It's Not You, It's Your Hormones

66. Your Work Ethic Is a Problem

Your work ethic is your superpower. It's also probably why your body is falling apart. Follow @healthywithchels for hormonal weight loss and healing for high-achieving women. You apply it to your career. Your business. Your family. Every area of your life. Except yourself. And your body is quietly unraveling while you collect accolades. I know because that was me. Running a $60M business. Always online. Face like a chipmunk. Planning my outfits around my bloating. Hormones completely toast. I called it ambition. My body called it chronic survival mode. In this episode I'm getting into: * Why your work ethic might actually be toxic (and what that looks like on your body) * The six center principles I use with every client * Why high achievers always skip the same two (rest + emotions) * What it looks like when you finally apply your drive to yourself * And the one question I want every woman listening to sit with This is the episode for the woman who is exhausted, who has every external marker of success, and who quietly knows her body is not okay. ☀️ For even more hormone healing & down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  [https://www.instagram.com/healthywithchels/] TikTok, [https://www.tiktok.com/@healthywithchels]& LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-mcleod]   ✨ Grab your Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss [https://chelseamcleod.com/busy-girl-guide]    Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call [https://calendly.com/healthyhustlecall/hormone-balance] and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

65. 7 Office Hacks for Your Hormones, Metabolism & Sanity

I spent a decade in corporate as a director, eating soggy desk salads at 2pm, running on 800mg of caffeine, wearing dark colours every single day to hide the fact that I looked three months pregnant after every meal.   I was doing everything right. And I was puffy as f*ck.   If you're crushing it at work and quietly falling apart when it comes to your body, this one's for you.   Get the 5 foods you're eating every day that are quietly sabotaging your results here [https://chelseamcleod.com/heathy-girl-blind-spot]. These are not what you think. Remove these for a week and watch the scale move.  ☀️ For even more hormone healing & down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  [https://www.instagram.com/healthywithchels/] TikTok, [https://www.tiktok.com/@healthywithchels]& LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-mcleod]   ✨ Grab your Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss [https://chelseamcleod.com/busy-girl-guide]    Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call [https://calendly.com/healthyhustlecall/hormone-balance] and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

64. Why Weird People Win: How to Be a 1%er

I concepted this podcast while sitting in a pluge pool in Bali. And I know that sounds obnoxious. But it's also kind of the point.   Because the life I have right now? Most people would call it weird. My supplement stack is the size of a small carry-on. I wear red glasses at dinner. I don't drink. I don't have health insurance. I haven't been to a doctor in years. I turn my notifications off and do not apologize for it.   And somehow...I have a six-pack, I sleep like a baby, my hormones are dialed, and I run a business from wherever I want.   Funny how that works.   This episode is about the 1% of women who are actually willing to do what 99% won't. Not the Trump one-percenter kind. The kind who choose results over fitting in, who stop outsourcing their health to a system that is quite literally designed for sick people, and who decide that being a little weird is a hell of a lot better than being exhausted, puffy, and running on caffeine and willpower.   Grab your Blue Light Blocking Glasses here [https://boncharge.com/collections/blue-light-blocking-glasses?rfsn=7236550.af5a97] and use code CMHEALTH for 15% off ☀️ For even more hormone healing & down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  [https://www.instagram.com/healthywithchels/] TikTok, [https://www.tiktok.com/@healthywithchels]& LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-mcleod]   ✨ Grab your Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss [https://chelseamcleod.com/busy-girl-guide]    Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call [https://calendly.com/healthyhustlecall/hormone-balance] and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

63. The Gut-Anxiety Link in Female Leaders: Stacie's Story

I get DMs every week from women who are medically educated, have seen every doctor, done every test, and are still bloating after every meal, still anxious, still not sleeping. Stacie was that woman.   A 54-year-old RN and communicable disease manager. Former ski racer. High performer. Someone who knows more about the body than most of us ever will. And she still spent 20 years feeling like something was wrong with her that no one could fix.She tried being vegan. Made her sicker. She did Ideal Protein. Lost weight, then was afraid to eat real food. She went to doctor after doctor. Everything came back normal.   And eventually she just accepted it. She told herself this was her new normal.Then five months ago she took a chance. And now she's 22 pounds lighter, her anxiety is down 75%, her cholesterol is at the lowest it's been in 25 years, and she is no longer waiting to qualify for a statin.This one hit different.   We cover the gut-anxiety connection, what hypervigilance actually is (and why high-performing women mistake it for a superpower), and what it looks like to finally stop waiting for medicine to catch up to your body.   If you have been told everything looks normal, if you have accepted that bloating and anxiety and brain fog are just your life now, this episode is for you. There is always a root cause. Always. ☀️ For even more hormone healing & down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  [https://www.instagram.com/healthywithchels/] TikTok, [https://www.tiktok.com/@healthywithchels]& LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-mcleod]   ✨ Grab your Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss [https://chelseamcleod.com/busy-girl-guide]    Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call [https://calendly.com/healthyhustlecall/hormone-balance] and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.

62. Rebalancing After IVF: The Protocol That Finally Worked feat. Sharan Bhinder

If I had a dollar for every woman who comes to be with severe bloating and weight gain in the middle after IVF...Let's unpack it.   I talk to a lot of high-achieving women who are doing everything right. The gym. The health food delivery. The clean eating. And they're still gaining weight. Still bloated. Still exhausted. Still hiding from mirrors. Sharan was one of those women.   Account director at LinkedIn in Singapore. High pressure sales role. Quarterly targets. And a body that felt completely foreign to her, especially after four rounds of IVF.   She was going to the gym four or five times a week. Ordering from a health kitchen. And still watching herself get bigger. She started needing a gin every night just to get through the day. She was almost the weight her mother was after having three kids.   And she was sick of it.   This episode is her story. What the labs actually showed. Why the gym wasn't working. And how she lost 22lbs (10kg) without destroying herself in the process. ☀️ For even more hormone healing & down and dirty tips to release weight and feel amaze, let’s connect on Instagram,  [https://www.instagram.com/healthywithchels/] TikTok, [https://www.tiktok.com/@healthywithchels]& LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-mcleod]   ✨ Grab your Busy Girl’s Guide to Hormonal Weight Loss [https://chelseamcleod.com/busy-girl-guide]    Ready to figure out if your hormones are at the root of your weight loss, energy, sleep, or cravings struggle? Let's find out if it's your hormones and give you the first step to fix it. 📞 Book a Hormone Reset Call [https://calendly.com/healthyhustlecall/hormone-balance] and crack the code behind your symptoms to see if hormone are at the root and get your first action step to fix it. Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet, lifestyle, or supplement routine.