Last updated on February 27, 2020
This is your super power as a woman!
This episode is all about learning how to balance your hormones as a woman and new mother and the impact it has on us if we don’t fix it. PMS is a big part of what we discussed and according to statistics 80-85% of women experience some form of PMS symptoms. If you thought…well this is normal, it’s just the way we are made as women’….well you thought wrong!
Dr. Melanie Robinson, a Naturopathic Doctor working at the Optimum Wellness Clinic in Edmonton, Alberta has worked and helped women for over 8 years and she knows what is going on. She explains in detail what is happening to our hormones, what are the hormones that affects our health and what changes we can do in our day to day lives to feel much better and eliminate at best, those uncomfortable symptoms that you might be getting every month.
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What you’ll learn in this episode:
0-3:10 Intro
3:10 Dr. Mélanie Robinson’s story
6:00 The belief of a Naturopathic Doctor
7:25- What is hormonal imbalance?
10:10- Testosterone in women
11:10- The explanation behind your Brain Fog or Mommy Brain
12:45- How common is hormonal imbalance in women?
13:45-This is the most common hormonal imbalance in women today – PCOS
15:15- When should a mother’s hormones go back to normal after giving birth?
18:00- When do you get your period back after having a child?
19:45 What happens if you don’t treat a hormonal imbalance?
22:00 In a perfect world women would do this…..
24:00 How to balance your hormones through diet.
26:50 How to balance your hormones through lifestyle.
29:00 How TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) can help balance your hormones
31:00 How coffee affects your hormones?
32:10 Is it normal to have PMS?
36:50 What’s the root cause of PMS & the 2 key nutrients that you might need?
39:15 Environmental Toxins
41:45 Hypothyroid can affect your hormones…do you have it? Then you’ll want to do this!
46:50 This is the perfect period when hormones are balanced.
49:10 The most common issue with hormonal imbalance is PMS
50:15 The changes of hormones that happens in your 30’s up until your 60’s
53:40 This is our superpower as women! Being in tune with our monthly cycles.
59:15 What is PMDD? A severe form of PMS
1:01:00 How your sleep is affected by an hormonal imbalance?
1:03:00 Sex and Sleep
1:04:00 The DUTCH Test, a hormonal test
1:06:50 Taking the Pill to help your PMS symptoms is not a good idea.
1:09:00 Learn more about Dr. Robinson
Ressources mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Jolene Brighten – Book Beyond The Pill & Instagram
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