280. Hormones, Anxiety, and Perimenopause: What Every Woman Needs to Know with Dr. Greg Mongeon
Why do some women suddenly feel more anxious, more emotional, more exhausted, or just not like themselves during certain seasons of life?
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Greg Mongeon to talk about the very real connection between hormones, anxiety, stress, and perimenopause. This conversation is packed with insight for women who have been told their labs are “normal” while still feeling anything but normal.
Dr. Greg shares his personal story, what led him into functional medicine, and why so many women are struggling with symptoms that are often overlooked, dismissed, or mislabeled. We talk about the role of the nervous system, the gut-brain connection, stress, liver health, hormone shifts, and why symptoms should never be ignored just because a lab value falls in the “normal” range.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why anxiety can intensify during perimenopause
The difference between “normal” and optimal lab work
How stress and nervous system dysregulation can affect hormones
Why the gut, liver, and thyroid matter so much in hormone health
The problem with one-size-fits-all wellness advice online
Why so many women feel dismissed in traditional healthcare settings
The truth about bioidentical hormones vs synthetic hormone therapy
How to advocate for yourself when you know something feels off
This episode is for the woman who feels like her body has changed, her mind feels more reactive, her cycle feels different, and she’s tired of being told everything is fine when it clearly doesn’t feel fine.
More than anything, this conversation is about hope.Hope that your symptoms are not “all in your head.”Hope that there may be deeper answers.And hope that you are not broken.
Dr. Greg’s goal is simple: to help people feel seen, understood, and supported while getting to the root of what’s really going on.
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