Stop Starting Your Day with a Scroll
And Start Getting Sunlight in Your Eyes
Let’s talk about the most underrated hormone hack you’re not doing and the most normalized thing that’s quietly messing you up before you even brush your teeth.
You wake up.
You reach for your phone.
Notifications, DMs, group texts, that one email that makes your stomach turn and suddenly, your brain is in panic mode before your feet even hit the floor.
Here’s the problem: your hormones hate this.
Your Body Wasn’t Built for Blue Light First Thing
In the first 30 minutes of waking, your brain is supposed to get cues that say:
“Hey, it’s morning. Let’s regulate cortisol. Let’s wake up gently. Let’s set the day.”
But what does it get instead?
A phone screen two inches from your eyes flooding you with artificial blue light, stress spikes, and dopamine overload.
This:
➤ Messes with your cortisol timing (causing crashes later)
➤ Delays melatonin production (making it harder to fall asleep at night)
➤ Contributes to mood swings, blood sugar instability, and estrogen imbalance
All before coffee.
Morning Sunlight Is a Free Hormone Reset
Now for the good part: 10 minutes of natural light in your eyes (no sunglasses!) can dramatically improve:
✔️ Mood and focus
✔️ Energy regulation
✔️ Estrogen and cortisol rhythm
✔️ Ovulation timing and sleep quality
✔️ Mental health - yep, even anxiety and depression markers
Just step outside, look toward the horizon (not the sun directly), and let your body recalibrate.
Walking the dog?
Sipping coffee on the porch?
Sitting in your car with the window down before work?
All valid!
But I Don’t Have Time for That…
You don’t have time to feel like trash halfway through the day either.
This isn’t about adding more to your list. This is about a habit that starts your whole day off correctly. This one step is actually what can make a day successful!
Morning sun → Better hormone flow
Phone screen → Nervous system chaos
A simple step to start your day!
You need sunlight. And space.
Before the world tries to hijack your brain.
So tomorrow? Put the phone down.
Step outside.
And start the day with your body!
