Balancing Hormones Naturally – Details, episodes & analysis

EPISODE 176: Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information available to you?

If you’re one of those people who always turns to Dr. Google for answers, who’s always listening to podcasts and watching videos to learn more about their health and how to optimize it, then you probably know what I’m talking about. 

You know that there are many more things you could be doing, you know you can feel better, but there is too much information around you, and you’re not sure where to start.

Lucky for you, this is exactly what I’m discussing in this week’s episode of the Balancing Hormones Naturally podcast.

Listen in as I discuss how to get through your information paralysis, the importance of using a personalized approach for your health, why you need easy, practical steps if you want to make big lifestyle changes, and more.

Are you ready?

Let’s dive in. 

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Story time (02:18)

Why you need a professional to help you in your health journey (13:36)

Why too much information doesn’t work (15:43)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 Thank you to Eversio Wellness for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/LEAH or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off. 

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⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

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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.

Let’s connect: 

📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/

🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

📧 Email: [email protected]

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

EPISODE 175: Have you been trying for a baby for a while with no results? You’re not alone. Over 17% of the adult population all over the world find themselves experiencing fertility issues in their lifetime, and that number is only getting higher. 

So how can you address this issue at the source? 

This is exactly what I discuss in this week’s episode of the Balancing Hormones Naturally podcast.

And to do so, I’ve invited an expert in fertility, the amazing Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. 

Lisa is a certified fertility awareness educator, holistic reproductive health practitioner, and author of Real Food for Fertility. She is also the founder of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship, which helps women take control of their own fertility.

In this episode, Lisa will be discussing the current sperm quality guidelines, the optimal sperm numbers for fertility, the decline in sperm quality over the decades, how your daily activities can impact a man’s sperm count, and her book Real Food for Fertility.

Are you ready to take your fertility into your own hands?

Then run, don’t walk, and listen to this episode now!

Key Takeaways: 

Introduction (00:00)

The current sperm quality guidelines (02:53)

It takes two to tango (05:41)

Why consistency matters (19:35)

How sperm quality impacts the placenta (30:00)

Let’s talk AMH levels (35:36)

Discussing Lisa’s book (45:03)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ Get Lisa’s book: https://realfoodforfertility.com/

➡️ Learn more about Fertility Friday: https://fertilityfriday.com/

➡️ Follow Lisa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fertilityfriday/ 

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/promos/balancing-hormones-naturally-multi-product-page or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off. 

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⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

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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.

Let’s connect: 

📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/

🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

📧 Email: [email protected]

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Over 40 million adults in the US suffer from a type of anxiety disorder. In fact, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness, not just in the US, but in the world.

These are some pretty damning statistics…

Today, I’m here to talk about those statistics, and more specifically, anxiety and its root cause and how to support a good sleep routine through a healthier lifestyle. 

To discuss this, I’ve invited an expert on my podcast, the amazing Dr. Kevin Majeres.

Dr. Majeres is a board-certified psychiatrist and lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He is also one of the world’s leading experts in cognitive behavioral therapy.

In this episode, Dr. Majeres and I will be discussing how anxiety can be an opportunity for personal growth, how to manage stress and procrastination in your day-to-day life, and the potential links between sleep disorders and mitochondrial function.

Dr. Majeres will also be sharing with us a few easy techniques to improve the quality of your sleep, why established morning routines are the secret to a healthier lifestyle, how to help your brain wind down before bed, and more.

Are you ready?

Tune in now.

Key Takeaways: 

Introduction (00:00)

What is anxiety? (02:39)

How to deal with chronic anxiety (06:39)

Are you avoiding your own thoughts? (11:27)

One small step towards healing (15:32)

How to prepare your body and brain for sleep (21:24)

How much sleep do you really need? (26:06)

Repairing your sleep 101 (36:15)

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Optimal Work: https://optimalwork.com/about-us

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➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 Thank you to Quality of Life & Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/promos/balancing-hormones-naturally-multi-product-page or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off your first order. 

👉 Go to https://qualityoflife.net/ and enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off your first order. 

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⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

—

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.

Let’s connect: 

📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/

🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

📧 Email: [email protected]

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

How to get your Husband on board supporting your Hormonal Health

You asked and we are answering! This is one of my favorite episodes as I get to sit down with my husband Seb and talk through all of your questions! We discuss what men think when it comes to their health, women's health, and starting new journeys together. You also get an insight into how we communicate and work together as a couple!

Connect with John here!

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Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here.

You can join our private Facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your health care provider.

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In this week’s episode, I'm excited to share with you a special interview I did with Sarah Panus on her podcast Marketing With Empathy®.  With business and the marketing world in mind, we go over the basics of the menstrual cycle phases and how to plan out projects to with your cycles superpowers and not against them. We talk about the best time to have those difficult conversations, give a stellar presentation, and when it's the perfect time to ask your boss for a raise!

In this episode you will:

• Be introduced to Sarah Panus and her podcast Marketing With Empathy®
• Review the basics of the menstrual cycle phases
• Learn how to use Your Cycle to Benefit
• How Menstrual Cycles Affect Our Work Output

Sarah Panus is a brand storytelling strategist, podcast host of Marketing With Empathy®, and owner of Kindred Speak® consulting. She’s on a mission to make people’s days better by creating useful (and more meaningful) connections between brands and consumers. To use the power of storytelling to improve the lives of content marketing professionals and the people their brands serve.

Check out more episodes of Marketing With Empathy®:

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Mushroom coffee here

Get your supplements at a discount here.

All of Leah’s favorite products can be found here

Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here.

You can join our private facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle , please consult with your health care provider.

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Every pregnancy is different, even for me! In this episode, I compare my 1st pregnancy with my 2nd and share my personal nutrition and self-care tips that are helping me prepare for baby #2. If you are getting ready to have a baby make sure to take a listen so that you can implement these care tips into your daily diet and life!

In this episode you will learn about:

• How I handled my first pregnancy and what I am doing differently now
• My go-to supplements to help replenish my body's minerals
• Products I use to help with sleep and aches and pains

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Seed cycling from Funk it Wellness: LEAH15

Real Mushroom extracts here Code LEAH10

Rowe Casa Organics here  LEAH for 20% off

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Mushroom coffee here

Get your supplements at a discount here.

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All of Leah’s favorite products can be found here 

Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here.

You can join our private Facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your health care provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me as I talk with Dr. Greg about the ins and outs of Functional Medicine, how it can improve your life and support those with Autoimmune disease!

Dr. Greg Mongeon is a father to 5 active kids, husband to the love of his life, functional medicine doctor, speaker, and leader. His philosophy is the doctor of the future is YOU! And Dr. Greg is actively empowering his clients through mentoring, self-care, and optimizing his mindset.

He not only treats people locally but also treats people from all over the world. He devotes his time to treating people. His passion for connecting with people, providing hope and understanding of the autoimmune disease, and uncovering the root cause, is what separates him from others in the field.

Connect with Dr. Greg:

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Seed cycling from Funk it Wellness: LEAH15

Real Mushroom extracts here Code LEAH10

Rowe Casa Organics here  LEAH for 20% off

NED CBD code LEAH to save 15%

Mushroom coffee here 

Get your supplements at a discount here.

All of Leah’s favorite products can be found here

Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here.

You can join our private facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle , please consult with your health care provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links

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It’s almost time for Baby #2 to arrive and I am sharing all the ways I am preparing for them! Post-Partum care is important for your mental and physical health. Join me as I talk through all of the products I am using to have a smooth post-partum journey for my hormones and overall health!

In this episode you will learn:

• Suggested Foods to Prep
• Which Essential Oils to Have
• Products for Post-Partum Care

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Seed cycling from Funk it Wellness: LEAH15

Real Mushroom extracts here Code LEAH10

Rowe Casa Organics here  LEAH for 20% off

NED CBD code LEAH to save 15%

Mushroom coffee here 

Get your supplements at a discount here.

All of Leah’s favorite products can be found here

Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here. 

You can join our private facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg 

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your health care provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every month your menstrual cycle transitions through four different phases; Menstruation, Follicular, Ovulation & Luteal. When your hormones are out of balance you will experience PMS symptoms like moodiness, cramps, cravings, sore breasts, and hormonal acne. Our body is more efficient at processing nutrients from real food, that's why seed cycling is so beneficial. It makes sense to get your vitamins and minerals through food rather than pills.

Seed cycling uses food (flax, pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds) to work with your body to support the rise and fall of your hormones.

Join me as the founder of Funk It Wellness, Kate, and I talk through how beneficial seed cycling is for your hormones!

Kate Mortan is a registered dietician and founder of the seed cycling company, Funk it Wellness.  “After 3 months of seed cycling  my acne, cramps, and mood had done a total 360 and I knew I had to bring Seed cycling to the masses”

Get your seeds here! LEAH15 saves you 15%

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Seed cycling from Funk it Wellness: LEAH15

Real Mushroom extracts here Code LEAH10

Rowe Casa Organics here  LEAH for 20% off

NED CBD code LEAH to save 15%

Mushroom coffee here 

Get your supplements at a discount here.

All of Leah’s favorite products can be found here

Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here.

You can join our private facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle , please consult with your health care provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans have some metabolic dysfunction? Dr Lauren shows us how our metabolic health can affect hot flashes, weight loss, Alzheimer’s, and your overall life.

Lauren Kelley-Chew, MD is the Head of Clinical Product at Levels. Prior to Levels, Lauren led Strategy & BizOps at Verily Life Sciences, driving product, commercial, and clinical strategy with a focus on wearables, digital biomarkers, and emerging products. She previously founded a Y Combinator-backed digital therapeutics startup for digestive diseases and worked as a private equity investor. Lauren graduated from medical school at UPenn, where she was a Gamble Scholar. Throughout her career, Lauren has been inspired to build products and businesses that solve system-level problems and make good health accessible to everyone.

Check out Levels here

Connect with Dr. Lauren

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Seed cycling from Funk it Wellness: LEAH15

Real Mushroom extracts here Code LEAH10

Rowe Casa Organics here  LEAH for 20% off

Mushroom coffee here

Get your supplements at a discount here.

All of Leah’s favorite products can be found here

Apply for the waitlist for 1:1 coaching

Learn more about FDN here.

You can join our private facebook group, Balancing Hormones Naturally

Follow us on Instagram @balancinghormonesnaturally

Follow me on Instagram @leah_brueg

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle , please consult with your health care provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.