When Perfect Wellness Still Leads to Burnout: Intuitive Longevity, Hormones & Nature Healing with HigherDOSE’s Lauren Berlingeri
Release Date: 12/01/2025
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If you have been trying for a baby (or you are not even trying yet but you feel that quiet fear in the background), this conversation is a reset. Gabriela Rosa is a leading practitioner in preconception and infertility care, and she explains why fertility is a team sport, why prevention beats panic, and what actually moves the needle for both partners. WE TALK ABOUT: 00:10 - Why preconception health is the missing “first step” most couples skip 05:15 - How fear of infertility starts before you even try 07:15 - Making fertility a team sport so the burden is not on women alone...
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Motherhood can humble your nervous system fast, especially when sleep is unpredictable and everyone has an opinion. Lindsey Simcik () opens up about what it looks like to trust your instincts as a mom, even when you’re tired, unsure, or doing things differently than the moms around you. We talk about choosing a gentler sleep path, tuning out the noise of parenting “rules,” and why presence (especially during breastfeeding) can be one of the most profound biohacks for a child’s long-term attachment and regulation. We also get real about how marriage changes after baby, how the...
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The Cookware Mistake Ruining Women’s Health: Why I’m Switching to Caraway for a Low-Tox Kitchen
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As a modern mom wrapping up the 12 Holiday Rituals with a $5,500 wellness giveaway, I’m sharing why your pots and pans might be one of the biggest hidden threats to your hormones, fertility, and long-term vitality – and why I trust non-toxic ceramic cookware like (code: INF-BRITTANY) in my own kitchen. From “forever chemicals” in Teflon to microplastics in coffee lids and clothes, this episode is a gentle wake-up call to rethink the tools you cook with every day, especially if you’re trying to conceive, are pregnant, postpartum, or raising little ones. We talk about intuitive...
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Dr. Nichola Conlon, molecular biologist, NAD⁺ researcher, and CEO of (code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY), unpacks inflammation, mitochondrial energy, and biological age through a clear, female-first lens. She discusses how NAD⁺ decline intersects with hormones and stress, why over-fasting and all-out training can backfire, and when to prioritize nervous-system safety in seasons like postpartum and perimenopause. Expect practical ways to test what matters, calm hidden inflammation, and switch on your cells’ own NAD⁺ production—so longevity feels steady, not extreme. Join my 12 ...
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The Dark Side of Modern Light: What Women Need to Know About Blue Light and Hormones with Filter Optix
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info_outlineLauren Berlingeri, co-CEO and co-founder of HigherDOSE (code: BRITTANY15), opens up about the hidden cost of doing “everything right” – running a fast-growing wellness brand, raising twins, optimizing fertility – and still ending up pre-diabetic and deeply burnt out.
We explore what happens when you stop chasing perfect biohacking metrics and build intuitive longevity rooted in nature, nervous system care, and the season of womanhood you are in, from postpartum vaginal rejuvenation tech to trading Botox for facial acupuncture and massage.
This episode matters for women’s long-term vitality because Lauren shows, in real time, how choosing environment, community, and self-compassion over hustle lets your health strategy evolve with your hormones, body, and life.
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WE TALK ABOUT:
07:05 - Why Lauren left New York and now spends half the year in South Africa
10:40 - Why living close to mountains, light, and barefoot kids changed Lauren’s health more than any hack
19:00 - How trying to “fix” family and friends backfired – and what shifted when Lauren just modeled the behavior
25:20 - Honoring phases: Fertility years, postpartum, perimenopause, and why your health plan must change
28:30 - Micro self-care rituals that keep Lauren grounded as a mom and CEO
34:05 - Designing HigherDOSE products as a woman and mother who needs hands-free, realistic rituals
39:05 - Why women’s sexual health and menopause remain huge blind spots in medicine and funding
41:50 - Moving from hardcore biohacking to nature, intuition, and tools that actually fit women’s biology
44:00 - “Intuitive longevity” vs biohacking: The “why” matters more than the hack
46:30 - Retiring beauty as your main currency and finding freedom from aesthetic obsession
49:20 - Why this is a powerful moment for women’s longevity and why nature is still the ultimate medicine
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