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Mighty As A Mother

Mighty As A Mother

著者： Jenn Cohen + Laura Demuth
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概要

 Mighty as a Mother is a safe space honoring the beautiful (and messy!) journey of raising children while pursuing your passions. As two executives juggling four toddlers, we may not be experts but we sure have learned a lot along the way! Alongside experts and like-minded mamas, we get real - sharing our own experiences on subjects ranging from maternal mental health, female friendships, marriage, wellness, and the juggle (and struggle!) of being a busy mom. Thank you for joining this honest, unfiltered community where we honor YOU. We're thrilled you're here!Jenn Cohen + Laura Demuth 個人的成功 心理学 心理学・心の健康 自己啓発 衛生・健康的な生活
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  • What Chronic Stress Is Really Doing to Women's Bodies

    What Chronic Stress Is Really Doing to Women's Bodies
    2026/04/21
    What if the chronic exhaustion, hormonal imbalance, brain fog, and burnout you've been living with aren't just the cost of a busy life — but your body's signal that something deeper needs attention? In this episode of Mighty as a Mother, we sit down with Dr. Aviva Romm — Yale-trained physician, board-certified family medicine doctor, midwife, herbalist, NYT bestselling author, and one of the most trusted voices in women's integrative health and hormonal wellness — for a conversation that is equal parts science and permission slip. Dr. Aviva Romm has spent over three decades at the intersection of modern medicine, functional medicine, and women's hormone health — her own lived experience included. She is the author of The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution and Hormone Intelligence, two of the most widely read books on women's hormonal health, cortisol, adrenal function, and stress-related illness. Dr. Romm brings something genuinely rare to this conversation: a clinician who asks better questions, looks earlier at the root causes of women's health issues, and never reduces cortisol imbalance, burnout, or hormonal disruption to a quick fix or a trending protocol. This episode was born out of an honest conversation about what chronic stress actually does to a woman's body over time. We talked about the accumulated weight of caregiving, career pressure, perimenopause, family health crises, and the invisible labor that working mothers carry — and the very real biological consequences when that load goes unaddressed. Dr. Romm walks us through what cortisol — clinically known as the "wear and tear hormone" — does to a woman's sleep, weight, immune system, mood, and long-term health, and what it takes to start reversing the damage in real life, with real constraints. Together, we talk candidly about: What "weathering" is — and why chronic stress causes cumulative biological damage in women's bodies, not just emotional fatigueWhy cortisol is called the wear and tear hormone, and how chronically elevated cortisol disrupts sleep, causes weight gain around the midsection, impairs decision-making, drives sugar cravings, and accelerates inflammationHow unaddressed chronic stress in women can progress from burnout and hormonal imbalance to autoimmune conditions, metabolic syndrome, thyroid dysfunction, and cardiovascular diseaseThe timeline approach Dr. Aviva Romm uses with patients to trace the root causes of hormonal disruption, adrenal fatigue, and stress-related illness — often years before a diagnosisWhy perimenopause and postpartum hormonal shifts lower a woman's stress resilience — and what women in their late 30s and 40s need to know about protecting their healthThe specific lab markers every woman should request from her doctor as a baseline: CRP, ferritin, vitamin D, B12, hemoglobin A1C, TSH, and waist circumference as a proxy for chronic inflammationWhat the functional medicine world gets wrong about lab interpretation — and how to find an integrative women's health practitioner you can actually trustWhy cortisol reduction, nervous system regulation, and community connection are among the most evidence-based interventions for women's hormonal healthWhat working mothers are modeling for their children when they normalize running on empty — and why that reframe is often the one that finally creates change This one is for the woman in her late 30s or 40s who has been managing stress, hormonal symptoms, fatigue, anxiety, or that quiet sense that something is off — and hasn't been taken seriously yet. For the woman who Googled "adrenal fatigue," "perimenopause symptoms," "cortisol and weight gain," or "why am I so exhausted" and still left the doctor's office without answers. Dr. Aviva Romm reminds us that the body doesn't send five-alarm fires first. It sends quiet signals. And learning to hear them earlier — before chronic stress becomes chronic illness — may be the most important investment a woman can make in her long-term health. Links & Resources 👉 Dr. Aviva Romm: https://avivaromm.com 👉 The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution by Dr. Aviva Romm: https://avivaromm.com/books 👉 Hormone Intelligence by Dr. Aviva Romm: https://avivaromm.com/books 👉 Worry Watcher's Journal (mentioned in episode): https://avivaromm.com For more honest conversation about working motherhood, women's health, hormonal wellness, burnout, and the real experience of ambitious motherhood, subscribe to Mighty as a Mother on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen — and follow along on Instagram @mightyasamotherpodcast, LinkedIn, and Substack.
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    45 分
  • Why You Feel So Dysregulated (And How to Feel Grounded Again)

    Why You Feel So Dysregulated (And How to Feel Grounded Again)
    2026/04/07

    What if healing wasn't about doing more, but about listening more closely to what your body has been trying to say all along?

    In this episode, we sit down with Nicole Lange, founder of Life Healing Life, acupuncturist, and women's health practitioner, for a deeply grounding conversation about fertility, trauma, nervous system regulation, and what truly holistic care can look like.

    Nicole originally thought she'd become a geneticist, studying the smallest units of human life. But after surviving profound personal trauma, her path shifted toward Chinese medicine, where she found a more expansive understanding of healing — one that honors the connection between mind, body, grief, stress, identity, and the stories we carry.

    With more than 20 years of experience supporting women through infertility, pregnancy loss, IVF, perimenopause, and major life transitions, Nicole brings both science and soul to this conversation. She's also refreshingly honest about the kind of care women actually deserve: care that is personal, patient-centered, trauma-informed, and never one-size-fits-all.

    Together, we talk candidly about:

    • How chronic stress, grief, and unresolved trauma can leave women feeling dysregulated in their bodies
    • Why so many women turn to acupuncture in moments of crisis — and what it can offer far beyond fertility support
    • The connection between nervous system regulation, emotional health, and reproductive health
    • What Chinese medicine understands about the mind-body connection that modern healthcare is finally catching up to
    • How "doing everything right" can sometimes keep us further from the healing we actually need
    • What acupuncture is really like if you've never tried it — and why it may be more supportive than you expect
    • Why healing isn't about fixing yourself or forcing positivity, but learning how to honestly relate to what you're carrying
    • How modeling real emotion for our children can become part of our own healing too

    This one is for the woman who feels stretched thin, emotionally flooded, physically depleted, or just plain off — and can't quite explain why. Nicole reminds us that dysregulation isn't a personal failure. It's often a signal. And getting grounded again may have less to do with pushing harder and more to do with feeling safe enough to soften.

    Links & Resources
    👉 Nicole Lange / Life Healing Life: https://www.lifehealinglife.com/
    👉 Previous episode with Molly Dickinson / The Maternal Stress Project: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e25-exploring-the-stress-of-modern-american/id1687678053?i=1000651881093

    For more honest motherhood conversation, subscribe to Mighty as a Mother on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen — and follow along on Instagram @mightyasamotherpodcast, LinkedIn and Substack
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    52 分
  • Everything Women Were Never Told About Perimenopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

    Everything Women Were Never Told About Perimenopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
    2026/03/24

    Follow along on our new Substack here: https://mightyasamother.substack.com/

    In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mary Claire Haver — board-certified OB-GYN, certified menopause practitioner, founder of The Pause Life and Mary Claire Wellness, and one of the leading voices changing the conversation around perimenopause and menopause for women everywhere. Her bestselling book The New Menopause and upcoming book The New Perimenopause are helping women better understand what's happening in their bodies long before that one official day called menopause arrives.

    Together, we unpack what perimenopause actually is, why it can begin earlier than many women expect, and how symptoms like sleep disruption, anxiety, brain fog, weight changes, palpitations, and feeling unlike yourself are too often dismissed as stress, motherhood, or burnout.

    We also talk about the overlap between postpartum and perimenopause, why so many women spend months or years searching for answers, and what it looks like to advocate for yourself when your body is waving a flag and no one seems to be listening.

    This is a conversation every woman needs — not just the ones having hot flashes. Because for many of us, this story starts much earlier, much quieter, and with symptoms we were never taught to connect to hormones in the first place.

    Together, we talk candidly about:

    • What perimenopause is — and why it's not the same thing as menopause

    • Why women in their late 30s and early 40s may already be experiencing symptoms

    • The overlap between postpartum, fertility journeys, and perimenopause

    • Why so many women say, "I just don't feel like myself"

    • The symptoms clinicians often miss, from sleep issues and anxiety to joint pain and dizziness

    • How to advocate for yourself when your concerns are dismissed

    • What hormone therapy actually is, and why fear around it has kept too many women from getting support

    • The health habits that matter most for long-term strength, bone health, heart health, and aging well

    • Why community, education, and honest conversations with other women matter so much in this season

    Dr. Haver also shares her own evolution — from longtime OB-GYN in academic medicine to building a menopause-focused practice and global platform that is helping women feel seen, believed, and better equipped to care for themselves. She also discusses her work with Midi Health, a virtual care platform focused on menopause and midlife care.

    This one is for the woman lying awake at 3:17 a.m., wondering why she can't sleep.
    For the woman who feels foggy, anxious, inflamed, or off — and keeps getting told it's just stress.
    For the woman trying to mother, lead, work, and hold it all together while quietly wondering what the hell is happening to her body.

    You are not imagining it. And you are definitely not alone.

    Links & Resources
    👉 The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver
    👉 The New Perimenopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver
    👉 Mary Claire Wellness / The Pause Life (The 'Pause Wellness)
    👉 Find a certified menopause practitioner through The Menopause Society (Menopause Practitioner)
    👉 Learn more about Midi Health (Join Midi)
    👉 Dr. Haver's Diary of a CEO conversation on menopause (YouTube)

    For more honest motherhood conversation, subscribe to Mighty as a Mother on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen — and follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn and Substack.
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    49 分
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