EP60: Dr. Claudia Welch on the Medicine of Subtraction and Balancing Your Hormones

What Dr. Claudia Shares:      Why the title of her book is actually backwards      Her "aha!" moment when she was studying hormones      The difference between sex hormones and stress hormones      How our spiritual and emotional choices reverberate through our physical bodies What You'll Hear:      Understanding that your hormones don't become imbalanced in a vacuum      How Western and Eastern medicines support each other to better understand our hormones      Viewing hormonal functions through the lens of duality      Hormones govern extremes in the body      Understanding why imbalances between sex and stress hormones occur      Learning how to decrease stress hormones through lifestyle changes      Striving for the sweet spot of balance between yin and yang      Learning your own body to understand when it needs more rest versus stimulation      Why women in their late 30's and beyond require more rest      Becoming hormonally rearranged in menopause      Learning to balance external stressors to support your health      Determining what your version of 'having it all' is, and subtracting what you don't need      The interweaving effects of emotion, thought, biology, action, and spirituality on our hormonal balance      Embracing the medicine of subtraction and internal wisdom to find balance      Why saying no takes so much courage      Further resources for learning about hormone balancing and preparing for pregnancy      Respecting the hormonal differences between male and female bodied people