It's HERTIME with Cody Sanders

Send us Fan Mail Your sex hormones aren’t the only ones you may need to look at to understand the cause of your hormone symptoms. On today's episode Cody does a deep-dive into when to test your other hormone levels like insulin, cortisol, thyroid hormones, etc.   Many women experience resistance to their request to have comprehensive hormone testing. It’s an understatement to say that it can...

Send us Fan Mail When you’re trying to figure out why you feel so crappy every month, it can be so frustrating trying to get access to the appropriate doctors and especially to the appropriate tests. It can be even more frustrating to suffer terrible symptoms and yet have no diagnosis because your bloodwork comes back “normal.” Part of the problem is that you simply don’t know when is the best tim...

Send us Fan Mail “The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too." –Brené Brown Pregnancy and childbirth can be a vulnerable time in your life. You may experience depression and anxiety while you are pregnant or after you give birth. And you may not be sure how to get the help that you need to cope with these common challenges.  On today's episode Cody invites Megan John...

Send us Fan Mail Even if we are not a mother, we can hone into the superpower of being able to instinctively feel things through a deep-rooted evolutionary perspective that we know as a “motherly instinct”.  It's in all of us. There is so much we can do as women to use our voice and to be a force for positive change. On today's episode, Cody interviews two remarkable women who have been...

Send us Fan Mail Making a baby may seem straightforward, but if you’ve ever tried and struggled to conceive—or witnessed one of your girlfriends endure the experience—then you know getting pregnant isn’t always so simple. In the United States, 12 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 have impaired fertility, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s over 7 millio...

Send us Fan Mail Genes are the specific instructions that make you who you are. They are sections of DNA, your body’s master manual, and at the latest estimate, there are around 20,000 genes in the human genome. But genes, like humans, are imperfect, and often have mutations or variations that can cause everything from eye color to hair curl to whether you can curl your tongue. These mutations can...

Send us Fan Mail Does this sounds familiar: You feel exhausted, but you can't sleep. Your weight is creeping up, but you don't have the energy to work out or cook. You're irritable and anxious, and you’re noticing more hair on the bathroom floor. It could be adrenal fatigue or low thyroid or… both . But how can you tell the difference? Adrenal fatigue and low thyroid conditions can...

Send us Fan Mail It's hard for people who don't live with endometriosis to understand just how debilitating and even isolating the condition can be. Yes, some people have more mild cases and less pain, but for many women with endometriosis, life is impacted in a major way, including when they are ready to become pregnant. In this episode, Cody dives into how and why endometriosis can imp...

Send us Fan Mail Endometriosis, a condition where tissue that behaves like the lining of the womb is found outside the uterus, and causes severe and debilitating period pain. It affects more than 6.5 million women in the US, yet there is still so much confusion around its causes, symptoms and treatments. On today's episode, Cody invites Ana Gonzalez Herrera, who is the founder of Hormone Univ...

Send us Fan Mail Getting a good night's sleep is essential for our physical and mental health, and with the right strategies, anyone can improve the quality of their sleep. On today's episode, Cody joins with Sleep Expert, Chrissy Lawler, to share tips and tricks that will help us improve the quality of our sleep, allowing us to wake up feeling refreshed and energized. This episode cover...

Send us Fan Mail How many of you have been stopped in your tracks by what "other people think of you", or your lack of confidence in yourself or feelings of inadequacy? Maybe you too have been telling yourself you don't even know what your purpose is. Probably we have all been there. But what is true is that what each of us has to offer is far too important to stay hidden or be hind...

Send us Fan Mail You may have noticed there are times in your cycle where your motivation and physical stamina are lacking when it comes to your fitness routine. No matter how motivating your trainer is, while telling you to push through one more rep or the Peloton instructor is saying “push”… you may just find that there are times where you just aren’t feeling that motivation. This isn’t because...

Send us Fan Mail If we want to lose weight, then boosting our metabolism is a great way to drop those extra pounds. But, contrary to popular belief the best way to boost our metabolism is not by cutting back on food and restricting our diet, but by eating more of the kinds of foods that treat the root cause of our slowed and sluggish metabolism. Sounds easy right? Then why does it sometimes feel s...

Send us Fan Mail From "lady-parts" to "hoo-ha," there are many names we call our unique female anatomy. Unfortunately, even many of us adult women don't know the correct terminology when it comes to what's down there. For instance, we just call everything down there our "vagina". We have some learning to do, girls! On today's episode, Cody invited Dr. A...

Send us Fan Mail Life is meant to be joyous! We are pleasure-seeking creatures by nature. Joy makes us younger, smarter, more intuitive, and healthier . . . with better hormonal balance and immune-system functioning. Joy even positively affects our metabolism. On today's episode Cody invites Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist and Sexual Relationship Coach, Marissa...

Send us Fan Mail You used to want to tear your husband's clothes off. Now? Not so much. If you've been suffering from "honey, not tonight" syndrome (a.k.a. low sex drive), then it's good to know that you're not alone. It's actually estimated that as many as 40 million women in the United States suffer from a low libido. So, today Cody talk with us about why that...

Send us Fan Mail Chronic inflammation doesn't happen overnight, nor does reversing it, especially if you've been very inflamed for a long time. But by incorporating all (not just one—remember, there's no easy way out!) of the seven strategies Cody shares with us today, we will begin taming our inflammation and start seeing results in as little as two weeks. Did you learn something n...

Send us Fan Mail Our immune system defends our body against illness and disease. It’s a complex system that includes the skin cells, blood, bone marrow, tissues, and organs that — when working the way they should — protect our body against potentially harmful pathogens (things like bacteria and viruses), and limit damage that happens from noninfectious agents (like sunburn or cancer). To best prot...

Send us Fan Mail If you pay attention to the health headlines, you’ve probably heard about the gut microbiome, or the collection of good and bad bugs that live in the GI tract and that have an outsized influence on our health. But here’s something you might not know: the gut microbiome has a direct and powerful effect on our hormones.  If you suffer from hormone-related health issues, like acne, b...

Send us Fan Mail Consistency is one of our most powerful tools. It helps power us through the day-to-day so we can reach our goals. It can also make tougher routines become more automatic, triggering action, which in turn boosts motivation. But, why do we all struggle to stay consistent? On today's episode Cody introduces us to a new and exciting tool that will actually make being consistent...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get so much done and know how to develop good habits?  When they say, ”I’m going to…” start exercising, eat healthily, get organized, read more, etc., they make it happen. But when you try to go after similar goals, it’s a different story. You might be able to stick to them for a while, but then, somewhere along the way, you always lo...

Send us Fan Mail Someone asks you how you are and you say "I'm fine, thanks!" But, you don't feel  "fine", in fact you feel horrible. You have no energy, you don't sleep, your skin looks bad, you can't lose the weight you've mysteriously added to your frame, you could go on and on. You know something's wrong. But when you go to the doctor seeking s...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that women are more likely than men to report having a great deal of stress, and almost half of all women say their stress has increased over the past five years (compared to 39-percent of men).  Worst of all, stress is uniquely hard on women and our reproductive hormones. On today's episode Cody invited Lisa Dunlop to join her in talking all about  what you need...

Send us Fan Mail The best word to describe Neena is a mentor. She's focused her professional life on learning skills, and then works to educate, empower and encourage others to improve their quality of life--whether that's in their physical health, mental health, financial health or relationships. Her journey began as a School Psychologist (Bachelor of Science in Sociology with a minor i...

Send us Fan Mail Every woman deserves to have a health span that matches her lifespan. In midlife, we get a second chance to change course if we need to….and give our body what it needs to thrive. As we age, our hormone levels naturally shift. As this shift happens, some of us may experience fluctuations with our cycles…or we can experience those steep declines as we hit menopause. These hormonal...