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THE SCIENCE: THE CORTISOL STEAL Let’s look at the mechanism. Your body creates a "Mother Hormone" called Pregnenolone. Ideally, your body uses this to create Progesterone (the hormone that keeps you calm and helps you sleep) and Estrogen.

But, when you are in a state of chronic "high performance" rushing, deadline-chasing, managing teenagers your body perceives that as danger. So, it prioritizes survival. It steals that Pregnenolone to make Cortisol (stress hormone) instead of Progesterone.

This is why you are waking up at 3 AM. This is why you feel anxious for no reason. It’s not because you aren’t "zen" enough. It’s because your body is literally stealing your calming hormones to fuel your stress response.

THE SHIFT: So, what do we do? Most generic advice tells you to "reduce stress." That is useless advice for a busy woman. You can’t just quit your job or sell your kids.

The solution isn't to do less. It's to support your nervous system more. We have to manually switch your body from "Sympathetic" (Fight or Flight) to "Parasympathetic" (Rest and Digest). If we don't fix the cortisol architecture, no amount of diet or exercise will work. Period.

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