It's Not You, It's Your Hormones

It's Not You, It's Your Hormones

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It's Not You, It's Your Hormones episodes

  • 39. Why You Gain 5 Pounds Overnight

    What if your clothes feeling tighter isn’t weight gain… it’s your hormones talking?
     

    Meet the moment every woman knows too well: one day you feel snatched, the next you feel like a friendly marshmallow.

    But what if the reason wasn’t your diet… but your biology?
     

    In this episode, Chelsea breaks down the raw truth behind:
     

    • The hidden inflammation that mimics weight gain

    • Why your cycle shifts your size week by week

    • How stress makes your body hold onto water

    • The gut issues that add 3–10 pounds of bloat

    • The restaurant ingredients that cause overnight puffiness

    • The workouts that make you look bigger before you look toned

     

    If you’ve ever felt puffy, swollen, confused, or convinced you “gained weight” overnight, this episode will feel like breathing out for the first time.


    It’s not fat.

    It’s feedback.

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    24 min
  • 38. Your Body Is Your Business: Hannah's Story

    What if the real reason you’re snapping at your kids and running on caffeine isn’t burnout… it’s your hormones?

     

    Meet Hannah — a CEO mom of five who went from migraines, meltdowns, and midnight doomscrolling to calm, clear, and confident.

     

    After years of thinking “this is just motherhood,” she finally decided to stop surviving and start healing.

     

    🎧 Press play to hear how she rebuilt her health, her marriage, and her sense of self — without another diet or detox.

     

    Spoiler: The secret wasn’t more hustle. It was hormones. 🤫

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    45 min
  • 37. The C Word

    What if the real reason chronic illness is rising isn’t genetics... it’s the terrain we’ve built?

     

    This episode is the wake-up call no one wants but every high-achieving woman needs.

    Because it’s not about fear, it’s about power.

     

    We talk about what it really means to build a body cancer struggles to survive in.

    The red flags we’ve normalized.

    The habits that quietly turn stress into sickness.

    And the choices that make prevention your best investment.
     

    🎧 Press play if you’re ready to understand:

    Why your symptoms are messages, not random

    What functional oncologists know that your doctor doesn’t

    And how to shift from “hope it doesn’t happen to me” to “I’m not building that terrain.”

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    23 min
  • 36. Hormone imbalance vs. "just being a mom": Allie's Story

    What if the real reason you’re exhausted, snappy, and running on caffeine isn’t motherhood… it’s your hormones?

    Meet Allie… a Texas VP and mom of two who went from survival mode and snippy to sunny, steady, and strong. After years of hearing “your labs look normal,” she took matters into her own hands — and what happened next shocked even her doctor.

    🎧✨ Press play to hear the raw truth about what it’s really like to heal while raising kids, leading a team, and breaking out of burnout.

    And uncover the missing piece that will change everything. Spoiler Alert: It’s not hustle 🤫

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    28 min
  • 35. 4 Hidden Health Triggers No One’s Talking About

    What you’ll learn

    • The 4 terrain stressors that make disease thrive: inflammation, hypoxia, acidity, toxicity

    • How 7+ hours of sleep supports immune surveillance and emotional regulation

    • Practical ways to oxygenate your body through breath, movement, and mitochondrial support

    • Mouth–gut basics: stop nuking your oral microbiome, what to do instead

    • The mindset shift from toe-dipping to decisive, repeatable action

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    17 min
  • 34. 3 Fitness & Health Myths Keeping Smart Women Stuck

    Tired of “just lift heavier” and “eat less” advice that leaves you wired, bloated, and stuck? This episode breaks the myth cycle and shows busy women exactly what to fix first... so results land fast and last.

    What's in this episode, you ask? Well buckle up because you’re about to hear…

    • Why creatine and heavy lifting are bonuses, not foundations
    • Calorie deficit vs cortisol deficit and how to know which you need
    • The gut-repair sequence that beats daily bloat and constipation
    • How to get out of survival mode so your body will burn fat again
    • The simple meal framework that stabilizes blood sugar without tracking
    • When a probiotic helps and when it makes symptoms worse
    • The mindset + inner-work layer that makes results stick

    Scroll away from the TikTok health trends and find what actually works for YOU 🎧✨  BOOK YOUR 15 MINUTE HORMONE STRATEGY SESSION

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    27 min
  • 33. Why Type A Women Need Permission to Rest

    High-achieving women don’t need more willpower - they need the right kind of rest. In this episode, Chelsea breaks down the seven rest types that restore cortisol, deepen sleep, improve digestion, and make fat loss easier without more cardio.

     

    In just twenty minutes, you’ll learn:

    ✅ Why “performative exhaustion” wrecks hormones—and how to opt-out fast

    ✅  The 7 types of restorative rest (only one is sleep)

    ✅  How to schedule white space like a meeting and see energy rise in weeks

    ✅  Sensory rest swaps that calm your nervous system in 10 minutes

    ✅ Boundaries for “emotional dump truck” dynamics (keep your energy)

    ✅ A simple Sabbath practice for clarity that actually sticks

     

    Tune in now! 🎧✨

     

    Sign up for the next Hormone Reset Kickstart here.

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    21 min
  • 32. Why the Most Successful Women Are Investing in Their Health

    As a high-achieving woman, you wouldn’t bet your retirement on one stock — so why are you betting your life on willpower and cardio? In this episode, we reallocate your time, money, and energy into the asset that pays the best dividends: your hormones.

     

    What you’ll learn (fast, no fluff):

     

    The 20-transaction money leak audit to fund food, labs, and recovery without earning more.

     

    Common ≠ normal: why burnout, belly fat, cravings, and insomnia are signs of dysregulation — not aging.

     

    Order of operations: micro-habits that prime fat loss without restriction or more cardio.

     

    Case study: Ivy-League lawyer → sleeping better by week two, down 10 lbs by week 3.5 with smarter timing and training.

     

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    26 min
  • 31. The Working Mom's Postpartum Partnership Survival Guide

    As a new mom, you’ve probably felt it: The invisible load. The resentment. The guilt that you should be happier.

     

    But the truth is… motherhood changes everything.

    And if you don’t have the words to explain what’s happening inside, your partner is left guessing.

     

    In this episode with matrescence coach + LinkedIn leader Sara Pantry, we dive deep into how to:
     

    ✅ Recognize the invisible load and communicate it clearly

    ✅ Use simple scripts that stop fights before they start

    ✅ Protect intimacy and connection when you’re exhausted

    ✅ Understand matrescence — the “adolescence of motherhood”

    ✅ Reconnect with your partner and yourself without guilt

     

    This is the conversation every couple needs to hear.

     

    Join the Working Mama Reset here

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    42 min
  • 30. The True Cost of Waiting to Fix Your Hormones

    Hot girls have habits (not hacks)... so here's the 7 day reset busy women need right now...

    As a high-achieving woman, you don’t need more hacks—you need habits that actually fit your life. In this episode, Chelsea explains why “busy” is the best time to start, how to stop perfectionism from stalling progress, and the exact order of operations for women 35+: balance hormones first, then pursue fat loss.
     

    Here's what you’ll learn (fast):

    ✅ The hidden cost of waiting and why delay compounds symptoms (energy, sleep, cravings, weight)

    ✅ Balance-then-burn: the real sequence for sustainable results after 35

    ✅ How “train at mountain level” habits make real-life maintenance easy

    ✅ Perfectionism vs. directional correctness (and how to actually move)

    ✅ The 7-Day Hormone Reset Kickstart: boulders, not pebbles—so you feel better by next week

    Tune in now! 🎧✨

    Join the 7-Day Hormone Reset Kickstart (limited spots; $97) 👉🏻 JOIN HERE 

    ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here.

    ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

    ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.

    ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it.

    📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it.


    Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

    25 min

About It's Not You, It's Your Hormones

From the publisher's feed

It's Not You, It's Your Hormones podcast is hosted by Chelsea McLeod, a corporate dropout turned Integrative Health Practitioner.

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