Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi #1068 Top 3 Mistakes Women Make That Kill Energy & Wreck Hormones – And How to Fix Them with Angela Foster
Jul 30, 2025
Angela Foster, a former attorney turned elite performance coach, shares her insights on optimizing health for high-achieving women. She discusses the vital connection between burnout, trauma, and hormone imbalance while emphasizing the role of sleep and nutrition in recovery. The conversation dives into practical techniques like breathwork and heart rate variability tracking, alongside the benefits of red light therapy. Foster’s holistic approach prioritizes self-awareness, emotional healing, and the importance of aligning nutrition with hormonal cycles for sustained energy and vitality.
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Prioritize Sleep Optimization
- Prioritize optimizing your sleep as the first step to improving energy and hormone health.
- Identify your "domino" habit that when started, makes other healthy practices easier to maintain.
Sleep’s Crucial Hormonal Role
- Poor sleep can create insulin resistance comparable to type 2 diabetes in one night.
- Sleep regulates hormones like ghrelin and leptin, affecting hunger and fullness, and supports metabolic rate and skin health.
Optimize Sleep Environment and Routine
- Get morning natural light within the first hour to reset circadian rhythm.
- Create a sleep sanctuary: cool room, no screens, use blue light blockers, and keep consistent bedtimes.
