Rhea Teachings / Holistic Hormone Health

Your Hormones,
Understood.

For the days you don’t quite feel like yourself.

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Make sense of what’s changing, what your symptoms may be telling you, and where to begin. A whole body approach that puts the foundations first.

With Dr. Kristi Harter
Explore the lessons

Original teaching, filmed in Greece

Seven video lessonsCompanion PDF guideAt your own pace
Inside the teaching

Connect the dots.
Get to know yourself.

Begin with stress, nourishment, and digestion. Then explore your cycle, functional labs, and the support that brings it all together.

Open a lesson to see what’s inside.

YOUR COMPANION GUIDE

Hormone Wellness

Rhea Teachings
THE DIGITAL EDITION / PDF
Yours to return to

Your teaching.
Off screen.

Keep the conversation going with your companion downloadable PDF. Read at your own pace, revisit the ideas, and bring your questions back to the teaching.

Lifetime access to this teaching and its companion guide is included. Existing members can access their materials in the member area.

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From understanding to everyday life

A thoughtful place
to begin.

Return to the ideas that resonate. Notice your patterns, make notes, and use the teaching to bring more focused questions to your own care.

Explore the hormone protocol
Good questions

Before you choose.

Why take the class if I can shop the protocol?

You can shop an Edit without buying a class. The class gives you the fuller explanation of your changing body, starting with food, sleep, movement, and daily habits. Learn where botanicals, supplements, and functional tests may fit, with recorded lessons and a companion guide to revisit. So you understand the why behind your choices. Supplements and tests are purchased separately.

What is it actually like to take a Rhea class?

Like hanging out with your best friend who also happens to be a doctor. You’re learning, laughing, connecting the dots, and getting excited that you have options. We start with food, sleep, movement, and daily habits, then explore where herbs, supplements, and lab testing may fit. You get the whole conversation, with recorded lessons, your companion guide, and detailed product notes at the end of the class. Come back to it all at your own pace.

How long is the course?

The main recorded lessons in this class run for about 28 minutes. Allow extra time for the companion guide and practices. It’s self paced, with lifetime access, so there’s no schedule to keep up with. Watch a little, put something into practice, and come back when you’re ready.

The Rhea apothecary / Sex Hormone Optimization

The Hormone Edit

Holistic Hormone Support

You know your body. Lately, it feels like the rules have changed.

The sleep that used to come easily. The cycle you could count on. The mood shift that catches you off guard. Let’s look at what has changed, and what might help you feel more like yourself.

Dr. Kristi begins with the whole picture: nourishment, blood sugar, stress, digestion, and the hormonal transition. Then comes support with a clear reason to be there.

Wise Woman Herbals Phytoest; Vital Nutrients Vitex 750; Quicksilver Scientific Golden Hour Vaginal Beauty Serum; Symphony FemmenessencePRO PERI; Bezwecken Hydration Ovals 1x Plus; with one maca root and a slender Vitex agnus castus sprig with palmate leaves and lilac flower spikes
01 / Start here

Care for the whole body.
Give the basics their due.

Hormones are part of a conversation happening throughout your body. Begin with the daily foundations, then explore the physical contributors to your symptoms. The goal is care that fits your life and supports your longer term health.

01

Eat enough. Eat regularly.

Give breakfast some substance. Bring protein, fiber rich plants, and satisfying fats to your meals. Notice long gaps, energy dips, and whether your usual routine is still nourishing you.

02

Make space to recover.

Daylight in the morning. A steady sleep rhythm. A walk without your phone. The nervous system needs opportunities to settle throughout the day, alongside a realistic look at what you are carrying.

03

Listen to your digestion.

Sit down to eat, chew well, and pay attention to comfort and bowel patterns. Persistent bloating, pain, or changes deserve an explanation before a new bottle becomes the routine.

04

Think beyond this month.

Track your cycle and symptoms while caring for the body you want to live in for years: strength, bone health, enough nourishment, and recovery. Small practices can be the ones that last.

02 / The considered collection

Inside the Edit.

Ten selections from Dr. Kristi’s Hormone Optimization protocol. Each has a different role. Choose the ones that fit your history and care plan; you do not need all ten.

01 / Nourishment & digestion

Start with
what nourishes you.

The meal, the digestion, the way you feel afterward. Dr. Kristi’s approach begins here: enough food, steadier nourishment, and a closer look at digestive symptoms before adding targeted support.

02 / The botanical edit

Plants for
a changing chapter.

Botanicals have different roles. Your cycle, symptoms, and the preparation itself guide the choice. These are individual options to explore, with evidence that varies by ingredient and formula.

03 / Personalized hormonal care

A conversation
that is yours.

When hormonal care belongs in the picture, it deserves a thoughtful plan. These two preparations contain progesterone. They are alternative formats to review with your clinician.

04 / Intimate comfort

Feel at home
in your body.

Dryness. Tenderness. A change you have barely mentioned. Your everyday comfort matters. These selections contain estriol and DHEA, so personal history and clinical guidance come first.

Botanicals and active hormones need different decisions. Review current medicines, other hormone use, and your health history before starting. Progesterone creams should not be assumed to provide adequate uterine protection alongside systemic estrogen; that regimen needs individual clinical assessment.

Find the complete selection in the Rhea dispensary.

Shop the Hormone Edit
04 / Follow the clues

Your symptoms matter.
Your numbers need context.

Good functional medicine connects the pattern: how you feel, your cycle, your meals, your stress, and the results that could change your care. Start with your existing labs and a focused question. Throw a naturopathic lens on top, and we go to a whole new level.

Featured test / Precision Analytical

DUTCH Complete

Wondering what your hormones are doing? DUTCH Complete uses urine collected at home to look at sex hormones, the substances your body makes as it processes them, and your daily cortisol pattern. It also includes selected markers related to melatonin and nutrient pathways. The results can add context to your cycle, sleep, and symptoms when read alongside your health history and any hormones you take.

What it explores
Sex hormone metabolites, daily cortisol patterns, and a melatonin metabolite.
Collection
Timed dried urine samples, collected at home using the kit instructions.

Cycle timing, hormone use, medicines, and supplements belong in the interpretation. DUTCH Complete does not include the separate salivary cortisol awakening response.

Yes, I want to order my test

The Hormone Lab EditYour cycle, sleep, and mood have changed. Now what?

You know your body, and lately it feels like the rules have changed. This edit explores sex hormone metabolites and daily cortisol patterns with DUTCH Complete. Bring the results into a conversation about your cycle, sleep, symptoms, and hormone use, so you can ask more informed questions about your options. Timing and your history matter.

1 selected test

Find my tests

Begin with nourishment, sleep, movement, and your health history. Choose testing with a clear purpose. Current pricing, collection instructions, and ordering eligibility are shown on Fullscript. Labs are purchased separately from the teachings.

Explore all lab collections Start with the Foundations labs
Testing questions from this teaching
01 / Metabolic health

Look at the
longer picture.

Review blood pressure, lipid history, glucose, and HbA1c alongside nourishment and movement. Fasting insulin may add context in selected situations. The aim is a clearer view of metabolic health over time.

02 / Thyroid & nutrients

When symptoms
overlap.

Fatigue, hair changes, and temperature shifts can have more than one contributor. TSH and free T4, CBC, ferritin or iron studies, B12, and vitamin D may be useful when the history points there. Test what can inform the next step.

03 / The hormonal transition

Follow the
pattern.

Cycle timing, bleeding, night sweats, and medicines belong beside any estradiol, progesterone, or testosterone result. Levels can fluctuate widely in perimenopause. A single snapshot cannot establish every cause of your symptoms.

04 / Digestion & daily stress

Ask a more
specific question.

Start with bowel patterns, food, sleep, and daily demands. Targeted stool testing can help investigate particular digestive symptoms. Cortisol testing belongs to a specific clinical question; feeling stressed alone does not establish a cortisol disorder.

“Optimal” depends on the person, the test, cycle timing, and the clinical question. Broad saliva or urine hormone panels are not routine requirements for menopause care and should not be used on their own to set a hormone dose.

05 / Good questions

A little clarity.
Room to feel like you.

Where should I begin?

Start with one foundation you can return to: regular meals, a steady sleep rhythm, or a little space for recovery. Keep notes on cycle changes, symptoms, and what you already take. Bring that pattern to a clinician who can help connect the pieces.

How do the botanicals differ from hormone treatment?

Phytoest, maca, vitex, and the botanical body cream are different preparations with different evidence. Vitex is studied mainly for premenstrual symptoms; it is not progesterone. ProgonB L and Pro Gest contain progesterone. Hydration Ovals 1x Plus and Vaginal Beauty Serum contain estriol and DHEA. They are not interchangeable.

Research on botanical relief of menopausal symptoms is mixed, and long term evidence is limited. Choose around your history and the particular preparation, with review of benefits, tolerability, and interactions.

What about the other treatments in the Hormone Wellness guide?

The guide also discusses berberine for metabolic support; holy basil, ashwagandha, and phosphatidylserine in the stress conversation; and black cohosh and estradiol in hormonal care. These are teaching topics, rather than additional products in this ten item selection. Black cohosh is already an ingredient in Phytoest and the botanical body cream.

These options have different evidence and clinical uses. Choose one only when there is a clear reason and a plan to review how you respond.

Do the products follow one shared schedule?

No. The original protocol offers alternatives. Timing depends on whether you are cycling, the specific product, your other care, and what you are treating. Use the current label and your clinician’s individual instructions. This page does not prescribe a dose or schedule.

When should I bring a change to my clinician?

New or persistent symptoms deserve a conversation. Unexpected bleeding after menopause, significant changes in bleeding, or persistent intimate pain or irritation should be assessed before you try to treat them yourself.

Are products and labs included?

They are purchased separately through the linked Rhea stores. Fullscript confirms the current label, size, availability, and price before you purchase.

Sources & further reading

Organized from Dr. Kristi Harter’s Hormone Wellness guide and Rhea Teachings’ Sex Hormone Optimization selection, dated February 15, 2025. Current ingredient references are linked under each product. The guide’s treatment themes inform this page; individual doses are not reproduced.

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Educational information, not an individual treatment plan. Product choices, doses, and testing should be personalized with your clinician. Products and labs are purchased separately. Purchases through the dispensary may support Rhea Teachings.