Healthy Hormones From Puberty to Perimenopause w/ Brooke Welsh

Just Ingredients

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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I’m excited to share our latest podcast episode featuring Brooke Welsh, a women’s health nurse practitioner. This conversation is filled with insights about hormonal health that every woman (and even men!) should hear. Here are a few of my biggest takeaways: Understanding Hormonal ImbalancesBrooke breaks down hormones as the chemical messengers of our bodies and explains how imbalances can show up in so many ways. Social media has made us more aware than ever of these shifts, but awareness is just the start. Brooke talks about root causes—like diet, stress, and environmental toxins —and how they impact our hormonal health. The Role of Diet in Hormone HealthShe talks about how the foods we eat affect our hormones. Brooke points out that the typical American diet is heavy in omega-6s and low in omega-3s, which can contribute to earlier puberty in girls and hormonal issues in both boys and girls. Navigating Hormonal Changes Across Life StagesFrom puberty to postpartum and beyond, Brooke shares her wisdom on how hormones shift at every stage of life. We talk about girls starting periods as early as nine years old and how nutrition can make a difference, as well as postpartum hormone changes and why it’s so important to address them instead of just “waiting it out.” Whether you’re a mom, a young woman navigating puberty, or just curious about your health, there’s something here for you. Bio: Brooke Welsh MSN, WHNP-BC is the owner and practitioner at Avail Wellness serving the greater American Fork, Lehi and surrounding areas. She has been in the medical field for over 24 years with over 16 years as a nurse practitioner. Brooke began her career in healthcare as a registered nurse working in labor and delivery, then decided to further her education by advancing to a master’s degree. She graduated from the University of Utah with her Women's Health Nurse Practitioner degree. After graduation Brooke had the opportunity to work in reproductive endocrinology (infertility), learning under multiple highly respected and successful reproductive endocrinologists. Brooke has also had the opportunity to work in family medicine, Ob/Gyn, and medical spa throughout her career. These career opportunities have given her extensive knowledge and training in working with hormones, weight loss, infertility, general health conditions, mental health, and obstetrics/ gynecology. Brooke is passionate about helping her patients feel more like themselves, and integrative medicine has allowed her the freedom to treat patients the way they should be treated. She loves that this field of medicine allows her to spend more time with her patients in order to achieve their wellness goals. Outside of the clinic she loves spending time with her family, being outdoors, cycling, and can usually be found on a ball field. Connect with Brooke Welsh: Instagram: availwell Website: https://availwell.com/ We love Active Skin Repair! Get 20% off with code JUSTINGREDIENTS: https://shop.bldgactive.com/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 Karlin, and here we dive deep into the journey of healing and wellness.
0:07.3	If you're ready to learn, feel empowered, and take charge of your help, you're in the right place.
0:15.8	Welcome back to the show, everyone. Today I'm super excited for our guest because she is a women's health practitioner,
0:22.8	and I have so many women listeners that have so many questions. And so she's going to go through
0:28.0	a lot of your questions for you. And so welcome to the show. It's Brooke Welsh. That's correct.
0:33.8	Thanks. A lot to be here. Well, thank you so much. Will you just tell my audience a little bit about yourself? Because I know you worked in labor and delivery, worked with OBGYNs, but now you have your own clinic. So I'm curious what led you to open your own clinic. Correct. I was a labor and delivery nurse for eight years and then went on and pursued a nurse practitioner, licensure in women's health. I love women's
0:55.0	health. I love working with women. Straight out the gate, worked in an infertility world for about five
0:59.2	years. Loved that. Kind of shipped it over to family medicine for about a year, year and a half,
1:04.6	and then worked OBGYN. I started my own place because I got sick of somebody telling me how to
1:10.4	practice medicine and that everybody fit into a box.
1:12.9	I tried to fight a few fights with the company that I was working for, which is local.
1:17.9	And it's kind of like David versus Goliath.
1:20.2	So did they want you to stick like in a traditional medicine box and you wanted to add maybe a few alternative things in there?
1:27.2	Yes, that. And just looking at blood work differently with different patients through different
1:32.1	ages or not following exact protocols. Like I'd have young women that would have a breast
1:38.6	lump and we'd want to do an ultrasound and they required a mammogram and I didn't want them
1:42.7	exposed to that radiation at such a
1:44.5	young age. So I tried to fight that fight and didn't work out. So I would be banging my head on a wall.
1:50.3	So you finally opened your own clinic to help women the best that you know how to. Correct. Well, I love that.
1:56.6	Okay, so I thought it'd be fun today because I have listeners who have teenagers at home,
2:02.9	girls that are maybe going to start puberty, things like that.
2:06.2	But then I've got people in their 40s, 50s, all different ages of moms out there and women out there.
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