The Dr. Brighten Show
by Dr. Jolene Brighten
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About this podcast
Dr. Jolene Brighten, a best-selling author, board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, and women’s health expert, hosts The Dr. Brighten Show—a podcast dedicated to igniting transformative conversations in women’s health. Through candid interviews with leading experts, innovators, and thought-leaders, this show brings you groundbreaking research, personal stories, and practical tools to help you confidently navigate your body and hormones. It’s a fun, engaging, and insightful journey designed to empower you with tangible, science-backed insights, so you can live your best, most vibrant life.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 179 episodes
- ADHD Meltdown: The Spiral When Mom and Child Have ADHD | Psychiatrist's Advice · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 171An ADHD meltdown can leave moms feeling ashamed, especially when they’re navigating postpartum changes or supporting a child with ADHD. In Episode 5 of the ADHD in Women series…
- ADHD Medication and Your Period: What Women Need to Know About Treatment, PMDD, and Changing Symptoms · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 168ADHD medication can feel different across your menstrual cycle, and a difficult month doesn’t automatically mean your treatment has failed. View the show notes and episode…
- Psychiatrists Warning: ADHD Relationships, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, and Building a Life That Works · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 169ADHD rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), women’s mental load, and the relationship fights that never seem to end—this episode explores how ADHD can affect communication…
- ADHD and Hormones in Women: Why Symptoms Change Across Your Cycle and in Perimenopause | Agnes K. Simone & Annika Joya · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 168ADHD and hormones are deeply connected, and shifts in estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone may help explain why focus, mood, executive function, and even the experience of…
- ADHD in Women Symptoms: Why Success Can Hide the Signs · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 167ADHD in women symptoms can hide behind straight As, a successful career, a packed calendar, and the exhausting work of appearing “fine.” In Episode 1 of the ADHD in Women series…
- Endometriosis and Perimenopause: Can You Use HRT? | Hormone Doctor's Warning · 24 min · Episode 166Did you know women with endometriosis are twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD? In my new book, ADHD and Women, I connect the dots between hormones, pain, mood, focus, and…
- ADHD Rejection Sensitivity: Why Rejection Can Feel So Personal | Alex Partridge · 1 h 17 min · Season 1 Episode 165ADHD rejection sensitivity can make one comment, one text, or one change in someone’s tone feel like proof that everything is falling apart. In this episode of The Dr. Brighten…
- Cellular Aging: Why Your Body May Be Aging Faster Than You Think | Dr. Will Cole · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 164Cellular aging may be happening faster than your chronological age suggests—and in this episode, Dr. Will Cole explains what can accelerate it, what mitochondrial dysfunction can…
- Perimenopause Hormone Therapy: What Women Need to Know About HRT, Progesterone & Estrogen · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 163Perimenopause hormones can make you feel like your body changed overnight—even when your labs look “normal,” and in this AMA Dr. Jolene Brighten answers your biggest questions…
- Women’s Health Questions Answered: AMA 1 Lightening Round · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 162Endometriosis pain can rewire the brain and nervous system, yet women are still told to tolerate severe pelvic pain, traumatic IUD insertions, and years of medical dismissal…
- Late Diagnosed ADHD and Autism | Rich & Rox Pink · 1 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 161Late diagnosed ADHD & autism can change the story you’ve been telling yourself (and your relationship) for decades. In this episode, Dr. Brighten joins Rich and Rox Pink of ADHD…
- Endometriosis Inflammation: Why This Disease May Affect More Than Your Pelvis · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 160Endometriosis inflammation may have implications far beyond pelvic pain, including associations with cardiovascular disease, autoimmune conditions, and long-term health risks. In…
- The Hidden Cause of Brain Inflammation Doctors Miss | Dr. Pejman Katiraei · 1 h 48 min · Season 1 Episode 159Brain inflammation may influence behavior, sensory processing, sleep, mood, and cognition in ways many families never realize. In this episode of The Dr. Brighten Show, Dr…
- Melatonin Benefits: Why Your Brain Needs Darkness for Better Sleep, Brain Health, and Healthy Aging | Deanna Minich · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 158Melatonin benefits extend far beyond helping you fall asleep. In this episode of The Dr. Brighten Show, I sit down with nutrition scientist Dr. Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, CNS…
- Chronic Inflammation: The Hidden Driver Behind Autoimmune Disease, Fatigue, and Gut Health | Daniel Cardenas · 1 h 22 min · Season 1 Episode 157Chronic inflammation is at the root of many of today's most common health conditions, including autoimmune disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, leaky gut, chronic pain, fatigue, and…
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- Your Body Knows: The Hidden Cost of Always Being "The Strong One" · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 156What happens when being the strong one becomes the reason your body starts breaking down? In this episode, Dr. Jolene Brighten explains how chronic stress, hypervigilance…
- The Hidden Burnout of ADHD & Autism After Motherhood | MasterChef Vanessa D'Souza · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 155Motherhood can expose ADHD and autism in ways many women never expect. In this episode, Dr. Jolene Brighten and Vanessa D’Souza discuss how postpartum hormones, burnout, masking…
- Why MasterChef Was the Perfect Storm for My Autism & ADHD | Vanessa D’Souza · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 154High-masking autism in women often goes unnoticed because success can hide disability. In this episode, Dr. Jolene Brighten sits down with MasterChef UK contestant Vanessa…
- My Long COVID Story: What Finally Helped Me Recover (Not Medical Advice) · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 153Pre-order ADHD and Women by Dr. Jolene Brighten and discover how hormones shape focus, motivation, executive function, and emotional regulation…
