5 Hormone Balance Mistakes I Made as a Hormone Coach (And What I'd Tell You Now) | E300

Have you noticed that when someone says “I had postpartum,” they almost always mean postpartum depression? Postpartum is just the timeframe after you have a baby. Somewhere along the way, the word got glued to the worst-case scenario, and now so many of us are bracing for impact before the baby is even here. So I sat down with Sarah Marie, a doula and fellow mom who works with postpartum clients, and we had the honest, girlfriend-to-girlfriend version of this conversation. Yes, the hard parts...

Has a doctor ever looked at your labs, told you “your iron is fine,” and sent you home while you’re still exhausted, losing hair in the shower, and dreading your next heavy period? Okay girlies, let’s talk about it. Welcome to The Iron Files, my brand-new deep-dive series on iron and the minerals that help it do its job. We’re starting with ferritin because every friend, neighbor, and client I've talked to lately has low ferritin on her labs. Me included. I’ve been working on mine for the las...

What if the thing that makes your January feel better is a 10-minute walk you take in October? This episode is a night walk recording, in the dark, with two skunks hanging around my backyard. If the audio suddenly cuts off, you know how my story ends. Here's the backstory. I'm coming out of a season of stress, burnout, and overwhelm, and I've been rebuilding my circadian rhythm one boring, consistent habit at a time. I'm also learning to trust myself again, because it's hard to feel good abou...

What if "everything looks normal" is the biggest lie your labs are telling you, because nobody thought to look at your gut? I brought a functional endocrinologist on the podcast this week because I wanted someone with actual letters after her name to say the thing I've been saying for years. Dr. Cassie has treated close to 10,000 people, she's lived through her own mess with Hashimoto's, Graves, and PCOS, and she walked away from traditional medicine because watching her patients get another ...

Have you ever tried so hard to fix your husband's health that you ended up more exhausted than he is, thinking, "I could fix you if you'd just let me"? I've been there more times than I want to admit, and so has my friend Dr. Heather Rhodes. We sat down this week for a real, sometimes uncomfortable conversation about what's actually happening in your husband's body and hormones, and what your role is in all of it. Spoiler alert: your role is smaller than you think, and somehow also way more p...