Mastering the Art & Science of
Optimizing Hormones
Uncover the Hidden Hormone Dysfunction That’s Keeping Your Clients Stuck
Even with optimized gut health and a clear blood panel, your clients may still struggle with fatigue, mood swings, weight gain, sleep disruption, and reproductive challenges.
IRH’s hormone curriculum provides you with the most up-to-date tools and clinical knowledge needed to bring your client’s hormones back into balance.
Your Clients Know Something is Wrong – Now You Can Help
You know the frustration: clients who feel ‘wired but tired,’ moody, and have a history of hair loss, menstrual irregularities, or reproductive challenges.
But the only solutions they’ve been given are stress reduction and birth control.
Instead of symptom management, they need a practitioner with the skills to assess hidden hormone patterns, so the real dysfunction can be addressed: compromised stress response, disrupted adrenal function, and impaired adaptive capacity.
IRH’s advanced 12-week hormone certification gives you the tools to uncover what’s driving your clients’ endocrine imbalance. You’ll master comprehensive hormone testing interpretation, systematic adrenal assessment, and personalized protocol development to address the hormonal dysfunction keeping your clients stuck, transforming your most challenging cases into your greatest successes.
What Makes Our Approach To Hormone Optimization Different
Beyond Generic “Balancing”: While others leverage generic hormone support protocols, we teach you to understand each client’s unique stress response patterns and adaptive capacity through comprehensive hormone assessment.
Advanced Testing & Clinical Interpretation: Know what testing to use when, how to properly interpret these tests, and how to use test results in balance with a client’s symptom presentation
Stress as Foundation: Understand how to assess and optimize adrenal and HPA axis function – the foundation that determines how well your clients adapt to life’s demands and recover from chronic stress patterns.
Life Stage Mastery: From reproductive optimization and fertility support to menopause navigation and male hormone decline, gain expertise across all life stages and hormonal transitions
Optimizing Hormones Graduate
“Personally, I have up-leveled my own health – I’ve lost a pesky last 10-pounds that I was holding onto and have begun doing some deeper healing of my adrenals. I have gained more focus and confidence in my practice and love having the labs and tools to show them objective data to make changes in their health. This past month, I sold my first “all-in” package for $14,000 and it felt great to know that I’m that valuable!”
Optimizing Hormones Graduate
“The clinical protocols and pearls taught in this class are well worth the effort, and are truly the missing piece of the puzzle that you will need to understand and uncover the root cause of symptoms, solve those difficult cases, and truly help your clients heal.”
Curriculum
Mastering the Art & Science of Optimizing Hormones
1. Introduction & Testing Options
- Introduction and explanation of the different testing options for hormones (blood, saliva, urine), the pros and cons of each, and when to use which test.
2. Anatomy & Physiology and the Six Fundamentals
- Anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system
- An introduction to the primary adrenal and sex hormones, their roles, and interrelationships
- The Six Fundamental stressors that cause dysregulation in the endocrine system, and how to best support them for full healing
3. Adrenal Hormones
- A deep dive into adrenal anatomy and physiology
- How adrenal and HPA axis dysfunction manifest
- Serum and dried urine testing: When to use which test and how to interpret them
- How to structure a therapeutic healing protocol that addresses: Adrenal function, HPA axis support, the identification and removal of stressors, and blocking factors
- Case studies
4. Male Hormones
- Anatomy and physiology of male hormones and reproductive system
- Optimal male hormone function and how male hormone dysfunction presents
- Saliva testing: When to test and how to interpret it
- How to structure a therapeutic healing protocol that optimizes and balances male hormones
- Case studies
5. Cycling Female Hormones Anatomy & Physiology
- Anatomy and physiology of cycling female hormones and reproductive system
- Optimal cycling female hormone function
- How cycling female hormone dysfunction presents
- Includes bonus sub-module on the impacts of hormonal birth control and how to support your female clients transitioning off of it.
6. Cycling Female Hormone Testing & Healing Solutions
- Saliva and dried urine testing: When to use which test and how to interpret them
- How to structure a therapeutic healing protocol that optimizes and balances cycling female hormones
- Case studies
7. Menopause & Bone Health
- Anatomy and physiology of peri- and post-menopausal female hormones and reproductive system
- How peri-and post-menopausal hormone dysfunction presents
- Anatomy and physiology of bone and factors required for optimal bone health
- Serum and dried urine testing: When to use which test and how to interpret them
- Bone health markers: Which tests to use, when to use these tests, and how to interpret them
- How to structure a therapeutic healing protocol that optimizes and balances peri- and post-menopausal female hormones and bone health
- Case studies
- Includes bonus sub-module on menopausal hormone therapy and how to support your female clients using it.
8. Putting It All Together
- When and how to incorporate hormonal testing in a client’s healing journey
Optimizing Hormones Graduate
“I now see that hormones are so important to how people see themselves, experience their identity, and how people experience even love or loathing of their bodies. I also see that hormones being off is a huge motivator to friends and clients to want to take on healing work. Really powerful.”
Optimizing Hormones Graduate
“The class has made me feel more confident in my knowledge of helping people reach optimum health and wellness. Hormones are so crucial to our well being. Personally, I have never felt better in my own body at 51 years of age. I feel better now than I did in my 30’s. I am looking forward to using this information and testing professionally.”
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Real stories. Real results. Real practitioners.
Hear firsthand from graduates who’ve transformed their skills, their confidence, and their clients’ outcomes through IRH training.
What’s Included When You Enroll
Comprehensive 12-Week Live Cohort for Clinical Mastery in Hormone Assessment and Optimization
Our intensive certification program provides everything needed to achieve complete mastery of hormone assessment and optimization, including live clinical instruction, hands-on application, and rigorous assessment.
Regularly Updated Course Assets
8 Core Training Modules
Real-Life Case Studies
Healing Solutions Master List
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How To Build Customized Protocols Guide
Weekly, Live Support from a Clinically Experienced Instructor Team
10 Live Q&A Coaching Calls
1:1 Relationship With A Designated Instructor
Weekly Small Group Office Hours, Led By Our Instructors
Ongoing Access To The Instructor Team Via Your Class Forum
Continuation of Your IRH Certification
Upon successful completion and passing your exit exam, you’ll earn your Optimizing Hormones certification, an important step in supporting your clients and moving you one step closer to earning your Master RHP designation.
Graduation Requirements:
- 80% grade on all module quizzes
- 80% grade on case study project
- 80% grade on final exams (one comprehension; one application-focused)
- Participation (live or via replay) in all mandatory webinars
Expert Faculty & Mentorship
Our faculty is composed of highly skilled practitioners, all of whom have mastered the Institute of Restorative Health methodology and implemented it in their own practice with exceptional results.
Instructors for the Fall 2026 semester of Mastering The Art & Science of Optimizing Hormones include:
Ellen Lovelace
Master Restorative Health Practitioner, MPH, FNTP, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition
Paige Reagan
Master Restorative Health Practitioner, FNTP
Sara Fields
Master Restorative Health Practitioner, FNTP
Courtenay Fisher
Master Restorative Health Practitioner, FNTP
Kimme Rovin
Restorative Health Practitioner, FNTP
Ishbel Cavaleri
Master Restorative Health Practitioner, FNTP
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FAQs
I've completed the GI healing course, but I'm not sure I'm ready for hormone work. How do I know if this course is right for me?
If you’ve successfully completed Mastering The Art & Science of Gastrointestinal Healing and have clients who continue to struggle with energy, mood, weight, sleep, or reproductive issues despite improved digestive function, you’re ready for hormone optimization training. Many practitioners find that hormone work is the natural next step for helping clients achieve complete health transformation.
How is hormone optimization different from what I learned in other health and nutrition studies?
Most health and nutrition programs touch on hormones at a surface level, focusing on general “hormone balancing” approaches. This course teaches you to use advanced testing to understand your client’s unique stress response patterns and adaptive capacity, then create targeted interventions based on objective data rather than symptoms alone. It’s the difference between guessing and knowing.
Will this course help me work with both male and female clients?
Yes! This comprehensive course covers hormone optimization across all life stages and genders, including male hormone decline, female cycle support, fertility optimization, menopause navigation, and adrenal support for everyone. You’ll gain expertise in working with diverse hormone presentations and challenges.
Have a question not answered here? No worries! Simply schedule time to connect with a member of our admissions team directly.
You can’t afford to overlook this any longer. Your clients can’t afford it, either.
As practitioners, it’s our responsibility to help our clients get to the actual cause of their health concerns in order to support true healing – this includes identifying and optimizing biochemical weaknesses in your clients’ hormonal health.
Transform from the practitioner who manages hormone symptoms to the one who solves them at the source with Mastering The Art & Science of Optimizing Hormones.
