High Cortisol levels can cause a lot of problems by itself. It can cause exhaustion, insomnia, anxiety, belly fat, cravings, headaches and many other symptoms. But, too much cortisol can also affect your thyroid. Thousands of women have sluggish thyroids because they have high cortisol. In this podcast we talk about how cortisol directly affects your thyroid. We also talk about the effect cortisol has on your estrogen levels.