The Causey Effect

03/06/2026

There is a time and place for hormone therapy and as someone who spends her days studying the impact of hormones, I can tell you that we are blaming the wrong ones for a lot of our issues.

Everyone thinks of the s*x hormones, testosterone, estrogen, progesterone…and want to ignore everything else up stream.

But unless you address the mess upstream, all that garbage is going to trickle down and no amount of HRT is going to fix all the issues you’re experiencing.

Stabilize first. Then you can optimize is still needed.

03/03/2026

Brain fog is probably one of the most misdiagnosed symptoms in hormone health.

Most people immediately assume thyroid dysfunction.
But in high-functioning adults, the more common driver is chronic stress.

Elevated cortisol impairs memory centers in the brain, lowers dopamine signaling, disrupts sleep quality, and slows T4 to T3 thyroid conversion.

This can make labs look slightly off, even when the root issue is nervous system overload.

Before jumping to thyroid medication or hormone therapy, assess:
• Sleep consistency
• Protein intake
• Blood sugar stability
• Stress load
• Overtraining

Hormone suppression from stress is not the same as true gland failure.

Order matters.
Stabilize stress first.
Then reassess labs.

Full breakdown on Substack.
21 Day Burnout Hormone Reset in bio.
Comment below and I can send you the links


 
 
 


03/02/2026

Let’s be real. We will not meet the vast majority of people we see online in person. Ever.

In addition, nobody is posting their ugly pics and talking about the mundane day to day things they go through.

We are fed a curated look of a bigger, better and prettier life and comparing it to our own, very normal lives.

This is giving us the delusion that we “could have that” when in reality the people we are comparing ourselves to probably don’t even have that level of perfection.

Social media doesn’t like it when I tell you to get off of social media and re-learn to appreciate the real world and the special people you have the privilege of knowing in it, but oh well.

Give a girl a boost and share this with someone you care about so maybe we can spread the word.

02/27/2026

You might not need hormone therapy.
You might need sleep, stress regulation, and a nervous system that feels safe.

Chronic stress suppresses reproductive hormones on purpose.
When cortisol stays elevated, the brain downregulates progesterone, testosterone, and even thyroid conversion.
This is protection.

Your body will not prioritize libido, muscle growth, or optimal metabolism if it perceives threat.

Modern threat looks like:
• Sleep deprivation
• Constant notifications
• Relationship tension
• Under-eating
• Overtraining
• No boundaries

Before assuming low testosterone, thyroid dysfunction, or estrogen imbalance, cortisol needs to be stabilized. Otherwise, labs can be misleading and treatment decisions premature.

You cannot accurately assess hormone deficiency while the nervous system is dysregulated.

Stress management is endocrine strategy.

If this resonates, I break down the full physiology on Substack.
And if you’re ready to fix the foundation, my 21 Day Burnout Hormone Reset walks you through it step by step.

02/26/2026

02/26/2026

Constant exposure to attractive and highly curated alternatives increases dissatisfaction and weakens pair bonding.

High novelty environments maintain dopamine seeking behavior and interfere with oxytocin driven attachment.

It’s even effecting our friendships and relationships with family!

Commitment, love and happiness thrive in stability.

Social media just feeds restlessness.

02/26/2026

Me: I can’t come. I ripped a hole in my tights and my house is messy.

Them: 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 You look hot. Mine is messier. Get your a$$ in the car.

👭

02/26/2026

Toddler mom life.

In all reality, I wouldn’t trade it for my pre-kid life if you paid me.

02/25/2026

Dating apps and social media create constant novelty exposure.

Novelty elevates dopamine.
Chronic dopamine overstimulation lowers baseline sensitivity.
This leads to an increased need for stimulation.

This makes stable partners and even friends feel less exciting and fuels constant comparison.

Modern pickiness in attraction problems are neurological, not moral.

02/23/2026

If you’ve gone to the doctor, done the labs, and were told everything was “normal”, but you still feel lousy, this one is for you.

02/20/2026

“Pretty Privilege” is the common term I hear getting used, but did you know there is a real biological reason behind why we automatically assign positive characteristics to attractive people?

Yes it does help you get ahead in life to be a bit better looking or more pulled together (it’s not all about facial features or body).

We automatically think attractive equals trustworthy, kind, smart. Even when we have no evidence!

Honestly, I think it only takes getting burned by an attractive person once or twice to snap out of this, but maybe that’s just me.

What do you think?