Your Hormones Are Either Protecting Your Brain — or Leaving It Vulnerable
What the latest research on hormones, brain aging, and Alzheimer’s risk means for you — and what you can do about it now. June is Brain Awareness Month. And while most conversations about brain health focus on puzzles, sleep hygiene, and Mediterranean diets — all legitimate — there’s a piece of the puzzle that rarely […]
Is It Your Mental Health — or Your Hormones? Why the Answer Is Usually Both
By Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health | May 2025 Every May, the conversation around mental health gets louder — and that matters. Awareness saves lives. It reduces stigma. It encourages people to seek help who might otherwise stay silent. But there is a conversation that rarely gets folded into Mental […]
Your Thyroid and Adrenals: The Hidden Players in How You Feel
By Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health You’ve done everything right. You’re sleeping (or trying to). You’re eating reasonably well. You’re exercising. And yet — you’re exhausted, you can’t lose weight, your mood is all over the place, and you feel like your body is working against you at every turn. You’ve […]
Why Your Sex Drive Disappeared (And How to Get It Back)
By Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health Let’s talk about the thing a lot of people are thinking about but nobody wants to bring up at their doctor’s appointment. Your sex drive. Or more accurately — where it went. Maybe it happened gradually. You used to want sex, enjoy sex, initiate sex. […]
Hormones and Mental Health: The Connection Between Your Mood and Your Levels
Low testosterone, fatigue, low libido, and mood changes aren’t “just getting older.” They’re clinical — and they’re treatable. You wake up and the anxiety is already there. Not because anything is wrong — nothing is wrong — but there it is anyway, sitting on your chest before you’ve even had your first cup of coffee. […]
Perimenopause: The Phase Nobody Warned You About
By Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health Picture this: You’re in your late 30s or early 40s. You’re successful, driven, holding it all together — and then out of nowhere, you’re lying awake at 3am drenched in sweat, snapping at people you love for no real reason, crying at a commercial, and […]
Men and Hormones: The Truth About Low Testosterone
By Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health Nobody talks about men’s hormones the way they should. There’s no cultural conversation about it. No awareness campaigns. No mainstream narrative that says “hey, your hormones matter too, and they’re probably declining right now.” Instead, men are expected to just… power through. Feel tired? Work […]
The Link Between Sexual Health and Mental Health — And Why You Can’t Fully Address One Without the Other
By Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health | May 2025 When people talk about mental health, they rarely bring sexual health into the conversation. And when people talk about sexual health, the focus tends to be clinical — contraception, STI prevention, physical function. The emotional and psychological dimensions often get left […]
What Is BHRT — and Is It Right for You?
By Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP | Revive Institute of Sexual Health Let’s be honest for a second. You’ve probably Googled “hormone replacement therapy” at some point — maybe at 2am when you couldn’t sleep (again), or after your third hot flash of the day left you questioning everything. And what came up was probably a confusing […]