53. How Changes in Hormones Make You More Vulnerable to Anxiety, Depression and PTSD with Megan Bliss

What you’ll learn within the podcast:

• How Megan’s personal struggles of career, children, lifestyle connected her to hormone imbalances
• How helping herself is helping woman thrive
• An individual approach is crucial to finding balance and healing
• Woman are two times more likely than men to have an anxiety disorder
• Lower levels of estrogen are connected to an enhanced fear response
• The change in estrogen levels, you may be more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, PTSD (phasic vulnerability)
• Regular cycles does not mean there are not imbalances
• How hormones can heighten anxiety 
• The estrogen fluctuation can be a huge issues with postpartum depression
• When testosterone gets too low, depression may rise
• Megan’s mind, body, spirit, approach to anxiety and hormones
• Stress is one of the most common causes of hormone imbalances and we have control over it
• Conversation around boundaries, are they the cause of your anxiety?
• Cortisol - the what, why, and the how
• Megan’s favorite way to test cortisol!
• Restoring health to the adrenal glands (with herbs)

Megan Bliss is a Nurse Practitioner that goes past the conventional medicine model to guide her clients towards a life of thriving. Megan Bliss helps smart women regain hormonal balance, enjoy optimal energy, a vibrant appearance, and balanced moods. She has a group program called Handle Your Hormones. Megan also runs monthly groups where they focus on the "Core 4" of hormone balance - Nutrition-Exercise-Mindset-Stress Reduction - and is launching her own virtual consulting practice!

 

Get in touch with the AMAZING Megan Bliss:

www.liveblisshealth.com

https://www.instagram.com/meganblissnp/

Monthly group: https://liveblisshealth.com/virtual-gym-community

 

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Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more! 

 

Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.