You can be eating clean, training hard, and doing more for your health than anyone you know, and still feel exhausted, moody, and stuck with the same five or ten pounds. Then your doctor runs your labs, tells you everything looks normal, and calls it part of aging. Here's the truth: normal is not the same as optimal. In this episode of The Biohacked Method, I sit down with Dr. Julian R. Gershon, Jr., a physician board certified in three specialties and the founder of the Aspen Institute for Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. We talk about why so many women are told their hormones are fine when they're far from optimized, and why he's now seeing patients in their 30s, and even their 20s, with hormone decline. Dr. Gershon and I discuss hormone-disrupting chemicals, testosterone, overlooked thyroid markers, and how progesterone may improve sleep and migraines. I also share my infertility journey and why hormone optimization and liver health go hand in hand.We explore personalized hormone care, follow-up testing, and regenerative medicine, including stem cells, exosomes, peptides, and mitochondrial support. Listen to this episode of The Biohacked Method: Normal Isn't Optimal: Hormone Optimization, Peptides & Living Better, Longer, with Dr. Julian R. Gershon, Jr. Dr. Julian R. Gershon, Jr. is a physician board certified in three specialties and the founder of the Aspen Institute for Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. After 20 years as head team physician at the University of North Texas, he moved to Aspen, Colorado in 2010 and has spent more than two decades at the forefront of anti-aging and regenerative medicine, from hormone optimization and peptide therapy to stem cells, exosomes, and regenerative orthopedics. He's the author of the Amazon bestseller Beyond the Fountain of Youth, hosts the Beyond the Fountain of Youth podcast on YouTube, and works with patients all over the world through telemedicine, with an additional office in Cabo San Lucas. His mission is simple: to help you live better, longer. Here is Dr. Gershon's new book: https://a.co/d/2jq6XSC Connect with Dr. Julian Robert Gershon Jr.: Website: https://aspen-regenerativemedicine.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjuliangershon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-gershon-jr-do-faoasm-abaarm-2a1a3315/ Connect with the Aspen Institute: Website: https://aspen-regenerativemedicine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AspenMed/ Lindsey Burwell, I'm a certified holistic health practitioner, clinical lab specialist, and metabolic optimization expert, and the founder of The Patch Method, a transdermal biohacking brand redesigning how women support their health without relying on pills and supplements. I also co-founded The Metabolism Lab and The Metabolic Scan, tools I use to help clients identify and address the hidden root causes behind fatigue, hormone imbalance, and poor absorption. My work is rooted in my own health journey. After years of struggling with gut issues and inflammation despite normal lab results, I turned to functional labs, peptide protocols, and cellular level healing to find real answers, an approach I've spent over a decade refining with my clients. Today, I specialize in helping high performing women reset their metabolism, detox at the cellular level, and move out of survival mode into deeper energy and vitality. Let's connect & optimize: 🌿The Natural Peptides – Research peptides for health optimization → https://theoptimizedsolutions.com/ ⚡The Patch Method – Transdermal detox & metabolism patches → https://www.thepatchmethod.com/ 📸 Instagram (The Patch Method) → https://www.instagram.com/the.patchmethod/ 🔥 The Lab: Deep Dive Personalized Data Analysis → https://www.lindseyburwell.com/the-lab 📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/itslindseyburwell/ 📧 Join my email list for biohacking tips + offers → https://www.lindseyburwell.com/