The LongHer Life is the women's longevity podcast that says the quiet part out loud. Science backed and soul led, in the same episode, from the same person.
Host Brittany Ford is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and the founder of Biohacking Brittany. Every week she breaks down what's actually working for women's health: peptides, hormone testing, fertility and postpartum, metabolic health, mitochondria, nervous system regulation, longevity protocols, perimenopause, and the soul work underneath all of it.
You'll get real protocols with the dosing and the tradeoffs, her own lab results read out loud, honest reviews of what she's testing on herself, and long conversations with the doctors, researchers and founders she actually trusts. No wellness theatre, no supplement she hasn't taken herself.
If you want to feel good in your body now and still be strong at 90, you're in the right place.
Formerly Biohacking with Brittany. New episode every week.
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10 Things You Don't Know About Me and Why Biohacking with Brittany Is Now The LongHer Life
Episode 452
Friday, September 18, 2026 • Duration 01:16:45
Welcome to The LongHer Life, formerly Biohacking with Brittany. To kick off this new era, I'm not giving you a list of supplements. I'm giving you me. These are 10 things you probably don't know about me, and some of them I've never said on the mic before.
I share why I outgrew Biohacking with Brittany, and I read you the letter I wrote to my old self to close that chapter. Then we go deep: growing up in South Africa and moving to Canada at 7, my parents' divorce and caring for them as a teenager, growing up very Christian and where I stand with faith and spirituality now, my breech baby and traumatic birth, and the postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts I didn't recognize until I came out of them.
I also open up about the hardest season of my marriage, how I pick up on energy, the signs I keep getting that I'm going to have twins, why I thought I'd never work one on one again, and what it's like being a visionary who still has mom guilt.
This episode is for education and connection only and is not medical or mental health advice. If you're struggling with postpartum anxiety or birth trauma, please reach out to your provider or someone you trust.
Microdosing Psilocybin for Women: How Much Is a Microdose, How It Works in the Brain, the Pineal Gland and Crown Chakra, Postpartum Anxiety, Mom Brain and Creativity
Episode 451
Saturday, September 12, 2026 • Duration 39:06
Magic mushrooms used to mean a party drug or a bad trip. Today psilocybin is in phase 3 clinical trials, and more women than you would ever guess are quietly microdosing for anxiety, creativity and the mental load of motherhood. In this episode I share why I microdose, how I do it, and everything I wish every woman knew before she tried it.
I explain what psilocybin actually is, how much a microdose really is (and what I take), and what happens in your brain: the serotonin 2A receptor, BDNF, neuroplasticity, and why the loop of overthinking goes quiet. Then the energetic side: the crown chakra, the pineal gland, how psilocybin literally changes your brain's frequencies, and why sound has always been part of this medicine.
I also get personal. My own microdosing journey before and after postpartum, my Sunday batch cooking ritual, the postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts I did not realize I had until I came out of them, and how microdosing helps me stay open to solutions instead of forcing the how.
Join me live for The Exhale, my free 90 minute masterclass on peptides, longevity and the nervous system, on September 22 at 2 PM Eastern. Save your seat: https://biohackingbrittany.com/pages/the-exhale
If you want me to build a protocol with you, my new one on one longevity program is opening and the waitlist is live. My 1:1 consults are closed, so the waitlist is the only way in, first come first serve: https://biohackingbrittany.com/pages/waitlist
WHAT I COVER
The podcast update launching next week
The Exhale: why you cannot out-peptide a dysregulated nervous system
My microdosing story, from talk therapy years ago to postpartum
From ancient Mazatec ceremony to phase 3 trials and a possible 2027 launch
What psilocybin is, and why it fits your serotonin receptors like a key
Peptides and Chakras for Women: HPA Dysregulation, PMOS, Insulin Resistance, Hashimoto's, Hot Flashes and Sleep, Mapped to All 8 Energy Centers | Her Stack Series
Episode 450
Thursday, September 3, 2026 • Duration 01:14:10
There are two maps of the same body that almost never get laid on top of each other. One is over a thousand years old and runs up your midline naming energy centers. One is about a hundred years old and runs up the same midline naming glands. In this episode I put them on top of each other, and then I add the peptides.
I go center by center, all eight of them, and for each one I give you what the ancient text actually says, what the modern reading says, the gland that lives there, what shows up in women's health at that center, the peptides that run it with honest evidence strength, and then a practice: an affirmation, a meditation, a visualization, and three questions to sit with.
I promise you there is not another podcast episode on this. The idea came to me in a meditation.
If you want me to build this with you, my new one on one longevity program opens in September and the waitlist is live now. I am at capacity and my 1:1 consults are closed, so the waitlist is the only way in, and spots go first come first serve: https://biohackingbrittany.com/pages/waitlist
I also share what is changing behind the scenes: the September rebrand, the new program structure that my A4M peptide therapy certification confirmed for me, the planner, the deck I am designing, and the psychic reading that I am not ready to share yet.
WHAT I COVER
Why my one on one consults are closed, and what is replacing them in September
The peptide certification moment: you cannot out-peptide a dysregulated nervous system
Two maps of the same body, 1577 and 1927, and why neither one wins
The classical colors are not the rainbow, and what they actually are
Root and the adrenals: the CRH to ACTH to cortisol cascade, HPA dysregulation, and Selank
Sacral and the ovaries: kisspeptin as the master switch, PMOS, MOTS-c and mitochondrial density
Why a 16th century text called a woman's body cyclical, and research did not include us until 1993
Ovarian Longevity: Why Your Ovaries Age 15 Years Before The Rest Of You, AMH Truths, Cysts, PMOS, Endometriomas + The Sacral Chakra Nobody Told You About
Episode 449
Friday, August 21, 2026 • Duration 01:04:03
You've probably heard that your ovaries age 2.5x times faster than the rest of your body. I went looking for that study. It does not exist.
In this episode I trace that number back to an uncited supplement company blog post, and then I give you the one that is real: ovarian aging shows up 15 to 20 years earlier than in any other tissue in your body. Your ovaries are not a fertility organ. They are the organ that sets the pace for your bones, your heart, your brain and how long you live.
This is the first episode built on my four pillars: Nourish, Stack, Live and Align. I also share what is changing behind the scenes, including my practice, my planner, and where this brand is going next.
The 2.5x ovarian aging myth and where it actually came from
Why the Stanford organ aging clocks never included an ovary
Senescence and fibrosis: it is not that the seeds run out, it is that the soil goes hard
Why less than 2 percent of venture funding goes to women's health, and 90 percent of that goes to fertility
Your full lab panel: AMH by age, antral follicle count, day 3 FSH and estradiol
Why AMH does not predict whether you will get pregnant this month
The birth control trap: if you are on hormonal contraception your AMH is wrong by 14 to 55 percent
PMOS and why a high AMH is not extra time
Cysts: functional, hemorrhagic, dermoids, and why the pill does not shrink one you already have
Endometriomas, and what cystectomy actually costs your ovarian reserve
Premature ovarian insufficiency, the 2024 criteria change, and why POI is not early menopause
What the food research does and does not support
CoQ10, melatonin, inositol, DHEA, vitamin D, NMN and omega 3, ranked by real human evidence
Q&A: Your Intuition Directly Impacts Your Health, Censorship Online, and My Favorite NAD+ Nasal Spray and GHK-Cu Cream
Episode 448
Thursday, August 13, 2026 • Duration 41:20
In this Q&A I get honest about getting banned on TikTok, the manifestation moment that turned it around, and the piece of women's health I think almost everyone is missing. Then I answer your questions on longevity, the two new products I am using right now, and what I've planned for the fall.
Work with me one on one. I am opening a limited number of spots in my new inner circle, a three month program built around all six health pillars, including the intuition work. Book a free 15 minute discovery call and I will walk you through it: https://biohackingbrittany.com/pages/clients
In this episode:
1:32 Why I got banned on TikTok, and why I feel relieved
5:19 Where my community actually lives now (email and Substack)
7:55 Joe Dispenza, manifesting, and the CBC Radio moment
10:14 Q1: Why intuition is my sixth pillar
13:39 The five pillars vs the missing inside-out piece
15:55 Why this is not woo: interoception and your nervous system
19:12 Simple ways to tap back into your body
20:30 My new inner circle: the three month one-on-one program
26:28 Q2: Top 3 longevity habits for women
27:41 No. 1 Build and protect your muscle
31:24 No. 2 Regulate your nervous system and protect sleep
32:19 No. 3 Get metabolically and hormonally honest
My Personal Peptide Stack and Why I'm Taking a Break: BPC-157, TB-500, Microdosing Retatrutide, AOD-9604, GHK-Cu, NAD, Selank and Semax
Episode 447
Thursday, August 6, 2026 • Duration 48:50
I'm a biohacker with a peptide fridge, and right now I am injecting absolutely nothing. That is probably not what you expected me to say. The internet makes it look like the goal is more compounds, stacked higher, forever. It is not. The goal is to use the right tool for a specific window, then come off it.
In this solo episode I open my actual fridge. I walk through every peptide I have run recently, the real dose, why it went in, why it came out, and why I am on a full break right now. I cover my injury repair pair BPC-157 and TB-500, my body composition experiments with AOD-9604 and a Retatrutide microdose, my beauty and longevity layer with GHK-Cu and NAD nasal spray, and my brain and mood pair Selank and Semax. Then I explain why I am cycled off everything, and how to build your own stack for a female body instead of copying mine.
This is my personal experience for education, not medical advice, and peptides are provider territory. If you want me to help you build and sequence your own stack around your goals and your labs, you can book a free call here.
02:20 - The confession: a biohacker with a peptide fridge, injecting nothing right now
02:55 - Why more is not better, and who is really selling you peptides forever
04:04 - Work with me one on one: free 15-minute calls for women worldwide
05:11 - Foundations first: hitting 140 g of protein a day and creatine
06:39 - Two years postpartum, building muscle, and my genetics
07:57 - Sleep and recovery: my new Oura Ring and tracking HRV
08:43 - Where my peptide year started: a wake surfing knee injury
Peptides Just Got National Validation: Inside the Landmark FDA Vote on BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, MOTS-c, DSIP, Epitalon + Semax
Episode 446
Friday, July 24, 2026 • Duration 40:59
This is a landmark day for peptides! I recorded this at 6 AM the morning between day one and day two of the FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) meeting, and I'm breaking down exactly what happened, why it matters, and what it means for you depending on where you live.
On day one, the committee voted YES on all four peptides they reviewed: BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, and MOTS-c. This went against the FDA scientists' own recommendation. There was an audible gasp in the room. Today they're voting on DSIP, Epitalon, and Semax, and I expect all three to pass too.
If you'd like to work with me one-on-one, you can book a free call here.
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome + why this is a landmark peptide moment
04:50 What the FDA PCAC panel voted on and why it shocked everyone
08:00 Peptides have a champion at the very top (RFK Jr.) + the $2.2B opportunity
10:00 Why this is a win. Safety through legitimacy, licensed compounding pharmacies, real quality standards
13:50 Why national validation matters, and what this means if you're already using peptides
17:30 BPC-157. The recovery superstar. Doses, cycles, uses
20:35 TB-500. The recovery partner. The Wolverine stack with BPC-157
22:00 KPV. The anti-inflammatory gem for gut and skin
23:10 MOTS-c. Exercise mimetic, metabolic and mitochondrial support
25:35 What's on the vote today. DSIP for sleep, Epitalon for longevity, Semax for focus
27:30 Free base vs acetate. What you need to know
28:35 What this means for women. Why our physiology needs its own research
30:55 The future. Nothing is fully legal yet. The FDA still gets the final vote
33:35 The gray market will shrink but not dissolve
34:30 If you don't have a doctor. How the US telehealth model will work
35:20 What this means for Canadians and global listeners
37:00 Peptides are here to stay. The cultural moment already happened
Optimize your Blood Sugar: Belly Fat, Prediabetes, Peptides, Type 3 & 4 Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, CGMs, Inositol and GLP-1's | Her Stack Series
Episode 445
Friday, July 17, 2026 • Duration 01:45:51
Blood sugar is the master dial. If your energy crashes at 3pm, if the cravings run you, if the belly weight will not move no matter how clean you eat, this is not a willpower problem. It is a blood sugar problem, and it is fixable.
In this episode I break down blood sugar for women from the ground up: what glucose and insulin actually do, the six levers that throw them off, the full diabetes spectrum from prediabetes through Types 1 to 4 (including the lean, skinny fat Type 4 that surprised me), and the exact labs and CGMs to run. Then I give you my full stack across four pillars: nutrition, lifestyle, supplements, and peptides.
I also get into how the GLP-1s and the growth hormone peptides move your blood sugar in opposite directions, PMOS (the newly renamed condition you have known as PCOS) where insulin is the real root, and how to actually get a CGM here in Canada now that the US apps like Levels do not ship north of the border. If you want me to build this protocol with you, you can book a free call here.
Timestamps:
04:15 - What blood sugar is: glucose and insulin
07:38 - Lever 1: spikes, crashes, and cravings
11:31 - Lever 2: insulin, belly fat, and fat storage
15:45 - Lever 3: insulin resistance and HOMA-IR
19:17 - Lever 4: glycation and your HbA1c
24:04 - Lever 5: cortisol, how stress spikes sugar
26:29 - Lever 6: your hormones, cycle, and perimenopause
34:16 - The diabetes spectrum: prediabetes and Types 1 to 4
46:17 - Symptoms: how to tell your blood sugar is off
48:03 - Labs and CGMs, and how to get one in Canada
How to Glow Up in 8 Weeks: Supplements, Collagen, Biohacks and Peptides (GHK-Cu, Retatrutide, MOTS-c, AOD 9604) | Her Stack Series
Episode 444
Saturday, July 11, 2026 • Duration 01:20:46
You have a wedding, a vacation, a babymoon, a reunion, or a big shoot in about two months, and you want to walk in glowing. In this episode I give you my full 8 week glow up protocol, the same one I build for my one on one clients, and it is all from the inside out.
I break down what glow actually is on a physiological level: collagen, glycation, inflammation and puffiness, gut health, circulation and lymph, and body composition. Then I walk you through the labs to run, my three pillars of nutrition, lifestyle, and supplements, and the peptides I reach for when a client wants skin, hair, tan, and fat loss support. I close with budget tiers so you can start whether you have $100 or $5,000 a month.
If you want me to build this protocol with you, work with me one on one for peptides, hormones, longevity, and a full lab review.
I TALK ABOUT:
00:00 Welcome and the 8 week glow up premise
04:16 What glow really is: collagen as your scaffolding
09:52 Glycation, AGEs, and how sugar ages your skin
11:11 Inflammation, puffiness, and what actually drives bloat
1:02:25 Peptides for skin, hair, tan, and fat loss
1:17:32 Budget tiers from $100 to $5,000 and how to start
The Complete Sleep Protocol: Peptides, Supplements, Blood Sugar, Blue Light, Cooling Mattresses + The 3 AM Fix That Changed Everything | Her Stack Series
Episode 442
Friday, July 3, 2026 • Duration 53:12
In this episode, I'm giving you the full sleep protocol I built for myself and for the women I work with. Not just how to sleep longer, but how to make the hours you actually get deeper, more restorative, and more efficient. Even if you have a kid in your bed. Even if you are perimenopausal and running hot. Even if you have been broken for years.
I share the exact protein-before-bed hack that ended my 3 AM wake-ups, the caffeine half-life math (why your 2 PM coffee is still in your system at 10 PM), why I do not recommend melatonin for most women, the 3 sleep peptides I trust the most (DSIP, Epitalon, Selank), and the fringe biohacks that actually move the needle. If you'd like to work with me, you can book a free call here.
Timestamps:
02:15 - Housekeeping: one-on-one consults are open
05:20 - Why broken sleep is physiological, not a willpower problem
07:50 - The 3 AM wake-up: cortisol, blood sugar, and the Chinese medicine organ clock
10:30 - Sleep architecture (deep sleep first half, REM second half)
12:20 - What good sleep looks like for a woman + how to track it (Oura Ring)
15:15 - The truth about melatonin (why more is not better)
17:30 - The hormone cascade: tryptophan, 5-HTP, serotonin, melatonin
19:35 - GABA, dopamine, cortisol, oxytocin: what happens while you sleep
21:15 - Pillar 1: Nutrition. the protein-before-bed experiment that changed my sleep
25:45 - Cherries, kiwi, magnesium-rich foods
27:30 - Caffeine half-life math + why alcohol wrecks the second half of the night
How much a microdose is: 0.1 to 0.3 grams of dried mushroom, and my sweet spot
The toboggan hill analogy, and how microdosing helps you see new solutions
The science: serotonin 2A, glutamate, BDNF, psychoplastogens and the default mode network
The energetic side: the crown chakra, the pineal gland, alpha waves and 432 and 528 Hz
What to expect, and the Fadiman and Stamets protocols
Future self work and letting go of the how
Moms who microdose, postpartum anxiety, mom brain and Moms on Mushrooms
Creativity and the sacral chakra
The legal picture in Canada and the US
How to start with intention
I TALK ABOUT:
00:00 - The podcast update, and The Exhale masterclass on September 22
07:08 - Why I microdose, and my story before and after postpartum
08:54 - From ancient ceremony to phase 3 trials
11:16 - What psilocybin is, and how much a microdose really is
14:35 - How I microdose on Sunday batch cooking days
15:42 - The toboggan hill: how microdosing helps you see new solutions
19:08 - The science: serotonin 2A, BDNF and the default mode network
21:30 - The energetic side: crown chakra, pineal gland and frequency
24:12 - What to expect, and the Fadiman and Stamets protocols
25:45 - Future self work and letting go of the how
32:07 - Motherhood, postpartum anxiety and creativity
35:21 - The legal picture, and how to start with intention
This episode is for education only and is not medical advice. Psilocybin is a controlled substance in Canada and federally in the US. Know your local laws and talk to your own provider, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or taking medication. This episode includes a partnership with Schedule35.
What can sit in the second chakra for women, said as gently as I know how
Solar plexus and the pancreas: the most peptide dense place in your body, and why you have to ask for fasting insulin
Heart and the thymus: the organ that teaches your body the difference between you and not you, and why roughly 80 percent of autoimmunity is female
Throat and the thyroid: Hashimoto's, the full panel to ask for, and postpartum thyroiditis
Third eye and the pituitary: growth hormone secretagogues, and the KNDy neuron circuit behind hot flashes
Crown and the pineal: melatonin is not a peptide, most people take far too much, and Epitalon
The 8th chakra: the aura, the soul star, and why the women who burn out are the ones holding the most people
I TALK ABOUT:
00:00 - What is changing in September, and why my 1:1 consults are closed
08:27 - The planner, the deck, and what a psychic told me
12:23 - Peptides and chakras: two maps of the same body
15:38 - The 1577 lineage versus the 1927 rainbow
18:23 - Root: the adrenals, HPA dysregulation, and Selank
27:24 - Sacral: the ovaries, kisspeptin, PMOS, and MOTS-c
37:40 - Solar plexus: the pancreas, insulin resistance, and fasting insulin
43:03 - Heart: the thymus, autoimmunity in women, and thymosin alpha 1
49:10 - Throat: the thyroid, Hashimoto's, and the full panel to ask for
54:57 - Third eye: the pituitary, growth hormone peptides, and hot flashes
1:00:57 - Crown: the pineal, melatonin truths, and Epitalon
1:05:45 - The 8th chakra: the aura, the soul star, and what you carry out of a room
This episode is for education only and is not medical advice. I do not prescribe. Talk to your own provider about your labs, your symptoms and any treatment decisions.
Rapamycin, the VIBRANT trial, and ovarian tissue freezing
The pelvic bowl in the classical Sanskrit text, and what it actually describes
Jing, Tian Gui, and how Chinese medicine predicted the end of fertility at 49
How misalignment shows up in the body, and the guardrail I insist on
Why clinical hypnosis is the woo that actually works
TIMESTAMPS
08:03 The 2.5x ovarian aging myth, and what is actually true
13:23 Your ovaries are an endocrine organ, not a fertility organ
19:54 The labs to run, and AMH by age
23:55 If you are on birth control, your AMH is wrong
28:03 Cysts, dermoids, and what the pill does not do
32:24 Endometriomas and what surgery costs your ovarian reserve
34:20 Premature ovarian insufficiency
36:43 Nourish and Stack: food, CoQ10, melatonin, inositol, NMN
47:06 Rapamycin and ovarian tissue freezing
49:22 Align: the pelvic bowl, Chinese medicine, and how misalignment shows up
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