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Biohacking with Brittany

Why Xanax and Wine Won’t Fix Your Anxiety: The Lies Women Are Sold About Mental Health with Dr. Mahboubeh Hashemi

Apr 1, 2025
52:22

Dr. Mahboubeh Hashemi, ND, BCB, naturopathic doctor, and founder of Body Alive, shares how we can reclaim our health through simple yet powerful biohacking tools like nervous system regulation, blood sugar balance, and nourishment—not pills.

We unpack how anxiety, stress, hormonal imbalance, and “mommy wine culture” stem from lifestyle misalignment—and why women are overmedicated instead of truly supported.

Tune in to learn how feeling safe, supported, and grounded as a woman creates lasting health—not just for you, but for everyone around you.

I TALK ABOUT: 

05:00 - Dr. Mahboubeh’s career switch from neural engineering to naturopathic medicine

13:30 - The dangerous trend of overprescribing psychotropic drugs to women

23:50 - Building resilience instead of numbing: The real path to healing anxiety

26:30 - How motherhood and postpartum stress are wrongly medicated instead of supported

30:00 - The hidden cost of normalizing substance-based coping

35:00 - The healing power of taking 5 minutes for yourself every day

39:00 - How hustle culture has disconnected women from their feminine energy

43:00 - Nervous system regulation tips

46:00 - Low blood sugar = high anxiety and what to eat instead

49:30 - The Body Aligned program: A blueprint for nervous system and hormone healing

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RESOURCES:

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