#1048 Hormones & Holy Ground

Revelation Wellness - Healthy & Whole

Alisa Keeton

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A listener reached out after watching her mother struggle from a lack of estrogen—and it opened a much bigger conversation about hormones, menopause, and how we respond to change in the body.

This episode isn't about fixing what's broken or chasing youth. It's about gaining clarity—understanding what hormones actually are, why there is so much confusion around hormone replacement, and how we can think wisely about care for the body in seasons of transition.

Together, we hold biology and theology without fear or extremes.

Alisa walks through what hormones are at their most basic level—chemical messengers in the body—and why shifts are a normal part of being human in a broken world. Today's focus is on the female big three: estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, and how their levels typically peak in our 20s to mid-30s before changing over time.

A key theme in this episode is the difference between restorative and resistive approaches to medicine. Rather than striving to reverse time or fight the body, Alisa invites you to consider what it means to restore, support, and reduce inflammation—especially when fear and uncertainty drive many decisions around hormones and menopause.

Alisa also shares from her own experience, while offering an important reminder: she is not a medical professional, and this episode is not medical advice. Instead, it's an invitation to thoughtful discernment, curiosity, and peace as you consider how to steward your body well.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

Why hormones and hormone replacement are so confusing
What hormones are and how they function as messengers in the body
The female big three: estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone
Why hormone levels shift after the mid-30s
The role of inflammation in hormonal health
Restorative vs. resistive medicine—and why the distinction matters

This conversation is an invitation to greater clarity, discernment, and peace in how we steward our bodies in seasons of change.

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, thanks so much for pressing play on the Revelation Wellness podcast.
0:06.6	We're so glad you're here because today we're answering the inbox.
0:11.1	A listener recently reached out after watching her mother's struggle,
0:14.5	and it opened a much wider conversation about hormones and how we respond to change in the body.
0:22.5	In today's episode, we're stepping into hormones and the holy ground, holding biology and theology together without fear or extremes.
0:29.8	We talked about what hormones actually are and why there's so much confusion around hormone
0:34.9	replacement and the role of the female big three, estrogen, progesterone,
0:39.8	and testosterone. We also introduced restorative versus resistive approach to medicine and how that
0:46.7	distinction can change the way we think about aging, inflammation, and care for the body.
0:52.1	Elise is walking you through this conversation today and she's sharing her own journey.
0:56.5	It's an invitation to greater clarity, discernment, and peace and how we steward our bodies in seasons of change.
1:03.8	So let's get started.
1:06.7	Hi, friends. Welcome to the Revelation Wellness podcast.
1:09.6	I'm Elisa, and today I'm going to spend some time with you talking about hormones.
1:15.7	Da-da-da-da-da. Yes, a topic that many of you have many questions about. And this episode is based around a question that I received in my DMs. And I think it has many layers to it, and we're going to go into many
1:29.4	places. So get ready, pen, paper, take some notes captured onto your phone, because treat a
1:36.0	revelation wellness style, we're going to talk about the biology, facts around our biology,
1:40.8	and then we're going to root it back into our theology and we're all going to leave
1:44.8	here feeling great ending the chaos in our minds at least for a little while that is my hope so
1:53.8	jesus come and teach us how to be healthy and whole people. All right. Here's the question.
2:01.6	It said this.
2:02.7	Hi.
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