A healthy look at Cortisol

Written By Nessa Hayes

Did you know that Cortisol is our natural cup of coffee in the morning?

Check out this visualization path of Cortisol below.

In the morning we have an increase in CAR (Cortisol Awakening Response) where our cortisol spikes to get us moving.

Throughout the rest of the day it tapers off as we head towards sleep. Specifically, at midnight, it's like our cortisol flicks a switch and it goes into a rest, detox, and repair state while you sleep. Beautiful!

This is a picture of Cortisol health.

We often demonize cortisol but we really just need to get it in balance and use it to our advantage because it's good for us, by design! Cortisol totally regulates your body's ability to protect you from infection, as well as regulate your blood sugar, maintain fat storage, encourages mobilization to provide you with energy to escape danger, and drives your sexual desire, hormone cycles and levels, and ability to get pregnant and nourish babies.

Nessa Hayes

Nessa is the founder of Radical Mother Wellness, a Clinical Herbalist and Birth Keeper devoted to supporting women who are ready to tune in, slow down, and make the simple—but often challenging—shifts that lead to lasting holistic health. Rooted in plant medicine, body wisdom, and intuitive care, her work centers fertility, pregnancy, birth, and motherhood as powerful thresholds for healing and transformation. Nessa guides women back into relationship with their bodies so they can reclaim their health, their rhythm, and their inner authority.

https://www.radicalmotherwellness.com
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