01/20/2026
Everyone wants to ‘balance their hormones’ nowadays - but what does this typically entail? 🔐
🦠Addressing gut permeability or leaky gut: the gut plays a direct role in hormone signaling, detoxification, and with a compromised lining, inflammation drives up hormonal chaos
😖Managing stress / addressing the nervous system: chronic stress pulls resources away from s*x hormone production, and comprises adrenal / thyroid health
🧼Liver congestion: the liver is responsible for breaking down and clearing hormones; an overburdened liver can’t do this adequately, making hormonal balance difficult (commonly with excess estrogen)
🩸Balancing your blood sugar: chronic demands on cortisol and insulin disrupts our delicate s*x hormone balance, progesterone production, etc.
⛽️Eating enough/eating more: undereating is stressful to the body and as a result, suppresses hormone production; the body also needs sufficient nutrients to produce hormones so eating the RIGHT things is essential too
📆Testing hormones during specific days: testing at specific phases allows us to assess whether hormones are rising and falling appropriately, rather than misinterpreting normal variation as imbalance
😴Sleep: sleep is when hormone repair, detoxification, and regulation occur
⏰Being patient with timelines: true balance requires time to rebuild reserves, regulate stress signals, and restore communication between systems
✍️Utilizing your cycle progression as information: changes in symptoms, flow, energy, and mood help guide adjustments and show whether the body is moving toward
