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113. The Hormones and Emotions Connection - Why Healing Your Hormones Means Healing Your Story with Dr. Sonya Jensen

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Rooted in Wellness with Mona Sharma
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May 6, 2026
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Summary

What if your mood swings, your anxiety, your exhaustion, and even your physical symptoms aren't problems to be fixed but messages waiting to be heard? You have probably tried to silence them anyway, pushed through the fatigue, tightened up your routine, added another practice to your morning. But what you have never realized is that your body is not breaking down but breaking open, asking you to finally stop running from the stories, the grief, and the generational weight you have been carrying for years. Your hormones and your emotions are not two separate conversations, and until you bridge that gap, no protocol, no supplement, and no wellness routine will ever be enough. In this episode of Rooted in Wellness, I sat down with naturopathic physician Dr. Sonya Jensen to explore how to close that gap. We also talk about why the trauma your mother and grandmother never processed may be showing up in your hormones today, and why perimenopause is not something to survive but one of the most powerful invitations of a woman's life. Dr. Sonya Jensen is a naturopathic physician with over 15 years of experience specializing in women's hormonal health, the creator of the HER Method, and the author of Heal Your Hormones, Reclaim Yourself. With a background in cell biology and over a decade of clinical work at the intersection of hormones, emotions, and relationships, she is one of the most grounded voices in women's health today. What's Discussed: (2:30) The three daily non-negotiables that keep Dr. Sonya feeling rooted. (5:02) What actually causes women to feel uprooted and why hormonal changes amplify it. (8:29) What your hormones are really trying to tell you when you feel exhausted and disconnected. (10:02) The grief that lives inside every stage of a woman's life that nobody…