand why I bought an actual alarm clock instead of just using my phone, and I get it, it sounds a little extra. But once you hear why I made that switch, you'll probably want to make a couple of these same "extra" swaps too. Same goes for the friend who insists she sleeps fine even though she's up to pee twice a night, or the one who can't sit in her car for a five-minute drive without a podcast playing. We've all just normalized so much that our bodies are quietly screaming about it, and a lot of it has nothing to do with food or supplements at all.Here's the thing about progesterone: your body treats it like a luxury hormone. The second you're under any kind of stress - physical, mental, emotional, doesn't matter - your body will steal the raw materials meant for progesterone and use them to make more cortisol instead. So, if a few of these sound a little too familiar, that's not a coincidence. That's your body trying to tell you something.You do not need to overhaul all of these at once; please don't, that never sticks for anyone. Pick the one that hits you the hardest, give it a few consistent weeks, and just watch what shifts. Progesterone doesn't respond to perfection; it responds to consistency, and that's actually really good news.This episode is your permission to question the things you've just always assumed were part of being a busy woman. Hit play, and let's get into it.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:PMS TO PEACE Private Podcast E279: These Emotional Patterns Are Keeping Your Hormones StuckNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

You can have zero cysts on your ovaries and still be diagnosed with PCOS. Wild, right? But that's exactly how loose this diagnosis really is.I sat down for this episode with Dr. Angela Potter, a PCOS and fertility specialist who works with women every day who hear the exact same thing I hear all the time: "Your labs are fine, here's Clomid, good luck."If you've been told you have PCOS, you've wondered if you might, or you've just been collecting random symptoms for years with nobody connecting the dots, this one's for you.Here's a glimpse of what we get into:Why PCOS can look completely different from one woman to the next, and why "one path for everyone" was never going to workThe "biological safety" signal your brain sends to your ovaries, and the everyday things that might be quietly sending the opposite signalWhy "your labs are fine" doesn't mean nothing's going on, and what that conversation usually missesWhy "just go low carb" is some of the most common PCOS advice out there, and why it can backfireWhat egg quality really has to do with timing, and why that matters before jumping into a medicated cyclePCOS stands for polycystic ovarian syndrome, and the name is a little misleading. You don't actually need cysts on your ovaries to have it. Doctors look at three things, called the Rotterdam criteria: ovulation issues, elevated androgens like testosterone (which can show up as acne, extra hair growth, or stubborn weight around your belly), and cysts on the ovaries. Two out of three of those, and that's your diagnosis.Here's where it gets interesting. Because PCOS is a syndrome and not one specific thing, three women can both technically "have PCOS" and look completely different. One might be dealing with insulin issues. Another might have an adrenal driver. Another might be dealing with inflammation. And yet the standard medical playbook treats all of these women the same way: a few rounds of ovulation induction medication, and if that doesn't work, on to IVF.Dr. Potter put it so well. She said the fertility algorithm for PCOS is linear, basically one path for everyone, and that path doesn't account for the fact that your PCOS and my PCOS could be driven by completely different things. No wonder so many women feel like the system is failing them. Because in a lot of ways, it is.So we went deeper into something I talk about all the time, which is that your hormones are never the whole story. Your estrogen and testosterone aren't just randomly out of whack for no reason. There's something underneath creating that picture, and a huge piece of it comes down to whether or not your body feels safe.Your brain is constantly scanning for threats, the same way it would have hundreds of thousands of years ago. If your body senses there isn't enough food coming in, or your blood sugar is all over the place, or your nervous system is stuck in stress mode, your brain's response is to shut down ovulation. Not because it's broken. Because it's trying to protect you.This is why so many women with PCOS get told to "just go low carb" or "just lose weight," and then feel even worse, or stay completely stuck. If your body is already in a stress response, restricting food sends an even louder signal that things aren't safe. The research doesn't actually back up low carb as the magic fix for PCOS, but it's everywhere, so women try it, it doesn't work, and then they think something is wrong with them. The advice was never built for your specific body in the first place.We also got into what happens when someone's told to do a medicated cycle without addressing any of this first. Your body might be saying "not safe to ovulate" for a real reason, and a medication can override that signal for one cycle, but it doesn't change the underlying picture. Dr. Potter talked about egg quality and how it takes about 90 days to develop a healthy egg. So if you go into a medicated cycle without those building blocks in place, you're already starting from behind. This isn't an anti-medication conversation. It's about giving your body what it needs first, so that if medication is part of your path, you're working with your body instead of against it.By the end of this conversation, so many things clicked into place for me, even with everything I already know about hormones. Grab your coffee, hit play, and let's get into it together.CONNECT WITH DR. POTTER:The PCOS Lab Podcast PCOS Ovulation Assessment Fix Your Breakfast, Fix Your Hormones Podcast CourseNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

This one will step on all of our toes (including mine!) Women who do everything "right" - the supplements, the sleep hygiene, the breakfast protocols - are still struggling. And the reason isn't what most practitioners will tell you. It has nothing to do with the magnesium you forgot to take or the genetics you were handed. The root cause goes deeper than that, to something a little more uncomfortable to look at: how you're actually showing up in your life, day to day.If stress is coming in faster than it's going out, and if energy is leaving faster than it's being replenished, physically and emotionally, your brain receives a very clear signal: not safe. And a body that doesn't feel safe will not balance its hormones. Full stop. And I say that as someone who has had to look at her own life and ask some hard questions about it.Here's what you'll hear in this episode:Why your symptoms might actually be serving you - and I mean this in the most uncomfortable, eye-opening way possible. (Spoiler: a free pass to be grumpy for one week a month is still a pass you're cashing in)The stress math no one talks about - what happens when more is coming in than going out, and why the women who seem to be doing the most are often the ones running the biggest deficit without even realizing itWhat I've been working on in my own life - including something a coach I love shared about the words you speak over yourself every day, and why what you're saying before 8 am might be keeping your nervous system stuck in a way no supplement can fixIf you've ever thought "I know what I should do, I just can't seem to make myself do it", that sentence alone is worth sitting with after you listen.This one is for you if you're holding everything together but running on empty. If you wouldn't totally mind a migraine once a month just to have one day when nobody expects anything from you. (Yes, I said it. Yes, I've felt it too.)Grab something warm, maybe a journal, and hit play. I'd really love to hear what comes up for you when you listen.Fix Your Breakfast, Fix Your Hormones Podcast CourseNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Are you going to feel good all summer, or hit August wondering why you became a different person from the neck up? Summer always feels like the healthiest (and happiest) season - lighter food, a few drinks at the barbecue, more movement, sunshine, a slower pace. So why do so many women feel worse in July and August than any other time of year?Turns out, summer is one of the sneakiest seasons for progesterone. It's because everything you do looks completely right and healthy, but the habits that look the most innocent are the ones that cause harm. And your body keeps a running tab. So by mid-July, it starts sending you the bill, in the form of PMS that's crept back, mood swings you thought you'd fixed, and that specific kind of exhaustion that no amount of sleep seems to touch.I'd like you to know: this is not a willpower problem. Your body is just running on less safety than it needs to make progesterone, and it's been doing that since May.Here's what we get into:The summer-specific breakfast habit that feels like a healthy upgrade but spikes your cortisol every single morning (yes, even the organic macro-balanced version)Why your luteal phase in July and August is almost always the worst of the year, and the one thing that actually protects itWhat GLP-1s and rapid summer weight loss do to your estrogen and progesterone, and what to watch for if this is you (or your friend)No one is telling you to skip the barbecue or eat a hot breakfast in a heatwave. This is an honest conversation that helps you actually feel good when August gets here, instead of just surviving it.If you've ever looked at your calendar in September and thought, "Okay, now I actually have to fix myself," this episode is for you. Because the fix is a lot simpler than a full reset, and it starts right now, in June, before compounding even has a chance to happen.Pop it on while you're making dinner tonight. It's about 20 minutes, and it might be the most useful thing you'll listen to all summer.Fix Your Breakfast, Fix Your Hormones Podcast CourseE57: How Much Does Alcohol REALLY Impact Your Hormones?NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideHormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you done all the right things and still spent two weeks a month feeling like a completely different, much less pleasant person? I get it.Most PMS and PMDD conversations stop at estrogen and progesterone. But if you're still dealing with mood swings, brain fog, or symptoms that show up around ovulation, too, there's a piece nobody's named for you yet. It's histamine. And before you say, "I don't have allergies" - that's not what we're talking about here. In this episode, I'm walking you through why histamine can be a very real driver of your hormonal symptoms, why it tends to spike at two specific points in your cycle, and what's actually going on underneath that your body has been trying to flag.You'll learn:The estrogen-histamine feedback loop that makes symptoms spike at two points in your cycle, including mid-cycle, when you're supposed to feel goodThe specific signs that point to histamine as a contributing factor in your PMS/ PMDD Why supplements like DAO enzyme or Quercetin can help temporarily, and what the real question is that nobody's askingIf histamine has never once crossed your mind as a reason you feel terrible two weeks out of the month - buckle up, because this episode is about to make a lot of things click.And if you're currently tracking your basal body temperatures and your PMS is still not where you want it to be, I have something for a few of you at the end of this episode. Stay all the way through, you'll want to hear it.Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES?Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 monthsSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever looked at your husband doing absolutely nothing wrong and felt nothing but irritation?You know it's not really about him. But knowing that doesn't help when you're already in it, snapping at him for breathing too loudly, or crying and unable to explain why, then drowning in guilt afterward. Because you love him. Your hormones are throwing a very convincing party in your nervous system, and nobody sent you the invite.Here's what this episode breaks down for you:Why your brain is literally in threat mode before your period, and why small things feel like actual emergencies The serotonin and dopamine piece nobody explains, including why you can't feel satisfied even when he's doing everything rightHow cortisol piles on and why doing more actually makes the second half of your cycle harder, not easierThis episode won't tell you to just "track your cycle and eat more greens". It will give you actual context for what your body is doing - and more importantly, what it's trying to do - so that the next time you're in that phase and you feel like a completely different person, you have some language for it. Not just "sorry, PMS," but a real understanding of why your brain is scanning for danger in a safe marriage.If you're a husband reading this: this one's for you too. It will help you understand what's happening on a brain and hormone level so you can stop taking it personally (as hard as that is) and start working together on it.Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES?Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever left a doctor's appointment feeling like something's off, even when told, “everything looks fine”?That's exactly where my guest, Dr. Amie Hornaman, started. At 22, despite eating clean and working out twice daily, she gained 40 pounds in three months. After seeing six doctors, including two endocrinologists, she was still told she was normal. But no one had properly tested her THYROID. So, we went deep into the stuff most doctors overlook:Why your thyroid impacts progesterone, which could explain brutal PMSThe full marker panel you need, including a test to see if your thyroid hormone is even making it into your cells Insights on postpartum, fertility, and what nobody tells you before you try to conceive. Dr. Amie gets personal about why getting your thyroid right before pregnancy is crucialThere are cycle symptoms that can indicate thyroid dysfunction before you ever get a diagnosis. A lot of women spend years cycling through diagnoses, being told their labs are normal, when nobody has run the right tests yet. Normal isn't the goal. Optimal is.If you've ever felt “something is off” despite normal test results, this episode is the one you send to your doctor.RESOURCES:The Thyroid Fix BookDr. Amie's FB GroupBreakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Do you ever feel like you have two completely different versions of yourself living in the same body?Like one half of the month, you're calm, patient, productive, and enjoying your life.And then something shifts. Suddenly, you're overwhelmed, snapping over small things, exhausted by the afternoon, and wondering where you went.And what makes it even more confusing is - you're not careless about your health. You eat well, take care of yourself, you're paying attention… And it still keeps happening.I wanted to sit down and really talk this through, because this pattern isn't random, and it's not you “failing” every month.In this episode, I get into:What's going on behind the scenes in your brain and body when that shift hits (and why it can feel so intense, so fast)How constantly adding more (supplements, routines, pressure...) can quietly pile onto the problemThe piece most high-functioning women miss: how constant “go mode” and stress start working against your hormonesThis is one of those conversations where you might feel a little called out, but also a little relieved. You'll realize that you're not doing it wrong. It's just that your body's been working hard to keep up with everything you're asking of it.Press play; your “week before your period” self might have notes.Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for thSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Are you doing all the “right” things for your skin, and still breaking out every single month?You know, like using clean products, improving your diet, maybe even trying some supplements, but somehow your skin doesn't get the message.I wanted to bring this one back because it's one of those older episodes that's still so relevant, especially if you've been stuck in that loop of trying things, seeing a bit of progress, and then ending up right back where you started.I'm talking with Danielle Gronich (the Acne Guru and founder of Clearstem), and we go way beyond “just use this product.” Because most of the time, it's not just one thing that's causing the issue; it's how all the pieces are (not) working together.We get into:Why some clean skincare products might still be clogging your pores (this one catches a lot of women off guard)What those same-time-every-month breakouts can be pointing to in your bodyThe gaps that often get missed when you're doing a lot right, but still not seeing clear skinThis conversation might help you see that you've been on the right track, but maybe not in a way that your body needs. So, if you feel like nothing has worked for you so far, give this a listen. And don't be surprised if you start questioning your bathroom shelf after!Clear Skin Routine - code Leisha for 10% offFollow Danielle on IGBreakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

If you've been told your hormone labs are normal but you still feel bloated, moody, and exhausted - this episode is for you.Estrogen dominance is one of the most common hormone disruptions in women, and it's also one of the most misunderstood. Most women have heard the term but don't actually know what's driving it in their body, or why conventional testing keeps missing it entirely.In this episode, I'll walk you through exactly why estrogen builds up in the body, what's blocking it from leaving, and why creating safety in your body is the long-term key to getting your hormones back in balance.What you'll learn in this episode:What estrogen dominance actually means, and the two ways it can show up in your bodyThe difference between making too much estrogen vs. not detoxing estrogen well (and why this matters for how you approach it)The three exits estrogen needs to leave your body: liver, gut, and stress hormonesWhy an overburdened liver is often the first place to look The gut-estrogen connectionHow chronic stress shuts down your detox organs by signaling to your body that it's not safe, and why this is the piece most practitioners missWhy doing more - more protocols, more supplements, more detoxes - doesn't fix this long termSymptoms that may point to estrogen dominance: PMS, mood swings, painful or heavy periods, clotty periods, irregular cycles, breast tenderness, acne, bloating, anxiety, and irregular ovulationWhy your labs keep coming back "normal":Conventional blood testing gives you one snapshot of one estrogen number on one day of your cycle. It doesn't show how estrogen is being made, broken down, or cleared. The Dutch test looks at estrogen metabolites - the actual pathway estrogen is moving through your body - which is how you find out whether this is a production problem, a detox problem, or both.Resources mentioned:Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Can we talk about that moment right before your period when your boobs hurt so much you don't even want to move, and then suddenly, they're fine?I used to just ignore it. Like, okay, this is just part of PMS, whatever. But once I started paying attention, I realized it's actually not random at all.It's your body giving you a lot of clues about what's going on with your hormones, your gut, your stress levels, and even how your body is handling everyday life.In this episode, you'll hear:What that super sore → suddenly fine pattern is actually telling you about estrogen vs. progesteroneThe kind of everyday habits that seem harmless, but quietly build up over your cycleWhy your gut, liver, and even how often you go to the bathroom play a bigger role than you thinkThere's something important here that many of you overlook: you're managing symptoms instead of the root issue. And that's the key difference. Next time, you can either ignore it or take the opportunity to understand it. Go listen and see what I mean.Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALMore about progesterone & estrogen: E6, E185, E195Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever caught yourself thinking “I could take it or leave it” when it comes to sex?This is your headphones warning episode. My friend, Dr. Heather Rhodes, is back with me, and we're talking about something you might not be saying out loud - what happens when desire feels out of reach. You love your husband, you care about your marriage, and at the same time, you feel tired out, stuck in your head, or just not that interested.And it's so confusing, because on paper, everything looks fine. But inside, there's tension. Your mind is always running, and your body feels a step behind. It's incredible how tiny habits can slowly drain that spark without us even being aware. One minute, everything is exciting and fresh, and the next, it can feel flat and distant.In this episode, you'll hear:Why being in your head all the time can shut down your desire, and how to start shifting thatHow negativity, unspoken tension, and resentment can hurt your connections more than you realizeWhat if your low libido has nothing to do with your hormones And yes, some parts of this one may have you staring into space for a minute. So, put your headphones in and come listen before you add “fix libido” to another mental to-do list.Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALCONNECT WITH Dr. HEATHER RHODES:WebsiteIG: @drheatherrhodesHappily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever felt like every time you open Instagram or listen to a podcast, there's another thing you're supposed to buy or do to fix your hormones?A new supplement, a new routine, or a new "missing piece." It can get overwhelming fast!When you want to fix PMS mood swings, painful periods, and low energy, you don't need MORE, often you need less.That's why I wanted to do something a little different in this episode.Instead of talking about more things to add, I'm sharing a few simple and free things I would focus on if I were starting over with my hormones today. Honestly, these are still some of the exact things I come back to in my own life because they truly make a difference when you stay consistent with them.None of them are flashy. Some might even sound almost too basic.But those are often the things we skip over… even though they're the ones that matter most.In this episode, we're talking about:the habit of saying “I don't know” about your body, and how that keeps you disconnectedwhy food — especially breakfast — still matters more than most women realize, even when you're “eating healthy”how social media, screens, and light exposure can impact your hormones in ways we don't always connectand something I don't talk about all the time here: the spiritual side of healingBecause sometimes it's not only about what you're doing physically.Sometimes it's about what you're carrying emotionally, what you're speaking over yourself, and whether you've actually created space for your body to slow down and feel safe.This one is gentle, practical, and a little deeper than usual.If something in this episode hits a tender spot, don't rush past it, sit with it for a minute and see what comes up. Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone StrSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Do you ever feel like you should have your hormones figured out by now, but something still isn't clicking? As high-functioning women, we fall into this trap all the time. You pay attention to what you're eating, try different routines, and when results don't come quickly, your instinct is to push harder. You tell yourself to try one more thing or be more disciplined, thinking it will finally work.But it doesn't. And it won't if you stay in this mindset. It's because hormones aren't the problem here. They are only responding to what's going on in your body and your life. So, if you're not feeling safe inside and out, you will never be able to fix them. You'll hear:The “try harder” pattern that keeps you in burnout and PMSWhy doing more can make your symptoms worseWhat shifting toward safety can look like in real lifeIf you've been in that loop of trying, burning out, and starting again, you'll recognize yourself in this. Just notice what stands out, and start there, even if it's something small.Breakfast GuideNourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meHappily Hormonal Quick Start GuideE259NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

You know PMS symptoms show up for you most months, but do you know what your symptoms are telling you about your hormones? Today I'm talking about 3 unique patterns that show up in the luteal phase and breaking down how the symptoms you're seeing each month relate to specific organ systems. In this episode: 1. Is your PMS caused by burnout, blood sugar dysregulation, or gut problems? 2. The common mistakes I see sold as "quick fixes" for each pattern. 3. How to take the info your body is giving you with each pattern and simplify the next first step. Your hormones are signals, not the enemy! When you take the time to learn what they're telling you, it's easier than ever to improve hormone symptoms and start having those pain-free, PMS-free cycles that have always felt out of reach. Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

I'll be honest, this episode felt a little different to record - a little exciting, and a little nerve-wracking. Because instead of focusing on the usual physical side of your hormones, I'm going deeper into something we don't talk about as often: the emotional and especially spiritual roots behind symptoms like PMS, hormone imbalance, and low libido.I talk a lot about food, minerals, gut health, and detox on this podcast. And those things matter. But sometimes the reason symptoms linger isn't just physical. Our health is deeply connected to the emotions we carry. From subtle victim-mindset patterns to long-held (shame-filled) beliefs about our bodies, sexuality, and identity as women, these patterns can keep our nervous system in stress mode and influence how our bodies function.In this episode, you'll hear about:The mindset patterns many high-functioning women fall into without realizing itA group of hidden emotions that can quietly show up as physical symptomsWhy prayer, reflection, and emotional healing can influence symptoms like PMS and libido more than we expectI also share a personal moment where prayer helped me recognize emotional roots I had been holding onto and how releasing them shifted what I felt in my body almost immediately.If you've never thought about your hormones through this lens before, this conversation may feel both surprising and liberating.Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormonesSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

If taking a supplement was the magic fix for PMS, wouldn't we all be feeling amazing by now, right?In this episode, I'm breaking down PMS in a straightforward way. Not every change before your period is a problem. Some shifts in mood, energy, or appetite are completely normal. But there's also a point where PMS becomes your body's way of saying something deeper is off.The real issue often isn't just your hormones. It's all about looking at the bigger picture of what your brain and body are experiencing every day. When your system is constantly stressed, depleted, or unsafe, maintaining hormonal balance becomes much harder.You'll learn:What mild PMS looks like when hormones are functioning well Symptoms that indicate deeper stress or imbalance How stabilizing minerals and blood sugar can be more effective than random supplementsOne of my favorite moments recently was a client telling me that her kids said, “Mom, you're being silly again, like you used to.”That's the real goal. Not just fewer symptoms, but feeling like yourself again - laughing more, having the energy and patience for your family, and moving through your cycle without just trying to survive half the month.The good news is that these changes often start with much simpler steps than most women expect. Tune in to learn how to get there.Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meGrab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Simply Nourished Cycles Podcast TrainingDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever bought the one thing that was supposed to fix your hormones, and then realized you're more overwhelmed than before? That's where this episode starts.We're wrapping up our Safety Series with an idea that might seem too simple to make a difference: simplifying. It's not about adding another supplement or following the latest trends, but about stepping back so your body can feel safe again.Because when your brain is overloaded with information, fear, and constant “fix this” messaging, cortisol stays high and progesterone struggles to keep up.We'll unpack:How information overload and fear-based wellness culture keep your nervous system dysregulatedWhy doing “all the things” can make hormone symptoms worseThe few simple habits that actually move the needleSometimes, hormone balance isn't about protecting yourself from every toxin or buying the right greens powder. Sometimes it comes from doing fewer things consistently so your body can finally settle.If you've been feeling burned out by wellness itself, listen in; this episode will feel like a reset.Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALDownload the new 20-min private podcast training - Simply Nourished CyclesBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)FREE Podcast Training - Simply Nourished CyclesDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Are you constantly looking at your husband like he's the villain, only to realize your "normal" was actually a cry for hormonal help? Your nervous system is constantly scanning for safety, and if things feel tense with your spouse, your body stays stuck in a stress response that no amount of supplements can fix.Today, I'm talking with marriage coach Haley Teixeira about why emotional safety is the actual foundation for hormonal health. We're diving into how our childhood wounds and patterns create a "protective" internal environment in our relationships that physically deregulates our minerals, leaving us feeling exhausted.You'll hear:How a lack of safety creates a mineral barrier that blocks rest and tanks your energyWhy being your parents' "emotional confidant" as a kid is still driving your stress todayWhy stepping out of protection mode is the best pro-metabolic shift for your marriageThis episode uncovers your body's habit of building a literal calcium wall when your home feels like a pressure cooker. Pop it on while you make dinner tonight, because honestly, it's a lot easier to fix your minerals than it is to find a new husband who doesn't "breathe so loudly".Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALDownload the new 20-min private podcast training - Simply Nourished CyclesBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH HALEY:WebsiteNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)FREE Podcast Training - Simply Nourished CyclesDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Ever feel like you need a second mortgage to afford the organic chicken and grass-fed beef your hormones are literally begging for?You are doing your absolute best to keep everyone fed, healthy, and happy, but it feels like your bank account is constantly at war with your hormones. I've been right where you are, until I realized I was missing a huge piece of the puzzle: safety around money. That's why I brought on the Budget Besties, Vanessa and Shana, today. We're having a girlfriend-to-girlfriend chat designed to help you stop putting yourself last and start creating a budget that feels like a nervous system reset.You'll learn:The 90-day audit that replaces financial shame with pure, helpful dataA simple account trick that ensures you always have money for the good chickenHow to put your finances on autopilot so you can stop making stressful micro-decisions while hormonalYou need to listen to this now because financial stress is a silent hormone disruptor that you don't have to live with anymore. Pop it on while you pick up your groceries this week!Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALDownload the new 20-min private podcast training - Simply Nourished CyclesBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH THE BUDGET BESTIES:PodcastNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)FREE Podcast Training - Simply Nourished CyclesDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Do you ever feel like you know what would help your hormones - eating consistently, resting more, getting minerals in - but there's just no time to do any of it?In this episode of the Safety vs. Stress Series, I'm explaining how your relationship with time itself can either create safety in your body or keep your hormones stuck in stress mode. When your schedule is full, and your mind is constantly jumping ahead, your nervous system hears one message over and over: there's no room to slow down.And I'm sharing this as a mom of three and a business owner who understands what it's like to want hormone balance but not have another second to spare.You'll hear:Why time pressure alone can trigger PMS, irritability, and low energyThe hidden cost of always putting yourself lastSimple mindset and routine shifts that can lower stress without overhauling your lifeIf it's hard for you to let go of perfection and ask for help, this episode will help you find the ways to do it and see where relief is actually possible.And remember: you don't need to change everything. Sometimes one shift is enough to help your body finally exhale.Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONALDownload the new 20-min private podcast training - Simply Nourished CyclesBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meMore on minerals: E40, E242NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)FREE Podcast Training - Simply Nourished CyclesDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever noticed how certain lighting instantly makes you feel edgy - like your eyes get tired, your head feels busy, and your patience disappears faster than usual?This episode wasn't part of the original plan for the Safety Series, but it felt important enough to add.Because in this one, I'm talking about something we rarely connect to hormones, or PMS: the way your eyes take in light all day long. You might be surprised to learn how that small light bulb in your bedroom can actually keep your brain working overtime. The screens we stare at, even just to relax, and the constant visual input our brains are trying to process, can quietly pile on stress without us ever connecting the dots.Over time, that extra demand can show up as irritability, low energy, and even ADHD-like symptoms, especially later in your cycle.A few things I talk through in this episode:Why your eyes can keep your nervous system switched on even when you're restingHow certain types of light quietly make PMS and overwhelm feel worseSimple, affordable changes that can help your brain wind down at nightThis conversation is practical, gentle, and very doable. No perfection needed. And no expensive bio hacks either.Listen in, take what feels doable, and remember: even small changes in what your eyes take in can make a meaningful difference over time.Download the new 20-min private podcast training - Simply Nourished CyclesBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Did you know that even if you're still showing up, getting things done, and keeping everything together, you could still be stuck in burnout? Your body knows even if your mind doesn't.Today, I spoke with my therapist + nervous system expert, Ash McDonald, about high-functioning burnout, the one we both see in women who care a lot and do a lot. Unlike traditional burnout, it's when your brain keeps pushing you to go, even when you're exhausted. And no amount of sleep or coffee fixes it.We discussed how burnout often doesn't appear dramatic. It may just look like being busy and successful, while inside, your body is struggling.A few things we talk through together:How Ash went through high-functioning burnout herself and eventually had to step away not only from what looked like her dream life, but also from her successful businessWhy no system, routine, or doing it better can fix a body that doesn't feel settledA simple practice Ash walks women through that helps their nervous system come downThis episode is really about understanding why your energy, and even your hormones, don't get a chance to calm down when your body is always living on high alert.Pay attention to what feels familiar, and if something hits, pass it along to someone who's been carrying too much for too long and acting like they're fine.Download the new 20-min private podcast training - Simply Nourished CyclesBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH ASHLEY:Burnout Breakthrough - use code HAPPILYHORMONALPodcastNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

This episode continues a conversation we've been building about stress, safety, and why so many women feel like their hormones never quite settle. Today, I'll walk you through three specific signals your body needs to restore progesterone, stabilize your energy, and ease PMS symptoms. They aren't trendy or complicated but simple and foundational, and often missing for women who've been pushing through for a long time.A few key points I'll cover include:How not eating enough and lacking nutrients can stress your bodyWhy blood sugar swings quietly drive cortisol and drain progesteroneWhat mineral deficiencies really look like in daily lifeThe goal of this episode is to help you understand what your body is trying to tell you and learn simple ways to address those signals. Some suggestions are as easy as eating regularly, while others involve recognizing unhealthy patterns you've accepted for years.As you listen, take note of what resonates with you or feels familiar. Write it down and use this opportunity to shift your focus from blaming your hormones to listening and responding to what your body has been asking for all along.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNourish TrackerHormone AuditNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Today I'm starting a conversation I've been feeling pulled toward for a while now - stress, safety, and why so many of us feel stuck in hormone patterns even when we're doing the right things.This is the first episode in what I'm calling the Safety vs. Stress Series, where we're going to slow down and look at how our body responds to different types of stress, why it prioritizes survival over hormone balance, and how we can start creating more safety instead of just trying to fix symptoms.If you've been stressed for so long that you think it's normal now, this episode will gently challenge that idea. Here's what you'll learn:The point where stress stops being temporary and starts shaping your cycleHow your body has been compensating long before you realized something was offWhy your hormones aren't failing you; they're simply reacting to everything going onThis episode lays the foundation for the weeks, if not the whole year, ahead. So, invite a friend or two to listen together. I promise this is a conversation we all need. As you listen, jot down what stands out and feels true for you. And if you'd like someone to talk it through with, email me; I'd love to be that support for you.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meFree trainingNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

It's a new year and I haven't quiiiite gotten my goals written down yet but I'm talking through how I like to make goal planning realistic as a mom by breaking down goals into seasons & keeping my cycle in mind. I'm sharing some goals that I have + a few updates for the podcast in 2026. Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

If I had a secret weapon to help you have less PMS, better periods, and more energy in 2026 and I didn't tell you about it ASAP...what would I even be doing?Today I'm telling you what I've been doing lately that has helped me so much with getting back into some of the habits I've been slacking on that help my hormones every single time. It's actually so much more simple than we've been making it, and I can't wait to share this new tool with you! Here's a little video of how it worksToday only - get lifetime access for only $77 Nourish TrackerNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

This episode just picked up where we left off last time, and it grew out of a question we've been sitting with lately: what's ACTUALLY shaping women's health right now? Today, Heather and I talk through the health and hormone trends we see gaining momentum as we head into 2026. Some of them are things we've personally seen help women and we feel good about. Others made us stop and ask more questions before moving forward. And in a lot of cases, slowing down has felt like the wiser choice for our own health.A few moments that stood out:Concerns and boundaries around AI in health and hormone supportWhy peptides aren't inherently bad, but often used without enough context or preparationWhy hyper-focusing on one body system often misses the bigger pictureIf health advice has been coming at you from all sides lately, press play and let us help you think differently about what your next step is.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH Dr. HEATHER RHODES:WebsiteIG: @drheatherrhodesNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

We're back today with a reflection that we've been thinking about this week - what have we done in 2025 that really moved the needle for our health - mentally, spiritually, and physically? I brought my hormone bestie, Heather, on today so we could share some of the things that we are so glad we learned and implemented this year to keep us moving forward in health and life. Spoiler alert - nothing I'm sharing is a favorite supplement or “health hack”, they're all more nuanced than that. If you're an OG listener and love to hear the real BTS, this one is for you.Here are a few moments you'll hear us unpack:How prayer and community reshaped our nervous systems and stress responsesA belief we had to unlearn before our bodies could respond differentlyOne small shift that didn't feel important at the time, but changed everything over the monthsGrab your journal before you hit play so you can process through this one with us.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH Dr. HEATHER RHODES:WebsiteIG: @drheatherrhodesNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

I'm a big podcast girl, so when Spotify Wrapped came out this year I thought it would be fun to share with you what my favorite podcasts are. My taste is a little all over the map + I share my Spotify with my kids so this one is extra fun. The truth is you really don't know a person until you hear what their favorite podcasts are. If you're listening on Spotify put yours in the comments!Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you seen the ads for parasite cleanses that fix EVERYTHING and thought...maybe I need to do that?Maybe you do, but it also can make things worse, not better if your body isn't ready! Let's talk today about when a parasite cleanse is the right option, what to know first, and how to decide if the one you're thinking about is actually the right next step for you or not. I'll help you sort through if you need lab testing & a personalized protocol or if your body might be stable enough to DIY this one.Here's what I'll walk you through:Why most of us DO have parasites, but not everyone is ready to cleanse safelyThe surprising mineral and drainage issues that make parasite cleanses backfireTwo at-home parasite cleanses I trust, and how to know if your body is ready for themYou're going to want to discuss this one with your bestie, so send it to her when you push play and she'll be prepared with all the details. NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meFree trainingNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

It's the end of the year (already!) and that means I'm auditing my life in general and deciding what I want to come with me into next year and what I want to change. Today I'm talking about how I'm simplifying my health and hormone health in a few ways - making BBT tracking easier so I'll actually do it again, and simplifying my supplements. Mentioned in this episode: Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide - Find the most popular episodes on the topics you need! TempDrop Armband BBT Monitor Birthright PrenatalBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever caught yourself holding your breath and realizing you've been tense for hours without even noticing? That was me all the time, until I started paying attention to what my body was asking for, rather than what I thought I should be doing.So, today, I'm talking about rest. The real kind. Not sleep (though most of us aren't getting enough of that either), but the kind of rest that lets your shoulders drop, your breath slow down, and your spirit finally feel safe. The kind that most of us, busy moms, avoid, or feel guilty about, even though it can change our hormones more than any supplement, protocol, or perfect routine ever can.You'll learn:The surprising moment I realized I wasn't truly resting Why your body can't absorb minerals or balance hormones, if your mind never slows downSimple and doable rest practices I use that make a bigger difference than any self-care checklistIf you've been wondering why PMS hits harder on the weeks you push through, or why your mood settles on the days you finally slow down, this episode will make that pattern unmistakably clear. You'll hear exactly how your body signals that it's done running on adrenaline, why your hormones can't reset without real rest, and what small shifts move the needle when nothing else does.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Anyone else feeling way overstimulted & regretting a few Black Friday impulse buys? It's so easy to think that this one next thing will be the thing to fix your health, your stress, or your life in general. If you're there with me let's take a breath togther and simplify what we're doing this next season to what actually feels good again. Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Does drinking alcohol affect your hormones? It definitely does, but how much you drink and how well your body tolerates it depends on you! If you are wondering how much alcohol you can enjoy over the holidays without totally throwing off your hormones, I brought back a conversation that answers this in the clearest, most honest way - without guilt, scare tactics, and without telling you that you can never drink again. Here's what we walk through together:How alcohol interacts with your hormones, liver, minerals, and blood sugarWhy your reactions show up a day or two later, not always the morning afterSimple ways to drink more intentionally, if you choose to drink, so your hormones don't pay for it afterwardIf you've ever felt torn between wanting to enjoy the holidays and wanting to feel like yourself, this episode will help you make choices that actually support both. You'll walk away feeling more informed and more supported, so you can decide for yourself what feels worth it this season.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meLove Your Liver GuideNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Hey friends just a little Wednesday bonus episode for you! I know it's a big step to book a call and get all of the coaching details if you're not quite sure if you're ready yet so I thought I would make it easy for you. I'm sharing today exactly how NYH coaching works, why it's set up the way it is, and hopefully answer some questions you have about if coaching is for you or not. Can't wait to see you in there and get you less PMS & more energy ASAP. Ready to chat about YOUR hormones?Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Are you drinking too much coffee for YOU? If so, it could be making your PMS and anxiety worse, even if you're not drinking “that much.”So many women blame their mood swings or breast tenderness on hormones alone, but caffeine plays a much bigger role than we realize. If your symptoms flare up right before your period, it may be that your caffeine tolerance is changing and is affecting your system differently at this time, so your body's minerals, liver, and blood sugar are trying to tell you something.Before you swear off your morning coffee or decide you're totally fine, I want you to understand the full story. Because caffeine isn't the root problem, but it can absolutely make existing hormone issues feel louder, especially during your luteal phase.Here's what you'll hear:How caffeine triggers your stress hormones and why that matters for PMSWhat slow vs. fast caffeine metabolizers experience during their cycleThe best way to drink caffeine so your body actually tolerates it betterThis is not about quitting coffee. It's about using caffeine in a way your body can handle, so your luteal phase doesn't feel like an emotional roller coaster every month. Pop those headphones in, take a walk, and let's get to the bottom of your coffee habits and if they're working for you.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Get 6 months of NYH Coaching for the price of 4 months through Black Friday (for the first 10 spots only!)www.leishadrews.com/nourishyourhormones OR Book a Call HereDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

This what I'm into is a chat with my girlies all about Thanksgiving plans, fall decor, Thanksgiving menu, and how I've been doing daily energy audits to make sure my energy out isn't greatly surpassing my energy in. No tips, tricks, or hacks to fix your life or hormones, just the real BTS in my life and some fun things I've been doing to make fall and the holidays feel cozy. Text me your favorite Thanksgiving food, recipe, or game! I can't wait to hear from you. ❤️Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Let's talk about something most of us have struggled with at some point - acne that just won't quit.You've tried the skincare, the supplements, the “clean” eating, and still, your skin seems to have a mind of its own.In this episode, I sat down with Katie Stewart, holistic nutritionist and host of The Clear Skin Chronicles, and we had the most down-to-earth conversation about acne, the kind you wish you'd heard years ago.Together, we unpacked so much of what women are experiencing right now when it comes to breakouts and hormone changes, and why clear skin has way more to do with what's happening inside your body than what you're putting on it.Here's what we get into:How birth control, gut health, and detox pathways all connect to hormonal acneThe five pillars Katie uses to help her clients heal their skin from withinWhy emotional health is the most overlooked piece in every healing journeyThis is such a refreshing, honest chat about acne, hormones, confidence, and the things no one explained to us when we were teenagers, standing in a drugstore aisle, grabbing whatever promised fast results.Pop in your earbuds and listen to this week's episode of the Happily Hormonal Podcast. You'll walk away with a whole new understanding of what your skin's been trying to tell you.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH KATIE:PodcastIG: @katiestewartwellnessNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Lately, every time I talk to a client (or honestly, a friend), the same thing comes up: “I'm so tired. I'm taking electrolytes, eating clean, supplementing magnesium… doing everything right, but I still feel off.”And I get it because I've been feeling that too.So, I sat down with my friend Dr. Heather Rhodes, and we started comparing notes - our clients' labs, our own tests, and all the little things women are saying right now.What we discovered finally made a lot of sense when we truly took the time to understand it.Here's what we got into:How your minerals might be running on empty, even if you're taking electrolytes every dayWhy low potassium, sodium, and magnesium might mean your body is begging for rest, not another supplement And yes, parasites - the weird, uncomfortable topic that's showing up in way more women than you'd thinkThis one's a mix of science, real-life stories, and the kind of honest chat you'd have with a friend who gets it. So, grab your drink, get comfy, and let's talk through this together.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meCONNECT WITH Dr. HEATHER RHODES:WebsiteIG: @drheatherrhodesNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)To get the Restored Mini-Course for free leave a rating & review on the show OR share this podcast in your IG story (tag me @leishadrews) or send it to 3 friends - DM or email me a screenshot and I'll send the course your way!Email: support@abundant-lifewellness.comDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Are you constantly tired, moody, or bloated, and wondering how the heck you got here when you're doing all the right things? Let's unpack something most women have never even heard of but definitely feel the effects of: mineral depletion. Specifically, the slow oxidizer pattern that keeps your energy low, your PMS raging, and your emotions stuck on numb.I've seen this same pattern in hundreds of high-achieving women, and today, I'm breaking it down in a way that finally makes sense. Because knowing what's happening in your body is the first step to getting out of it.It's wild once you see how it all connects.Here's a little taste of what we'll chat about:The mineral combo that explains fatigue, PMS, anxiety, and low libidoWhy your emotions might be a bigger piece of the mineral puzzle than your dietThe first small but powerful shifts that can help your body rebuild energy and hormonal balance from the inside outThis isn't another “take these supplements” talk. It's a deep dive into why your body's been in freeze mode, and how you can safely guide it out.Hit play, grab a cozy spot, and a few minutes just for you, because this episode might just make you say, “Ohhh… that's why I've been feeling this way.”NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.LET'S CONNECT!IG: Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)To get the Restored Mini-Course for free leave a rating & review on the show OR share this podcast in your IG story (tag me @leishadrews) or send it to 3 friends - DM or email me a screenshot and I'll send the course your way!Email: support@abundant-lifewellness.comDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Today you get a little bit of everything in this what I'm into - I have to recall a previous WII recommendation, update you on my new favorite hobby, and give you my best fall cozy drinks + meal planning system that's working really well for our fam. Have a question or topic you want me to cover in a future episode? Send us a text or email us at hello@leishadrews.comEquip mint protein is back and it makes the best mint hot chocolate!Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Have you ever wondered if your IUD or birth control pill might actually be the reason your mood feels off? Like, one week you're fine, and the next you're snapping at everyone, and just feeling not yourself?You've probably been told, “It's just stress.” But that gut feeling you keep getting, the one whispering something changed since I got this IUD? Let's talk about that.In this episode, we're getting real about what the latest research says about hormonal birth control, especially hormonal IUDs, and how they can affect your mood, anxiety, and overall mental health.Here's a sneak peek of what you'll hear:02:54 The 2023 and 2024 studies show a real connection between hormonal IUDs and mood changes, and what that means for you03:47 What synthetic progesterone does in your body (and why fake progesterone acts nothing like the real thing)13:47 The simple steps to start feeling like yourself again, whether you decide to keep the IUD or take it outYou might be surprised by how much your body's been trying to tell you, and how simple it can be to start feeling clearer, calmer, and more grounded again.So grab your earbuds, fold that laundry, or sneak in a quiet walk, and let's chat about the truth behind birth control, mood, and what it actually takes to feel good in your body again. Because once you hear this one, you won't look at your IUD the same way again (in the best possible way).NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.LET'S CONNECT!IG: @leishadrewsMy story+more hormone resources hereSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Yes you read that right - what if your BREAD could be super nutrient dense and help fill in nutrient gaps you've been struggling with for yourself or your family? Let's talk about what real bread is, how you can access it, and why my family is now into eating bread as a healthy food vs trying to keep it minimal like we have in the past. Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Tell me if this sounds familiar: your period app says it's right on track, but your mood, energy, and skin all seem to have missed the memo.If your cycle seems too long, too short, or just off, this episode is your new best friend. Because before you can fix your period, you've got to understand what's really going on each month, not just track the dates.Here's what we'll get into:Why your cycle length is like a monthly report card on your hormonesHow to know if you're really ovulating (and why that matters even if you're not trying for a baby)The difference between what's normal and what's just common but not healthyThis isn't a biology lecture, it's a 20-minute, real-life crash course that'll make your period symptoms start making sense. Pop this on during your walk or while you fold laundry, and get ready for a few “Ohhh, now I get it” moments that change how you see your body.NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellMore on cycle tracking E59, E145 Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)To get the Restored Mini-Course for free leave a rating & review on the show OR share this podcast in your IG story (tag me @leishadrews) or send it to 3 friends - DM or email me a screenshot and I'll send the course your way!Email: support@abundant-lifewellness.comDon't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Today I'm chatting about my new favorite type of movement for nervous system + fascia support + why bowspring just isn't a fit for me. Nothing fancy, just what I'm into!Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass

Let's get real for a minute: Are you still feeling hangry, cranky, and wiped out all too often, even while doing your best to eat clean and healthy? I've been right where you are - frustrated and exhausted - until I realized I was missing balance with one super important thing: protein.And yes, I know you've heard a million times that protein matters. But what if you're still not getting it right, even when you think you are? I was making the same mistake for years. That's why I made this episode: to share exactly where I went wrong and what finally worked (spoiler: it's not just eating more chicken breast).Here's what I'll break down for you:The real reason you need way more protein than you think (and nope, it will not make you bulky)The easy protein goal that can balance your blood sugar and totally crush those cravingsThe one simple, often-overlooked protein source that can seriously help your digestion (hint: it's probably already in your kitchen)No complicated science, just a 20-minute, girlfriend-to-girlfriend chat that could honestly change how you feel all day long. Pop it on while you make your (protein-packed) dinner tonight!Try my favorite protein powder by Equip!NEW Private Podcast - 3 Steps to Making Hormones WellBook a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with meNEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most!Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.LET'S CONNECT!IG: @leishadrewsMy story+more hormone resources hereSend us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them)Don't forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too! Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass