FF6 - Your Body Keeps Score

About this episode

Heather Allmendinger discusses how stress affects the body and offers insights on restoring balance.

Ever wonder why you feel exhausted, wired, or moody even when “nothing’s wrong”? Your body knows. 🌿 In this episode, Heather Allmendinger, Queen of Flow and host of the Embracing Flow™ podcast, explains how stress doesn’t just live in your head — it changes your hormones. Learn how cortisol, your main stress hormone, impacts menstrual cycles, energy, sleep, and recovery — and how to restore balance with awareness and grace.

People in this episode

Host: Heather Allmendinger

Topics covered

• stress
• hormones
• cortisol
• menstrual cycles
• energy
• sleep
• recovery

Keywords

• stress
• cortisol
• hormones
• energy
• menstrual cycles
• sleep
• recovery

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