In this episode, Melissa takes you on an eye-opening journey through the world of hormonal imbalances and their root causes. 🧬 From environmental toxins to gut issues and chronic stress, discover how interconnected your body’s systems are and why addressing these imbalances is key to optimal health. 🌱

🔥 Why You Need to Understand Cortisol's Role 🔥 Did you know chronic stress could be stealing your progesterone? 😱 Melissa dives deep into the “progesterone steal” and how elevated cortisol levels can wreak havoc on your hormone production, leading to estrogen dominance and thyroid problems. Understanding cortisol's impact is the first step toward reclaiming your hormone health! 🧘‍♀️

🌿 Holistic Strategies for Hormone Balance 🌙 Melissa shares proven lifestyle tips and supplement strategies to help you rebalance your hormones naturally. From improving sleep to using adaptogenic herbs and reducing blue light exposure, these steps will empower you to tackle the root causes of imbalance, not just the symptoms. 🌿

💡 Key Takeaways & Action Steps 🚀 Melissa wraps up with a powerful reminder: Your body wants to be in balance and can heal when given the right environment and support. 🧘‍♂️ Is it time to run some lab tests so you can understand your hormones and cortisol levels? Book a call with Melissa:

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Episode Summary:

Overview of hormonal imbalances @ 0:13

Melissa discusses the top 10 root causes of hormonal imbalances, including environmental toxins, heavy metals, gut issues, liver dysfunction, cortisol effects, and more. She emphasizes the interconnected nature of the body's systems and how imbalances in one area can lead to issues in others.

Cortisol's impact on hormones @ 1:21

Melissa dives deeper into how chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can disrupt the body's hormone production, leading to issues like estrogen dominance, progesterone deficiency, and thyroid problems. She explains the "progesterone steal" phenomenon where the body prioritizes cortisol production over progesterone.

Interpreting lab test results @ 7:48

Melissa reviews a comprehensive lab test that measures hormones, cortisol, thyroid markers, insulin, and vitamin D. She walks through how to interpret the results and identify imbalances, emphasizing the importance of looking at the full picture rather than just isolated markers.

Strategies for rebalancing hormones @ 10:34

Melissa discusses lifestyle and supplement strategies for addressing cortisol imbalances and restoring hormone balance, including improving sleep, reducing blue light exposure, using adaptogenic herbs, and supporting the body's natural hormone production. She stresses the importance of addressing the root causes rather than just treating symptoms.

Recap and key takeaways @ 31:34

Melissa summarizes the key points covered, emphasizing that the body wants to be in balance and can heal itself when given the right environment and support. She encourages listeners to get lab testing done to identify imbalances and work with a practitioner to create a personalized wellness plan.

About the Host:

Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner and a Board Designated Trainer of NLP, Time Line Therapy® and Hypnotherapy, helping people get to the root cause of their health issues and then get lasting results. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab testing that helps you “see inside” to know exactly what is going on, and then provides a personalized wellness protocol using natural herbs and supplements.  Melissa’s business is 100% virtual – the lab tests are mailed directly to your home and she specializes in holding your hand and guiding the way to healing so that you don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

Melissa is the winner of the 2021 & 2022 Quality Care Award by Business From The Heart and is also the recipient of the Alignable “Local Business Person of the Year “Award 2022 for Whistler. 

Melissa has been featured at a number of Health & Wellness Summits, such as the Health, Wealth & Wisdom Summit, The Power To Profit Summit, The Feel Fan-freaking-tas-tic Summit, the Aim Higher Summit and many more! She has also guested on over 60 different podcasts teaching people about the importance of prioritizing our health and how to get started.

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