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welcome back to the Essentially You podcast, all about reinventing your health with safer,

cheaper, more effective, natural solutions and powerful lifestyle changes

so that you become the CEO of your health.

I am your host Dr. Marissa Snyder.

A couple weeks ago I ran a poll inside of one of my amazing Facebook groups.

This was my group for the Essential Oil Hormones Summit, which just wrapped up.

And I am so excited to share the details about the big wins, the fundraising efforts, and how much money we raised.

Now in this group we have about 16,000 plus women and I ask them, what are you needing most on your hormone journey and the top three things that my community of awesome women shared were and this goes in order

Number one stubborn stubborn weight. Number two, exhaustion, and number three, stress and burn out.

Now these three things I have personally struggled with myself on my own healing journey and let me tell you

the struggle was very real. If I can be honest ensuring that I never felt bone crushing exhausted and burned out with weight issues

is the number one reason why I focus on my daily habits, my self-care, my nutrition, and my supplements every single day.

It's why I take my thyroid medication.

It's why eight hours asleep for me is a non-negotiable.

For two years, I address my weight gain and exhaustion as a root cause because I wasn't seeing the bigger picture.

Initially I thought I was struggling with chronic stress because of the symptoms of brain fog, fatigue, and mood swings.

And I absolutely was, but there was more to it.

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