Life is hard. You can expect ups and downs

Same thing with your health and wellness – you may have some ups and downs. If you are trying to be perfect all the time; it may be TOO STRESSFULL on your body

Not satisfying your wants, not eating carbs, fasting too much, going on a crash diet too quickly or for too long, working out too hard – these can potentially all lead to increasing your Cortisol. Cortisol is a stress hormone – it naturally rises in the morning with the sun to give you energy you need during the day and decreases in the evening and before bed to allow you get quality sleep.

If your Cortisol levels are too high in the evening, you may find you can fall asleep but not stay asleep OR have a hard time falling asleep. If they are too low during the day; you may find yourself dragging or potentially exhausted and having a hard time doing all the things that need to be done

It’s hard enough being super mom or dad – working full time, being a parent, being a spouse, caring for elderly parents/grandparents, working part your side gig on top of your full time job, walking/feeding the dogs, helping keep your kids on grade level, running out of the house to kids sporting events etc

If you find yourself dragging or wondering why you don’t have the energy – you may want to look into balancing your hormones. Not just looking at Cortisol but others too. There’s a great at home functional medicine lab test to take a deeper look into this picture and give you the data points you need to create a roadmap to fix things and give you your energy back.