# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKZ0K0yxqTG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61793656-ciarafoyinc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-02T15:25:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

## Caption

The post that broke the internet (and made women FURIOUS) 🔥

drbradleycampbell a doctor with 500K+ followers said “perimenopause equals hormonally weak” and if your adrenals and thyroid are strong, you generally don’t get severe symptoms.

The comment section exploded. Women felt blamed, attacked, dismissed.

But here’s what I want you to consider...

**What if he’s not entirely wrong?** 

At 48, I’ve been through hell and back - single motherhood, business building, family trauma, legal battles. Yet I’ve never skipped a cycle and have minimal symptoms.

Is it luck? Genetics? Or is there something else?

**The truth nobody wants to hear:** It’s not hormones OR lifestyle - it’s BOTH.

You can take all the bioidentical hormones in the world, but if you’re:
- Going to bed at midnight 
- Running on cortisol and caffeine
- Skipping meals then binging
- Carrying the world on your shoulders

...you’re still going to struggle.

**But here’s the empowering part:** SO much is actually under your control.

Your adrenals, thyroid, nervous system, sleep quality, stress response - these aren’t just things that “happen to you.”

I’m not saying perimenopause isn’t real or that symptoms don’t matter. I’m saying you have more power than you think.

**The question is:** Do you want to be empowered or do you want to be right about why you can’t feel better?

In this episode, I break down:
✨ Why stress impacts your hormones more than age does
✨ The thyroid-adrenal connection most doctors miss 
✨ How to support your body so hormones actually WORK
✨ Why playing victim keeps you stuck (and what to do instead)

**Ready to take your power back? Comment “PODCAST” and I’ll DM you the link for the full episode.

What’s your take - empowering or controversial? Let me know in the comments!👇

#perimenopause #hormonalhealth #thyroidhealth #adrenalhealth #empoweredwomen #holistichealth #womenover40 #bioidenticalhormones #stressmanagement #selfcare

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adrenalhealth, perimenopause, stressmanagement, thyroidhealth, hormonalhealth, empoweredwomen, holistichealth, bioidenticalhormones, selfcare, womenover40

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