Happy Hormone Cottage

12/24/2025

✨ Testimonial Tuesday | Real Results, Real Relief ✨

“I was still feeling a lot of disruption in my sleep and having insomnia for hours and low quality sleep… I ordered the Adrenal Calm… and I am MUCH better at handling and recovering from stresses throughout my day… THIS IS LIFE CHANGING. My husband and I cried for joy… realizing that I am going to be ‘me’ again and I can function for our family.”

💛 When cortisol is out of rhythm, sleep, anxiety, stress tolerance, and joy can all feel out of reach.
Adrenal Calm was created to help restore a healthy cortisol curve—supporting calm evenings, deeper sleep, and better stress resilience during the day.

This is why we do what we do.
Because feeling like yourself again changes everything.

📲 Ready to learn if adrenal support could help you?
Call 513-444-6343 to join a no-cost Hormones 101 Group Zoom and take your first step toward better sleep, calmer days, and true balance.

12/23/2025

A Christmas limerick from Lyn Hogrefe!

12/19/2025

Hormone therapy isn’t new to us — we have the experience to educate & optimize our patients

At Happy Hormone Cottage, we’ve spent over 16 years helping women find balance safely, intelligently, and sustainably. Experience matters — especially when it comes to hormones.

Here’s what sets our care apart:

✔️ We do not give unopposed estrogen
Progesterone is protective. It supports breast, uterine, brain, and bone health — and it’s essential for balance. Estrogen alone is not hormone optimization.

✔️ We check HOW your estrogen is metabolized
It’s not just about how much estrogen you have — it’s about how your body processes and clears it. We look at estrogen metabolites to ensure it’s moving down safer pathways, not inflammatory ones.

✔️ Physiological dosing
We don’t chase high numbers or trends. We use dosing that mimics what the body naturally produces — supporting balance without overstimulation & YOU ARE NOT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL - We partner with you to get you in YOUR optimal hormone range

✔️ Advanced testing, not guesswork
Our providers use DUTCH Complete testing to see cortisol patterns, estrogen metabolism, progesterone balance, and more — information blood tests simply can’t provide.

✔️ We own our own compounding pharmacy
That means your therapy is customized, clean, precisely dosed, and monitored — not mass-produced or outsourced.

✔️ Safety comes first — always
Hormone therapy should support longevity, cognition, bone health, and vitality — not create problems down the road.

Experienced, evidence-informed, root-cause hormone care.

We listen
We educate
We care
We optimize

Get tested. Get treated. Get better

📞 Ready to work with a team that’s been doing this for over 16 years?

Call 513-444-6343 to get started.

12/19/2025

Men, don’t go into another year feeling drained.

Optimizing testosterone supports strength, drive, metabolism, sleep, mood, and longevity.

📲 Call Kimi: 937-694-4750

12/18/2025

For far too long, women have been handed band-aids for hormone-related symptoms.

👉 Irregular cycles? Birth control.
👉 Anxiety, mood swings, hot flashes? Antidepressants.
👉 Weight gain or fatigue? “Eat less, exercise more.”

But here’s the truth:
Those approaches often manage symptoms — they don’t explain why they’re happening.

At Happy Hormone Cottage, we care deeply about the root cause of your symptoms.

We ask the questions that matter:
✔️ Why is estrogen out of balance?
✔️ Why isn’t progesterone doing its job?
✔️ Why is cortisol dysregulated?
✔️ Why does weight feel impossible to lose?
✔️ Why do you feel “off” even when labs are “normal”?

Because hormones don’t malfunction in isolation.
They are influenced by stress, metabolism, nutrient status, gut health, thyroid function, and how your body produces, metabolizes, and clears hormones.

✨ You’re not broken.
✨ You’re not crazy.
✨ And you don’t need another band-aid.

You deserve answers.
You deserve education.
You deserve a plan that makes sense.

That’s what root-cause hormone care looks like.

📞 Ready to find your why?
Call 513-444-6343 or book your no-cost Group Zoom to learn how we do things differently.

12/16/2025

Progesterone is the first hormone to decline—often starting in the late 20s to early 30s.

We call progesterone, "The Joy of Life Hormone"

When progesterone drops, women experience:
• anxiety
• irritability
• insomnia
• heavy periods
• PMS
• migraines

Optimizing progesterone changes EVERYTHING.

📲 Join a no-cost Group Zoom: 513-444-6343

12/12/2025

12/12/2025

Weight loss isn’t just about a number—it's about living longer with more vitality.
Balanced insulin, improved metabolism, and reduced inflammation all contribute to better aging.

📲 Call Kelsey to start: 513-788-3191

12/08/2025

Hashimoto’s is the MOST common cause of hypothyroidism—but many women are never tested properly.

Our 10-point thyroid panel + root-cause protocol identifies inflammation triggers and supports thyroid hormone conversion naturally.

📲 Join our Hormones 101 Zoom to learn more: 513-444-6343

Read more on our blog here: https://happyhormonecottage.com/blog/the-connection-between-hashimotos-and-stress-unveiling-the-influence-of-emotional-well-being-on-thyroid-health

12/06/2025

Why Women Are Fed Up — And Why We Exist

Women deserve more from their providers

12/05/2025

Lasting weight loss isn’t about willpower—it’s about biology.

Our Weight Management Program reduces appetite, stabilizes insulin, supports metabolism, and pairs you with an accountability partner so you never have to do this alone.

📲 Call Kelsey to get started: 513-788-3191

12/04/2025

Poor Methylation = Mood Issues? Here’s What You Need to Know.

If you've been feeling “off” emotionally — low mood, anxious, foggy, unmotivated — your methylation pathways may be part of the issue. Methylation is a biochemical process that affects everything from neurotransmitters to hormones…and when it’s sluggish, your mood can suffer.

Here’s how poor methylation impacts how you feel:

1️⃣ Neurotransmitter Imbalance
Methylation helps your body make serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.
When it’s low, you may experience:
• Low mood or anxiety
• Low motivation, brain fog
• Low libido
• Irritability or emotional blunting

2️⃣ Higher Anxiety & Irritability
Poor methylation slows down the breakdown of stress hormones — leaving you feeling “wired,” tense, or unable to calm down.

3️⃣ High Homocysteine = More Inflammation
This can reduce blood flow to the brain and worsen:
• Fatigue
• Cognitive slowing
• Depressive symptoms

4️⃣ Low SAMe Levels
SAMe is crucial for mood regulation. Low levels are linked to:
• Depression
• Poor stress tolerance
• Low drive

5️⃣ Hormone & Stress Response Disruption
Poor methylation can affect how you metabolize estrogen and cortisol, contributing to:
• PMS/PMDD
• Mood swings
• Irritability
• Poor stress recovery

6️⃣ Sluggish Detox Pathways
When your system can’t detox effectively, you may feel:
• Brain fog
• Fatigue
• Mood instability
• “Heavy” or slowed down

Common Mood Symptoms of Poor Methylation
✔ Depression
✔ Anxiety
✔ Irritability
✔ Fatigue
✔ Brain fog
✔ Low motivation
✔ Poor stress tolerance

Want to learn what your methylation pattern looks like — and how to improve it naturally?

Join a no-cost Hormones 101 Group Zoom to learn how we get to the root cause of mood symptoms, hormone imbalance, and more.

📲 Call 513-444-6343 to save your spot.