195 - What's Behind Your Hormonal Imbalances w/ OBGYN Dr. Tabatha Barber

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Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In today’s episode, Dr. Tabatha shares her personal journey from struggling with her own health issues to becoming a functional medicine practitioner focused on helping women take control of their well-being. We dive into important topics like: The biggest disruptors of hormone balance and how to avoid them The connection between gut health and hormone function How stress and lifestyle choices impact estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol Why birth control isn’t a fix for hormone imbalances—and what to do instead Natural strategies for supporting hormone health through diet, supplements, and lifestyle changes Dr. Tabatha also shares practical advice on what tests to ask your doctor for, how to support your body through perimenopause and menopause, and why advocating for your own health is so important. Bio: Dr. Tabatha Barber has devoted her life to giving women a voice and a choice when it comes to their health and well-being. As a young girl, she struggled with self-esteem and identity issues, dealt with peer-pressure, and survived the ridicule and stigma of becoming a teenage mother. As she shared in her first published book titled, From White Trash to White Coat: The Birth of Catherine’s Purpose, those events led Tabatha to finding her purpose in life. With perseverance and grace, she was able to redirect her path in life and become a successful physician. Dr. Tabatha Barber is triple board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, menopause, and functional medicine. She has the unique situation of being licensed to practice medicine in over half the country, so you now have the ability to work with a functional physician virtually. She is the host of The Functional Gynecologist Podcast; where she shares her wisdom and knowledge with women everywhere to reclaim their health. She is also a keynote speaker, mentor, wife, mom, and grandma! By incorporating functional medicine into her women’s health practice, she is able to provide women with the tools they need to optimize their health and happiness, which, in turn, allows those women to pursue their purpose in life. Connect with Dr. Tabatha Barber: Instagram: gutsydrtabatha Website: drtabatha.com For 15% off your order at Coconu Use Code KARALYNNE15 at https://coconu.com/?ref=justingredients- / Looking for more Just Ingredients content? Instagram Stories: @just.ingredients Podcast Instagram: @just.ingredients.podcast Facebook Community: Join our group Discover our non-toxic product line: Shop Just Ingredients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Just Ingredients Podcast. I'm Kar-Linn, and here we talk all things nourishing
0:13.0	to the mind, body, and soul. This is a place where you can find just good ingredients to life.
0:22.9	Dr. Tabitha Barber has devoted her life to giving women a voice and a choice when it comes
0:28.0	to their health and well-being. As a young girl, she struggled with self-esteem and identity
0:33.0	issues, dealt with peer pressure, and survived the ridicule and stigma of becoming a teenage mother.
0:39.4	With perseverance and grace, she was able to redirect her path in life and become a successful
0:44.2	physician. Dr. Tabitha Barber is triple board certified in OBGYN, Manipause, and Functional Medicine.
0:51.9	She has the unique situation of being licensed to practice medicine
0:55.3	in over half the country. She is the host of the functional gynecologist podcast, where she
1:01.1	shares her wisdom and knowledge with women everywhere to reclaim their health. She is also a keynote
1:06.5	speaker, mentor, wife, mom, and grandma. Today we have Dr. Tabitha with us. I am so excited to have you
1:14.5	here today and I just have so many questions for you. So thank you for being here today.
1:19.8	Oh my gosh. It's such a pleasure. I'm so excited to connect with you. I love everything you're doing.
1:25.4	And we just need to support each other and get this message out there, right? Exactly. I so agree. Well, thank you. I love everything you're doing. And we just need to support each other and get this message
1:28.2	out there, right? Exactly. I so agree. Well, thank you for being here. First of all, tell my listeners
1:34.7	just a little bit about yourself, your background, and how you became a functional gynecologist,
1:40.8	and maybe what a functional gynecologist is and how that differs. Yeah, oh my goodness.
1:46.1	So essentially, I coined the term. I made it up because I was trying to figure out what was I
1:51.7	doing? You know, I came from the world of conventional medicine. I was a traditional OBGYN for a long time.
1:58.8	And I originally got into women's health because of a traumatic pregnancy and
2:05.3	delivery. As a 17-year-old, I did not have a voice or a choice in my health care. Things were
2:11.3	done to me. Things weren't to explain to me. It was all very demoralizing. And I realized that I needed to be part of the solution. So,
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