Dr. Jessica Shepherd

And that's why I love the body. It is so complex, but so elegant because it was always there. But the need for it to do the job that it was designed to do at that time in your life, that's when it knows I need to start doing this. So it's the onboarding. But that's what I love about the kind of basic fundamental part of the body. And that's why we should embrace every part of our lives.

Stress. And that's where cortisol is our stress hormone, and it responds to stress. And so when we have stressors that are showing up early in our lives... a lot of it has to do with the experiences that we have, environmental factors and food, then that's why we're starting to see that girls are starting to have their periods much younger.

Stress. And that's where cortisol is our stress hormone, and it responds to stress. And so when we have stressors that are showing up early in our lives... a lot of it has to do with the experiences that we have, environmental factors and food, then that's why we're starting to see that girls are starting to have their periods much younger.

Stress. And that's where cortisol is our stress hormone, and it responds to stress. And so when we have stressors that are showing up early in our lives... a lot of it has to do with the experiences that we have, environmental factors and food, then that's why we're starting to see that girls are starting to have their periods much younger.

It's more so that the cortisol is responding to these stressors and then onboarding much too early or much too high of a level. than when it's supposed to. Oh, gotcha. Yeah. It enters the scene when it shouldn't be.

It's more so that the cortisol is responding to these stressors and then onboarding much too early or much too high of a level. than when it's supposed to. Oh, gotcha. Yeah. It enters the scene when it shouldn't be.

It's more so that the cortisol is responding to these stressors and then onboarding much too early or much too high of a level. than when it's supposed to. Oh, gotcha. Yeah. It enters the scene when it shouldn't be.

And we're like, you're not really supposed to be appearing at this part of the script, but you're here. And so now we were going to respond to you.

And we're like, you're not really supposed to be appearing at this part of the script, but you're here. And so now we were going to respond to you.

And we're like, you're not really supposed to be appearing at this part of the script, but you're here. And so now we were going to respond to you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So the roles that they're playing is getting the body ready for this now 30-year or maybe 20-year thing that they're going to be doing. So that's when you start to see like the breasts enlarge, you start to see hair growth, right? You sort of see changes in the external genitalia. And that has a lot to do with how the hormones are responding.

So the roles that they're playing is getting the body ready for this now 30-year or maybe 20-year thing that they're going to be doing. So that's when you start to see like the breasts enlarge, you start to see hair growth, right? You sort of see changes in the external genitalia. And that has a lot to do with how the hormones are responding.

So the roles that they're playing is getting the body ready for this now 30-year or maybe 20-year thing that they're going to be doing. So that's when you start to see like the breasts enlarge, you start to see hair growth, right? You sort of see changes in the external genitalia. And that has a lot to do with how the hormones are responding.

It's getting the body ready and also to do the thing that we talked about, to get ready for pregnancy. And that's what the body has the capacity to do in your reproductive years. And so that's when women start to see changes in their moods. I mean, how many times have you heard...

It's getting the body ready and also to do the thing that we talked about, to get ready for pregnancy. And that's what the body has the capacity to do in your reproductive years. And so that's when women start to see changes in their moods. I mean, how many times have you heard...

It's getting the body ready and also to do the thing that we talked about, to get ready for pregnancy. And that's what the body has the capacity to do in your reproductive years. And so that's when women start to see changes in their moods. I mean, how many times have you heard...

adolescent girls and going through puberty, again, yes, that mood is there because our neurotransmitters, which are also hormones, are responding to these changes when we start to onboard our estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone to do the function of the period. So when you move into your 20s, What is, what's going on with hormones?