Hormonally Speaking

More info about Perimenopause Like A Boss here!

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This week, we are tackling your perimenopause-related questions!

We had over 40 questions submitted, and got through about 6 or so in 75 minutes. So we will be back in future episodes with more answers!

Here's some of the questions we answered in this episode:

-“Any specific ways to support my body and mind while heading into perimenopause?”

-“What kind of hormone testing is best to get overall picture?”

-“Testosterone injections make me so hungry all the time. Is there a way to combat that without feeling like I just can’t eat? Does it eventually go away?

-“Thyroid medication and gut issues, I’ve read that it can cause gut dysbiosis is that true.”

-“What are a few ways to get started on the journey of figuring out what hormones are doing and what to expect e.g., finding a compatible Dr (may have to kiss a few frogs), recommended testing, knowing your numbers, types, etc.”

We also tell you a little bit about our brand-new program, starting July 10th - Perimenopause Like A Boss. We'd LOVE for you to join us during this 4-week course, where you'll get all your questions answered about peri, and SO MUCH MORE. If you sign-up this week, you can get $50 off with code "BOSS" at checkout.

Think you know everything there is to know about perimenopause and menopause?

Or maybe you know very little about either?

Either way, today's episode is going to BLOW YOUR MIND.

I'm talking with Kristin and Maria of Wise + Well, who form a "deep bench" when it comes to mid-life, and they showcase their expertise in shifting hormones, symptoms, hormone replacement therapy, diet and lifestyle factors, and cutting-edge research. 

Get ready to be educated on:

-The misinformation and buzzword approaches to these phases of life, and how to tune out the noise

-It's not just about hormones: lipids, thyroid, bone health and more are impacted in peri and menopause

-Why it's so important to keep hormone receptors open, which means you might need to bring in BHRT earlier than you think

-Focusing on the right kind of diet and lifestyle approaches to maintain bone mass and energy for the rest of your life

-And so much more!

Get ready to take some notes, and throw out some ideas you had about this important time of life. 

Maria, an FDN practitioner, and Kristin, a Board-certified nutritionist, are plainspoken friends and practitioners who share a passion for women's health, especially women's health at midlife. As both are themselves menopausal, they've refined the art and science of thriving as a midlife woman based on both clinical and personal experience. They combine individualized nutrition and lifestyle changes tailored to midlife women's needs with mindset coaching, lab testing and hormone replacement therapy education to help women thrive so that they can stop or prevent their health from spinning out of control. Find out more at their ⁠website⁠ and on ⁠IG⁠. 

There are lots of new products flooding the market to help women in perimenopause and menopause, especially bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.

But not all products are created the same. Unfortunately, many products on the market are full of ingredients that ultimately aren't good for our hormones because of the additives they contain. And when they are topical, this can be a major issue because as you'll learn today, our skin is our biggest organ!

In this episode, I talk with Mary Beth Perrone, co-founder of Radiate Wellness, a physician formulated product line that encompasses BHRT, sleep support, skin health, and anxiety support. You'll learn all about how these products can support you through the journey of both perimenopause and menopause.

We also cover:

-How perimenopause can arrive way earlier than you expect (and what to look for)

-Why you may need BHRT earlier than you think

-The importance of getting BHRT that is clean without tons of additives and preservatives

-How transdermal application can be superior to other forms of BHRT

-And much more!

Mary Beth Perrone’s passion for women’s topics is evidenced by her contributions to women’s health and wellness in many, many forms—physically, mentally and spiritually. Through her work as Co-Founder of Radiate Wellness, she supports women on their perimenopause and menopause with journey with clean, affordable products and services. 

As a Co-Founder, Co-Host and Speaker of the Women’s Wellness Fest and Mindful Movement FL, Mary Beth has empowered hundreds of women each year through yoga, meditation and other wellness and healing modalities to empower, nurture and rejuvenate women’s minds, bodies and souls.  Mary Beth is a Chopra Certified Meditation Instructor, Ayurveda Health Coach, and Sisterhood Circle Facilitator.  Fully committed to making the world and our communities a better place. Find out more at radiatewellnessproducts.com.

What question do I get the most from people? Why it's "what are your favorite supplements?", of course!

While we each need particular supplements based on what is going on in our body, I wanted to share a few of my favorites today for different situations. I cover my favorite collagen product, best liver support, suppositories for vaginal atrophy, detoxification support, GI medical food, and anti-aging skincare.

Most of these you can find on my Fullscript store, and you get 10% off for signing up! Here's the products you can find there:

Perfect Amino from Body Health

Liposomal Glutathione from Designs for Health OR Quicksilver Scientific

Bezwecken hydration ovals

UltraGI Replenish® - Chocolate from Metagenics

The other two products not on Fullscript that I mention are:

Paleo (or Veggie) Cleanse from Designs for Health (use code "TENOFF" at checkout for 10% discount)

Annmarie Trial Kit (contains my favorite anti-aging serum!)

Shoot me an email with your questions for products I recommend for other health issues for a future episode!

Check out and subscribe to my free EFT sessions for hormone health.

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Are you ready to hear one of the most powerful healing stories out there?

Grab your tissues and get ready to laser-focus on today's episode with world-renowned physician, Dr. Terry Wahls.

Known as the creator of the "Wahls Protocol," Dr. Wahls faced her own mortality after being diagnosed with MS and declining over the years that followed.

Medication wasn't helping, and she found herself dependent on a tilt-recline wheelchair before she decided it was time to take things into her own hands.

That's when she developed her protocol utilizing health and lifestyle changes, which onto the biking track, eventually competing in cycling races.

Listen to her incredible story, and how you can work with research-backed strategies to manage both MS and other autoimmune diseases.

What we cover:

✨Her discovery that a low-fat diet was *not* supporting her body

✨The gift of creating daily lifestyle practices that brought life back to her body

✨How endometriosis and psoriasis can be early signs of developing autoimmunity

✨The role bacteria and infections play in MS

✨How radical transformations of health can happen with dietary changes and basic supplementation in even the most vulnerable populations

✨And so much more!

This is an episode you 100% don't want to miss! And, she's offering a special gift for you, Diet Cheat Sheet, which is a summary of the diet that Dr. Wahls is used in her clinics and clinical trials to restore cellular health. Great for the refrigerator! 

Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials.  In 2018 she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions in research, clinical care and patient advocacy. In addition, Dr. Wahls has secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day.

She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles (paperback), and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions. Learn more about the current study Efficacy of Diet on Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis at https://wahls.lab.uiowa.edu/. Pick up a one-page handout for the Wahls™ Diet at https://terrywahls.com/diet/ Follow her on Instagram @drterrywahls, and on Facebook/Twitter at @TerryWahls.  

Ready to do a Spring Liver Cleanse? Grab your kit here, and then I'll add you to the private group!

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Sleep, oh how we want it, but sometimes we don't know how to get it!

Particularly as we step into perimenopause, sleep becomes a tougher thing for many of us. Cortisol spikes, hormonal shifts, stress triggers and more can make for fitful nights and exhausted days.

Luckily, you're about to learn how to get better sleep, ASAP.

Today I'm talking with Dr. Leigha Saunders, and we cover the myriad of ways to get to the root cause of why it's so hard for you to find good sleep.

Turning her post-partum sleep deprivation into an opportunity to serve the millions of women who suffer in sleeplessness, Dr. Leigha Saunders is a naturopathic doctor and mom of two who deeply understands the struggle of insomnia. 

Dr. Leigha is an innovative leader and engaging speaker, passionately educating women as well as clinicians on the intersection of sleep and hormone health. Her passion for helping women get a good night’s sleep fuels her private practice that helps women gain energy, balance their mood, regulate hormones and sleep deep. 

Dr. Leigha is the creator of The Better Sleep Bootcamp, the 5 Step Framework for women want better sleep through hormonal balance.

Ultimately, her goal is to help women reclaim their rest so they can do what sets their soul on fire during the day. With sleep scores that make us all jealous, Leigha’s ultimate mission is to help women chase their dreams, not exhaustion!

Dr. Leigha is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, holds general, IVIT and therapeutic prescribing certification with the College of Naturopaths of Ontario and is a member of the Ontario (OAND) and Canadian Associations of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND). Dr. Leigha has been published in the CAND's journal, has delivered evidence-based lectures to her colleagues through the OAND and Confident Clinician Club on the topic of sleep disturbances, insomnia, cardiovascular health and hormone replacement therapy.

This week, I'm sharing my latest yearly blood labs with you, breaking down the most important markers, especially when it comes your thyroid, blood sugar, and iron health.

These areas are so important for your overall hormone health! And these affordable labs offer a chance to see something before it becomes a full-blown issue.

My hope in sharing these is that you'll be educated enough on your own labs to know what questions to ask your doctor.

Questions for a future episode? Drop us an email at [email protected].

Want to see the video version? Go here.

Figure out your Hormone Issue by taking our quiz.

Are you one of the women that have recently been diagnosed with or recognized that you have ADHD?

After so many years of the medical system focusing on boys for ADD/ADHD, in the last few years there's been a big realization that many girls and women have suffered with the condition silently.

That's because ADHD often looks very different in girls and women. And hormones are a part of that picture.

In today's episode, my guest Adele Wimsett and I dive into this fascinating intersection of ADHD and hormone health, and why, in particular, ADHD may begin to rear its head during perimenopause.

We talk about:

✨The importance of cortisol and insulin when it comes to working with ADHD

✨Hormonal fluctuations and how they exacerbate ADHD symptoms

✨How ADHD can show up for different women, and how to figure out best practices for yourself

✨The role that BHRT may play in leveling out ADHD sypmtoms in perimenopause

✨And so much more!

Considering that we are under so much stress and juggling multiple things everyday, it's no wonder so many women are finding out they have ADHD. This episode helps to guide you in the process of how to make it your superpower, instead of a constant struggle.

Adele Wimsett is a Women's Health Practitioner & Cyclical Living Expert. Having co-authored the book Essential Feminine Wisdom, she is passionate about educating women & girls on how to harness the power of their cyclical nature. From menarche to menopause, Adele bridges the woo & the science, supporting women to balance their hormones naturally. Adele's niche within the Women's Health arena is specialising in supporting ADHD women to understand how their hormones affect their traits. Find out more at her website, and follow her on her IG.

Bringing Sexy Back workshop

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It’s easy to focus solely on our sex hormones when we think about hormone health, but it is equally important to work on our nervous system first and foremost. By doing so, we can help regulate our hormones and improve our overall health and well-being.

Today, we have with us Lizzy Zima, a personal trainer, somatic practitioner, and creator of Empower Body Mind Soul. Lizzie’s work focuses on helping

One of the key things that Lizzy emphasizes in her work is the importance of regulating our nervous system in order to promote physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. She combines tools such as breathwork and EFT with functional strength training and intuitive pleasure-based movement to help her clients achieve this goal.

What We Talk About:

✨How Lizzy got into this work

✨The importance of being able to experience the full range of emotions, but understand how to come back to a regulated state

✨Reclaiming feminine power and feminine wisdom

✨Nervous system tools to incorporate into your daily life

✨Why connecting with the earth is important for health.

✨And a lot more!

Lizzy Zima is a personal trainer, somatic practitioner & creator of EMPOWER Body Mind Soul, a self-honoring movement & mindfulness modality, that

Her music-driven classes combine tools for nervous system regulation & emotional resilience – such as breathwork & EFT, with functional strength training & intuitive pleasure-based movement & self love, to promote physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.

At the heart of her work is the prayer that we may metabolize our past traumas, release shame & unworthiness, and rise up to embody our

She offers classes, workshops, women’s circles, and private sessions both online & in Asheville, NC

You can learn more about Lizzy at her website and sign up for classes!

BHRT is a natural approach to hormone replacement that can help with long-term issues such as bone health, heart health, and brain health, as well as during the peri-menopausal and menopausal transitions.

We have a special guest with us today, Ricky Brandon, a Health and Wellness Advocate who, along with his wife Kandi, started hormone balance centers because they could not find the high level of care they desired for their own family.

After years of searching, 1000s of hours and training, research, and trial and error, Ricky has finally landed on the process and system that mixes

During the conversation, Ricky talks about the struggles he and his wife encountered while searching for the right hormone replacement therapy for their family. He highlights that women are usually more aware when something is wrong with their bodies than men and that ignoring the signs can have dire consequences.

What We Discuss:

✨How to navigate what’s going on in your body

✨The challenges Ricky and his wife experienced while finding the right hormone replacement therapy

✨Why it’s important to educate yourself on hormones

✨How low testosterone affects mood and drive

✨Estrogen and breast cancer risk

✨Digging into the details of bioidentical replacement hormone therapy

✨And a lot more!

This episode provides valuable information on BHRT and how it can benefit women’s health. BHRT is a natural approach to hormone replacement that

Ricky Brandon is a health and wellness advocate. He and his wife Candy started Hormone Balance Centers because they could not find the high level of care they desired for their own family. After years of searching, thousands of hours in training, research, and trial, and error, he has finally landed on the process and system that mixes traditional medicine with alternative medicine and helps people feel great again and live younger and longer with natural hormone replacement therapy.

Learn more about Ricky at his website and checkout his Ebook & Audiobook Do Your Hormones Have You Draggin’, Saggin’ & Naggin’.