
S4E8 - 51: Why Your Body Feels Worse at Night (And What to Do About It)
Published: June 25, 2026
Duration: 27:03
Have you ever woken up feeling off, pushed through the day, and then hit an unexpected wall right around four or five in the evening? You are not imagining it, and you are not falling apart. There is something very real happening in your body, and once you understand it, everything changes.
In this episode of Beyond Wellness Culture, Dr. Brook Sheehan breaks down the physiology behind what she calls the evening spiral, that moment when symptoms you were managing just fine seem to pile back on all at once. The culprit? Cortisol. Not because it is...