In this episode of The Psyche Behind the Physique, Maddy sits down with St. Pete–based PA, fertility specialist, and functional women’s health practitioner Hannah Newman to unpack one of the most misunderstood topics in women’s health: the quiet, chronic inflammation that can quietly sabotage ovulation, hormones, and your ability to conceive—even when you’re “healthy” on paper.

Together, they zoom out on allostatic load—your body’s cumulative stress bucket—and break down how under-fueling, perfectionism, overtraining, gut issues, autoimmunity, blood sugar swings, and even your water bottle and cookware can add up to a body that doesn’t feel safe enough to reproduce. From Hashimoto’s and PCOS, to birth control, GLP-1s, and the vaginal microbiome, this conversation bridges conventional medicine, func ...