HORMONES IN BALANCE Sleep more and savour the aroma of essential oils to fix your hormones Good health is all about striking the right balance between hormones because of they govern every function in our body. Even the slightest imbalance can lead to innumerable problems that affect our physical, mental and emotional health. Hormonal imbalance is said to occur when our body produces either too many or too little hormones. It is an extremely delicate balance to maintain which can easily be disrupted with a wrong lifestyle. Stress is one of the major triggers of hormonal imbalance because as cortisol (stress hormone) levels rise, it suppresses the release of several other hormones like thyroxine, DHEA, testosterone and leptin. This means, when the level of one hormone goes up, levels of around 4-5 hormones fall.