If you feel like you’re doing everything right (eating well, taking supplements, supporting your hormones) but you still don’t feel better or can’t stay consistent, this episode may explain why. The missing piece for so many women isn’t another protocol. It’s brain rewiring. Your nervous system and subconscious patterns directly control your hormones, digestion, inflammation, and stress response, and until those patterns shift, your body will stay stuck in survival mode.

In this episode, I’m breaking down:

• What brain rewiring actually is and why it’s not “woo,” but rooted in neuroscience
• The difference between calming your nervous system temporarily vs. truly regulating and rewiring it
• How your subconscious brain runs patterns that control cortisol, blood sugar, ovulation, thyroid function, digestion, and inflammation
• Why your brain acts like a prediction machine and how past experiences shape your current hormone responses
• How chronic fight-or-flight keeps your body stuck prioritizing survival over healing, reproduction, and repair
• Why no supplement, diet, or protocol can override a nervous system that feels unsafe
• How language, identity, and internal beliefs directly impact hormone outcomes
• The concept of “pattern interruption” and how changing your response in the moment rewires your physiology
• Real client examples of reduced IBS flares, inflammation, and stress symptoms through nervous system rewiring
• Why brain rewiring is about teaching your body safety not eliminating stress completely

Your symptoms are not random and they’re not just physical. They’re the result of patterns your nervous system has learned over time. When you interrupt those patterns and teach your brain that it’s safe, your body can finally shift out of survival mode and into healing mode.

This episode will help you understand why brain rewiring is one of the most powerful tools for hormone healing and how reclaiming control of your nervous system allows your body to finally do what it was designed to do.

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🙏Thank you to Eversio Wellness for sponsoring this episode!

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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.

Through the Balance Hormones Naturally podcast, you’ll discover why your cycle is so important to your everyday health and how you can use nutrition to help support the rise and fall of your hormones and finally feel truly amazing. We dig deep to understand and heal the root causes of your symptoms so you can achieve lasting results through manageable and realistic lifestyle changes, allowing you to live a healthy and balanced life without a life-long pharmaceutical prescription.

Let’s connect:

📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/

🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com

If you’re dealing with painful periods, low energy, mood swings, acne, and bloating, and feel like nothing you try actually sticks, this episode is for you. In today’s episode, I’m walking you through a real client case study to show how hormone symptoms don’t exist in isolation. When cycles are debilitating and energy is gone, it’s almost never about just one hormone, it’s about foundations, minerals, digestion, and nervous system safety.

In this episode, I’m sharing:

• Why we always start with foundations before supplements or protocols and what “stabilize before you heal” really means
• How blood sugar balance, stress capacity, circadian rhythm, digestion, and drainage pathways set the stage for hormone repair
• What this client’s Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) revealed and why high copper paired with low adrenal minerals often shows up with painful periods and acne
• How low sodium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, and zinc explain chronic exhaustion, mood issues, and poor digestion
• Why weak adrenals can’t properly transport copper and how that creates hormone and skin symptoms
• The critical link between nervous system regulation, mindset, and consistency and why this became the turning point in her healing
• Why digestion sometimes doesn’t improve with minerals alone and how we decide when to dig deeper
• What her GI-MAP revealed, including low-level H. pylori, low stomach acid, weakened gut immunity, and early inflammatory markers
• How addressing gut infections, rebuilding keystone bacteria, and supporting stomach acid changed everything
• Why personalized testing matters and why no two protocols should ever look the same

The result? Pain-free periods, more energy, clearer skin, improved digestion, and a regular cycle without chasing random supplements or masking symptoms. This episode is a powerful reminder that your body isn’t broken, it’s communicating. When you support it in the right order, healing becomes not only possible, but sustainable.

If you’ve ever wondered whether testing, foundations, or a personalized approach could finally help you feel better, this episode will connect the dots in a way you haven’t heard before.

Leah’s Favorite Things: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.

Through the Balance Hormones Naturally podcast, you’ll discover why your cycle is so important to your everyday health and how you can use nutrition to help support the rise and fall of your hormones and finally feel truly amazing. We dig deep to understand and heal the root causes of your symptoms so you can achieve lasting results through manageable and realistic lifestyle changes, allowing you to live a healthy and balanced life without a life-long pharmaceutical prescription.

Let’s connect:

📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/
🎥: Watch episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahbrueggemann

🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com

If you’ve been told you have estrogen dominance and your instinct has been to detox harder, cut more foods, or throw every estrogen-lowering supplement at the problem, this episode is for you. Estrogen dominance does not automatically mean you have too much estrogen, and aggressively trying to lower it often makes symptoms worse. In this episode, I’m breaking down what estrogen dominance actually is, why it’s more about clearance than production, and how to support your body without pushing it into burnout.

In this episode I’m sharing:

• What estrogen dominance really means and why your estrogen labs can look “normal” or even low
• How estrogen is supposed to rise and fall across your cycle and where things break down
• Why low progesterone often masquerades as “high estrogen” symptoms
• How impaired drainage (not detox) creates a hormone traffic jam
• The overlooked role of copper dysregulation in estrogen-heavy symptoms like breast tenderness and PMS
• Common estrogen-dominant symptoms: heavy or painful periods, PMS, migraines, anxiety, weight gain, and sleep issues
• Why DIM, calcium d-glucarate, fasting, and aggressive detox can backfire
• How liver detox actually works (phase 1 vs phase 2) and why protein and amino acids are non-negotiable
• Why you can’t detox what you can’t eliminate, and the importance of pooping, peeing, sweating, and breathing
• The gut–estrogen connection, including beta-glucuronidase and how low fiber leads to estrogen recirculation
• Simple food-based supports: cruciferous veggies, flaxseed, berries, citrus, bitters, garlic, onions, and a daily carrot
• How to increase fiber slowly without bloating and when digestive enzymes help

Hormone balance isn’t about forcing detox it’s about building capacity. When drainage pathways are open, minerals are supported, digestion is working, and fiber intake is consistent, estrogen can finally move the way it’s meant to. This episode will help you stop fighting your hormones and start supporting them in a way that actually creates relief.

If you’re ready to move beyond symptom-chasing and understand what your body is really asking for, this episode gives you a clear place to start.

Leah’s Favorite Things: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/leah and enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off.

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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.

Through the Balance Hormones Naturally podcast, you’ll discover why your cycle is so important to your everyday health and how you can use nutrition to help support the rise and fall of your hormones and finally feel truly amazing. We dig deep to understand and heal the root causes of your symptoms so you can achieve lasting results through manageable and realistic lifestyle changes, allowing you to live a healthy and balanced life without a life-long pharmaceutical prescription.

Let’s connect:

📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/balancinghormonesnaturally/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah_brueg/
🎥: Watch episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@leahbrueggemann

🌐 Website: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com