43: A More Natural Approach to Balancing Hormones with Ashleigh Norris

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joy’s very special guest on the podcast today is Ashleigh Norris, certified Holistic Nutritionist and Reiki Healer. Ashleigh is also the owner of The Soulful Sprout Holistic Nutrition, where her focus is on hormone health and optimization, employing a unique and warm approach to hormone healing with women throughout the world. As you will hear, Joy has had, and continues to deal with, hormone imbalance in her life, so this conversation is particularly meaningful for her, and it will be for you as well.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashleigh begins by sharing her own healing journey, including the effects of trauma she suffered in her youth, and her diagnosis, treatment and recovery from thyroid cancer. She also details how she was inspired to gain a sense of empowerment in her body, and to go forward to receive the training necessary so that she could educate and treat others. Ashleigh goes on to explain the various components such as nutrition, lifestyle, and sleep, that affect hormones as well as the deficiencies involved that cause so many women and men to suffer these days. She concludes by sharing the one thing she wishes women would start doing to better support their hormones and what is coming up next for her. Ashleigh is, indeed, a total hormone expert, and the vast amount of knowledge, wisdom, and advice which she brings to the podcast today will undoubtedly have a profound impact upon all who listen.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ashleigh’s healing journey</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her total thyroidectomy and lymph node removal</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How trauma impacts the body on a