Introducing
Cortisol Reset: A Physician-Developed Cortisol Course
A self-paced course on the stress hormone that influences your energy, weight, mood, sleep, and most of your other hormones. Find your cortisol pattern, what is pushing it off its rhythm, and the six root causes to address, in order.
$97 one-time. Monthly live community Q&A included. See everything included
What Is Cortisol Reset?
Cortisol Reset is a self-paced online course from The Feel Good Again Institute for people who feel tired and wired, gain weight around the middle, and cannot think or sleep the way they used to. It teaches how cortisol affects your other hormones, how to identify your cortisol pattern (high, low, or fluctuating), and the STAINS framework: six root causes (stress, toxins, food sensitivities, inflammation, nutrition, and sleep) with a step-by-step approach to each. It is education, not medical care.
Does This Sound Like You?
Who Is This Cortisol Course
Built For?
Built for the person who was told it is stress or age, and still has no idea what is happening inside her body. Any of these is reason enough to start.
- You feel tired and wired, and unable to switch off at night.
- You are exhausted all day, achy, and cannot think.
- You crave salt or sugar.
- You are gaining weight around your belly even though you eat well and exercise.
- Your mood, energy, and focus are unpredictable from one day to the next.
- You suspect stress is affecting your health and do not know where to start.
- You want to age well and feel like yourself again.
- You have tried the basics and want a root-cause approach at your own pace.
The Complete Picture
Why Is Cortisol Called
the Major Ager?
Cortisol is your survival hormone, made in your adrenal glands and released on a daily rhythm: high in the morning to get you moving, low at night so you can sleep.
Three Forms of Stress Modulate Cortisol
- Physical: pain, heat, cold, overwork, injury, too little sleep, too much or too little exercise.
- Chemical: the one most people never consider. Toxins, infections, food sensitivities, nutrient deficiencies, and hormone excess or deficiency.
- Emotional: worry, grief, conflict, anxiety, depression, and the pressure of holding everything together.
When cortisol stays high too long, it can:
- Break down muscle, bone, collagen, and skin
- Raise blood pressure, blood sugar, and weight, which increases inflammation, or “inflammaging”
- Divert production away from your sex hormones
- Slow the conversion of thyroid hormone to its active form
- Impair memory
- Signal your body to store fat around the middle
Cortisol that runs low after years of strain leaves you exhausted and without resilience, and raises the risk of infection and autoimmune disease. The goal is the right level, on the right rhythm.
The Perimenopause, Menopause, and
Cortisol Connection
In perimenopause, estrogen fluctuates erratically while progesterone declines or is nearly absent. In menopause, both are low and can still be out of balance. Either way, the shift puts extra demand on your adrenal glands and nervous system. When cortisol falls out of rhythm, your internal thermostat loses its footing, and hot flashes, night sweats, and the 3 a.m. wake-up get worse. Elevated cortisol also diverts production away from your sex hormones, compounding the imbalance, the belly fat, and the fatigue. Resetting your cortisol rhythm gives your body a steadier foundation for these shifts.
Your body is not betraying you. It needs a new strategy.
I Was There
I caught tuberculosis working in a New York City emergency room. Nine months of antibiotics left me exhausted, foggy, gaining weight, and reacting to foods I had eaten my whole life. I had the education, the resources, the discipline, and the medical knowledge. And my body still changed the rules. Conventional care had no answers. A root-cause approach did, and it started with finding what was stressing my body and clearing it. That is the order in this course.
Dr. Lorraine Maita, MD. More on the Institute blog: restoring energy and mood, aging, and hormones.
What You Will Learn
What Does the Course Cover?
Ten short, practical lessons, from understanding cortisol to the daily practices that support it, at your own pace.
Why Cortisol Is Your Master Hormone
How this one hormone influences the others, and how high cortisol diverts production away from your sex hormones.
Where You Are on the Cortisol Spectrum
High, low, or fluctuating? The self-assessment can help you identify your pattern and what to do about it.
The STAINS Framework
The six root causes that disrupt cortisol, and a systematic approach to addressing each one.
Hidden Triggers You Would Never Suspect
From your food to your furniture to your personal care products: what is quietly driving your cortisol imbalance.
The Gut, Inflammation, and Cortisol Connection
Why what is happening in your gut is aging you faster, and the steps that support it.
The Nutrition and Adrenal Link
The specific nutrients your body uses up under stress, and what is depleting them every day.
Your Sleep and Cortisol Rhythm
Why fixing cortisol and fixing sleep are the same problem, and how to restore your natural cycle.
Targeted Natural Support
Evidence-based supplement protocols matched to your cortisol pattern, not one size fits all.
Your Longevity Blueprint
How all the pieces connect, and your roadmap for lasting vitality.
Putting It All Together: Your Next Steps
How the six causes connect, what to do first, and where to go from here.
Why the Order Matters
A Cortisol Course That Starts With What Is Stressing Your Body
Most cortisol advice stops at a breathing exercise and an early bedtime. Those help, and they are only part of the picture. A nervous system pushed every day by a toxin in your water, a food you react to at every meal, a lingering infection, or an inflamed gut cannot calm down on command, and an adrenal supplement will not do much while those triggers keep firing.
The course finds the triggers first, then supports the rhythm, then builds the habits that sustain it. That is why the toxin questionnaire, the inflammatory risk score, and the nutrition guides sit alongside the stress toolkit.
Everything Included
What Do You Get With
Cortisol Reset?
Ten video lessons, four assessments, more than twenty guides, a letter from Dr. Maita, and two bonuses. Everything is yours the moment you enroll.
Ten-Lesson Video Training Series
The complete STAINS framework: every root cause of cortisol imbalance, with strategies you can start the same day.
Adrenal Self-Assessment Quiz
Helps you identify your cortisol pattern, high, low, or fluctuating, so you know where to focus first.
Inflammatory Risk Score
Pinpoint your personal inflammation drivers and see what is quietly speeding up aging.
Toxin Exposure Questionnaire
Assess your toxic load across food, water, home, and personal care.
Comprehensive Symptom Questionnaire
Reveal patterns across body systems that point to root causes.
Stress Transformation Toolkit (4 Guides)
Techniques that shift your nervous system from fight or flight to rest and repair, for the moment and the long term.
Toxin Reduction System (3 Guides)
Practical steps to reduce your daily toxic load across food, water, home, and personal care.
Adrenal Nutrition Guides (3 Guides)
The key nutrients your adrenal glands need most, and what is draining them.
Sleep Optimization Package (3 Guides)
Strategies and supplement guidance to restore your cortisol rhythm and sleep deeply.
Targeted Adrenal Supplement Guide
Specific protocols matched to your cortisol pattern: high, low, or fluctuating.
Hypercortisolism Reference Guide
The full spectrum from high to low cortisol, and the restoration pathway for each.
A Letter From Dr. Maita
The next steps to consider once you have finished the course, in her own words.
Premium Supplement Ordering Guide
+ 10% Off
Vetted companies whose supplements are authentic and properly stored, direct from the manufacturer or an authorized distributor. Save 10% on every order.
Monthly Community Q&A Call (First Tuesday)
Bring your cortisol, sleep, and hormone questions to a live monthly community call. Replays available.
Your Investment
One Payment. Everything Included.
Cortisol Reset
$97
One-time payment
- Ten video lessons, four assessments, and more than twenty guides
- Bonus: monthly live community Q&A call with replays
- Bonus: premium supplement ordering guide with 10% off
- Start the moment you enroll
This is an educational program and does not include individual medical care.
Also included in The Ultimate Hormone Reset, with Thyroid Reset and Estrogen Progesterone Balance.
Developed by Dr. Lorraine Maita, MD. Board certified in Internal and Integrative Medicine, fellowship trained and certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and Functional Medicine, with more than 30 years of experience. As Chief Medical Officer or Medical Director at Prudential, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, she led award-winning employee health programs that reached more than 120,000 people at each company. Meet Dr. Maita
What Changes
What Will You Walk Away Knowing?
- Whether your symptoms point to high, low, or fluctuating cortisol, and what that means
- How cortisol affects your thyroid, your sex hormones, your brain, and your waistline
- Which of the six root causes are yours, and which to address first
- The toxins, foods, and habits that keep your nervous system in fight or flight
- The nutrients your body uses up under stress, and how to replace them
- How to restore your sleep and cortisol rhythm, and choose supplements without guessing
Results vary. Individual outcomes depend on health history, adherence, and other factors.
This course is educational and is not medical care.
Questions People Ask
Cortisol Reset FAQ
Is this going to work for me when nothing else has?
Most of what you have tried addressed one cause at a time. Cortisol rarely has one cause. The course starts with a self-assessment to help you identify your pattern, then works through six root causes in order. Results vary.
Is it too late for me?
No. The triggers that push cortisol off its rhythm can be reduced at every age. What changes with age is how much your body has to clear first, which is why the course starts there.
Is this course only about stress management?
No. Stress is one of six root causes covered. The course goes into toxins, food sensitivities, inflammation, nutrition, and sleep in depth, because cortisol imbalance is rarely caused by one thing.
How is this different from other courses on stress or hormones?
It maps most of the factors affecting cortisol, from your personal care products to your gut to your other hormones, and connects dots most approaches never consider.
Do I need to buy supplements?
No. Lifestyle and dietary strategies are the foundation. Supplements are one tool, and you will learn whether they fit your pattern.
I am already on medications. Is this relevant for me?
Yes. Always consult your own physician before making changes. The course is educational and complements your medical care.
What if I am not sure whether my cortisol is high or low?
The self-assessment at the start of the course can help you identify your pattern, and separate lessons address high, low, and fluctuating presentations. It is always best to test, not guess, and to consult your health care provider.
How does cortisol affect perimenopause, menopause, hot flashes, and night sweats?
Perimenopause and menopause place extra demand on your stress response. When cortisol falls out of rhythm, it can disrupt temperature regulation, which often worsens hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep. Elevated cortisol also diverts production away from your sex hormones and stores fat around the middle. Resetting your cortisol rhythm gives your body a steadier foundation, which can mean fewer symptoms and better energy. Results vary.
Is this course for men too?
Yes. Cortisol affects energy, weight, mood, sleep, and testosterone in men too. The assessments, the STAINS framework, and every guide apply to everyone.
Is there a refund policy?
No. Everything is available the moment you enroll, so there are no refunds, as stated at checkout and in the terms and conditions.
How do I access the monthly community calls?
Call details arrive when you enroll. Calls are the first Tuesday of every month, with replays if you cannot attend live.
Start Here
Aging Is Inevitable. Suffering Is Optional.
What you eat, what you drink, how much you sleep and exercise, the stress you are under, and the toxins you are exposed to all affect your hormones, your immune system, and your nervous system. You have more say over this than you have been told. Get the knowledge, apply the framework, slow accelerated aging, and feel like yourself again.
One-time payment. Monthly community Q&A included.
This is an educational program. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship, does not provide individual medical advice or a diagnosis, and is not a substitute for personalized medical care. Always consult your own physician before making changes to your health regimen. Results vary. Individual outcomes depend on health history, adherence, and other factors.
