Happy Hormones Podcast

Your immune system is crazy busy on a daily basis protecting you against microbes and toxins! It needs a whole array of nutrients to be able to do that effectively for you. In this episode, I am focusing on how to naturally support your immune system. I cover; - What to eat to support your immune system - What supplements to take to improve your immune response - The importance of your gut and hor...

If you're feeling TATT (tired all the time), it could be due to many different reasons, including lack of sleep, stress, hormone imbalance, menopause, nutrient deficiencies, gut health or underlying health issues. Watch for my 5 tips to stop feeling so tired!

Are you sleeping well? Sleep can be very elusive during peri-menopause and beyond, or if you're particularly stressed. It's so important to try and get sorted. Not only for your energy, mood, brain function and sanity, but also for your long term heatlh. I've got 10 sleeping tips for you in today's video, but if you've tried them all and still not sleeping, do get in touch and we can try and get t...

Endometriosis is a condition that is way more common that we are led to believe. There are an estimated 1 in 10 women of reproductive age that are thought to be suffering from this condition. The problem is that many women are undiagnosed, or have to wait years for a proper diagnosis, often only recognised if they have problems conceiving (it's one of the top causes of infertility). The good news...

It's hard to find supplements to help with menopause symptoms that you can trust and that are effective. For many women who don't want to or can't take HRT, here are 2 well researched evidence based menopause supplements that we have great results with in clinic. You can get more information on them here; http://happyhormonesforlife.com/shop-now

Today I’m chatting with parenting expert and author Cai Graham. Cai has extensive experience with working with both parents and children, especially teenagers, helping with the conflict and issues that can arise during these formative years. We talk particularly about the potential clash of hormones when the mum is going through menopause as the kids are navigating adolescence!

In this episode, I’m chatting with one of our clients Marion Davis, who signed up for our testing and 30 day online course last year. She happily agreed to tell us her story, in the hope of inspiring other women to seek help and improve their health. She really inspired me with her positive attitude. Hope you’re inspired too.

Roughly half of women still menstruating will suffer some kind of PMS symptoms during their cycle, including mood issues, bloating, cravings, fatigue and depression. This can happen any time from puberty up to final menopause, but it's very common during the peri-menopause. But just because it's common does not mean you have to put up with it! There are many natural solutions to PMS that you can t...

You have probably been advised to drink fresh fruit juices and smoothies. But which of the two is better for you? In this episode, I set out the advantages and disadvantages of each and how to make your juice or smoothie perfect for you.

In this interview, Nicole talks about why and how she became known as the Period Girl, and she dispells a few of the myths about the menstrual cycle, including one I constantly remind women of; that just becaue period problems are COMMON doens’t mean that htey are NORMAL! Enjoy our chat.

We love (or hate) them at Christmas but we should be eating them all year round, or at least their cruciferous friends. Did you know that cruciferous vegetables are literally superfoods for your hormones? We all know we need to eat more vegetables. But not all veggies are made equally. Some groups like the cruciferous vegetables are the super heroes of the veggie world!

I've spoken to many women going through menopause or peri-menopause, and nearly all of them report increased stress in their lives. Stress comes from so many places in the modern world and can contribute to making your menopause symptoms worse than they need to be. In today's episode I'm talking about many common causes of stress, and giving some solutions to help you deal with them - you know wha...

I speak with women over 40 every day, and despite so much more talk about the menopause, I’m STILL seeing a lot of mis-information out there which can be confusing when you’re trying to work out how best to look after yourself. So I thought I’d share with you my top 10 menopause myths, the most common misconceptions that come up when I talk to women. Because this is what I would have loved to have...

Are you supplementing with Vitamin D? If not, and you live in the UK (or Northern Hemisphere), you SHOULD BE! We don't get enough sunlight to make Vitamin D during the winter months. So we absolutely need to supplement to get enough. We know Vitamin D is the ‘sunshine vitamin’ but did you know, it is actually a hormone? And it’s absolutely vital to keep us in optimal health.

In this episode I'm chatting to the 90’s brit pop celebrity Meg Matthews (might know her as Noel gallaghers’ ex wife). I realised during our chat that we had soemthing in common - we both went to our GP’s for help and got prescribed AD’s. She also talks about how she thought her symptoms were a result of her partying days in the 90’s, and that she had agrophobia for 3 years before she ended up at...

What do you know about hormone testing? In this episode I cover why we run hormone tests, and what you can find out from them to get you better results. If you'd like to know more or find out if you could benefit, email me at nicki@happyhormonesforlife.com .

Step 4 of the Happy Hormone Code is MOVE. This is where we are making sure we are moving and exercising to support our hormones, but getting the right balance for our own bodies, not what someone is telling us we SHOULD do ('someone' being usually male and under 40!). The important thing is to get the balance right for your own body, and hormones.

Step 3 of the Happy Hormone Code is CLEANSE. Did you know that we are surrounded by chemicals that can disrupt our hormones? We can't all wear gas masks, but we can minimise our exposure to these toxins once we know where they are hiding.

Step 2 of the Happy Hormone Code is REST. It’s no good being on the best diet in the world if you’re over-stressed and cortisol is raging! Cortisol can really mess with your other hormones and affect your energy, brain function, weight, mood, sleep, digestion and libido! AND it can put you at higher risk of more serious conditions as you get older. You absolutely need to manage your stress NOW, no...

It's really important to be looking after your hormones, especially as you get older. In this episode and the next 3, I'll be covering my 4 step Happy Hormone Code; Eat, Rest, Cleanse and Move; 4 real self care steps that will support your hormones so they will work for you, not against you. Step 1 is EAT. Knowing what to eat for your hormones is really important. Food is information, not just cal...

Do you know about your Feisty 4 Hormones? These 4 hormones are generally in control of how you look, feel, think and perform! They are; 1. Cortisol - your Stress hormone 2. Insulin - your Fat Storing hormone 3. Thyroid - your metabolism regulator 4. Oestrogen - your sex hormone Find out more about how they work and how you can get them working FOR you, not AGAINST you.

Today, I'm an award-winning nutritionist, author, speaker and women’s health expert. Things weren’t always this way though……Far from it! I was the chubby kid at school and the grown up girl who ate pizzas, burgers and partied hard most nights. I lived my life jumping from one fad diet to the next. So what on earth happened to turn my life around? Peri-menopause, that's what! My story might well re...