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31. The Nervous System Comes First: Hormones Respond
Hormonal imbalance is rarely the starting point. It’s almost always the response.
In this episode, we step upstream and widen the lens.
Many women are told their symptoms come down to estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, or thyroid function. While those hormones matter, that explanation often stops short.
Hormones don’t operate independently. They respond to signals and the system coordinating those signals is the nervous system.
When the nervous system perceives ongoing demand without adequate recovery, hormone signaling shifts into protection mode, progesterone downshifts, thyroid conversion…
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