Embracing Flow

FF6 - Your Body Keeps Score

Episode Summary

Ever wonder why you feel exhausted, wired, or moody even when “nothing’s wrong”? Your body knows. 🌿 In this episode, Heather Allmendinger, Queen of Flow and host of the Embracing Flow™ podcast, explains how stress doesn’t just live in your head — it changes your hormones. Learn how cortisol, your main stress hormone, impacts menstrual cycles, energy, sleep, and recovery — and how to restore balance with awareness and grace.

Episode Notes

When life feels full, your body always knows first.
In this episode, Heather Allmendinger, Queen of Flow and host of the Embracing Flow™ podcast, unpacks how chronic stress reshapes hormonal balance — long before you realize it.

Discover why cortisol is more than a “stress hormone,” how it hijacks your cycle rhythm, and what your body is really saying when you feel “tired but wired.”

This episode connects this week’s Flow Q and DYK: how emotional and physical stress both disrupt your hormonal blueprint — and what to do about it. 🌿

✨ You’ll learn:

• How cortisol changes energy, sleep, and cycle timing
• Why your body holds onto stress signals long after the moment passes
• What true rest looks like in a hormone-aware lifestyle
• Simple shifts to support your body during high-stress seasons

💭 Reflection prompt: Where is your body keeping score right now? And how can you give it extra credit instead of more pressure?