If the holidays always leave you bloated, exhausted, stressed, or convinced you “messed everything up,” this episode is for you. Between skipping meals, sugar overload, late nights, and nonstop plans, it’s no wonder your blood sugar, digestion, and hormones take a hit. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With a few simple shifts, you can enjoy the stuffing, apple pie, and Christmas cookies without the burnout, guilt, or metabolic crash.

In this episode I’m sharing:

Why skipping meals before a holiday dinner is the #1 mistake women make, and how it guarantees overeating, cravings, and bloat
The exact hormone supportive plan for the day: high-protein breakfasts, fiber-rich meals, stabilizing snacks, and avoiding the hangry spiral
How apple cider vinegar, digestive bitters, and digestive enzymes help control blood sugar, reduce bloating, and improve digestion before the big meal
Why enjoying the holiday meal is not the problem, and how balancing your other meals actually keeps your body calm and stable
How to build your plate: find your protein, find your fiber, and then savor the stuffing, squash, rolls, and pie
The mindset shift that stops the “I already ruined it, so whatever” spiral and helps you enjoy food without guilt
Easy ways to use movement to support blood sugar
What to do the next day to reset your system
How to keep stress low through the season with simple daily practices like breathwork, legs up the wall, EFT tapping, and morning grounding

The holiday meal isn’t what derails your hormones - under-eating, stress, blood sugar crashes, and all-or-nothing thinking are. This episode gives you simple, realistic strategies so you can enjoy every part of the season while still supporting your digestion, mood, blood sugar, and hormones.

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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.

Through the Balance Hormones Naturally podcast, you’ll discover why your cycle is so important to your everyday health and how you can use nutrition to help support the rise and fall of your hormones and finally feel truly amazing. We dig deep to understand and heal the root causes of your symptoms so you can achieve lasting results through manageable and realistic lifestyle changes, allowing you to live a healthy and balanced life without a life-long pharmaceutical prescription.

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