361: What Every Woman Should Know About Her Hormones | Sarah Hill
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Kelly Leveque
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Sarah E. Hill, PhD, whose research has completely changed the way I think about hormones and how they shape our day to day lives. I wanted to bring her on because she has a gift for taking complex science and turning it into tools that actually make sense in real life. We get into how our hormones influence the brain, what really happens when birth control enters the picture, and why mood, cravings, energy, and even relationships can shift across the month. We also touch on practical ways to eat, train, and live in sync with your cycle, plus simple changes that can make everything from PMS to performance feel more manageable. It is a conversation that blends science with everyday life in a way that feels grounding and empowering.
Topics Discussed:
→ How do hormones influence mood throughout the cycle?
→ What are the real effects of hormonal birth control?
→ How can women train and eat in sync with their cycle?
→ What helps reduce PMS and monthly cravings?
→ How do hormones impact relationships and intimacy?
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Timestamps:
→ 00:00:00 - Introduction
→ 00:03:43 - Hormones explained
→ 00:08:35 - Signs of high estrogen
→ 00:13:23 - Sex drive and ovulation basics
→ 00:20:02 - Birth control and hormone effects
→ 00:24:54 - Progesterone support
→ 00:28:09 - Hormone education tips
→ 00:32:30 - Building hormonal resilience
→ 00:38:06 - Luteal phase and sensitivity
→ 00:42:28 - Why ovulation fails
→ 00:45:47 - Fertility tips and stress relief
→ 00:50:47 - Cycling with the moon
→ 00:55:27 - Sleep and hormone balance
→ 00:58:39 - Nutrition for your cycle
→ 01:05:27 - Menstruation education
→ 01:08:54 - Training with your cycle
→ 01:12:12 - Vagal nerve support
Further Listening:
→ 38. Your Brain on Birth Control - with Dr. Sarah Hill
Check Out Sarah:
→ IG: @sarahhillphd
→ Website
→ Books: THE PERIOD BRAIN
→ THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON BIRTH CONTROL
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | There's all of this evidence that points to the fact that there's just something about women at high fertility, right? |
| 0:07.5 | And that it's communicated in their scent. |
| 0:09.3 | It's communicated in their physical appearance. |
| 0:11.2 | It's communicated in a way that they move. |
| 0:13.5 | It's communicated presumably in the way that they dance when they're at the club. |
| 0:17.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:17.9 | And that this is something that men's brains are picking up on. |
| 0:21.8 | And again, not in a way where men's brains are saying, oh, wow, I bet she's ovulating. |
| 0:24.9 | That's amazing. |
| 0:25.5 | I'm going to go and have sex with her. |
| 0:26.8 | But instead, like, wow, that woman is incredibly sexy. |
| 0:29.1 | And I really want to have a relationship with her. |
| 0:33.5 | You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck. |
| 0:39.0 | Dr. Sarah Hill is an award-winning researcher, consultant, writer, scientist, communicator, |
| 0:43.8 | a professor with nearly 25 years of research. |
| 0:46.3 | She has authored over 100 research publications in two groundbreaking books that have shifted |
| 0:51.0 | the conversation around hormones and birth control for women. |
| 0:54.1 | Her framework, |
| 0:54.9 | the XX rules, translates decades of research into practical tools for women who are done following |
| 1:00.1 | symptoms designed for male biology. In today's episode, we are going to discuss her newest book, |
| 1:05.6 | The Period Brain, and everything you need to know about the hormones that affect you when you're cycling and how to |
| 1:12.5 | maximize your benefits from them. I hope you guys enjoy this one. |
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