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I'm Hormonal | Hormone balance, gut health & nutrition insights
Welcome to I’m Hormonal — the podcast where we make sense of your bloating, brutal PMS, and missing periods… without blaming it all on “just stress” or “being a woman.”
Hosted by Bridget Walton, Women’s Hormone Coach, this show is your no-BS guide to decoding your cycle, calming your gut, and actually balancing your hormones (not just crossing your fingers and hoping for the best).
Each week, we break down what no one taught you about hormones, nutrition, and gut health in your 30s — especially if you're tired of guessing what your body is trying to tell you.
Expect solo episodes packed with real talk and root-cause tools, plus the occasional expert guest to help you feel less confused and more in control.
Because you deserve better periods, better digestion, and a better shot at getting pregnant — without burning out trying to figure it all out alone.
I'm Hormonal | Hormone balance, gut health & nutrition insights
[Mini] 3 Questions That Reveal If You're Actually Nourishing Your Body | Ep. 125
I'm Bridget Walton, a Women's Hormone Coach helping ambitious women ages 25-40 naturally restore hormone balance, fix irregular periods, feel confident in their fertility, and resolve gut health issues without restrictive dieting.
If you struggle with missing periods, PCOS symptoms, bloating, or unpredictable cycles, this women's health podcast will teach you how to support your hormones through strategic nutrition and lifestyle changes that actually fit your busy life.
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Hey there and welcome to today's episode of I'm Hormonal. I'm your host, bridget Walton, women's hormone coach, and today we're going to be talking through three key things to avoid when it comes to these nutritional blind spots. Right, if you want to fix your period, if you want to fix your gut health, you have to ensure that you are adequately nourishing your body. This is not an option. This is not a nice to have. If you're not doing this, then you are adequately nourishing your body. This is not an option. This is not a nice to have. If you're not doing this, then you are leaving progress and improvement on the table. Right, the change that you can see from improving your meals. That will have a huge impact on not only your energy levels or your skin clarity or your cramps or your PMS, but also your period regularity. So that's what we're going to get into today.
Speaker 1:I have three blind spots, three key things I want to walk through with you and I know that a lot of you listening are women in your 30s. You gals are working in corporate, you are on the go, traveling, and stress is a big factor for you, and so that's why I want to start off talking about digestion, because one of these blind spots that can pop up is just not really thinking about how well you're digesting your food, because, I mean, whoever really taught us to think about this? So that's why we're covering that here right now. In short, this first of three notes that I have for you, though, is just think about how well are you actually digesting your food, because if your digestion is off, then you might not even be absorbing or really getting the full benefit from that food that you are eating, and if that's the case, then you need to optimize your digestion first. So I mentioned stress. If you're stressed, that can impact your digestion, in that your system isn't going to be producing as much stomach acid as it normally would, and then there's a cascading effect through the rest of your digestive system that can prevent the appropriate enzymes from being released into your system to help aid the breakdown of those foods. Another thing to look out for would be if you have a lot of bloating. Now, there are several reasons why you might be experiencing bloating, but if that's you, it could be because there's some imbalance in your gut microbiome, could be because of stress, could be something else.
Speaker 1:This is all to say. Those are going to be some signals for you that I want you to keep in mind, because, if that's relevant for your bod these days, are you getting all of the nutrients out of your food and if not, how can you go back to step one, square one and support your digestion? How can you go back to step one, square one and support your digestion? Because digestion and your hormone health these are so closely linked, and if you want to fix your period, have better periods, you got to start with digestion. The second thing that I want to share with you today is really coming back to mindset, and this is something that I focus on a lot with my one-on-one clients, because the way that you think about food or nourishing yourself for the topic of today's conversation is super important.
Speaker 1:If you are somebody who may be already listening to this episode or maybe you listened to the longer conversation on this that came out earlier in the week and you're like, yes, bridget, I hear you, and this makes sense that I should eat three square meals, or maybe I need to focus on getting a wider variety of vegetables in, but I just I don't have the time, or I just can't eat breakfast. There's no way that I can eat that early in the morning. Whatever that is for you, and hopefully, hopefully I'm crossing my fingers over here None of those things popped up for you. But if they did, that's okay, that's normal. It's important to become aware of that so you can retrain your perspective on it. You know, if you think I don't have time, well, could you make time right? Is preparing nourishing meals more important than something else that might take up 30 or 45 minutes on the weekend? I know that's super easy for me on this side of the microphone to be suggesting to you like, hey, just make it more important.
Speaker 1:And that's not exactly what I mean. But it really is about your internal, the way that you talk to yourself, because if you are already limiting yourself before you even try something, saying, well, yeah, I want to get in enough protein or more protein, but I just can never manage to get lunch in because I'm just back to back at work, well, there could be some validity, some truth to that, changing your perspective on it, to thinking, okay, well, if I had to eat lunch every day, how would I fit that in? That's a little bit more of a productive way to look at that and I would encourage you to again just become aware of what limiting beliefs are swirling around in your head or coming out of your mouth, so you can address those head on and make a plan to move beyond them to reach your nutritional and your hormone health goals. Now the third thing that I want to reiterate for you today is bringing back this conversation about protein. I know, I know I mean, I talk about protein a lot here on the podcast. So if you just rolled your eyes and you said, bridget, cool, you're talking about protein again, stay with me, don't jump ship.
Speaker 1:The reason why I'm making this recommendation for today is because I think that making a goal and becoming aware of your protein intake can be a much better alternative to counting calories. I wouldn't necessarily recommend counting calories, and certainly not on a daily basis. That's not something that serves most of my clients. If it works for you, then do your thing, girl, but I think that when you create a goal around protein, while everybody's requirement is different, I do generally think that starting with shooting for 100 grams of protein is a good round number, but that will help give you something to build your meals around or realize, hey, okay, I actually do need to eat three meals a day, because it's not realistic for me to get it into two. And remember, too, that ChatGPT or Claude or whatever your favorite AI tool is. They're there waiting for you to ask to do some planning with it, to say, hey, this is my protein goal, or this is my height and weight. I exercise for 30 minutes a day, five times a week. What's my protein goal? Is that an imperfect answer? Sure, ai is not perfect, but it will give you something to start from and see how that impacts your hormones, impacts your period and impacts your digestion.
Speaker 1:Of course, if you were to join me for an I'm Hormonal coaching program, we would get way more specific and way more clear around the changes that could support you when it comes to nutrition. That's no question. But for a couple of rules of thumb keep your mindset on a positive note. Be a problem solver. If you want to be confused, if you want to stay exactly where you are, your brain would love to come up with a bunch of reasons, some good justification for you to stay there. So keep track of what your mindset is like. Make some sort of goal, perhaps around protein, so you can start to get familiar with what you need to bring into your house from the grocery store so you can meet your goal.
Speaker 1:And then, last but not least, and where we started off, think about how well you're digesting food, because if you are eating the food, eating all the right things, but you're not properly digesting it, then you're not getting the most bang for your buck. And so some signals that your digestion could be a bit off could be if you have a lot of bloating, if you have multiple bowel movements a day, or if you're having diarrhea, if you have something else where you're like okay, every time I eat X type of food, my stomach is not feeling good. So those are just a couple of things to keep in mind. If you are a busy woman, if you want to restore your regular easy periods, if you want to have better energy, more focus at work, if you want to have more confidence in your fertility, you need to nourish your body appropriately and you need to make it a priority. So I hope this was helpful for you. I hope this was helpful for you. I hope this gave you the little bit of inspiration that maybe you needed.
Speaker 1:It's the end of the week, or at least as this episode is coming out, and so make your grocery list, my friend. Get that in your app, whatever it is, let your boo know what you need at the grocery store that's different this week than maybe last week and start taking steps to improving your hormone health. Imperfect action is better than no action, so I will leave you with that. Thank you again for listening to I'm Hormonal. I'm Bridget Walton, and I will see you on the next one.
Speaker 1:If you loved today's episode and got something good out of it, make sure you subscribe so that these episodes show up automatically in your feed, no work needed on your side. Let's put it on autopilot. As always, I need to give you my reminder that the information I share with you here is for educational purposes only, and it should not be used as a replacement for medical advice or diagnosis. Now, if you are, on the other hand, in the market for some one-on-one support, then I would love for you to take me up on my offer for a free strategy call. You can find these links and more in the show notes. All right, we'll see you on the next one.