# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DS_Wb2TD5bf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61793363-ciarafoyinc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-02T01:29:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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You’re not crazy. And you’re not alone.

So many women tell me their HRT progesterone:
❌ Doesn’t help them sleep
❌ Makes them MORE anxious
❌ Feels stimulating instead of calming

Here’s what nobody tells you…the hormone isn’t the problem. **The terrain is.**

I see this constantly because my clients are high-performing women who burn the candle at both ends. Successful careers, busy lives, running on stress and caffeine. Sound familiar?

Progesterone doesn’t automatically equal calm.

It ONLY becomes calming when your body converts it to allopregnanolone, which acts on your GABA receptors, your calming system.

In a high-stress, high-cortisol body? 😳

Your progesterone gets shunted down detox pathways INSTEAD of the GABA pathway.

So you get NONE of the sleep or calming benefits.

**The solution is NOT a higher dose. It’s changing the environment it’s entering.**

How to make your HRT actually work:

1️⃣ Lower cortisol FIRST

• Eat within 60 min of waking
• No fasted workouts
• Carbs at dinner

2️⃣ Stabilize blood sugar

• Protein at every meal
• Never skip dinner
• Slow carbs at night
• Fiber with meals

3️⃣ Magnesium- required for GABA activation

4️⃣ Support B6- essential for progesterone conversion

5️⃣ Calm your nervous system daily!

This is what I support you with in my 6-month transformation program, it’s not just weight loss, it’s helping your body get healthier. Sleeping. Pooping. Managing stress. Balancing blood sugar. 

All the things necessary for proper hormone balance, for your HRT to actually work, and for you to look and feel your best!

There is no magic pill for healthy lifestyle habits.

🚀 We start January 12th.

📩 DM me “TRANSFORM” or apply via link in bio.

👇 🙋‍♀️ if your HRT isn’t working

📤 Share to spread the word

#HRT #progesterone #perimenopause #HRTnotworking #highperformingwomen

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