Feeling a bit like a bear? As much as I love winter, and I just got done shoveling 6 inches of wet snow in March, I am ready, so ready to come out of hibernation. And it’s supposed to snow until 7 in the morning. 9 more hours of snow. I’m ready for the temperature to warm up a little. [...]
I’ve been spending a lot of time with this topic lately. In my own health journey, it has played such a big role and it isn’t being talked about a lot. I mean we talk about stress and how it contributes but none of us women really stop long enough to pay attention. Let’s talk the Type [...]
I know you feel crappy. That’s a nicer word isn’t it. You probably feel some days like your life is gone and you will never find it again. It feels dire and you have no energy or even willpower to try to make it better anymore. What could there possibly be to feel thankful for? Even in [...]
Ladies, most of us have said this, if only in our heads, at least once in our lives. You certainly don’t have to have autoimmune to feel this way on occasion. For many women with Autoimmune, this becomes the daily mantra “I’m tired, I’m fat, my life sucks”. How many of you feel this [...]
The holiday season is coming up on us quickly and I know, you are considering just giving in for the holidays so you can eat what you want aren’t you? I know, cause I’ve been there, my clients have been there. We are human, we all cheat because it is soooo very hard just committing to [...]
It is amazing how some things can rock the ground that you stand on and I have to say that the Microbiome Symposium that I went to this weekend, did just that. It completely rocked my world. We started the weekend with a very informative discussion on the Hoohaa. To be specific, the vaginal [...]
I already know the answer to this question. For most of us women anyway. Where are you on the priority list when it comes to your family, to your job, to your friends, etc. etc.? Let me ask you this question another way. Do you feel guilty for wanting to take time for yourself when you are [...]
Hi there. I think I have exhausted sleep even though we haven’t quite completed the month. I wanted to spend some time talking about Chronic Infections. I have referred to chronic infections as a trigger for autoimmune. Usually when I talk about chronic infections I am speaking about [...]
I know we are still in our theme of Spring Cleaning. I’m going to stretch this topic to fit into Spring Cleaning a little bit. I have been getting a few referrals lately involving your adults that are struggling with many digestive issues. What are digestive issues? Reflux/heartburn IBS [...]
Both Leaky Gut and Gluten are getting a lot of press these days in the functional medicine community. The term Leaky Gut is not recognized by the medical community. The proper term is actually Intestinal Permeability. The correlation between gut health and illness isn’t really respected in the [...]