The Happy Hormone Cottage Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Lyn Hogrefe, MS Ed, is the founder and executive director of the Happy Hormone Cottage, which she started 13 years ago in the heart of Centerville, as a safe place for women to share their stories, be heard and validated. Through her own journey with an emergency radical hysterectomy at the age of 49, she recognized the huge gap between what our doctors and standard of care were telling us about hormone balance and the truth about the needs of our body and the important tasks of our hormones.With the help of her compounding pharmacist husband, she fought her way back to wellness. Her experience inspired her to open the Happy Hormone Cottage. The Happy Hormone Cottage exists to educate women on their options for natural hormone balance, prevention of disease and wellness throughout life.
5 women whose ages range from their 30’s-60’s who are patients of The Happy Hormone Cottage talk about their experiences with their bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.
- Anitamarie, 64 - Started therapy in 2010 - Symptoms included low libido, felt off, foggy thinking, & depression
- Lisa, 36 - Started therapy in 2018 - Symptoms included anxiety & postpartum depression
- Cynthia, 51 - Started therapy in 2022 - Symptoms included joint pain, weight gain, hot flashes, trouble sleeping, impatient, & moodiness
- Theresa, 61 - Started therapy in 2010 - Symptoms included hot flashes, night sweats, low libido, & thyroid issues
- Niki, 43 - Started therapy in 2022 - Symptoms included thyroid issues, & suspected adrenal issues
Questions asked:
- What were you experiencing that made you feel that something wasn't quite right?
- When you knew you weren't feeling like yourself who did you go and talk to first?
- Once you finally realized that your hormones were out of balance what were your hesitations or concerns regarding hormone therapy?
- Are there any benefits that you have seen from being on hormone therapy that were unexpected?
- If you were talking to your friends about hormone therapy what would you say to them?
- How do you feel now?
To get started on your own journey toward all natural hormone balance, call us at 513-444-6343.
happyhormonecottage.com
Although our HHC has a telemedicine license to easily service clients in Ohio and Florida, we can also work with clients who live out of state as long as they come and visit us in person annually. Our goal in publishing this podcast nationally is for the educational value contained within. Education is key!
Lyn & Jeff Hogrefe talk through sexual hormone health, libido, & intimacy
Topics covered:
~ estrogen & testosterone balance
~ why women struggle with libido
~ cortisol's role
~ the hypothalamus
~ vaginal dryness
~ how to bring libido back
~ how Jeff created Adrenal Calm & Adrenal Boost to help with cortisol issues
~ differences in men's & women's libido
~ oxytocin
~ the Happy Hormone Cottage's holistic approach
Call us at 513-444-6343 with questions or to get started.
happyhormonecottage.com
In this episode, Jeff & Lyn Hogrefe talk about The Happy Hormone Cottage's supplementation strategies, disease prevention, & BHRT.
Topics covered:
~ The value of BHRT to protect against heart disease, osteoporosis, & Alzheimer's
~ The value of low dose testosterone therapy for women
~ Estrogen & men
~ Vitamins D & K
~ DIM supplementation
~ Estrogen metabolism
~ DHEA
~ Vitamin B12
~ Omega 3's
~ HHC Adrenal Calm & Adrenal Boost
~ Thyroid, Cortisol, & Insulin
~ Supplements for insulin resistance
~ DUTCH Testing
Lyn Hogrefe & Jeff Hogrefe talk though our Men's Program at the integrative Hormone Center for Men.
Hormone balance is important for men, but over & above hormone optimization our goal for men is to access cardiac risk & keep an eye on prostate health. Jeff's real passion is to protect men against heart disease & prostate cancer.
Our strategy for both women & men is to extend life & give them the best quality of life.
Topics covered:
~side effects of ED drugs
~compounded ED medications
~supplementation strategy
~getting the right balance between estrogen & testosterone in men
~estrogens in diet
~how low estrogen in men affects sex drive
To learn more about our Men's Program call 513-444-6343 or visit us at https://happyhormonecottage.com/ihc-for-men-mens-health/
Lyn Hogrefe & Jeff Hogrefe talk through what sets The Happy Hormone Cottage apart from other hormone centers & even your doctors.
Topics covered:
~ our Step One consultation
~ our cutting-edge testing method
~ the difference between synthetic hormones & bioidentical hormones
~ the importance of thyroid, insulin, & cortisol
~ why we do NOT do hormone pellets at The Happy Hormone Cottage
~ how we are a one stop shop
~ the education & continuing education of our staff
Lyn Hogrefe walks through how bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is a lifelong strategy for aging in a healthy way.
Topics
~ perimenopause
~ menopause
~ at what age do we need to start BHRT?
~ the extent of most doctors' hormone education
~ myths & misconceptions about estrogen
~ the health benefits of bioidentical hormone replacement
~ "Bioidentical Hormones 101" by Jeffery Dach, MD
~ getting started with The Happy Hormone Cottage by attending a "Hormones 101 with Lyn" free Group Zoom
~ DUTCH Testing: dried urine testing of comprehensive hormones
~ how we look at the thyroid differently than most practitioners
~ how to live your best life naturally
Lyn Hogrefe's Women's Health Initiatives Foundation is on a mission to empower women and guide them to the truth about natural options which can prevent, treat, and defeat cancer.
Initiatives
~ To provide financial support and access to the New Hope for Cancer program where cancer patients receive life-saving treatment which is often not covered by insurance.
~ To educate women about complementary and alternative cancer prevention methods and treatment options.
~ To provide financial assistance for non-invasive, diagnostic thermography screenings.
~ To provide holistic cancer coaching to prevent, heal, and recover from disease.
~ To provide grants for free DNA Life Estrogen Metabolite kits to identify risk of breast cancer, causes of breast cancer, and strategies to prevent breast cancer from occurring or reoccurring.
~To provide holistic cancer coaching to prevent, heal, and recover from disease.
Vision
- We imagine a world where women understand cancer and work to prevent it and heal it.
- We picture the number of new cancer cases decreasing.
- We see cancer patients receiving treatment that incorporates all possibilities.
- We visualize late stage cancer patients finding hope where they thought none was left.
- We envision lives being saved.
Beliefs
We believe women’s cancers can be prevented, treated, or cured by looking at the body as a whole.
We believe pharmaceuticals, radiation and surgery are not the only answers to this disease.
We know there are pioneering scientists, physicians and others who are successfully predicting, preventing, treating, and defeating cancer through nutrition, supplementation, and other integrative means…we will support their endeavors by raising money and growing awareness of their initiatives. rolex milgauss replica
We are daring greatly to put prevention ahead of detection and looking beyond the status quo as the only avenue for the treatment of cancer.
WHIF’s current initiative is to support New Hope for Cancer at the Rosenberg Integrative Cancer and Treatment Institute where cancer patients are being saved every day. 100% of any donation and 100% of all event proceeds go to this endeavor. We do not take any money for administrative costs as all of our overhead expenses are generously donated.
For more information on The Women's Health Initiatives Foundation visit their website here: https://womenshealthinitiatives.org/
Donate
1. Donate to our Facebook Fundraising efforts by clicking the "Donate" button on our Facebook Fundraiser here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/6086937558020780/5644173195704575/
2. PayPal WHIF at https://bit.ly/WHIFPayPal
3. Make a donation on our website here: https://womenshealthinitiatives.org/donate/
In this episode Lyn talks through The Happy Hormone Cottage Weight Loss Program with special guests Jeff Hogrefe & Nikki Smith.
How is Our Program Different from Other Weight Loss Programs?
Not a stimulant
Very few side effects
Not a diet program. You eat what works for you
High success rate
Metabolic testing
Support from Dr. Kim Sunshein
* We use peptides
Lyn talks through how when women come to The Happy Hormone Cottage, they get educated & validated. From there women can get tested, get treated, & get better!
"What makes us different is that we want to find & fix the root cause of the hormone issues. We do great testing that involves dried urine strips from Precision Analytical Inc's DUTCH Test that gives us a 15 page report on things like methylation pathways & metabolites."
Lyn Hogrefe, MS Ed, is the founder and executive director of the Happy Hormone Cottage. In this episode Lyn talks through how she started The Happy Hormone Cottage & how the business has grown & thrived for 13 years.