Essentially You: Empowering You On Your Health & Wellness Journey With Safe, Natural & Effective Solutions

What we're talking about in this episode Why adrenal issues are often misdiagnosed and the unfortunate consequences of this How our modern life wreaks havoc on our body’s natural stress response systems The origins and consequences of the adrenal fatigue myth The reasons why cortisol can be decreased in the body through cortisol resistance The four most common triggers of HPA axis dysfunction and how to respond to them Why perceived stress is a big deal and practical ways to cope with it   Episode Summary If you’ve ever felt so exhausted that simply functioning seems like an impossibility you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue. That’s what I was diagnosed with a decade ago. Our adrenals are hormones produced in a set of glands near our kidneys. But here’s the deal, chronic fatigue doesn’t actually start there - it begins up in our limbic, or survival, brain. For those of you who’ve struggled with this type of chronic fatigue, today’s episode might just change your life. I’m taking a deep dive into t