The HRT Conversation Nobody Is Having

If you've started HRT and felt great for a month and then felt nothing, this episode is going to explain exactly why. CEO Amanda Tress sits down with Emily Sadri, nurse practitioner and founder of Aurelia Women's Health, for one of the most honest hormone conversations the FASTer Way Podcast has ever had. Emily coined the term **Hormones First** and her framework is built on one truth most practitioners miss: women are cyclical creatures, and the way we replace hormones should reflect that. Emily introduces **Rhythmic HRT**, a protocol that mirrors the natural peaks and valleys of your cycle rather than delivering a flat daily dose and explains why your estrogen patch may actually be training your brain to stop participating in your own hormone production. She also challenges one of the most repeated claims in the perimenopause space: that progesterone declines first. Her real-time data tells a very different story. Amanda opens up about her own hormone journey nine years on birth control with no cycle, fertility medication, and last fall's insomnia that more progesterone made worse, not better. Because at the FASTer Way, we don't chase symptom relief, we chase system-wide optimization. And that starts with understanding your hormones the way your body actually made them. Join FASTer Way: fasterwaytofatloss.com Don't forget to check out our merch, supplements and other great deals: fasterwayshop.com Subscribe: youtube.com/FASTerWaytoFatLoss Follow us on Instagram: FASTer Way: @fasterwaytofatloss Amanda Tress: @amandatress Emily Sadri: @emilysadri\_np Aurelia Women's Health: @aureliawomenshealth **Connect with Emily:** Website: emilysadri.com Aurelia Women's Health: aureliahealth.com