The Empowered Feminine With Ciara Foy
Welcome to The Empowered Feminine Podcast. I’m your host Ciara Foy, Author, Nutritionist and Women’s Health Expert. This podcast is designed to help you uncover the why behind your hormonal chaos, discover strategies to help you better manage stress and ultimately become unstoppable in the pursuit of living your life from a totally empowered state. We’ll be exploring all of the things…holistic health, abundance, wealth, success, vulnerability, personal growth, creating rock-solid boundaries, and tapping into your divine feminine flow. I’m committed to being straight, raw and vulnerable with you while we explore what it means to be an empowered woman in today’s world. Some episodes will be just me, many will be rich, deep conversations with experts in their field and others will be inspirational stories of transformation. Each week I’ll be bringing you a dose of inspiration to help you level up in all areas of your life, not by always DOING more, but by being unapologetically you and stepping into your feminine power. As a woman you can’t only DO, FORCE, AND PUSH your way through life; that approach always leads to burn out. Learning to tap into your feminine energy is where your true power lies. And this is something we’re going to explore together, one episode at a time. I’m on a mission to help high achievers like you do less, feel more and become unstoppable. Let’s dive in…
The Empowered Feminine With Ciara Foy
Sleep Mastery for Hormonal Balance & Weight Loss (Part 1)
In this episode of The Empowered Feminine Podcast, Ciara Foy discusses the science of sleep and its profound impact on overall health, hormones, and stress management. Drawing from her expertise as a functional hormone nutritionist, Ciara shares valuable insights on optimizing sleep for better health outcomes, especially for women in perimenopause and menopause.
Key Takeaways
- The Importance of Sleep: Understanding how sleep affects hormones, stress management, and overall health.
- Hormonal Balance: Exploring the relationship between sleep, cortisol, and insulin resistance, particularly in perimenopause and menopause.
- Muscle Mass and Metabolism: The role of muscle mass in maintaining insulin sensitivity and metabolic health.
- Hunger Hormones: How sleep affects leptin and ghrelin, the hormones that regulate hunger and satiety.
- Circadian Rhythm: Tips for optimizing your body's natural sleep-wake cycle, including the importance of morning sunlight exposure.
- Melatonin and Cortisol: Understanding the relationship between these hormones and their impact on sleep quality.
- Late-Night Eating: The effects of eating late at night on sleep and metabolic health.
- Sleep Consistency: The importance of maintaining a consistent sleep schedule and tips for establishing a good sleep routine.
- Stress Management: How stress impacts sleep quality and strategies for managing stress.
- Heart Rate Variability (HRV): Introduction to HRV and its significance in assessing overall health and stress management.
Resources Mentioned: Ciara mentions the use of an Oura ring for tracking sleep and HRV.
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