I mean, our body is literally shifting gears from head to toe.

Right.

So it's like we're becoming a different version of ourselves.

And this is something that, you know, it's like on the one hand, we recognize that hormones

influence behavior or influence how we feel.

But I don't think that we've really given it the importance culturally that it needs.

And I think that we've tried to minimize the impact of women's

sex hormones on the way that they think and feel and experience the world.

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to another episode of Better with Dr. Stephanie. Tis me,

your geeky host, Dr. Stephanie Estima. I have a

fantastic conversation for you today. If you've ever felt different across your menstrual cycle

and maybe you're listening to these online influencers that are telling you that, no, you're

not different. It's just you just got to suck it up buttercup. This is going to be the episode for you. My guest today is Dr. Sarah Hill. And we are talking all about how

the ever-changing hormonal landscape in a woman's menstrual cycle, whether she is in her fertile

years and wants to get pregnant or in perimenopause,

changes the brain and changes the way that we approach, even our mates, the way that we approach nutrition and the way that we approach exercise. This is going to be a phenomenal

conversation for you to understand yourself better, for you to understand that the changes

that happen in the

ludial phase are a feature and not a bug. There's nothing wrong with you. And in fact,

it is biologically, it is in, it's information. So when you are feeling more sensitive, when you

are feeling a bit more vulnerable, this is the information and the way that your body is talking to you.

And perhaps it's an evolutionary and modern day mismatch in terms of the way that we live

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