Cortisol Part III: More than a "Stress Hormone"

Trusting cortisol by understanding its broad functions across body and mind.

Welcome to the third part of my new series on cortisol. The study of hormones is endocrinology. While the workings are dense, they also explain a lot about our experiences as humans. Today, we're going to look into what cortisol does, and why we need it. This is part of my mission to stop the anti-cortisol rhetoric. We need to love, understand, and most…