Stress and Hormones: Understanding the connection
Quick reminder, yesterday’s Tuesday live call recording is now posted inside the community.
We went deep into something that most people completely overlook…
👉 How stress actually affects your body
👉 Why emotions that aren’t processed don’t just disappear, they get stored
👉 And how to let that energy move through you instead of holding onto it
This isn’t just mindset… this is chemistry.
When stress gets stored instead of released, your body shifts into a protective state—and that shows up hormonally:
• Cortisol increases → tells your body to hold onto fat (especially around the midsection)
• Insulin becomes less sensitive → makes it easier to store fat, harder to burn it
• Thyroid activity can slow down → lowers metabolism and energy
• Progesterone drops → reduces your body’s calming, stabilizing effect
• Estrogen can become imbalanced → contributes to weight gain and fluid retention
• Melatonin decreases → disrupts sleep and recovery
• Growth hormone lowers → slows fat burning and repair
• Adrenal signaling becomes dysregulated → leading to fatigue, cravings, and plateaus
Your body isn’t broken, it’s responding exactly how it was designed to.
The key is learning how to feel, process, and release instead of suppress.
That’s where real change happens.
If you haven’t watched the replay yet, go to the calendar and check it out. This is one of those trainings that can shift everything when you start applying it.
- Dr. Cody
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Stress and Hormones: Understanding the connection
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