The more I meet with women, the more I hear how overwhelmed they (we) are. There are not enough hours in the day to be everything we want to be and do everything we want to do.
Our stress hormones and period hormones are imbalanced, and sometimes it feels like there is no way out of the hole.
I’ve found food to be a very soothing tonic. When the body is nourished and feels safe, it can do some pretty
Some days, you wake up feeling lean and lithe. Some days, you wake up feeling puffy. Bloated. Like you’re retaining water. Is this feeling in your head?
Nope. It’s in your adrenals.
You might hear that salt makes you retain water. That’s only part of the story. In fact, plenty of really good salt can actually regulate your fluid levels.
Being constantly stressed out can make you retain water. Isn’t that crazy?
The Adrenal Glands and Aldosterone
The adrenal glands
Do you ever wonder why you break out on your jawline every month? Or why your neck gets red and itchy after a hard week with the kids?
Your face can be a revealing window into your body’s function and dysfunction.
Since your skin is a large organ of detoxification, when there are blemishes on the skin, it can follow that there are imbalances deeper in the body.
Let’s look at some of the more common areas zits or redness
This week, I had birth control on the brain more than usual. A client called in for her appointment from a gorgeous beach house on the East Coast. She was spending a week there with six other families. These families had been vacationing together for twenty years, and all of the children were now young adults.
One night, a group of the young women were discussing their various forms of birth control. Two were on the Pill, one had recently
Sugar. How can something so delicious be so bad for us? I work with women who are convinced that sugar is the enemy that causes their weight gain, hormonal issues, and mood problems.
Yes, and….
Sugar in large amounts is undeniably detrimental for our health. Our addiction to sweet things is correlated with a variety of chronic health issues like Type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and even Alzheimer’s disease. Worse still is our national obsession with high