If you’ve ever seen imbalanced cortisol on a hormone test and thought “how do I fix this?”, then this episode is for you. There are MANY reasons for imbalanced cortisol, and Erin lays out many of them in this episode. But after 12 years of practice, there is something that she consistently sees as the NUMBER ONE reason for burnout, stress and cortisol issues. As a functional medicine practitioner, these are the 2 questions she asks anytime cortisol shows up as high or low on a hormone lab. This is exactly what you need to uncover and correct burnout, stress, “adrenal fatigue” and cortisol issues – and prevent them from coming back again. Timestamps (3:55) 3 different ways to test cortisol (5:47) Cortisol testing: should you even bother? (14:11) Reasons for high & low cortisol (19:41) How cortisol dysregulation opens up the doorway to other issues (21:33) Overfunctioning & boundaries: a clash between 2 essential needs (36:50) Are your relationships causing cortisol imbalance? Sign up to be notified about the Funk’tional Friday sale FOR OUR FULL LIST OF LINKS + RESOURCES, HEAD TO:  https://thefunktionalnutritionist.com/podcast/290-imbalanced-cortisol Check out The Funk’tional Nutritionist: Website | Instagram