One year ago, I opened the doors to Dragonfly Menopause Care and saw my very first three patients. At that time, I truly had no idea what this practice would become. I remember telling my emergency medicine group that this was “just a side gig”—and I meant it!

What Is Pregnenolone? Pregnenolone is made primarily in the adrenal glands and brain from cholesterol. It’s often called the “mother hormone” because it’s the building block for nearly every other hormone your body produces.

After three painstaking days of learning what feels like every study in the world about hormones— and how they work, how to test them, and how to replace them— (thank you, Dr. Pam Smith at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine!), I am ready to up my hormone game for my patients in ways I could not have previously imagined.