If you’ve ever felt amazing one week and completely depleted the next and wondered why your energy, cravings, mood, and workouts feel so inconsistent, this episode is for you. Your cycle is not just your period. It’s a four-phase hormonal rhythm that governs your metabolism, insulin sensitivity, stress response, digestion, and even your confidence. When you learn how to work with these hormonal shifts instead of fighting them, everything gets easier, from weight loss to PMS to energy.

In this episode I’m sharing:

• Why your menstrual cycle is your fifth vital sign and what your blood color, length, and flow reveal about estrogen and progesterone
• Exactly how to eat, train, and recover during your menstrual phase for lower inflammation and better iron levels
• How to fuel your follicular phase for better workouts, creativity, insulin sensitivity, and egg quality
• What to focus on during ovulation to support liver detox, hormone clearance, confidence, and peak energy
• How to stabilize cravings, sleep, and mood in your luteal phase with potassium, magnesium, B6, and progesterone-supportive foods
• How seed cycling works and exactly when to use pumpkin, flax, sesame, and sunflower seeds
• The biggest mistake women make when trying to “fix” estrogen or progesterone without addressing blood sugar and minerals
• Why blood sugar balance is the #1 biohack for better cycles, easier weight loss, and stable hormones
• How minerals, electrolytes, and protein front-loading change your energy across every phase
• What it means when none of these phases feel recognizable, and why that’s a sign of deeper hormone imbalance

Your hormones are not the problem, they’re responding to your foundation. When blood sugar, minerals, stress, and nourishment are supported, your cycle becomes predictable, your symptoms fade, and your body finally feels like it’s working for you instead of against you. This episode will show you exactly how to start syncing your lifestyle to your biology for better energy, fewer cravings, and easier hormone balance.

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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.

Through the Balance Hormones Naturally podcast, you’ll discover why your cycle is so important to your everyday health and how you can use nutrition to help support the rise and fall 

of your hormones and finally feel truly amazing. We dig deep to understand and heal the root causes of your symptoms so you can achieve lasting results through manageable and realistic lifestyle changes, allowing you to live a healthy and balanced life without a life-long pharmaceutical prescription.

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