I’m excited to welcome Dr. Sonya Jensen back to the podcast. Dr. Jensen is a naturopathic physician and recently released her newest book, “Woman Unleashed.” Her mission is to change the way women understand their bodies and themselves. She believes women are the center of their families and communities, and by supporting them, we are creating a ripple effect to support the entire community. And I wholeheartedly agree with her.
In this episode, we go deep on hormones. We talk about how stress, trauma, and childhood experiences can shape our hormones, why excess stress and cortisol can decrease our progesterone and what to do about it, and the first steps of reversing that process and balancing hormones.
This is a very educational episode, so let’s join Dr. Sonya.
Episode Highlights With Dr. Sonya Jensen
- How stress, trauma, and childhood experiences can shape our hormones
- The reason excess stress and cortisol tank progesterone and wreak havoc on hormones
- What happens when progesterone is low
- The first steps of reversing that process and balancing hormones
- The work of releasing generational stories and conditioning
- Why many women are often undereating and undernourishing themselves
- Her question for food and life—“Is this nourishing me?”
- How to shift into the parasympathetic state and signal the body that it’s safe
- The importance of creative and present moment practices for women
- Her 80/20 for getting started if you’re overwhelmed
- Her top supplements for women
- How to improve progesterone naturally
- Sleep hacks that improve sleep and stress over time
- Working with your cycle for fitness and food
- How we lose about 15% of testosterone stores with each pregnancy and ways to replenish it
- Why morning fasted workouts can help increase testosterone
- And more!
Resources We Mention
- Woman Unleashed: Release Your Story, Revive Your Hormones & Reclaim Your Freedom by Dr. Sonya Jensen
- Dr. Sonya Jensen
- Dr. Sonya – Instagram
- The Choice: Escaping the Past and Embracing the Possible by Dr. Edith Eger
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