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

What we're talking about it this episode! The phenomenon of women's symptoms being dismissed in medicine Tips on how to get off of birth control in the least painful way Ways to protect and optimize the hormonal integrity of your body Tests and nutrients you want to be discussing with your doctor Why menopause can be more of a stress issue than a hormone issue   Episode Summary: Most women get on hormonal birth control for symptom resolution, yet many doctors view birth control as a ‘one pill fits all’ that is used as a band-aid to cover up the root cause of your symptoms. Dr. Jolene Brighten realized this and took her hormonal expertise to set out and create Beyond the Pill, a book aimed at helping control understand post birth control syndrome and the long term effects associated with hormonal birth control. Today Dr. Brighten is here to shed some light on a topic many women know little about, but which impacts almost all of us. We are diving into everything you need to know about perimenopause, menop