Sex and the Psyche

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S4E33: The Military Testosterone Test: Jenni and Daniel Unpack What No One Is Talking About

S4E33: The Military Testosterone Test: Jenni and Daniel Unpack What No One Is Talking About5 Aug22 min

When the Department of Defense announced it would begin testing testosterone levels in active military members, the conversation that followed was almost entirely political. Jenni and Daniel aren't interested in that conversation. They're interested in the one nobody is having — about what testosterone actually does, why it matters for mental health and sexual vitality, why too low is just as dangerous as too high, and why a number alone will never tell the whole story. They also bring it home for every listener who has never served a day in uniform: your hormones are a barometer of your wellbeing, your relationships affect your hormones, your sleep affects your hormones, and the antidote to all of it might be simpler than you think. No political positions. Just the clinical truth — for men, for women, and for anyone who has ever quietly felt like they weren't quite themselves anymore.