It's Hertime‪.‬ Cody Sanders, Jess Toolson

Do your fluctuating hormones have you staring at your bedroom ceiling instead of getting a good night’s sleep? The National Sleep Foundation reports nearly half of women in midlife say they have trouble sleeping. Poor sleep quality affects many areas of your life—your daytime alertness, mental sharpness, irritability, mood swings, and interest in sex. And it makes you more susceptible to chronic diseases and weight gain.

On today's episode, Cody has invited Dr. Valerie Cacho to share her expertise with us. Her expertise includes: diagnosing and treating medical sleep disorders during perimenopause and menopause, women's sleep concerns, mind-body approaches to insomnia, self-compassion training, clinical hypnotherapy, and promoting sleep health and wellness. She is the president and founder of Sleep Life Med, a tele-sleep practice in Hawaii and California. Additionally, Dr. Cacho is the CEO of Sleephoria, an online educational and sleep wellness company for women.

Want to connect with dr. Cacho?
You can find out more about Valerie through her website, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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Finding ways to feel like the best possible version of yourself is important, no matter where you are in your life. Having love and respect for yourself will help you with everything you do—from your work to your personal relationships and even to your health.

On today's episode, Cody invites Kaitlyn Wade to share her incredible health journey through self love and body positivity.  Kaitlyn shares some powerful experiences, thoughts that will uplift and inspire you, and some helpful and actionable tips that we can all implement into our life.

Research has shown that body positivity is associated with improved self-care behaviors, including healthy diet and exercise, fewer unhealthy diet behaviors and lower risk of depression. Tune in to learn how it can improve your health, hormone function and happiness.

Kaitlyn has been sharing her health journey across several social media platforms, in a very real and raw way. She has already attracted over 68, 000 followers on TikTok. She has been featured on ABC, GMA, HULU and RS. She is the spokesperson for the W.I.N Foundation and is the current Mrs. Utah Curve USA.

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Yoga therapy is an evolving field which focuses on using evidence-based yogic practices in the treatment of specific health conditions.

On today's episode, Cody invites Certified Yoga Therapist, Elise Jones,  to discuss how to implement the tools and practices, like breath work, yoga, cold plunging, etc, that she  offers through her yoga therapy practice to help alleviate physical and mental health conditions, and to promote self-care and encourage overall well-being.

So many of us live in a chronically stressed state, and we don't know how to break this health destroying cycle. Yoga therapy can help us activate our parasympathetic nervous system state, where we need to be to rest, digest and heal.

Yoga Therapy can be used to treat:

Mental Health Conditions
StressDepressionAnxietyPTSDSchizophreniaADHDEating DisordersAddictionPost-Natal DepressionPhysical Conditions
Back PainMusculaskeletal problemsDiabetesHigh Blood PressureParkinson’sAsthmaCOPDCancerHIVAlzheimer’sBrain InjuryMultiple SclerosisAutoimmune DiseasesIBSObesityHeart DiseaseInsomniaArthritisOsteoporosis
Elise Jones has been educated in several different styles of yoga, which has helped broaden her understanding of different practices, to better serve her clients and cater to their specific needs safely and intelligently, with a professional, yet lighthearted approach.  Elise went  through open-heart surgery in 2017, and she says that it was her greatest learning/teaching experience.  She became her own client, truly understanding the power of pranayama (controlled breathing), movement,  regaining strength and flexibility through renewed patience.  
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Your sex hormones aren’t the only ones you may need to look at to understand the cause of your hormone symptoms. On today's episode Cody does a deep-dive into when to test your other hormone levels like insulin, cortisol, thyroid hormones, etc.
 
Many women experience resistance to their request to have comprehensive hormone testing. It’s an understatement to say that it can be so frustrating trying to get access to the appropriate doctors and to the appropriate tests. And, then it can be even more frustrating to get your bloodwork done and have it come back as “normal” when you know that your symptoms are anything but normal! The biggest problem to getting a correct diagnosis is that it’s not always understood when is the best time to test our hormone levels.
In last week’s episode, Cody covered all about how to know when to test your sex hormones as women. In this episode Cody will be going over our other hormone levels like insulin, cortisol, thyroid hormones, etc.

More than anything, Cody wants you ladies to feel empowered to know what tests are available, what you can be asking for and especially to know WHEN is the best time to test. You’ll want to take notes!

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When you’re trying to figure out why you feel so crappy every month, it can be so frustrating trying to get access to the appropriate doctors and especially to the appropriate tests. It can be even more frustrating to suffer terrible symptoms and yet have no diagnosis because your bloodwork comes back “normal.” Part of the problem is that you simply don’t know when is the best time to test hormone levels. And, honestly some doctors don’t always know either.
Cody is doing a deep-dive for us, where she is outlining some of the more common testing recommendations for women. She wants all of us girls, to feel empowered in our hormonal health, to know what tests are right for you, what tests are available, and especially to know WHEN is the best time to test to truly understand the root causes of your hormone imbalance.

This episode is part one, in this episode we will learn how to understand how and when to test our sex hormones.

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“The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too." –Brené Brown

Pregnancy and childbirth can be a vulnerable time in your life. You may experience depression and anxiety while you are pregnant or after you give birth. And you may not be sure how to get the help that you need to cope with these common challenges. 
On today's episode Cody invites Megan Johnson, the Co-Founder of The Emily Effect Foundation and Licensed Therapist to share what she wishes everyone knew about depression and anxiety during and after pregnancy—including when, why, and how to find the help you need.
Did you know that 50% to 80% of all women who deliver a child experience the mood shifts known as "the baby blues?" And that 1 in 3 experience postpartum depression  and 1 in 5 will develop a more serious case of postpartum mood disorder? 
These facts can be scary and confusing, especially right after your baby arrives. 

Megan shares her sister Emily Cook Dyches' story. Emily was diagnosed and treated for postpartum depression and anxiety. She was treated for the illness for several months. During the process she and her family found pockets of very good help, but as a whole the journey felt frustrating because the resources available seemed disjointed. In short, there were many times they felt like they had exhausted every one of their options and simply didn’t have anywhere else to turn. After Emily lost her life as a result of postpartum anxiety, the family  created The Emily Effect Foundation and website to raise awareness and coordinate local resources for maternal mental health.
Connect with Megan Johnson
Connect with The Emily Effect Foundation
Watch Emily's Story

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