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Published Apr 13, 2023

27. Healing Your Hormones, Mastering Oxytocin, & Moving Through Trauma - with Dr. Anna Cabeca

Explore hormonal healing and fertility with Dr. Anna Cabeca, as she shares her journey of reversing early menopause and emphasizes the power of oxytocin in emotional well-being. Delve into holistic fertility solutions, the benefits of maintaining an alkaline body, and strategies for stress and detoxification to achieve optimal health.
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  • Hormones

    shares her transformative journey of reversing early menopause and enhancing fertility through hormone balance. She emphasizes the importance of balancing hormones for reproductive health, noting that stress hormones can severely impact fertility by depleting reproductive hormones like prolactin and oxytocin 1. Anna's personal experience of overcoming infertility and early menopause through lifestyle changes, such as adopting a keto-green diet, highlights the body's resilience and ability to regenerate 2.

    Empowering the body has amazing resilience and ability to regenerate.

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    Her approach has helped many clients improve their menstrual function and fertility, demonstrating the profound impact of physiological balance 3.

       

    Oxytocin

    Oxytocin, the hormone of love and connection, plays a crucial role in emotional well-being and stress management. explains that chronic stress can suppress oxytocin, leading to feelings of isolation and disconnection 4. She advocates for practices that boost oxytocin, such as engaging in pleasurable activities and maintaining strong social bonds, to counteract the negative effects of stress 5.

    We have to bring in the love, we have to bring in the goodness. And it is a discipline and a practice.

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    Anna also discusses the use of oxytocin supplements in some cases to help clients manage stress and trauma, highlighting the hormone's potential to rejuvenate emotional health 6.

       

    Healing

    Healing from trauma involves a holistic approach that includes self-care and hormone balance. emphasizes the importance of addressing inflammation and hormone imbalances, which she refers to as the 'devil's pitchfork,' to improve overall health 7. She recommends practices like gratitude journaling and nature bathing to help reset cortisol levels and promote a positive physiological state 8.

    Love is powerful medicine.

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    Anna's heart-breathing exercise, which involves focusing on love and compassion, is another tool she offers to enhance heart rate variability and support emotional healing 9.

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