03/27/2025
This is for all of my recovering/self diagnosed/just realized "people pleasers" out there.
We often see a recurring theme when it comes to women's hormones...
Commonly, women come to us in their late 30's / early 40's because they feel like their hormones are completely betraying them. And, the reality is that YEARS of pushing themselves and their bodies to the limits is finally catching up to them and something has to give.
{Hopefully, they come to us before they find themselves with a new autoimmune diagnosis}.
As women, we often juggle multiple roles {daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend, caregiver, professional} and we tend to pour into everyone/everything around us before making sure we are meeting our own *basic* needs:
👉🏼Sleep
👉🏼Food {***three meals a day, not just the scraps from our kids lunch leftovers}
👉🏼Water
👉🏼Rest {yes! It is *different* than sleep}
BUT, the reality is that this pattern of saying "yes" and taking care of everyone and everything else doesn't always start in adulthood. Oftentimes, it begins in adolescence. When we said "yes" to all of the extracurriculars, the AP classes, the volunteer work, etc. etc. We began to oversaturate our schedules with lots of great things but at the same time, pushed our bodies mentally/physically/emotionally to the max causing cycles of cortisol spikes and crashes. The cortisol flood gave us endorphins which felt great at the time! Until... It crashed. Then, we found other things to add to the plate to seek that cortisol "high" again.
Eventually, it becomes a pattern/habit that we never even recognized was toxic and detrimental to our long term health.
The reality is that a lot of the things we said "yes" to were good things! Society applauds "busyness", success, productivity and accolades. But, our bodies know better. And eventually, it will let you know that it won't keep letting you put it through the ringer without taking care of the basic needs.
SO, here is your "prompt" to take a step back and reflect.
What is your body saying to you? Are there things you are saying "yes" to while your body is screaming "no"?
Sometimes "no" is necessary while we heal.
