Managing stress is very important for the female body – extra stress can be responsible for extra fat, weight, fatigue and more.
Things to remember: your health is cumulative. All of the things that you do will work together and impact your overall health.
Being consistent is more important than being perfect.
I have already addressed working on cortisol from the inside out, now I want to discuss how you can address cortisol from the outside in.
Here are some of my favorite ways to lower cortisol externally:
- Light: things like fluorescent lighting or blue light can be harmful to your hormones. Blue light blockers (glasses, screen protectors, etc) are very important! The more natural light you can get, the better.
- Chemicals: eliminate as many chemicals (endocrine disruptors) in your environment as you can. Glues, dyes, scents, cleaning products, etc.
- Body frame: It is important to take care of your posture and movement. Not taking care of your posture can add stress to your body! Massage, chiropractic work and stretching are all helpful to work on this.
- Liver support: helping your liver will support that cortisol clearance from your body.
- Touch: the power of touch has a real impact on decreasing your cortisol. It is also really important for increasing oxytocin and dopamine. Positive, safe, touch is really important.
- Breath, Grounding and Gum health: all three of these things play a factor in managing internal stress externally – time to floss!
Making these small, consistent changes externally can go a LONG way when managing stress.
If you are under stress or think you may have a cortisol issues, the best place for you is the 12 week challenge. I will incorporate an individual protocol for internal and external cortisol management, that will help you lose weight and gain energy.
If this is something you’ve been looking for, if you feel like this is the missing piece for you, then you’re going to want to get on the waitlist.
Join the waitlist here: www.drbethwestie.com/waitlist
