It's Not You, It's Your Hormones

Chelsea McLeod
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It's Not You, It's Your Hormones podcast is hosted by Chelsea McLeod, a corporate dropout turned Integrative Health Practitioner. She helps busy, driven women release weight and feel amazing by balancing hormones and fixing gut issues. Healthy Hustle Method is for women who want results without endless cardio or fad diets. Chelsea combines her unique background as a corporate director, cycle instructor, former college athlete, and results-driven practitioner to bring you cutting-edge, no-fluff science-backed strategies. Join Chelsea each week for a mindful and balanced discussion on how you can better understand your symptoms and what you can do about it. Do you ever feel like your body is speaking a language you can’t understand? Whether you’re experiencing weight gain, fatigue, poor sleep, energy crashes, cravings, hair loss or changes in mood or feeling anxious, you will learn first steps in healing your hormones so you can look and feel amazing. Chelsea cuts through the wellness noise with science-backed solutions that work for ambitious, busy women. This isn't just another health podcast—it's your roadmap to feeling as powerful on the inside as you look on the outside. Whether you're scaling the corporate ladder or building an empire, discover how to fuel your ambitions without burning out.

  1. 23h ago

    76. Autoimmune Disease in Ambitious Women

    80% of autoimmune disease is women and I’ve identified 3 core personality traits of women with autoimmune issues. After working with hundreds of clients who've healed from Hashimoto's, lupus, eczema, gut issues, and the "your labs are normal" runaround, I've watched the same pattern show up again and again. This episode is for every eldest daughter, nurse, lawyer, HR manager, and team lead who has somehow become the family and workplace shock absorber while her own body quietly falls apart. I'm breaking down the exact biology of how chronic people pleasing turns into cortisol dysfunction, leaky boundaries, and an immune system that starts attacking its own tissue, plus the three personality traits I see in almost every autoimmune client before we even run a single lab. ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  2. Jul 21

    75. Macro Counting vs. Intuitive Eating: Why Both Are Failing Women

    “Should I be counting macros or eating intuitively?” Honestly, neither because they’re both so one-dimensional. Honestly, I'm done watching women get burned by both. I grew up on Cosmo and Seventeen magazine diet culture, I've coached hundreds of women who have tried both extremes, and here's the truth: neither one works until you fix what's actually broken underneath. In this episode I'm ending the debate for good. I break down exactly who macro counting works for (and who it does NOT help whatsoever), why intuitive eating backfires hard when your hormones are out of whack, and the four things you have to check before you pick any strategy at all. ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  3. Jul 14

    74. 10 Traits of Highly Successul Women

    What are the core traits of women who have successful careers, healthy bodies, and strong relationships? I've spent a lot of time with higly successful women and will break down the 10 common core threads between these women. These women are running these 10 plays to create the life that you want. Press play. ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  4. Jul 7

    73. Bulding a Business without Burning Out: Amber's Story

    I get DMs constantly from women running their own businesses who look completely put together on stage and are falling apart the second they get off it. Amber is one of them. Dental hygienist, business owner, on a plane more than she's home. She had a suit. Fit perfectly in January. By October it wouldn't button. Same workouts, same "eating well," same everything. So she went to her doctor and said it felt like perimenopause. Got told she was too young. She's 38. This one gets into what actually happens when your hormones are dysregulated and you're still doing "all the right things," why the scale was never the real signal, and what it took to fix it while she was still living out of a suitcase. Products Mentioned: Blue Blocker Glasses (code CMHEALTH): https://boncharge.com/collections/blue-light-blocking-glasses?rfsn=7236550.af5a97 ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  5. Jun 30

    72. Rebuild Years: When Life Falls Apart

    So many of my clients are in the same exact season right now. Divorce, career pivot, moving countries, leaving corporate, becoming a mom. The life they used to have is gone and the next one hasn't taken shape yet. And they're just sitting in the middle going, what the f**k is even happening. I'm right there with you. I got deported from Australia with 28 days notice after eight years of building a life there. I left a relationship my visa hinged on. I walked away from a corporate career with stock options and a team I loved to start something with zero guarantees. Now I'm in Bali with no idea where I'll be in two weeks, and I had to learn fast that this in between season isn't something to survive. It's the actual work. In this episode I'm breaking down what a rebuilding year really is, why most people waste theirs, and what separates the women who come out the other side completely transformed from the ones who stay stuck. Save this for when life feels like it's falling apart. This is the pep talk you need for your rebuilding year. ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  6. Jun 23

    71. Be More Selfish: Here's Why

    I've been thinking about the word "selfish" a lot lately. And I want to drag it out of the trash can where society has put it and actually look at what it means, because I think we've gotten this wildly wrong. The women in my life who are "selfish" about their self-care? They have the body you want, the energy you want, the presence you want. And the women who sacrifice everything for everyone? They're exhausted, inflamed, resentful, and often dealing with autoimmune conditions they keep ignoring. This episode is about blowing up the story that putting yourself first is a moral failure. Because it's not. It's actually the most strategic and selfless thing you will ever do. ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  7. Jun 16

    70. Big Tech Careers, Brain Fog & Burnout: Chelsey's Story

    I met Chelsey when we worked together in eco at Reebok. She was the tech lead person everyone from the team needed at all times. Always on, always needed, always giving her time and working late. Duncan Nitro cold brew in hand, a protein bar in the other, convinced she was being healthy. She came to me about two years ago completely burned out, anxiety through the roof, carrying a layer of fluff she couldn't move. Managing accounts at Amazon, Google, Nike, with her nervous system running on edge 24/7. Anxiety was her baseline. She was working out, lifting, running, and her body wasn't responding. Her goal, written in her journal on day one: just have more good days than bad. She just showed me her Oura ring. Sleep crown almost every night. And she lost nearly 30 lbs on the way. This one is for you if you're in tech, e-comm, or any role that never really lets you clock off. ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

  8. Jun 9

    69. The Vacation Crash: Why You're Exhausted Even on Vacation

    I used to come home from vacation more exhausted than when I left. Five days in Montana with my family, the Ariana Grande collab had just gone live at Reebok, I finally slept 10 hours and woke up horizontal for three days feeling worse than on my busiest office days. At the time I thought I was just broken. Turns out I was running on stress hormones as my primary fuel source. And the second the threat disappeared, my body crashed and sent me the bill. If vacation is supposed to be rest, why do you come home feeling destroyed? Let's unpack what's up with your hormones and how to fix it.   LINKS Join the retreat waitlist: https://chelseamcleod.com/retreat-waitlist  Electrolytes: https://us.fullscript.com/plans/healthyhustle-pantry-essentials Blue Blocker Glasses: use code CMHEALTH for discount https://boncharge.com/collections/blue-light-blocking-glasses?rfsn=7236550.af5a97 Opal - to block apps on phone (code PAXEZ 30 days free): https://apps.apple.com/app/id1497465230?mt=8  ☀️ For even more hormone healing and down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  TikTok, & LinkedIn ✨ Get the guide for 5 food swaps to release the first 5 lbs here. ✨ Grab the Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss ebook, with prescriptive guidance on how to heal your hormones to release weight and feel amazing.  ✨ Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

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It's Not You, It's Your Hormones podcast is hosted by Chelsea McLeod, a corporate dropout turned Integrative Health Practitioner. She helps busy, driven women release weight and feel amazing by balancing hormones and fixing gut issues. Healthy Hustle Method is for women who want results without endless cardio or fad diets. Chelsea combines her unique background as a corporate director, cycle instructor, former college athlete, and results-driven practitioner to bring you cutting-edge, no-fluff science-backed strategies. Join Chelsea each week for a mindful and balanced discussion on how you can better understand your symptoms and what you can do about it. Do you ever feel like your body is speaking a language you can’t understand? Whether you’re experiencing weight gain, fatigue, poor sleep, energy crashes, cravings, hair loss or changes in mood or feeling anxious, you will learn first steps in healing your hormones so you can look and feel amazing. Chelsea cuts through the wellness noise with science-backed solutions that work for ambitious, busy women. This isn't just another health podcast—it's your roadmap to feeling as powerful on the inside as you look on the outside. Whether you're scaling the corporate ladder or building an empire, discover how to fuel your ambitions without burning out.

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