Sleep. It’s one of the most important things you can do for your health and your hormones. Simply put, it’s a foundation of health. For many women sleep is elusive, especially in the hormonal transitions our bodies make in our 40s. In fact, millions of women suffer from insomnia, which can lead you to feel …
As a mom, health coach, chronic illness warrior, and women’s health advocate I am always on the lookout for great products and services that support our health. This year I decided to do a roundup of my favorite wellness companies, including companies with a focus on sustainability and reducing our exposure to environmental toxins. Saving …
Breast Implant Illness. It’s a big, somewhat controversial topic and one that I strongly feel needs to be talked about more. It affects hundreds of thousands of women, if not more, with breast implants. BII is characterized as a cascade of symptoms that are autoimmune or connective tissue problems that began after their implants were …
What is Stress? Many of us in this modern-day and age suffer from chronic stress. Our stress comes not only from work and traffic, but it can come from anywhere including toxic mold in water-damaged buildings, endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC)s from the use of plastics and chemical-laden beauty products, pesticides in our food supply, air pollution …
You know something is going on with your body, maybe you’re having increased weight gain around the middle, even though you work out regularly and eat well. Or you are having an increase in heavy, painful periods? Are your mood swings suddenly making you a not very nice human to be around? Or maybe acne …
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Keeping my hormones balanced when I travel is huge for me. One, because my hormones tend to get unbalanced pretty easily, and two, because I travel a lot. Right now I live in Nigeria, so traveling pretty much anywhere requires 8-30 hours of travel, depending on where I’m going. I’ve lived overseas for the past …
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Perimenopause what? When I use the word perimenopause many women don’t know what I mean. Many times perimenopause and menopause are combined as the same thing when in reality they are two very different parts of a woman’s life journey. Perimenopause is the time leading up to menopause. It’s generally the 2-10 years before the …
In today’s modern society we talk a lot about estrogen dominance and for good reason because it’s a real issue. However, I think low hormones are a real problem too, that not a lot of people are talking about. Estrogen is probably the most talked about, most beloved, and sometimes most hated hormone. It’s an …
If you’re like me, you may have always wondered if your period was normal or not? Did they teach you that in sex ed? If you had sex ed did they delve into what a healthy period looks like? I don’t really remember much of my sex education class. I went to a very strict …
Period tracking Apps are everywhere these days and for good reason. They are a great way to not only track your periods and fertility but also symtpoms, and lifestyle factors like sleep, exercise, self-care, medication, and even your sex life. Tracking helps you become more in touch with the rhythm of your body and what …
