Ascend Lifestyle Performance Podcast

Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Are you exhausted throughout the day? Struggle with brain fog or low motivation? Do you feel tired but wired? Trouble losing weight, or are you gaining weight around your midsection? If so, you're in the right place.  In part 3 in the energy series, we're going to take a look at the adrenals, and two important hormones that they produce: cortisol and DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone- but let's just call it DHEA :)  Cortisol’s main role is to prepare your body to interact with the external environment (such as to run from danger). And just like most hormones in the body, we want enough cortisol levels- not too much, and not too little. Both low and high cortisol (and both low and high DHEA) causes problems.  In this episode I share: How to tell if you have high or low cortisol The weight loss advice that are burdening your adrenals and making it harder to lose weight Basic lifestyle protocols to support your adrenals so that you return to balance, resiliency,