In this week’s episode of Soft Focus, I’m joined by Dr. Erin Borbet—licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and doula—for a nourishing conversation on women’s hormone health from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective.

Together, we explore what it means to live with our cycles rather than in resistance to them. Erin shares how TCM views the phases of a woman’s life—menstruation, fertility, perimenopause, and menopause and beyond—not as problems to be fixed, but as sacred windows of transformation and renewal. We talk about how the energetics of food, the importance of rest, and simple, seasonal practices can deeply support hormonal balance and long-term vitality.

We also discuss the difference between protein and good protein, and why quality and energetics matter so much when it comes to nourishing a woman’s body. Erin offers gentle insight into the all-too-common state of running on fumes in midlife, and how we can begin to restore from a place of wisdom and rhythm, rather than depletion and force.

This conversation is both grounding and illuminating—a reminder that the answers we’re seeking are often already within us, waiting to be remembered.

In this episode, we explore:

• How Traditional Chinese Medicine understands women’s hormonal health
• Why seasonal and cyclical living supports balance and energy
• The importance of good protein and food energetics in nourishment
• How to support yourself in fertility, perimenopause, and midlife
• The cost of pushing against our hormonal rhythms—and what’s possible when we stop
• The role of herbs, rest, and ritual in long-term vitality

Connect with Dr. Erin Borbet
erinborbet.com

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