The Female Health Solution Podcast

Gut health is important for many reasons including, detoxification, absorption of nutrients, regular elimination and hormone processing, not to mention weight and fat loss! Your ability to navigate the stress and hormone fluctuations throughout the month is heavily tied to your gut health as well.  In this episode, I cover the top signs of poor gut health and how to identify that your digestion needs some help.  DUTCH Test: https://drbethwestie.com/dutch-hormone-testing/

This episode is all about a practical morning routine to help you improve your gut health. There are so many ways to set yourself up for success in the morning to increase digestive function and enhance that microbiome.  Many women do not realize the power of a good morning routine, which can influence the entire day. And gut health is at the root of so many health and hormone issues!  DUTCH Test: https://drbethwestie.com/dutch-hormone-testing/

This episode is a little different in that I wanted to share my experience with jury duty. I've gotten some questions on it recently and wanted to give you guys a behind the scenes into my life. Part of being an advocate for women's health is talking about life events and sharing things like getting through a long day of jury duty while managing stress and fueling properly.   BOGO 1/2 OFF adrenal tinctures: https://nutritionforyourhormones.com/products/adrenalbalance Simply add two AdrenalBalance tinctures to your cart and use code: HOLIDAY

Kelsey is the visionary behind The SalesQueen Sisterhood, a community of over 1200 women in sales, and Remote Sales Career, a boutique recruiting agency focused on connecting business owners with skilled sales professionals to drive revenue and impact.  Passionate about financial empowerment, Kelsey founded the Sales Queen Sisterhood in 2020, addressing the need for a supportive community for women in sales. As a dynamic leader, she has worked closely with numerous online business owners, refining lead generation, sales strategies, and systems to boost revenue. Through her recruiting agency and sisterhood, Kelsey is committed to advancing financial literacy and opportunities for women, offering career growth, sales skill enhancement, and financial stewardship principles for creating wealth and achieving financial freedom. Find Kelsey:  IG: @kelsey_oneal https://remotesalescareer.com/home

Mood swings and anger issues are not only uncomfortable and often disruptive to relationships, they signify a deeper issue in the body. It is not a matter of just "getting it together" or "finding your peace" - it's actually a physiological response!  As you may guess, hormones are typically at the root of these mood shifts. Fluctuations in hormones, like estrogen, impact your neurotransmitters and create these mood shifts. In this episode, I dive into how hormones impact anger, why it feels out of control and ways to regulate these emotions.  BOGO 1/2 OFF Adrenal Tinctures: https://nutritionforyourhormones.com/products/adrenalbalance Simply add two AdrenalBalance tinctures to your cart Use code: HOLIDAY

An important and often unaddressed topic of health is methylation. Methylation is important for producing certain vitamins, neurotransmitters, hormones and more. Methylation is also a key part of our metabolism. This includes cell detox and growth, tissue repair, genetic expression and more. Listen to this episode for a deep dive on methylation and how you can improve your health!  DUTCH Test: https://drbethwestie.com/dutch-hormone-testing/

Kristin Dainis is a Healing Journey Mentor for ambitious-yet-chronically-unwell high performers, and specializes in getting you back to your career or business by connecting you to better doctors. She also shares stories of the chronically undiagnosed on TikTok, validating the dismissive doctor experiences of these patients. Kristin helps analytical achievers get thoroughly diagnosed for the ailments that are getting in the way of life at a young age, even if doctors are unable to find the root causes or are dismissing your symptoms as just stress, anxiety, or depression. Kristin also guides her clients on how to sustainably stay on the healing journey through the emotional ups and downs of recovery, to avoid the pitfalls that stop many patients from realizing their full healing potential. Kristin is obsessed with Philadelphia’s local food scene, both out to eat and in her own kitchen. After graduating with an honors degree in Astrophysics, she spent 12 years as a software consultant at a Fortune 50 company, before writing When Doctors Say You’re Fine: How to recover your life after years of dismissed symptoms (releasing early 2024). Find Kristin:  KristinDainis.com https://www.tiktok.com/@kristindainis https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1kwjqhAWXndFlwLUwJlmQ

Let's look at metabolism and how it changes with the female cycle. Many times people think they need to cut calories, eat less and lose weight to boost their metabolism. This is not how it works! Metabolism is a cellular function in your system that uses stored energy, uploads nutrients and is responsible for detoxification. It's impacted by age, muscle mass, gender, genetics, physical activity, and definitely hormones! In this episode, we dive deeper into these factors and ways that you can optimize your metabolism throughout the month.  DUTCH Test: https://drbethwestie.com/dutch-hormone-testing/  

So your hot flashes are back? Hot flashes often occur in perimenopause & menopause, but there are other hormonal shifts that can produce them as well. Your body detects a change and release the mechanism to feel hot and start sweating. This temperature regulation issue means that your body is struggling to process hormones, mainly the liver & digestive system. Many women even have night sweats/hot flashes before their period starts! Although hot flashes are not necessarily bad, they are uncomfortable and signal that there is work to be done in the body. In this episode, I dive into why we have hot flashes and what it means if they go away and come back again!  Learn more about the 1 to 1 program here: https://drbethwestie.com/jumpstart-program/

Mood swings are not only uncomfortable and often disruptive to relationships, they signify a deeper issue in the body. As you may guess, hormones are typically at the root of these mood shifts. Fluctuations in hormones, like estrogen, impact your neurotransmitters and create these mood shifts. This episode is dedicated to the biggest mistakes that women make when dealing with mood swings, and how to approach them differently.  Learn more about the 1 to 1 program here: https://drbethwestie.com/jumpstart-program/