The Tara Thorne Wellness Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

If you've ever found yourself walking into a room and forgetting why you're there, struggling to find words in a meeting, or just feeling that ever-present mental cloud—this week's episode is for you. 

Discover the real causes of midlife brain fog and memory issues and learn how Tara Thorne helps clients overcome them through thyroid support, hormone balance, gut health, blood sugar stabilization, and targeted nutrients. A clear, practical roadmap for women in perimenopause and menopause.

Here's What You'll Learn in This Episode:

1. Why Your Thyroid Might Be the Culprit
   Discover how thyroid issues can slow everything down (including your brain!) and what you need to know about proper thyroid testing.

2. The Role of Estrogen in Mental Clarity
   Is your estrogen low? I'll explain why you can't always trust hormone tests during perimenopause and how to tune into the right clues.

3. Gut Health and That Pesky Brain Fog
   Find out why your gut is the last place you'd think to look for answers—and why it shouldn't be.

4. Nutrients Your Brain is Begging For
   Learn about the essential nutrients, including minerals and amino acids, that could turn your brain from foggy to focused.

5. Blood Sugar Balance for a Sharper Mind
   It's all about the protein! I'll share how getting enough protein (and balancing minerals) is a real game changer for mood and brain function.

Save up to $400 on a TPS Quick Start testing package. (Our lowest prices ever offered outside of TPS!)

Click HERE to learn more.

HRT Made Simple™ - Learn how to confidently speak to your doctor about the benefits of hormone replacement therapy so you can set yourself up for symptom-free, unmedicated years to come without feeling confused, dismissed, or leaving the medical office minus your HRT script.

Hair Loss Solutions Made Simple™ – This course will teach you the best natural, highly effective, and safe solutions for your hair loss so you can stop it, reverse it, and regrow healthy hair without turning to medications.

The Perimenopause Solution™ – My signature 6-month comprehensive hormonal health program for women in midlife who want to get solid answers to their hormonal health issues once and for all so they can kick the weight gain, moodiness, gut problems, skin issues, period problems, fatigue, overwhelm, insomnia, hair/eyebrow loss, and other symptoms in order to get back to the woman they once were.

[FREE] The Ultimate Midlife Perimenopause Handbook - Grab my free guide and RECLAIM your confidence, your mood, your waistline and energy without turning to medications or restrictive diets (or spending a fortune on testing you don't need!).

Let's talk about that mysterious, relentless bloating that seems to appear (or worsen) as we step into midlife. If you feel like your jeans fit differently by the end of the day, or you're suddenly experiencing tummy troubles you never had before, you're not alone – and you're not imagining things.

Hormonal shifts during perimenopause don't just mess with our moods or energy levels—they can have a huge impact on our gut. Our estrogen, progesterone, and even thyroid hormones all play critical roles in gut function. When those hormones start to fluctuate, the gut can become more sensitive, digestion can slow down, and inflammation levels can rise. 

Bloating is your body's way of asking for detective work. Maybe it's a case of poor transit time, low stomach acid, SIBO, or certain bacteria (hello methane or hydrogen sulfide producers!) making themselves at home. That's why it's so important to get personalized testing and work with someone who truly understands the microbiome—not one-size-fits-all protocols or quick fixes that can do more harm than good.

In this episode: 

1. How Your Hormones Mess With Your Gut: Learn how shifts in estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid can trigger bloating and impact digestion.

2. Transit Time Matters: Find out why pooping daily isn't enough—you need to understand your transit time for true gut health.

3. Thyroid's Surprising Role: Get the scoop on how sluggish thyroid function can slow things down and lead to major bloating (and exactly which labs to ask your doctor for!).

4. Enzyme & Stomach Acid Secrets: Discover Tara's favorite enzyme supplement, plus the critical role of stomach acid (and how to spot signs of deficiency).

5. Testing, Not Guessing: Why stool testing is THE gold standard for uncovering the real root of your bloating—and how to choose the right practitioner.

Watch on Youtube HERE. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

**BLACK FRIDAY SALE**

Save up to $400 on a TPS Quick Start testing package. (Our lowest prices ever offered outside of TPS!)
Click HERE to learn more.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You may also want to check out these episodes:

EPS 111: Gut health IS health. How many approach gut health incorrectly & why the right testing matters with Dr. Jason Hawrelak.

EPS 112: Why we stopped using the GI MAP in my practice & how we are approaching gut testing these days 

HRT Made Simple™ - Learn how to confidently speak to your doctor about the benefits of hormone replacement therapy so you can set yourself up for symptom-free, unmedicated years to come without feeling confused, dismissed, or leaving the medical office minus your HRT script.

Hair Loss Solutions Made Simple™ – This course will teach you the best natural, highly effective, and safe solutions for your hair loss so you can stop it, reverse it, and regrow healthy hair without turning to medications.

The Perimenopause Solution™ – My signature 6-month comprehensive hormonal health program for women in midlife who want to get solid answers to their hormonal health issues once and for all so they can kick the weight gain, moodiness, gut problems, skin issues, period problems, fatigue, overwhelm, insomnia, hair/eyebrow loss, and other symptoms in order to get back to the woman they once were.

[FREE] The Ultimate Midlife Perimenopause Handbook - Grab my free guide and RECLAIM your confidence, your mood, your waistline and energy without turning to medications or restrictive diets (or spending a fortune on testing you don't need!).

In Part 2 of Tara's vitamin D series, we move beyond lab values and dig into the real-world consequences of high-dose vitamin D supplementation and what to do instead.

Tara details how today's standard reference ranges may be misleading, why more is not always better, and how excessive vitamin D can lead to calcium loss, mitochondrial damage, mood symptoms, and even worsen autoimmune conditions.

More importantly, she shares a root-cause approach to supporting vitamin D naturally without megadosing and creating imbalance.

💡 In Part 2, Tara explains:

• Why conventional vitamin D reference ranges are based on flawed assumptions
• The symptoms of vitamin D overload
• How to treat low D from a root cause approach instead of a conventional "pill for your ill" approach, (which allopathic and functional practitioners are both doing!)
  
• The co-factors you need to support D properly

If you've ever been told to "just take more D," this episode is your permission slip to ask better questions and approach your health with nuance and strategy.

MegaSporeBiotic – Click HERE to grab this probiotic and use my practitioner code, which also gets you 10% off: TaraMegaSpore

Paleovalley – Grab your goodies as mentioned in this episode, HERE

Blue Light Blocking Glasses Recommendations:

• Baxter Blue (Australian site) Save 15% when you use Tara's code: Tara15
• Bon Charge Save 15% when you use Tara's code: TARA15

HRT Made Simple™ - Learn how to confidently speak to your doctor about the benefits of hormone replacement therapy so you can set yourself up for symptom-free, unmedicated years to come without feeling confused, dismissed, or leaving the medical office minus your HRT script.

Hair Loss Solutions Made Simple™ – This course will teach you the best natural, highly effective, and safe solutions for your hair loss so you can stop it, reverse it, and regrow healthy hair without turning to medications.

The Perimenopause Solution™ – My signature 6-month comprehensive hormonal health program for women in midlife who want to get solid answers to their hormonal health issues once and for all so they can kick the weight gain, moodiness, gut problems, skin issues, period problems, fatigue, overwhelm, insomnia, hair/eyebrow loss, and other symptoms in order to get back to the woman they once were.

[FREE] The Ultimate Midlife Perimenopause Handbook - Grab my free guide and RECLAIM your confidence, your mood, your waistline and energy without turning to medications or restrictive diets (or spending a fortune on testing you don't need!).

May is thyroid awareness month in Australia and so this episode is all about thyroid health with Annabel Bateman.

Annabel is a Hashimoto's patient, author, advocate and coach.

She has learnt, in 25+ years of living with Hashimoto's, that the key is developing a lifestyle that supports, (and doesn't stress) her thyroid health.

Drawing on skills learnt in previous careers as a lawyer, life coach, family law mediator and author, Annabel seeks to empower, educate and encourage women with thyroid conditions to develop their own thyroid-friendly lifestyle approach to their health so they can thrive and not just survive.

She hosts a successful podcast, Let's Talk Thyroid which seeks to spread thyroid awareness and information and is active on social media to spread positive and practical thyroid related information.

Annabel's latest book, Let's Talk Thyroid: Positive & Practical Thyroid Help, is all about how to live a thyroid-friendly lifestyle.

You can find Annabel here: https://annabelbateman.com/ and on Instagram HERE. 

⭐ Download chapter 1 of Annabel's book HERE

Grab your PaleoValley goodies as mentioned in this episode, HERE 

Thank you for joining me. If you enjoyed this episode I would be deeply grateful if you'd leave me a 5 star review, hit subscribe, and share this podcast with any friends or family you think would benefit. It's so important we share this information far and wide to help as many women as we can.

Please feel free to tag me & connect with me on these social platforms:
Instagram
Tik Tok
Facebook Group

Make sure you're on my email list! Click HERE.

If you're interested in finding out more about my women's hormone health restoring program, The Hormone Balance Solution, please click HERE.

Welcome to this episode of The Hormone Balance Solution podcast where I answer some of the most commonly asked questions about hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

I know many women have concerns about HRT, and I hope to provide some clarity on this topic via this episode.

Also, please go back and listen to episodes #40 and #41 to gain greater clarity around HRT and why it's not only safe when done right, but also an important consideration for women if they wish to mitigate their peri-menopausal and menopausal symptoms as well as reduce risk for multiple different diseases.

Some of the questions I answered on this episode include weight gain and HRT, spotting or bleeding when starting HRT, whether it's ever appropriate to take estrogen without progesterone, dosages of HRT, and more.

I hope you enjoy this episode and please - share it with all your female friends who need this information.

To find out more about The Hormone Balance Solution 6 month program, (where we educate about healthy HRT and so much more) click HERE.

Grab your PaleoValley goodies as mentioned in this episode, HERE 

Thank you for joining me. If you enjoyed this episode I would be deeply grateful if you'd leave me a 5 star review, hit subscribe, and share this podcast with any friends or family you think would benefit. It's so important we share this information far and wide to help as many women as we can.

Please feel free to tag me & connect with me on these social platforms:
Instagram
Tik Tok
Facebook Group

Make sure you're on my email list! Click HERE.

If you're interested in finding out more about my women's hormone health restoring program, The Hormone Balance Solution, please click HERE.

This episode carries on from last week's episode, so if you've not yet listened to that, definitely go back and have a listen HERE.

In this episode we discuss how to tell when the time is right for you to try hormone replacement therapy.

I touch on what indicates the time may be right to try HRT, which hormones we often start with, and how to find your optimal dose.

Grab a warm beverage and let's dive in! And please make sure you share this with your female family and friends who would benefit.

Hormone replacement therapy not only reduces - sometimes eliminates - symptoms, but it can also save lives.

To find out more about The Hormone Balance Solution 6 month program, (where we educate about healthy HRT and so much more) click HERE.

Equip prime protein – Click HERE to grab yours and use my code: TARA20 to get 20% off your first order

Grab your PaleoValley goodies as mentioned in this episode, HERE 

Thank you for joining me. If you enjoyed this episode I would be deeply grateful if you'd leave me a 5 star review, hit subscribe, and share this podcast with any friends or family you think would benefit. It's so important we share this information far and wide to help as many women as we can.

Please feel free to tag me & connect with me on these social platforms:
Instagram
Tik Tok
Facebook Group

Make sure you're on my email list! Click HERE.

If you're interested in finding out more about my women's hormone health restoring program, The Hormone Balance Solution, please click HERE.

As we age into our 40's and beyond, we need to start thinking seriously about hormone replacement therapy, (HRT).

HRT is very health-protective and can significantly reduce our risk of disease states such as dementia, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis. But there's still so much fear surrounding HRT, and this is frustrating because this fear is misplaced.

There are reasons why people are fearful of HRT but you shouldn't be, and in this episode I explain how the fear started, why it's misplaced, and how HRT - when done right - isn't only safe, but very health-protective and a necessary part of healthy ageing.

To find out more about The Hormone Balance Solution 6 month program, (where we educate about healthy HRT and so much more) click HERE.

Grab your PaleoValley goodies as mentioned in this episode, HERE

Thank you for joining me. If you enjoyed this episode I would be deeply grateful if you'd leave me a 5 star review, hit subscribe, and share this podcast with any friends or family you think would benefit. It's so important we share this information far and wide to help as many women as we can.

Please feel free to tag me & connect with me on these social platforms:
Instagram
Tik Tok
Facebook Group

Make sure you're on my email list! Click HERE.

If you're interested in finding out more about my women's hormone health restoring program, The Hormone Balance Solution, please click HERE.

Balanced blood sugar is foundational to hormonal balance and also to your overall health in general. It's one of the foundational things we must do first, before we can even hope to overcome our symptoms and improve our health.

Not only is balancing our blood sugar a hormone supportive foundation, but having imbalanced blood sugar is also extremely dangerous - especially as we enter into our 40's and beyond. And the thing is, your blood sugar is probably imbalanced.

You see, it does take some effort to consistently balance blood sugar, but this is such an important thing you need to do if you don't want to feel like crap or set yourself up for disease states later in life like dementia, weight gain, Type 2 Diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, (strokes and heart attacks etc).

• the symptoms of imbalanced blood sugar
• how to test your blood sugar at home and why you should
• what numbers you want to hit when testing your blood sugar,
• continuous glucose monitors vs. finger prick tests, and
• what you must consider doing in order to balance your blood sugar

I hope you enjoy this episode!

Listen to Episode 22 HERE: All about cholesterol, (& how it doesn't cause heart disease).
Listen to Episode 4 HERE: The Critical Role Minerals Play In Hormone Balance

Equip prime protein - Click HERE to grab yours and use my code: TARA20 to get 20% off

MegaSporeBiotic - Click HERE to grab this probiotic and use my practitioner code, which also gets you 10% off: TaraMegaSpore

In this episode I touch on something that is SUPER important - more important than many understand I believe, and this isn't anyone's fault.

This includes supplements they read about online or see in-store, over the counter. But just because a health practitioner talks about a supplement online doesn't mean this will be helpful for YOU.

And just because something is sold over the counter doesn't mean it can't be harmful. There's so much out there that people think are, not only benign, but HELPFUL - and this isn't always the case.

My point? DIY-ing your supplements can be a waste of money at best and harmful at worst and in this episode I dive into this in more detail.

If you're ready to stop DIY-ing your health please apply to join us inside The Hormone Balance Solution HERE. 

**I am not a doctor and I do not know you or your individual unique case. Do not take any supplements mentioned in my podcast without first consulting with your doctor.**

Equip prime protein - Click HERE to grab yours and use my code: TARA20 to get 20% off

MegaSporeBiotic - Click HERE to grab this probiotic and use my practitioner code, which also gets you 10% off: TaraMegaSpore

Thank you for joining me. If you enjoyed this episode I would be deeply grateful if you'd leave me a 5 star review, hit subscribe, and share this podcast with any friends or family you think would benefit. It's so important we share this information far and wide to help as many women as we can.

Please feel free to tag me & connect with me on these social platforms:
Instagram
Tik Tok
Facebook Group

Make sure you're on my email list! Click HERE.

If you're interested in finding out more about my women's hormone health restoring program, The Hormone Balance Solution, please click HERE.

In this episode I spoke with my right hand gal in The HBS; Michelle Robinson, and wow! What an amazing conversation we had. We spoke about the importance of nervous system work and - before you turn away!

• you feel like you're constantly anxious 
• you don't sleep well
• you speak really fast all the time, perhaps you interrupt people
• you never feel like you have enough time in your day - you're always "busy" 
• you continuously struggle with your health no matter what you do or how many tests you run / practitioners you work with 
• you can't relax or find it hard to slow down or do "nothing"
• you feel like you're constantly in "fight or flight" 
• you're often sad 
• you have trouble with relationships 
• you're a perfectionist or over-analyse things 

Michelle was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and premature ovarian failure in her mid 30s. This kicked her out of her global corporate career and made her reassess her life. It was a functional medicine approach that gave her the answers she was seeking and got her back on her feet again. Over the past 10 years, Michelle has undertaken extensive training in the principals of functional medicine, advanced functional testing, and the complex web of infections. She has a deep passion for healing and is fully trained in advanced healing techniques that help to release emotional trauma, uncover old limiting beliefs as well as self sabotaging behaviour. She found that calming her dysregulated nervous system was a big piece of her health puzzle and she now guides her clients in these healing modalities as well. 

We spoke about WHY nervous system or "emotional" work is so important in a healing journey, and Michelle explained some of the modalities she teaches which she's seen produce huge shifts in her clients. 

We spoke about how it's a flexible mind that equals resilience and why being resilient is important in life, especially as we go through hormonal changes such as we do in our peri-menopausal years. And we spoke about how nervous system work supports this resiliency. We also spoke about the 9 saboteurs that impact us all and why becoming aware of these saboteurs is instrumental in improving mental health and the functioning of the nervous system. 

Please do not ignore this episode. Healing your nervous system is one of the most important parts of healing your body, so you cannot overlook it. Grab a tea, dive in, and enjoy! 

On Instagram HERE 
On her website www.chasingvitality.com
Check out her Nervous System SOS program HERE
Apply to work with Michelle and I in The Hormone Balance Solution HERE

Equip prime protein - Click HERE to grab yours and use my code: TARA20 to get 20% off

MegaSporeBiotic - Click HERE to grab this probiotic and use my practitioner code, which also gets you 10% off: TaraMegaSpore

Thank you for joining me. If you enjoyed this episode I would be deeply grateful if you'd leave me a 5 star review, hit subscribe, and share this podcast with any friends or family you think would benefit. It's so important we share this information far and wide to help as many women as we can.

Please feel free to tag me & connect with me on these social platforms:
Instagram
Tik Tok
Facebook Group

Make sure you're on my email list! Click HERE.

If you're interested in finding out more about my women's hormone health restoring program, The Hormone Balance Solution, please click HERE.