Dr. Elizabeth Boham

Harder time sleeping because progesterone really is a calming hormone. It helps us, helps women, helps people sleep better. So when it's low, many times you don't sleep as well. You'll have irregular sleep patterns where you've never had that before. Yeah. And, and, and you just feel more irritable and cranky and, and, and it's no fun.

Harder time sleeping because progesterone really is a calming hormone. It helps us, helps women, helps people sleep better. So when it's low, many times you don't sleep as well. You'll have irregular sleep patterns where you've never had that before. Yeah. And, and, and you just feel more irritable and cranky and, and, and it's no fun.

Absolutely. And I'm so glad.

Absolutely. And I'm so glad.

Absolutely. And I'm so glad.

Yeah, yeah. And I'm so glad you brought that up because all of our hormones are interrelated. They're all playing off each other. They're all influencing each other. And so that's important to really understand because that's how we can really help women feel better.

Yeah, yeah. And I'm so glad you brought that up because all of our hormones are interrelated. They're all playing off each other. They're all influencing each other. And so that's important to really understand because that's how we can really help women feel better.

Yeah, yeah. And I'm so glad you brought that up because all of our hormones are interrelated. They're all playing off each other. They're all influencing each other. And so that's important to really understand because that's how we can really help women feel better.

so when you really focus on the adrenal glands for example so you have you have two adrenal glands typically they sit up on top of your kidneys and those glands produce cortisol and they produce dhea and they a bunch of other things yeah so cortisol is one of your stress hormones so when you're under a lot of stress if you're under chronic stress for example i mean you know your body is going to be producing a lot of cortisol all the time

so when you really focus on the adrenal glands for example so you have you have two adrenal glands typically they sit up on top of your kidneys and those glands produce cortisol and they produce dhea and they a bunch of other things yeah so cortisol is one of your stress hormones so when you're under a lot of stress if you're under chronic stress for example i mean you know your body is going to be producing a lot of cortisol all the time

so when you really focus on the adrenal glands for example so you have you have two adrenal glands typically they sit up on top of your kidneys and those glands produce cortisol and they produce dhea and they a bunch of other things yeah so cortisol is one of your stress hormones so when you're under a lot of stress if you're under chronic stress for example i mean you know your body is going to be producing a lot of cortisol all the time

And so what can happen, what can happen is then the body is spending all this time making cortisol to handle that chronic stress you're under. You're dealing with your kids and then your parents, as you talked about. You know, you're working all the time, your job. You're not giving your body enough time to rest. You're not getting enough sleep. You might not be eating right.

And so what can happen, what can happen is then the body is spending all this time making cortisol to handle that chronic stress you're under. You're dealing with your kids and then your parents, as you talked about. You know, you're working all the time, your job. You're not giving your body enough time to rest. You're not getting enough sleep. You might not be eating right.

And so what can happen, what can happen is then the body is spending all this time making cortisol to handle that chronic stress you're under. You're dealing with your kids and then your parents, as you talked about. You know, you're working all the time, your job. You're not giving your body enough time to rest. You're not getting enough sleep. You might not be eating right.

You know, you might be just running from one thing to the other. It may not be taking the time to do your meditation or your exercise, right? You're just not doing that self-care, which is so important for your adrenal glands. And when that's happening, then your body's spending all this time producing cortisol that it can't do as good a job at producing progesterone.

You know, you might be just running from one thing to the other. It may not be taking the time to do your meditation or your exercise, right? You're just not doing that self-care, which is so important for your adrenal glands. And when that's happening, then your body's spending all this time producing cortisol that it can't do as good a job at producing progesterone.

You know, you might be just running from one thing to the other. It may not be taking the time to do your meditation or your exercise, right? You're just not doing that self-care, which is so important for your adrenal glands. And when that's happening, then your body's spending all this time producing cortisol that it can't do as good a job at producing progesterone.

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