Ep. 94 - Hormones, Post-Birth Control Syndrome&Being Your Own Health Advocate with Dr. Jolene Brighten - a podcast by Georgie Morley

“You don’t need a study to believe a woman’s story about her body and that is where medicine is getting things backward.” - Dr. Jolene Brighten

 

We Talk About:

• Her son’s sudden illness and how it led to Dr. Brighten living in Paris
• PANDAs and PANs
• Learning how to feel your feelings without getting stuck in them
• Making the most of challenging situations
• Hormone 101
• Adrenal glands
• The markers you need to test when your thyroid and hormones are off
• 3 phases of the menstrual cycle
• follicular phase
• ovulatory phase
• luteal phase
• fertility window
• progesterone and estrogen
• how thyroid, adrenals and hormone cycles are all interconnected
• Hormonal birth control
• 60% of women use the pill for symptom management which can delay diagnosis
• why it’s our right to choose
• side effects that we should know before taking the pill
• how to prepare your body to come off the pill
• the connection between stress and hormones
• the importance of light pollution and hormone cycles

 

 

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Links:

True dark glasses: https://truedark.com/

Beyond the Pill - (Dr. Brighten’s new book): https://amzn.to/2D9liVD

 

Connect with Dr. Jolene Brighten

online: https://drbrighten.com/

on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjolenebrighten/

 

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