Vital Balance With Jess
Tired of wellness advice that revolves around weight loss, physical appearance, and rigid routines that feel impossible to maintain?
Vital Balance with Jess is your no-BS space for real conversations about hormones, metabolic wellness, and holistic health. It's for women who feel exhausted, inflamed, and out of sync with their bodies and minds.
Hosted by Jess, a former attorney turned certified hormone coach, this show is for high-achieving women who’ve been dismissed by doctors, told their labs are “normal,” or have tried everything and still don’t feel well.
Each week, you’ll get practical tools and root-cause strategies to help you:
– Reclaim energy and focus
– Reduce cortisol and inflammation
– Stabilize your mood and cycle
– Heal your hormones (without perfectionism)
If you’ve been stuck in survival mode and want real solutions that work in real life, you’re in the right place.
This isn’t about chasing an ideal—it’s about building real, sustainable vitality from the inside out.
Vital Balance With Jess
5 Tools for Avoiding the Winter Blues & Embracing Winter (While Balancing Hormones) (Episode #27)
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Why does January often feel like drudgery? Jess explains the factors that keep many people from thriving in January and the winter months in general.
In This Episode, Jess Discusses:
- How dopamine and oxytocin drop after the holidays and why this can show-up as irritability, snapping, restlessness, and anxiety
- How winter inputs impact serotonin, melatonin timing, insulin tolerance, inflammation, and stress perception
- The January pressure paradox - why urgency-driven goals become another stress input the endocrine system must adapt to
- 5 crucial tools that steady mood and hormone health by supporting seasonal physiology. These tools will set you up for success in the winter months by improving your mood, health, and minimizing seasonal mood disorder.
What You’ll Walk Away With:
- A realistic framework for approaching January without shame
- The main reasons winter blues exist
- Tools that support mood and hormones without perfectionism or pressure
- Permission to support your body instead of reinventing your identity
DISCLAIMER: The content shared in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only, is not a substitute for the advice of medical doctors or practitioners and should not be used to prevent, diagnose, or treat any condition. Consult with a physician prior to beginning any fitness, health, or wellness regimen or routine.