How Stress Messes with your Hormones & Menstrual Cycle

Have you ever wondered how stress impacts your cycle or your hormones?Maybe you've even had an experience of a missed period, increased cramping, worse PMS symptoms, or fertility challenges after traveling to a new place, being sick, or going through some major stress in your life.The truth is that stress has a tremendous impact on your hormones, and this episode goes into all you could possibly want to know about how it all goes down. Listen to the episode to learn:what the stress response actually is the difference between a healthy and unhealthy stress responsestories about how stress causes irregular cyclesthe physiology behind how stress causes hormonal imbalanceswhat allostatic load is and why it mattershow your stress response might be linked to your time in your mother's wombhow chronic stress can suppress ovulation and fertilitysome nerdy research that talks about what kind of stress is linked to everything from short cycles to hirsutism to PCOS to lower fertility to amenorrheasome quick lifestyle, dietary and herbal tips on modulating your stress responseResources mentioned in this episode:Free resource - Track your own cycle, easily, naturally, without an app.Today's podcast show notes & nerdy referencesEpisode 5 - Are you ovulating? How to tell (& and why it matters)Episode 10 - Traditional Womb Healing Practices with Sondra HamiltonEpisode 13  - The Vitalist Approach to Balancing Hormones with Heather LunaEpisode 15 - What's a Plant Ally? ...and how to find yoursIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating & write a review! Thank you! ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.Click here to send me a quick message :)