Heather Rae El Moussa: On Her Hormones Battle, Past Trauma and Hashimotos Disease

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Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Heather Rae El Moussa has spent years in the public eye—becoming a star on Selling Sunset and launching a successful beauty brand. But after giving birth to her son, Heather faced a new set of challenges: crashing energy, mood swings, and a worsening thyroid condition that left her feeling like she was dying. In this deeply personal episode, Heather joins Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen to share how motherhood reshaped her body, brain, and priorities. She opens up about being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, the toll stress and hormones took on her mental health, and why she turned to brain imaging to understand what was really going on inside. Find out what her brain reveals and what she’s doing to stay sharp, centered, and thriving. If you’ve ever felt off after a major life shift, this episode is a must-listen.

00:00 Intro

00:44 Sponsor

01:08 Chance Encounter

05:45 Why I Am the Way I Am

08:13 Your Brain is Hurt

13:23 Coming Off of Meds

16:09 Turning Pain into Fuel

18:03 The Birth of the “Flip” Empire

24:04 The Brain’s Rejection of Success

26:06 The Last Day as a Family

31:46 Self-Medication

34:32 Tarek’s Brain SPECT Scan (Surface)

36:30 Neuropsychological Testing

42:04 Mental Hygiene

48:48 Parents/Self-Talk

51:33 The Plan

57:48 Sponsor

58:36 Wrap Up

Transcript

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0:00.0	Every day I felt terrible.
0:01.8	I just kind of pushed it away.
0:02.9	I'm just tired.
0:03.5	I'm tired from the baby.
0:04.7	I'm exhausted.
0:05.8	My lactation specialist, she said,
0:07.7	why don't you get your hormones checked and see where you're at?
0:10.0	And that's actually how I found out.
0:11.5	And my husband had thyroid cancer,
0:13.2	so he had been through a lot of issues with his thyroid.
0:16.4	So he kind of recognized what I was going through.
0:19.0	So at least I had him to fall back on. Like,
0:21.4	I felt like I was dying. Like, I was that tired. Heather Ray El Moussa is an American real estate agent.
0:27.7	Television personality and model. She first gained fame when she appeared on Netflix's reality
0:33.1	hit series, selling sunset. Now she is the star of her own TV shows called The Flip Off and The Flipping El Musas.
0:40.0	It was my early 20s.
0:41.2	I was on my way down to San Diego and ended up getting rear-ended by a car.
0:45.8	When it hit me from behind, I got the whipmash and then the pain didn't start till the
0:49.5	next day.
0:50.5	So then I went to treatments with a chiropractor and massage therapist, but I didn't do anything else.
0:59.0	Every day you are making your brain better or you are making it worse. Stay with us to learn how you can change your brain for the better every day.
1:14.4	Hi, I'm Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr I've experienced firsthand the powerful impact that proper supplementation
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