What If Your Brain Fog, Burnout & Mood Swings Are Actually ADHD? | Dr. Jolene Brighten

The Art of Being Well

Dear Media, Will Cole

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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In this episode of The Art of Being Well, Dr. Will Cole is joined by Dr. Jolene Brighten - naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and leading voice in women’s health. They discuss how ADHD often shows up differently in women, why so many go undiagnosed until perimenopause, and how hormones play a massive role in focus, energy, and mood. Dr. Brighten also opens up about her personal journey navigating autoimmune disease during pregnancy and how functional medicine can help women finally feel heard and healed. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.4	Hi, it's Dr. Will Cole.
0:09.1	This podcast is the manifesto for a new breed of health seekers.
0:15.1	This is the art of being well.
0:28.9	What's up and welcome to the art of being well.
0:33.8	If you spent years struggling with your weight, your hormones, your metabolic health,
0:34.8	you are alone.
0:38.7	Like many, you were taught that maintaining a healthy weight was simply about eating less, exercising more, right? Calories in, calories out, but we know that is just
0:45.4	antiquated science. Your body is not a calorie calculator. It is a brilliant, beautiful
0:51.4	biochemistry lab with many different variables. After countless failed diets,
0:57.1	you may have tried, if you're still struggling, it's not your fault. The truth is weight loss,
1:02.4	hormone health, metabolic health is far more complex than the diet industry claims. Hidden
1:08.1	underlying factors like hormone imbalances, chronic stress, unresolved trauma,
1:12.9	underlying gut problems, inflammation are likely blocking your progress. That's why I created the
1:19.6	metabolic recharge, an online program that finally addresses the root causes of your weight
1:25.9	struggles and hormone imbalance issues.
1:29.0	Unlike quick fix solutions, we heal your underlying metabolic imbalances to reset your
1:34.9	body's natural ability to lose weight, getting healthy to lose weight instead of trying to
1:39.7	lose weight to get healthy, sustainably for good.
1:43.4	If you want to learn more about the metabolic recharge, which is also my passion to continue
1:49.9	to make functional medicine more accessible and more affordable for people around the world,
1:54.3	you can learn more at the metabolic recharge.com.
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