Parasites & Hormones: What Bloating & Cravings Could Be Telling You, With Kim Rogers aka Worm Queen | E302

Do you grind your teeth at night, end up elbow deep in the pantry at 10 PM, and wake up bloated, foggy, and wondering why your hormones feel so off? If that sounds like your week, grab your drink. I sat down with Kim Rogers, known all over social media as the Worm Queen (yes, that’s a real title, and she wears the crown with pride), to talk about parasites and the question so many of you keep sending me: could they be messing with my hormones? Kim spent over 20 years in Western medicine and still missed her own root causes for most of her life. Stage 4 endometriosis, 13 surgeries, a hysterectomy at 29, and 26 medications later, a random $30 parasite cleanse from Amazon changed everything. She tells it with way more humor than you’d expect. Here’s what we get into: How a $30 cleanse took away the pain that kept telling Kim she needed another surgery Why you can do a parasite cleanse, see absolutely nothing, and still have it working, plus the three types of cleansers: flushers, lookers, and diggers The sneaky symptoms Kim checks for in herself first, including a very specific snack craving after 7 PM What to do WHILE you cleanse so your body feels supported The stool sample Kim sent to two different labs, and why she treats testing as one clue among many The produce soak Kim uses in her own kitchen, and the rinse water mistake that surprised even her Okay, real talk. So many of you are eating the protein, taking the supplements, and getting to bed on time, and you’re STILL dealing with PMS, bloating, low energy, and a brain running 40 tabs at once. Maybe your labs came back “normal.” Maybe someone told you it’s just stress. You deserve a bigger picture than that. I’m definitely not going to tell you parasites are the answer for everyone, but your gut, your sleep, your energy, and your hormones are in constant conversation, and Kim walks through the patterns she watches for in her own body. A few made me say “wait, really?” out loud. Kim says she knows it’s time to cleanse when she and her husband are both snacking at 10 PM, look at each other, and one of them says, “We need to cleanse, don’t we?” So pop this episode on while you do the dishes or sit in the pickup line, and let’s find out if that couple is you. CONNECT WITH KIM: Shop through the website and use discount code LEISHA at checkout to save on your order RogersHood Parasite Identification Book 1  NEED HELP FIXING YOUR HORMONES? CHECK OUT MY RESOURCES: Breakfast Guide Nourish Tracker - Discount code: HAPPILYHORMONAL Book a FREE Hormone Strategy Call with me Grab your Happily Hormonal Quick Start Guide Hormone Imbalance Quiz - Find out which of the top 3 hormone imbalances affects you most! Join Nourish Your Hormones Coaching for the step-by-step and my eyes on YOUR hormones for the next 4 months.  Send us a text with episode feedback or ideas! (We can't respond to texts unless you include contact info but always read them) Join us in Safety School for Moms (FREE) right here to make hormone balance, better moods, and better periods EASY.  Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine. This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection. If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too!  Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass