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HAPPILY HORMONAL | hormone balance for moms, PMS, painful periods, natural birth control, low energy, pro-metabolic

Leisha Drews, RN, FDN-P, holistic hormone coach, period expert
HAPPILY HORMONAL | hormone balance for moms, PMS, painful periods, natural birth control, low energy, pro-metabolic
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  • HAPPILY HORMONAL | hormone balance for moms, PMS, painful periods, natural birth control, low energy, pro-metabolic

    PMS Root Cause Clues on a Functional Gut Test With Dr. Heather Rhodes | E285

    2026/07/20 | 41 mins.
    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 period
    The gut bacteria and mood connection that had Heather and me both going Wait, say that again
    What a low SigA marker can tell you about immune function, gut lining, and even fertility
    Why a history of constipation is one of the first things we flag before we even look at a test
    How H. pylori and low stomach acid quietly sabotage digestion without you ever knowing it's happening
    Whether our predictions actually matched her real results, or if one of us had to eat some serious words
    If 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:
    Website
    IG: @drheatherrhodes

    NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:
    Fix Your Breakfast Secret Podcast
    Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL
    Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me
    Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide
    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
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    You CAN Change Your Mood & Motherhood with Your Words - With Tessa Romero | E284

    2026/07/13 | 47 mins.
    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 way
    Why your body treats "this is happening TO me" the same way it treats a real threat
    What you're actually getting out of staying stuck, and why that question changes everything
    A simple phrase Tessa uses with her own kids that instantly de-escalates a meltdown, hers or theirs
    Why "become over outcome" might be the single most important mindset shift for anyone trying to get pregnant, heal hormonally, or just feel like themselves again
    The real difference between strength and pride, and why most of us have been mixing them up for years
    So 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 Flipbook
    Website
    The Momset Podcast

    NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:
    Fix Your Breakfast Secret Podcast
    Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL
    Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me
    Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide
    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
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    What Recurring Trauma & Burnout Did to My Hormones in 2025 - And How I'm Fixing it Now | E283

    2026/07/06 | 30 mins.
    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 forget
    The 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 you
    The one belief that kept me moving forward even on the days I had absolutely nothing left to give
    What 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 testing
    What replenishing actually looks like now, and why I'm choosing to do it slowly on purpose
    This 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 Podcast
    Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL
    Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me
    Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide
    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
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    Why you still have PMS after trying everything - Root Cause of PMS/PMDD Deep Dive | E282

    2026/06/29 | 34 mins.
    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 overnight
    What your luteal phase is trying to show you about the rest of your month
    How progesterone, allopregnanolone, and GABA affect your mood, patience, sleep, and ability to handle normal life
    Why cortisol can steal from progesterone and keep your body in survival mode
    The mineral pieces most women are missing, especially magnesium, sodium, and potassium
    Why blood sugar, breakfast, and consistency matter more than the next hormone trend
    Let’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 Course
    NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:
    Breakfast Guide
    Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL
    Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me
    Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide
    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
  • HAPPILY HORMONAL | hormone balance for moms, PMS, painful periods, natural birth control, low energy, pro-metabolic

    Things You’re Doing To Decrease Progesterone And Make PMS Worse Without Knowing It | E281

    2026/06/22 | 24 mins.
    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 much
    The real cost of always needing something in your ears, and what I noticed when I finally let myself sit in silence for five minutes
    What it actually means if you're waking up to pee at night, because "I drink a lot of water" probably isn't the full answer
    Two light habits almost everyone gets wrong, one in the morning, one at night, and what they're quietly doing to your cortisol and progesterone
    The way you're eating lunch that's messing with your hormones, and it has nothing to do with what's on your plate
    Why eating less can slow your metabolism and raise your cortisol, and why discipline has nothing to do with it
    Some 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 Stuck

    NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES:
    Breakfast Guide
    Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL
    Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me
    Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide
    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
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About HAPPILY HORMONAL | hormone balance for moms, PMS, painful periods, natural birth control, low energy, pro-metabolic
Worried your painful periods, low energy, and PMS mood swings will be with you until menopause? Do you want to have more energy, good periods, and a stable mood without taking birth control, a million supplements, or going on an unrealistic, restrictive diet? Do you want to know where to start to balance your hormones naturally? You're in the right place. Happily Hormonal will help you unlock the secrets to: Balancing hormones in motherhood with simple nourishment strategies Using food to have better periods and less PMS, even with a busy schedule Balancing blood sugar for more energy and less anxiety Getting rid of painful periods for good Losing the drama of PMS week Feeling more present and joyful Increasing your capacity in motherhood and life Understanding your body and cycles on a deeper level Having regular, pain-free periods and ovulation Making more progesterone Taking back control of your health and your hormones so you can show up as the woman you really want to be Host Leisha Drews, RN, BSN, FDN-P, and Holistic Hormone Coach, brings you realistic, actionable conversations so you can start to peel back the layers of hormone balance in a way that feels simple and doable for the first time ever, so you can have balanced hormones even as a busy mom. CONTACT LEISHA:Website: www.leishadrews.comIG: @leishadrewsEmail: hello@leishadrews.comPodcast guest inquiries: happilyhormonalpodcast@gmail.com
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