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The Cortisol Clock —Resetting Your HPA Axis
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Grace lying awake at 4 AM thinking about cortisol. And laughing at herself. She is thinking about the HPA axis while trying not to think about anything. The nurse in her finds this hilarious. The woman in her finds it tragic. Both are right. But there is something useful in the absurdity. Because...
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In this lesson you will learn:
- The 3 AM waking is a premature cortisol spike, not random —it responds to circadian interventions
- Five evidence-based HPA axis resets: consistent wake time, morning light, regular exercise, evening cortisol reduction, social rhythm
- Each module recalibrated one dial —together they restore the cortisol rhythm
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