416. Menopause, Libido, and Hormonal Imbalance with Dr. Jolene Brighten
Commune with Jeff Krasno
Commune Media
4.6 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2023
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we cover the following questions:
0:05:41 – Why is Women's Health Taboo?
0:07:19 – Why Don't Practitioners Understand Hormones?
0:10:21 – What Are the Impacts of Lack of Sex Ed?
0:22:28 – Is Weight Gain and Excess Hair Growth Normal?
0:30:32 – What Are the Effects of Hormonal Imbalance?
0:30:26 – What Are Common Hormone Imbalances?
0:34:49 – What foods support a healthy thyroid?
0:38:09 – Can thyroid hormone supplements lower libido?
0:44:40 – Is a lowered libido normal in a relationship?
0:55:38 – What is the relationship between menopause and libido?
1:06:43 – How do I know if hormone therapy is right for me?
1:16:09 – What is the relationship between gut and vaginal health?
1:20:11 – What is the best vaginal hygiene routine?
1:23:07 – What products create hormonal imbalances?
1:28:50 – What are the primary protocols of your 28-day program?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today on the show, I host Dr. Jolene Brighton. |
| 0:15.9 | Dr. Brighton is a pioneer in women's medicine and an award-winning board-certified, |
| 0:22.9 | naturopathic endocrinologist and a clinical sexologist. |
| 0:25.4 | She is the best-selling author of the books Beyond the Pill and Healing Your Body Naturally |
| 0:31.9 | After Childbirth. |
| 0:33.3 | A fierce patient advocate, Dr. Brighton empowers women worldwide to take control of their health and hormones. |
| 0:41.5 | She's an international speaker, clinical educator, medical advisor in the Femtech industry, and considered a leading authority on women's health. |
| 0:51.1 | Her new book titled Is This Normal? |
| 0:57.2 | Judgment-free, straight talk about your body, |
| 1:04.8 | provides medically accurate answers you've been dying to know, but are too embarrassed to ask. |
| 1:10.4 | In this conversation, Dr. Brighton answers questions from women and members of our community about things such as irregular periods, weight gain, excess hair growth, decrease libido, relationships, hygiene, and more. |
| 1:19.7 | We discuss systemic cultural issues like the lack of sexual education in the United States and its knock on impacts. |
| 1:28.2 | Beginning with my question, why are topics related to women's health considered so |
| 1:34.1 | taboo? Dr. Brighton also sheds light on conditions like Hashimoto's and hypothyroidism. |
| 1:40.6 | She explains how insulin affects hormonal balance, the relationship between menopause and |
| 1:46.5 | libido, and offers specific protocols to impact overall hormone health. Now, if you want more |
| 1:53.4 | information, you'll find integrative and functional medicine-based programs with doctors like |
| 1:59.0 | Jolene Brighton, Sarah Godfried, Kara Fitzgerald, and Mark Hyman |
| 2:02.6 | on topics such as gut health, longevity, menopause, and perimenopause, hormone balancing, |
| 2:08.5 | Iervetta, and nutrition, all in commune's course library. You can sign up for 14 days for |
| 2:14.5 | free all access, including more than 100 courses on health, spirituality, personal |
| 2:20.1 | growth, and social impact. Just go to onecommon.com slash trial. Also, I would really appreciate it |
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