Hormone Balance For Dummies

Achieve balance and improve your health, mood, vitality and energy from within

Hormones are your body's chemical “messengers,” the regulators of essential functions like metabolism, reproduction, mood, and growth. But, in our 24/7, hyper-connected modern world, many of us increasingly find ourselves in situations of chronic stress that can imbalance or disrupt our bodies' natural hormonal balance.

In Hormone Balance For Dummies, renowned hormone health coach Isabella Mainwaring delivers an accessible and exciting new take on hormonal imbalance. You'll discover why hormone balance is so important for you and contributes to everything from the maintenance of a healthy weight to fertility, mental wellness, and overall health. The author goes beyond diet and lifestyle to offer practical nervous system regulation tips and dive deep on available treatment options for hormonal imbalance.

In the book:

• Find out why stress, poor gut health, medications, toxins and unprocessed emotions and trauma can negatively impact your hormonal balance
• Be proactive in managing your hormone health to ensure robust health and wellbeing throughout life
• Explore traditional and alternative therapies for hormonal imbalances, including somatic work and EMDR

Perfect for men and women of reproductive age, and anyone else interested in their own health and wellness, Hormone Balance For Dummies is a must-read roadmap to improved wellbeing, mood, energy, and a brand-new lust for life!

Introduction 1

Part 1: Understanding Hormone Balance and Why It’s Important 5

Chapter 1: Hormone Balance for Life 7

Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Endocrine System 17

Chapter 3: Meeting the Hormone Hierarchy 39

Chapter 4: Understanding Sex Hormone Transformation 55

Chapter 5: Linking Hormone Health to Overall Health 65

Part 2: Investigating the Rising Rates of Hormonal Issues 83

Chapter 6: Examining Escalating Rates of Global Reproductive Challenges 85

Chapter 7: Unpacking Global Crises in Health 107

Chapter 8: Understanding Your Unique Hormonal Profile 121

Chapter 9: Overloading the Nervous System 135

Chapter 10: Endangering the Gut and Its Microbiome 157

Chapter 11: Unpacking Modern Life’s Impact on Our Ancient Hormones 175

Part 3: Interpreting Your Symptoms 191

Chapter 12: Understanding Your Reproductive Hormones 193

Chapter 13: Preventing the Long-term Risks of Imbalance 215

Chapter 14: Empowering Yourself with or without a Diagnosis 237

Part 4: Create Your Hormone Balancing Action Plan 255

Chapter 15: Turning Intention into Action 257

Chapter 16: Taking a Root-Cause Approach 277

Chapter 17: Hacking Your Hormone Hierarchy 291

Chapter 18: Fostering Hormone Balance in Teenagers 309

Chapter 19: Maintaining Hormone Balance in Older Age 319

Part 5: The Part of Tens 333

Chapter 20: Ten Essential Habits for Hormone Health 335

Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Hormone Health Debunked 343

Index 353

Isabella Mainwaring, CDP, QLS, OCN, is a hormone health coach and a rising thought leader in the hormone arena. Her specialty is helping women get back to balance by healing their hormones with her unique therapeutic method, ThetaSomatics™. The program helps her clients return to balance using neuroscience, psychology, somatics, and EMDR.

Relieve hormone-driven symptoms—the easy way

Hormones are chemicals that play a huge role in just about everything our bodies do. When this symphony of chemicals gets out of tune, the imbalance can wreak havoc. Thankfully, there are simple, sustainable things you can do to help your hormones strike the right chord. Hormone Balance For Dummies covers hormone basics for bodies of all types and ages. With clear guidelines on improving your mood, metabolism, fertility, sleep, self-confidence, and beyond, this book shows you how to create safety in your body through nervous system work and trauma healing so it can shift into a state of healing and balance.

Inside…

• All the hormone basics
• Understanding your symptoms
• At-home testing & treatment
• Diet and lifestyle factors
• Balance in the teen years
• Staying balanced as you age