Everything Feels Off — And Your Hormones Might Be Why
Hormones orchestrate nearly every function in your body. When they're out of balance, you feel it — from your energy and mood to your weight and sleep.
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These Invisible Messengers Run Your Life
Hormones are chemical messengers that regulate metabolism, growth, mood, reproduction, and virtually every physiological process. Even small imbalances can cause significant symptoms.
Energy & Metabolism
Thyroid, cortisol, and insulin directly control your energy production and metabolic rate.
Sleep & Circadian
Melatonin, cortisol, and progesterone regulate your sleep-wake cycle.
Mood & Emotions
Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and thyroid all profoundly affect mood.
Weight & Body Comp
Insulin, cortisol, thyroid, and sex hormones control fat storage and metabolism.
Where Things Tend to Go Sideways
Estrogen Dominance
High estrogen relative to progesterone — common in both women and men. Driven by poor estrogen metabolism and environmental xenoestrogens.
Low Progesterone
Progesterone balances estrogen and promotes calm. Low levels cause anxiety, insomnia, irregular periods, and infertility. Common in perimenopause and chronic stress.
Low Testosterone
Affects both men and women. Increasingly common due to stress, obesity, and environmental factors.
Thyroid Dysfunction
Your metabolic thermostat. Low thyroid causes fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance, brain fog, and depression. Often underdiagnosed with standard testing.
Cortisol Dysregulation
Your stress hormone. Should be high in the morning, low at night. Chronic stress disrupts this pattern.
Insulin Resistance
When cells stop responding to insulin, blood sugar rises and your body produces more insulin. This promotes fat storage, inflammation, and disrupts other hormones.
The Interconnected Web
Hormones don't exist in isolation — they affect each other. High cortisol lowers progesterone. Low thyroid affects sex hormones. Insulin resistance impacts everything. This is why comprehensive assessment is crucial.
Standard Testing Misses Half the Picture
Standard testing often misses hormone imbalances. Comprehensive testing includes:
Getting Your Body Back in Rhythm
Support Liver Detox
Your liver metabolizes hormones. Cruciferous vegetables, adequate protein, and limiting alcohol help your liver process and eliminate excess hormones.
Balance Blood Sugar
Unstable blood sugar stresses adrenals and disrupts sex hormones. Prioritize protein and healthy fats with every meal to maintain stable energy.
Manage Stress
Chronic stress steals pregnenolone from sex hormone production. Stress management is non-negotiable for hormone health.
Optimize Sleep
Hormones are produced and regulated during sleep. Poor sleep = poor hormone balance. Aim for 7-9 hours in a dark, cool room.
Reduce Toxin Exposure
Xenoestrogens in plastics and products disrupt hormones. Switch to clean personal care products, avoid plastic food containers, and filter your water.
Support Gut Health
The gut metabolizes hormones and affects their recirculation (estrobolome). Heal the gut to balance hormones.
A Little Help From Nature
Your Body Wants Balance — Let's Help It Get There
Our AI can help you identify symptoms that suggest hormone imbalance and point you toward the right testing and support.
Start Free ConsultationFrequently Asked Questions
Hormone imbalance can be caused by chronic stress, poor diet (especially high sugar and processed foods), gut dysfunction, environmental toxins like xenoestrogens in plastics, nutrient deficiencies, lack of sleep, and underlying conditions like thyroid dysfunction or PCOS. Often, multiple factors combine to disrupt your hormonal balance.
Yes, many hormone imbalances respond beautifully to natural interventions. Supporting liver detoxification, balancing blood sugar, managing stress, optimizing sleep, healing the gut, and reducing toxin exposure can all help restore hormonal harmony. The body has a remarkable ability to rebalance when given the right support.
Estrogen dominance occurs when estrogen is high relative to progesterone. Symptoms include weight gain (especially around hips and thighs), PMS, heavy or painful periods, breast tenderness, mood swings, fibroids, endometriosis, and water retention. It affects both women and men and is increasingly common due to environmental estrogens.
A comprehensive panel should include a full thyroid panel (TSH, Free T4, Free T3, antibodies), sex hormones (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, SHBG, DHEA-S), cortisol (ideally a four-point salivary or DUTCH test), and metabolic markers (fasting insulin, glucose, HbA1c). Standard testing often only checks TSH and misses the bigger picture.
Your gut plays a crucial role in hormone metabolism through the estrobolome — the collection of gut bacteria that metabolize estrogen. An imbalanced gut microbiome can lead to estrogen recirculation rather than elimination, contributing to estrogen dominance. Healing the gut is often essential for restoring hormone balance.
Helpful supplements include DIM for healthy estrogen metabolism, vitex (chasteberry) for progesterone support, ashwagandha for cortisol balance, maca for overall hormonal support, magnesium for hundreds of hormone-related reactions, and vitamin D which functions as a hormone itself. Work with a practitioner to determine what's right for your specific imbalance.