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The Hormone Loop: An Empowering Guide to Restoring Hormonal Harmony, from Puberty to Menopause
With a foreword from ParentData’s Emily Oster
Take charge of your hormonal health at every stage of your life—from your first period to post menopause—with this groundbreaking, definitive guide from the force behind the viral Hot Flash Substack.
From our mood to our metabolism, hormones are running the show behind nearly every bodily function. They tell our hearts how quickly to beat, our gut how to process the food we eat, our bones to release calcium, and our muscles to grow new fibers. Yet, most of us don’t fully understand how our bodies and its systems work—and more importantly, what to do when they don’t.
Enter renowned endocrinologist Dr. Gillian Goddard, who knows firsthand how urgently women need clear, accessible information about their hormonal health. Drawing from years of clinical experience, she presents a definitive and engaging guide to hormonal health at every stage of a woman’s life—from puberty to reproductive years to perimenopause to menopause to post menopause. As Dr. Goddard clearly explains, at each of these stages, there are four distinct hormone loops that keep our bodies in the reproductive loop, the thyroid loop, the growth hormone loop, and the adrenal loop. While these loops often operate quietly in the background, each plays a powerful role in our lifelong health.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges and changes our bodies experience throughout our lives. But hormones often hold the key. Weaving stories from her practice with the latest medical research, Dr. Goddard breaks down the problems that commonly arise throughout our lives and offers a clear rubric for how to have better conversations with our doctors. Necessary and long overdue, The Hormone Loop equips us with the knowledge and confidence to become our own powerful, self-advocates.
Take charge of your hormonal health at every stage of your life—from your first period to post menopause—with this groundbreaking, definitive guide from the force behind the viral Hot Flash Substack.
From our mood to our metabolism, hormones are running the show behind nearly every bodily function. They tell our hearts how quickly to beat, our gut how to process the food we eat, our bones to release calcium, and our muscles to grow new fibers. Yet, most of us don’t fully understand how our bodies and its systems work—and more importantly, what to do when they don’t.
Enter renowned endocrinologist Dr. Gillian Goddard, who knows firsthand how urgently women need clear, accessible information about their hormonal health. Drawing from years of clinical experience, she presents a definitive and engaging guide to hormonal health at every stage of a woman’s life—from puberty to reproductive years to perimenopause to menopause to post menopause. As Dr. Goddard clearly explains, at each of these stages, there are four distinct hormone loops that keep our bodies in the reproductive loop, the thyroid loop, the growth hormone loop, and the adrenal loop. While these loops often operate quietly in the background, each plays a powerful role in our lifelong health.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges and changes our bodies experience throughout our lives. But hormones often hold the key. Weaving stories from her practice with the latest medical research, Dr. Goddard breaks down the problems that commonly arise throughout our lives and offers a clear rubric for how to have better conversations with our doctors. Necessary and long overdue, The Hormone Loop equips us with the knowledge and confidence to become our own powerful, self-advocates.
- GenresNonfictionHealth
320 pages, Hardcover
Published June 2, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
The Hormone Loop is one of those rare novels where I feel every woman should read it. Dr. Goddard does a phenomenal job explaining things in a way the average person can understand. I really appreciated not only the content of this book but the perspective she offers. As someone who has encountered doctors who have dismissed my questions I will now be paying more attention to the questions I'm asking. She puts a lot of fears to rest while also acknowledging how and why we have those fears. This was a very tastefully done novel and one I am going to have to re read as I move through the different phases. There is a ton of information between these pages.
June 30, 2026
This was interesting, but I felt like the title was a bit misleading. Something like “a guide to understanding your hormones” would have been more accurate since that only recommendations for restoring them are to talk to your doctor (which is the right thing to do, it just wasn’t necessarily what I expected based on the title). Would still recommend since most of this was new information to me despite taking several physiology classes.
July 16, 2026
Clear language overview of the phases of womanhood.
This book gave me a much better perceptive of the current phase I am in and how to best formulate my questions to my GYN and my primary care physician.
Highly recommended to anyone with some science background who wants to better understand the different seasons a woman’s body goes through.
This book gave me a much better perceptive of the current phase I am in and how to best formulate my questions to my GYN and my primary care physician.
Highly recommended to anyone with some science background who wants to better understand the different seasons a woman’s body goes through.
July 9, 2026
Easy to read and digest. Very informative. And targeted at helping women understand what’s happening to their bodies over the course of their lives and ask informed questions of their doctors when something is bothering them—exactly as marketed.
July 4, 2026
Very well-written and informative - a worthwhile read for women of all ages!
July 10, 2026
A description of hormonal changes that occur during life's "transitions", focused on cis girls & women.
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