The Period Brain: How Hormones Change Behaviour - Dr Sarah Hill
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Dr Sarah Hill is a professor at TCU, a research psychologist, expert in women’s hormones and brain science, and an author.
Each month, women experience hormonal changes that go far beyond the clichés of PMS. These shifts can influence mood, stress response, and even how women relate to others. So how can recognizing these patterns make it easier for both men and women to navigate relationships when things don’t feel normal?
Expect to learn why hormones play such a role in psychological function, what actually happens to women during their time of the month and what a PMS brain is, if women understand what their cycle does to them, what men can learn about women’s hormonal cycles and how birth control changes the brain, if oral contraceptives could be the biggest unexamined mental health experiment currently playing out, if PMS is actually a design feature rather than a flaw, and much more…
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0:00 Introducing the Menstrual Cycle
5:30 What Women Experience During Their Cycle
20:29 The Ovulatory Shift Hypothesis: Researching the Cycle
44:05 How Do Men and Women Differ Hormonally?
56:27 How Does the Pill Effect Women on Their Cycle?
01:05:58 Does Female Hormone Suppression Effect Male Hormone Levels?
01:11:31 Are Career-Driven Women Going to Burn Out Faster Than Women Listening to Their Cycle?
01:17:50 Biological Sex is So Important in Research
01:22:56 Is Feminism Making Women Feel Insufficient?
01:27:26 Why are Periods So Understudied?
01:35:50 Find Out More About Sarah
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Dr Sarah Hill is a professor at TCU, a research psychologist, expert in women’s hormones and brain science, and an author.
Each month, women experience hormonal changes that go far beyond the clichés of PMS. These shifts can influence mood, stress response, and even how women relate to others. So how can recognizing these patterns make it easier for both men and women to navigate relationships when things don’t feel normal?
Expect to learn why hormones play such a role in psychological function, what actually happens to women during their time of the month and what a PMS brain is, if women understand what their cycle does to them, what men can learn about women’s hormonal cycles and how birth control changes the brain, if oral contraceptives could be the biggest unexamined mental health experiment currently playing out, if PMS is actually a design feature rather than a flaw, and much more…
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0:00 Introducing the Menstrual Cycle
5:30 What Women Experience During Their Cycle
20:29 The Ovulatory Shift Hypothesis: Researching the Cycle
44:05 How Do Men and Women Differ Hormonally?
56:27 How Does the Pill Effect Women on Their Cycle?
01:05:58 Does Female Hormone Suppression Effect Male Hormone Levels?
01:11:31 Are Career-Driven Women Going to Burn Out Faster Than Women Listening to Their Cycle?
01:17:50 Biological Sex is So Important in Research
01:22:56 Is Feminism Making Women Feel Insufficient?
01:27:26 Why are Periods So Understudied?
01:35:50 Find Out More About Sarah
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Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw
Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom
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