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

I’m sure there are days when you sit there, holding your belly or wiping away tears before your period, wondering, “Why do I feel like this every month?”

I’m sure because I’ve been there too, dealing with the mood swings, the spotting, and short cycles, along with advice that honestly just made me feel more overwhelmed.

So friend, if you’re experiencing at least one of these symptom...

Quick question before we dive in: when's the last time you actually checked in with your body and asked, "Do I feel safe right now?"

Not "am I busy" or "am I productive" or "did I check everything off my list." Just safe. Because here's what I know for sure after years of doing this work with women: you cannot have real hormone balance without your body feeling safe first. Not once you fix your gut or once life calms down. First.

So ...

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 o...

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...

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 dangerou...

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 e...

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 progeste...

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 b...

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 ac...

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 becaus...

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 no...

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.

H...

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 we...

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...

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, see...

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 wh...

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 l...

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 n...

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 epis...