The connection between your sleep, your hormones, your mental health, and weight loss is intricate… and crucial to your well-being.

Your sleep quality affects everything, from your cortisol levels to your gut health, your hunger hormones, and everything in between.

And so, when you don’t sleep well, your whole body doesn’t feel well.

What can you do about this?

This is exactly the question I answer in this week’s episode of the Balancing Hormones Naturally podcast.

Listen in and learn how sleep (and lack of it) affects your hormones, what causes sleep disturbances during perimenopause and menopause, how stress impacts your sleep hygiene, the best tips to improve your sleep, and so much more.

Ready to get your sleep and hormones back on track?

Then run, don’t walk, and tune in now!

Key Takeaways:

🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go here or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off.

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ Book your FREE consult call:

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally:

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⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: 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

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Ladies, are you always tired, sleepy, and dealing with a plethora of gut issues—with no idea where all of this is coming from?

Well, I might have the answer for you, and it’s one that will surprise you: it might be coming from… your teeth.

Yes, you read that right, your teeth.

You see, dental health can profoundly impact chronic health issues like fatigue and gut problems.

No one knows this better than this week’s guest on the Balancing Hormones Naturally podcast, the brilliant Amber Macdonald, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner specializing in HTMA.

Amber has personal experience overcoming Lyme disease and severe dental issues, and today, she’s here to share her findings with us.

Listen in now and learn how your dental issues mean more than just bad teeth, why biological dentistry could change everything, how root canals and dental infections may act as hidden reservoirs for chronic infections, and a lot more.

Are you ready?

Let’s dive in.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Meet Amber (00:55)

Why you need a biological dentist (05:06)

How root canals are affecting your health (13:47)

Recommendations from Amber (22:40)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ Book your FREE consult call: https://link.healthmsgsender.com/widget/booking/bRa7dic05dThvnu4RxRz

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 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.

🙏 Thank you to Pique for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://piquelife.com/BHN for 20% off and a FREE starter kit.

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⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: 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

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Have you ever wondered if “clean” makeup is actually clean or just another marketing trick?

I’ve been there too and this episode is for every woman who’s tried to switch to cleaner makeup, only to be overwhelmed by ingredient lists, disappointed by performance, or just left wondering what’s actually safe.

This week, I’m walking you through my personal (and slightly chaotic) journey of testing a ton of clean beauty brands—from the fails to the holy grails.

I’m not a makeup artist, just someone who really cares about what goes on my skin and how it actually wears throughout the day.

I’ll be sharing my honest reviews on brands like RMS Beauty, PiperBlue, Crunchi, Kosas, and so many more.

You’ll hear which ones passed the ingredient test, which ones totally blew me away performance-wise, and which ones... well, didn’t make the cut.

We’re talking texture, blendability, wear time, and—because you know I care—fragrance, parabens, talc, and all the sneaky toxins I won’t touch.

So if you’ve ever stood in the beauty aisle thinking, ‘what do I even buy?’ this one’s for you.

Tune in now to learn more!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Why clean makeup is important (00:49)

My brand reviews (05:50)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ Download my Switch & Ditch Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3j5tcpetVh6kkmherCQRVYHUG6ugBnZtbx8lVkljP0/edit?tab=t.0

➡️ Book your FREE consult call: https://link.healthmsgsender.com/widget/booking/bRa7dic05dThvnu4RxRz

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/promos/balancing-hormones-naturally-multi-product-page or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off.

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⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

—

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

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Do you ever feel like your own body isn’t listening to you—you’re wiped out and it’s refusing to cooperate?

If so, you’re not alone. I’ve been there, and so has my guest on the podcast this week, Julie Fawcett.

Julie is an old client of mine turned friend, and in this episode, she’s here to share her health and wellness journey with us.

Together, she and I will be discussing how simple changes, like cutting out certain foods and learning to manage stress, helped her get her energy and balance back. It’s a reminder that hormone health isn’t just about food—it’s about feeling safe and setting boundaries too.

We’ll also be talking about the importance of breaking people-pleasing habits and slowing down, as well as her latest endeavor… a book about her story!

Ready to learn more about Julie?

Then tune in now.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Julie’s health journey (01:42)

Dietary and lifestyle changes (05:22)

How to regulate your nervous system (10:13)

The shift (18:30)

Julie’s latest endeavor (23:30)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ Book your FREE consult call: https://link.healthmsgsender.com/widget/booking/bRa7dic05dThvnu4RxRz

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 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.

🙏 Thank you to Pique for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://piquelife.com/BHN for 20% off and a FREE starter kit.

—

⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

—

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

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Ladies, today, I’m here to… complain—or at least, say one thing: I’m tired of being told my salad is killing me; and I bet, so are you!

Health advice can be so overwhelming, especially with the vast amount of information available on the internet, coming from doctors, fitness influencers, wellness gurus, and everyone else in between.

And what’s worse is that a lot of the advice we read often contradicts itself: eat meat, don’t eat meat, dairy is bad for you, dairy is good for you, oat milk is the way to go, oat milk will raise your blood sugar and give you diabetes, etc…

So it’s no surprise that we’re all so tired of keeping track of all the things we should and shouldn’t use or consume.

This is why, in this episode, I’ll be addressing the overload of conflicting health advice that leaves many of us confused and overwhelmed. From keto to carnivore to fearing vegetables for their oxalates, I will be unpacking how trends dominate the wellness space and distract us from sustainable, common-sense approaches to health.

If you've ever felt paralyzed by the contradictions in wellness advice, this episode is your permission slip to simplify.

Tune in now to learn more.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Navigating conflicting health advice (00:49)

Where to seek balance? (05:01)

How to avoid information overload (08:15)

Keep an eye for these red flags (17:31)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/promos/balancing-hormones-naturally-multi-product-page or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off.

—

⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

—

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

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The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Are you expecting? How far along are you?

If you haven’t thought about preparing for postpartum yet, this episode is for you.

If you’re new to the podcast, I’m currently expecting my third child—and let’s just say I’ve learned a lot from my first two. But one thing that hit me hard: if we don’t plan and prepare for postpartum, we are setting ourselves up for burnout.

Going through postpartum can feel overwhelming—physically and mentally. But with the right preparation, you can navigate it like a pro whether you’re a first-time mom or a seasoned one.

In this episode, I share my proven, game-changing postpartum preparation plan. You”ll hear how I’m getting ready this time around—what I’m stocking on, my nutrition and supplement routine, natural remedies I swear by, and how I’m planning for mental and physical recovery.

From warming, nutrient-rich meals, to finding the right support for you and your family, this episode gives you a sneak peek into how I support healing after childbirth.

If you’re preparing for postpartum or want to better support someone who is, this episode is full of actionable advice you won’t want to miss.

Let’s dive in!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Why preparing for postpartum matters (00:52)

Must-have postpartum essentials (02:28)

Best hospital snacks (07:24)

Homeopathic help for bleeding (09:51)

Postpartum nutrition and supplements (11:28)

Mental and physical recovery plan (21:30)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

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🙏 Thank you to Paleovalley for sponsoring this episode!

👉 Go to https://paleovalley.com/promos/balancing-hormones-naturally-multi-product-page or enter code LEAH at checkout for 15% off.

—

⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

—

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

—

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.

Are you struggling with your health and not sure where to start?

Have you tried every tip you’ve found online to combat fatigue, brain fog, and maybe even an unhealthy relationship with food, but haven’t seen any lasting results?

This is the episode for you.

In it, I sit down with a former client of mine, Genevieve, who went through my Hormone Reset Program and achieved amazing results.

Genevieve is a young healthcare worker with a long struggle with migraines and a negative relationship with food—and she overcame both through working on her hormones.

After dealing with debilitating migraines, problematic periods, and constant bruising, she decided to take control of her health with the help of a holistic approach; and that led her straight to me!

In this episode, she shares her journey through the Hormone Reset Program. She and I also discuss the challenges that come with the program, breaking past diet myths about carbs, why a mindset shift is a must if you want to heal your body, how to achieve long-term sustainable health improvement, and so much more.

Want to learn more about Genevieve’s journey?

Then tune in now!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Meet my guest (00:58)

When do you need a hormonal reset? (02:57)

Healing your relationship with food (09:24)

Genevieve’s results (16:18)

Genevieve’s experience with the HTMA test (20:11)

What would you say to your younger self? (26:50)

Additional Links & Resources:

➡️ (FREE TRAINING) Learn the 3 secrets to balancing your hormones naturally: https://freehormonetraining.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=podcast

—

🙏 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.

—

⏺ Get your personalized hormone balance protocol:

https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/mineral-magic

⏺ Learn more about my 6-month hormone reset program: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/hormone-reset-program

⏺ Sign up for my coaching program (limited access): https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/private-coaching

⏺ Explore all of my favorite products here: https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/favorites

—

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

—

The recommendations presented in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice from a qualified doctor. Before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle, please consult with your healthcare provider.

Some of these links contain affiliate links.