How Stress is Damaging Your Fertility - HPA Axis Dysregulation

In our private group, I get this general feeling that there’s so much information out there and it’s hard to figure out who to listen to or what applies to you.  But a common theme that I’m sensing is that many people are putting stress on their bodies without even realizing it. If you remember from a previous episode, we went over the idea of the kidney energy reservoir and how genetics, lifestyle choices can seriously impact how quickly we use up the energy in the reservoir.  Even though I think people get this concept that if you withdraw from a savings bank without depositing back in, you’ll end up with a deficit...I don’t think the message really hit home because Chinese medicine concepts can be a little abstract.   So today I want to approach this from a functional medicine perspective and talk about stress, the different types of stress, and how it seriously damages your HPA axis and therefore can affect your chances of getting pregnant.   In this episode, I will: Explain the concept of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis The four common stress triggers that can cause HPA axis dysregulation My top tips on how to rebalance the HPA axis I’ve also created an assessment for you to gauges your risk for HPA axis Dysregulation, and it will quickly give you an idea of where you fall on the spectrum.   To get your hands on this assessment, you can download it at adriennewei.com/63download.     Links mentioned: Freebie Download How to Get Healthy and Get Pregnant Facebook Community   Episodes mentioned: Episode 26 Episode 38 Episode 40 Episode 49 Episode 50