How Balancing Your Hormones Can Propel Your Life & Career with Stephanie Estima, Founder of Betty Body & Women's Health Expert - a podcast by Yasmin Nouri

Dr. Stephanie Estima is a chiropractor with a special interest in metabolism, functional neurology, and body composition who has devoted her time to analyzing hormones and creating a system to help women naturally overcome painful periods. 

She's the creator of the Estima Diet, host of the Better! podcast, and author of the best-selling book, The Betty Body. She's had over 3.5 million article reads with her content on Medium and has helped thousands of women lose weight, regulate hormones, and get off medications with her signature program. 

In this episode, you’ll hear Dr. Estima break down what may be contributing to your own hormonal imbalances and PMS as well as what is “common” vs “normal”. Dr. Estima shares why you don’t need to live with painful periods and how it can be corrected through stress management, movement, and nutrition. We also chat about how your cycle can be incredibly empowering and ways to balance your hormones so you can achieve better health, a better mind, and a more fulfilling and successful life.

In this episode, we talk to Stephanie about:

* Why we shouldn’t consider painful periods as normal. [2:31]

* How Dr. Stephanie sees your menstrual cycle as a hormone report card. [3:56]

* How women may be contributing to their hormonal imbalances starting with stress. [5:28] 

* The need for non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, for reducing stress [7:49]

* The role of nutrition in balancing your hormones. [9:18]

* Dr. Stephanie’s personal experience of painful periods. [10:19]

* Why we shouldn’t follow male-led protocols for how we treat our bodies. [15:20]

* The different phases of a woman’s hormonal cycle. [19:25]

* The role of estrogen and testosterone in a woman’s body during week two. [23:05]

* How luteinizing hormone affects your body in the second week of your cycle. [26:06]

* The role that progesterone plays in week three of your cycle. [27:23]

* What happens in week four of our cycles when our hormones drop. [29:21]

* How patriarchal society is based on male circadian rhythms. [30:29]

* What the negativity bias is and how to use it to propel you forward. [32:39]

* Tips to be more in tune with your body to be empowered by your natural cycle. [35:08]

* Why we need to be gentle with ourselves and how we can make nutrition easy. [46:50]

* What Dr. Stephanie likes about Beeya and seed-cycling. [48:41]

* How your exercise plan should change with your cycle. [50:16]

* Dr. Stephanie’s encouragement for any women who have given up hope. [56:51]

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Follow Stephanie:

* Stephanie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.stephanie.estima

* Hello Betty with Dr. Estima: https://hellobetty.club

* Dr. Estima's book: The Betty Body: A Geeky Goddess' Guide to Intuitive Eating, Balanced Hormones, and Transformative Sex: https://www.amazon.com/Betty-Body-Intuitive-Balanced-Transformative/dp/1544519095 

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