Why So Many Women Feel Exhausted: Thyroid Health, Burnout & Hormone Balance | Lauren Papanos (Bonus Episode)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Many of us are trying so hard to take care of ourselves - eating well, moving our bodies, getting sleep - and yet we still feel exhausted, anxious, and stretched thin. If you're constantly tired, struggling with brain fog, or feeling like your body isn't responding the way it used to, there may be more going on beneath the surface than simply "getting older" or being a busy mom.
In this episode, I’m joined by Lauren Papanos, founder of Functional Fueling and a specialist in hormone and thyroid health for active women. We discuss the growing connection between burnout, chronic stress, inflammation, and thyroid dysfunction, including Hashimoto’s disease.
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Lauren Papanos, MS, RD, CSSD is a nationally recognized nutrition expert specializing in hormone, thyroid, and metabolic health. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board-Certified Sports Dietitian, trained in functional endocrinology and immunology, as well as a podcast host and published nutrition researcher with over nine years of clinical experience.
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| 0:00.0 | For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience. |
| 0:04.8 | So if this content is something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out the other episodes that dropped this week or join me back here next week for episodes that you don't want to miss. |
| 0:14.0 | One thing that I think a lot of women worry about is there's a phrase out there like majoring in the minors. |
| 0:20.4 | I think sometimes I see that |
| 0:22.3 | is that moms want to do everything they can to protect their family's health, including their own, |
| 0:28.6 | but also their child's. And so there's so much hyperfixation on little things. I'm not saying that |
| 0:35.5 | these things don't matter, but maybe you know, maybe it's hyper fixating |
| 0:38.6 | on, you know, like food colorings or on if something is gluten-free and dairy-free and |
| 0:44.6 | all the different minutia within that. And it's not that those things don't matter. It's just that |
| 0:50.0 | they're not the biggest needle movers and the bigger picture of things. What's going to be more impactful |
| 0:55.4 | are all the things that I just talked about. And then if you have additional resources, |
| 0:59.9 | then we can tap into those things. This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist |
| 1:04.2 | mom's podcast. If you're constantly tired, struggling with brain fog, or feel like your body |
| 1:09.8 | isn't responding the way |
| 1:10.9 | it used to, there may be more going on beneath the surface than simply getting older or being |
| 1:16.4 | a busy mom. In today's episode, I'm joined by Lauren Papanos, founder of functional fueling, |
| 1:22.1 | and a specialist in hormone and thyroid health for active women. Today we discussed the growing |
| 1:26.7 | connection between burnout, chronic stress, inflammation, and thyroid health for active women. Today we discussed the growing connection between burnout, |
| 1:28.1 | chronic stress, inflammation, and thyroid dysfunction, including Hashimoto's disease. |
| 1:33.6 | We go deep into the science. Lauren explains key thyroid markers beyond TSA, the role of blood sugar |
| 1:40.0 | regulation in hormone health, and why many women normalized symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, |
| 1:45.6 | and depletion. This conversation offers a balanced root cause approach to health and serves as a |
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