Evidence-Based Women's Health
Search hundreds of evidence-based guides on ADHD, thyroid, PCOS, and perimenopause — written by Dr. Jolene Brighten and reviewed by clinicians before publication.
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Meet Dr. Brighten
Dr. Jolene Brighten is a board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist — reaching millions through clinical practice, published research translation, and books that have changed how women understand their bodies.
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Deep libraries on the conditions women are most often dismissed for — each guide reviewed, cited, and kept current.
How estrogen and dopamine interact across your cycle — and why focus, energy, and mood shift with it.
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Symptoms, hormone therapy, and metabolic support through the transition — with evidence, not hype.
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Hashimoto's, hypothyroidism, and the subclinical patterns standard labs miss.
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Insulin resistance, androgen excess, and root-cause management beyond the pill.
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What happens after the pill — post-birth control symptoms and how to support your body through them.
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The estrobolome, estrogen metabolism, and the gut's role in hormone balance.
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An endometrioma is an ovarian cyst caused by endometriosis. Also called an ovarian endometriotic cyst or “chocolate cyst,” it contains old blood and inflammatory…
Perimenopause/ Menopause
Many women enter their 40s convinced they’re “losing it.” “I’ve always had PMS… why does it suddenly feel…
Perimenopause/ Menopause
Because creatine helps the brain rapidly regenerate energy, researchers are increasingly interested in its potential role during perimenopause—a…
Period
If your ADHD medication feels weaker, your emotions feel harder to regulate, or your focus disappears in the…
Endometriosis
Endometriosis is not proven to directly cause body-fat gain. However, bloating, fluid retention, pain-related reductions in activity, sleep…
Sleep
Chamomile tea has been used for generations to promote relaxation and better sleep. Today, researchers understand that many…
Sleep
Getting enough restorative sleep requires more than a certain number of hours spent in bed. To fall asleep…
The New Book
Penguin Random House · Out now
A groundbreaking guide to optimizing hormones and thriving with ADHD — the book that finally connects what your brain experiences with what your cycle is doing.
The Dr. Brighten Show
Long-form conversations with leading researchers and clinicians — the people doing the studies everyone else quotes.
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ADHD and hormones are far more connected than women have historically been told. Changes in estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, sleep, stress, and metabolic…
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