This is Your Brain on Birth Control | Dr. Sarah Hill, PhD.

Sarah E. Hill is at the forefront of groundbreaking research on the effects of the pill. A star psychologist with a PhD from the University of Texas, she studied with one of the founding fathers of evolutionary psychology, David M. Buss. In less than a decade, she’s published over 50 scientific articles and has secured half a million dollars’ worth of federal research grant money to study women, their health, and their mating and sexual psychology. She is regularly features in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, The Economist, and many others.

In today’s episode we talk about Sarah’s groundbreaking book This Is Your Brain On Birth Control. Learn about the different ways hormonal birth control changes our brain, our emotions, and the ways we interact with others!

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Topics discussed in today's episode:

• Sarah’s personal experience with birth control that led her to further research the influence of birth control on your brain
• How sex hormones work in men vs. women 
• Why we need to steer away from thinking sex hormones in the brain are threatening to women or feminism 
• The affects of estrogen on women across the menstrual cycle
• How our hormones impact our own behavior and influence the behavior of men around us 
• How at high fertility, women have more interest in genetic compatibility of men via scent 
• Why women who are on birth control do not get a surge in estrogen and therefore it impacts their partner choice 
• The importance of remembering there are other factors that will impact your partner choice besides your birth control status
• Why it’s so important to be aware of the effects of birth control so if you choose to be on it, you know why you may experience changes in your body or mind 
• Why you should always trust your body and not take no for an answer from your doctor whether you choose to be on or off birth control

Connect with Dr. Sarah E. Hill:

You can connect with Sarah on her Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and on her website.

Resources mentioned:

• Sarah E. Hill | Website
• This Is Your Brain On Birth Control
• Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook
• Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program