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Dear Hormones,  
   Where have you gone, and just when I need you the most?

Behind every earnest ambition, desire, and pursuit, there is a hormone driving our passions. Hormones play as much of a role in a man’s interests as do his diet, sleep, and exercise. Our human drives are the result of hormones transforming energy into motivational pursuits.

With more recent science, we see that men have hormonal cycles just like women—with spikes and plunges even more drastic than those experienced during a menstrual cycle. For some men, these cycles can last for many years, caused by an underlying hormonal imbalance.

Uncovering the Causes of Your Sleepless Nights

One thing we can probably agree on is that quality sleep is a blessing for those that can get it.

For some of us, our sleep can be disturbed in many ways.  In sleep, we look for how fast we fall asleep, stay asleep, the total length of sleep, and how much daytime energy we have after we have slept.

Don't worry if you are one of the 60 million suffering from recurring sleep disturbances.  As of now, there's an easier way to determine whether hormone imbalances contribute to your sleep loss.

Serotonin: Estrogen’s Dance Partner...

As a thyroid doctor, I am particularly concerned about my patients' exposure to COVID-19. I believe thyroid issues are a risk factor for not only more easily contracting the virus, but also for having a more severe course of illness once it takes hold.

Stress can directly cause hormone imbalance.

And then hormone imbalance can make you even more stressed out! Let's explore this correlation and ways to break the cycle naturally.

Applying the Goldilocks Principle to Stress 

Stress is nature's gift. Every species needs just the right amount of it for healthy growth. 

Seedlings defy the stress of gravity, pushing out of the dirt to rapidly grow towards the sky. Chicks break out of their eggshells, thrusting into a new world of breath and sunlight.

At any moment, too much stress would sap their early life. Strangely, too little stress often means they don't develop well enough to survive.

Just the right amount of stress is needed for every living thing to remain in healthy balance with the natural world. When stress levels are "just right," we call this the Goldilocks Principle of Stress.

Getting a better understanding of how stress affects our health is the first step to boosting our wellness.

Spring Cleansing While at Home: 7 Natural Tips

While stuck at home, we have more time to focus on our health. Turn shelter in place into a mini detox retreat.

Stress-induced adrenal fatigue/burnout is another pandemic happening right now.

We are often given information that promises to help us to age in good health, lose weight, feel younger, look younger, or to recapture our lost youth- but how do we know where to start?  Your hormones may need some fine-tuning.

The Blue Monday Blues

Called "the most depressing day of the year," is it just seasonal sadness or real depression?

Stay lifted throughout the winter season!

Make tea time a boost for your hormones and neurotransmitters.

Each generation says their stress levels are too high to be healthy for cortisol hormone levels, regardless of age.

Are you between the ages of 15 and 21? Congratulations, you are part of Gen Z, the highest-stress generation. But you did not need me to tell you that.

School shootings, sexual assault, social bullying, and now COVID-19 forcing social isolation during a quarantine. No wonder you are stressed. Prolonged stress increases your health risk, often due to sustained high levels of cortisol hormones produced by your adrenal glands.