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.

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

🙏Thank you to Eversio Wellness for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/LEAH or 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/

🌐 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

If you’ve been trying to get pregnant, have very irregular cycles, a history of long-term birth control use, and a high-stress lifestyle, this episode is for you. In this episode, I’m walking you through a real fertility case study to show what’s possible when we stop chasing quick fixes and instead support the body as a whole. This client’s story is a powerful reminder that fertility challenges aren’t always complex — but they do require the right foundations.

In this episode, I take you through:

• Why coming off birth control without proper nutrient replenishment often leads to irregular or missing ovulation
• How chronic stress and a “go-go-go” lifestyle quietly suppress ovulation and fertility
• Why we started with a hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) instead of running endless labs
• What mineral patterns like low sodium, potassium, magnesium, and high calcium tell us about adrenals, thyroid, and cellular stress
• The role of zinc, copper, and mineral balance in ovulation, egg quality, estrogen, and progesterone
• Why low detox capacity doesn’t mean you should push detox, and how doing so can backfire
• How supporting digestion improves mineral absorption and hormone signaling
• Why fertility work must include both partners, not just the woman

I also share how we approached her retest and what changed:

• How improving cellular vitality allowed her body to begin detoxing safely
• Why retesting labs uncovers the next layer of healing instead of guessing
• How nervous system support, habit-building, and letting go of perfection became a turning point
• Why fertility healing isn’t about forcing results, but creating safety, nourishment, and resilience

Just weeks after her retest, this client became pregnant, not through aggressive protocols, but through steady replenishment, stress reduction, and foundational support. This episode is meant to educate, encourage, and remind you that your body is not broken. With the right support, timing, and patience, fertility can return, often more simply than you’ve been led to believe.

If you’re navigating fertility challenges and want to understand why your body is responding the way it is, this episode will help you see the bigger picture and where to start.

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

For this episode, I was a guest on my good friend Brigitta’s Borinstein’s podcast Motherhood Equipped, where we discussed:

• Why hormones are messengers, not the root problem—and what actually needs support first
• The biggest mistakes women make when trying to “balance hormones” postpartum
• How blood sugar instability drives anxiety, rage, fatigue, and sleep issues
• Why pregnancy and breastfeeding are deeply mineral-depleting—and which minerals matter most
• The truth about electrolytes vs. true mineral repletion
• How cortisol, progesterone, estrogen, and insulin are all interconnected
• Why liver support plays a massive role in mood, skin, and cycle recovery after birth
• What the fourth trimester really asks of your body—and why rushing recovery backfires

We also end with a fun little rapid-fire questionnaire, answering common hormonal questions. This was such a fun interview, and full of so many nuggets and insights.

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

🙏Thank you to Eversio Wellness for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/LEAH or 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/

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

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com

If you’re exhausted but can’t fall asleep, wake up wired in the middle of the night, or feel like you’ve tried everything with no success, this episode is for you.

In this episode, I’m breaking down the real reasons sleep struggles happen and exactly how to fix them using simple, practical sleep hygiene strategies that actually work. This isn’t about a perfect nighttime routine, it’s about training your brain and body to finally feel safe enough to rest.

In this episode, I cover:

• Why sleep is a learned neurological response, and how stress trains your brain to stay awake
• The biggest mistake people make with bedtime routines
• How blood sugar, cortisol, melatonin, and insulin all affect your ability to fall and stay asleep
• Why your wake time matters more than your bedtime
• The connection between late eating and poor sleep
• How to build a realistic nighttime routine that supports deep rest
• What to do if you’re wired but exhausted
• Simple changes that can dramatically improve your sleep in 7–14 days

If you’re ready to stop fighting your body at night and finally experience deep, restorative sleep, this episode will completely shift how you approach rest.

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/

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

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com

If you’ve been told your labs are “normal” but you still feel exhausted, bloated, moody, anxious, crampy, or completely off in your cycle, this episode is for you. Normal labs do not mean optimal hormones. And they definitely don’t mean nothing is wrong. Most women are living in the gray zone: not sick enough for medication, but not healthy enough to feel good. In this episode, I’m breaking down what balanced hormones actually look like, why lab ranges are misleading, and how to understand what your body is truly asking for.

In this episode I’m sharing:

• Why normal lab ranges does not mean optimal hormone function, and how conventional ranges are built around disease, not wellness
• The difference between conventional vs functional lab ranges, and why tighter ranges matter for symptom-free living
• Why TSH alone is not a full picture of thyroid health, and what T3, T4, antibodies, gut health, and liver function reveal
• How nutrient deficiencies and poor conversion drive fatigue, PMS, weight gain, and hair loss before labs flag a problem
• Why your doctor isn’t necessarily wrong, but is limited by insurance, time constraints, and pharmaceutical-based training
• How hormones actually work together through the hormone cascade, and why fixing just one hormone rarely solves symptoms
• The connection between cortisol, progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormones, and inflammation
• Why stress, blood sugar crashes, mineral depletion, and liver overload disrupt hormone flow
• What truly balanced hormones feel like: predictable cycles, stable energy, calm moods, good sleep, healthy digestion, and resilience
• The foundational steps that support hormone balance naturally: blood sugar stability, mineral replenishment, liver support, gut health, and nervous system regulation

Your symptoms are not random, they’re communication. You deserve more than being told “everything looks fine” when your body is clearly asking for support. This episode will help you understand how hormones really work, why labs often miss the bigger picture, and how to start building true hormone balance so you can finally feel like yourself again.

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/

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

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com

If you’re dealing with heavy or clotted periods, intense PMS, breast tenderness, migraines around your cycle, bloating before your period, or feeling overly emotional, anxious, or wired, you’re going to want to listen to this episode. Estrogen is not the enemy. In fact, we need estrogen for ovulation, bone health, insulin sensitivity, and brain function. The problem starts when estrogen is too high, not clearing properly, or overpowering progesterone. This episode will help you understand what your symptoms are actually telling you, and where to start.

In this episode I’m sharing:

• The 7 most common signs of high estrogen, including heavy bleeding, short cycles, breast tenderness, PMS, migraines, and more
• Why high estrogen almost always goes hand-in-hand with low progesterone (and why you can’t look at one without the other)
• How estrogen increases histamine activity, leading to anxiety, insomnia, nausea, rage, and premenstrual mood swings
• Why migraines around ovulation or before your period are often tied to estrogen fluctuations and inflammation
• How stress, alcohol, and lack of sleep worsen estrogen symptoms by slowing liver detoxification
• The difference between high estrogen vs. estrogen dominance and why labs can look “normal” while symptoms are anything but
• How copper imbalance can make estrogen feel stronger even when blood levels are normal
• Why gut health matters, including the role of beta-glucuronidase in estrogen recirculation
• Where to start naturally: blood sugar balance, fiber intake, liver support, bitters, vitamin C, and reducing endocrine disruptors

Estrogen doesn’t work in isolation. When progesterone, liver detox, gut health, minerals, and blood sugar aren’t supported, estrogen symptoms show up loud and clear. This episode will help you recognize the signs of high estrogen, understand what’s driving them, and take practical steps toward calmer moods, lighter periods, and more balanced hormones.

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/

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

📧 Email: leahbcoaching@gmail.com