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 anxious, depressed, irritable, and craving foods high in sugar and carbs.   Hormones & Sleep Our sleep is impacted primarily ...

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 our bodies plus the planet = a win-win. My hope is that you will be able to find the perfect ...

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 placed.  Many women have been battling symptoms of BII for 10+ years, and have largely been ignored by mainstream medicine, ...

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 and poor ventilation in our homes and even over-exercising!   The Impact of Stress on Your Health Stress and the ...

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 has returned and you suddenly have night sweats and hot flashes? You think it may be hormone-related. It’s time to ...

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 10 years and before I became dialed into my health and then became a health coach my hormones and overall ...