Anxiety and Depression in Perimenopause: Understanding the Root Causes (+ Next Steps for Recovery)
For many women, the transition into perimenopause and menopause doesn’t just come with hot flashes and sleep disruptions — it can also bring unexpected emotional changes. Anxiety, low mood, irritability, or even feelings of hopelessness can creep in, often without warning. These symptoms are often the result of deeper imbalances in the body that can be supported and corrected…
The Hidden Toxin Load Sabotaging Your Hormones in Perimenopause and Menopause
Toxins. They’re seemingly everywhere, which means they’re pretty hard to avoid—especially as women. They’re in our hair products, makeup, food, water supply, and even our clothing! It can feel like a losing battle and make us want to give up before we even start. But the truth is, you can significantly reduce your toxin load to support your hormones, energy, and overall health during perimenopause and menopause.
How Hormones Influence Sleep As Women (and What to Do About It)
Why balancing your hormones could be the missing key to a good night’s sleep
If you’re navigating PMS, working on fertility, or walking through perimenopause or menopause, you already know how deeply your hormones can affect your daily life. But one area many women overlook is how hormones and sleep are interconnected.
Key Nutrients for Perimenopause Support
Perimenopause is a transitional time marked by shifting hormone levels, especially estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol. These changes can lead to symptoms such as mood swings, irregular cycles, fatigue, and disrupted sleep. The good news? Nutrition can play a major role in helping to ease this transition…
6 Key Foods for Liver Health for Easier Perimenopause
Perimenopause brings a variety of hormonal shifts that can leave women feeling out of balance and maybe even a little crazy at times! One key organ that plays a crucial role in managing these changes is the liver. The liver is responsible for metabolizing and detoxifying hormones…
Perimenopause 101: Signs, Symptoms & Where to Begin to Support Your Hormones Naturally
If you’re wondering whether you’re in perimenopause and why your hormones suddenly feel out of control (No, it’s not just you—it’s your hormones!)—this blog post is for you. Today, we’re covering the basics of perimenopause, including common signs and symptoms, and how you can take charge of this transition with holistic support…
How to Interpret Your DUTCH Test & What it Means For Your Fertility
The DUTCH test is the most comprehensive test available to help you get an accurate picture of what is really going on with your hormones. In today’s blog, we’ll share some insights on what your DUTCH test results could mean when it comes to your fertility, common results we see in our practice and how to properly assess your levels with your provider…
How the DUTCH Test Can Help You Optimize Fertility
If you’ve already exhausted your options with your conventional doctor and are still struggling with your fertility, you may want to consider the DUTCH test. Getting your hormones tested to help optimize your fertility and increase your chances of conceiving naturally is becoming more popular as more women are discovering the benefits of functional hormone testing.
Magnesium 101: Your Guide On The Best Forms & Uses for Magnesium
Magnesium is an essential mineral with a wide range of benefits, supporting everything from gut health and adrenal function to cardiovascular health, sleep, and energy production. With so many types of magnesium supplements available, choosing the right one can feel overwhelming. In today’s blog, we’ll simplify the decision-making process by exploring the main forms of magnesium, how to choose the best one for your unique needs, and tips for identifying high-quality supplements…
Easy Ways to Support The Mind-Gut Connection This Christmas Season
You may have heard of the mind-gut connection, otherwise known as the gut-brain connection, but what is this really referring to and is it really founded on science? In this article, we’ll discuss what the mind-gut connection is, how it impacts a variety of areas of your health and how you can support this crucial connection in easy, attainable ways this Christmas season and beyond…
A Safer Weight Loss Alternative to GLP-1 Drugs?
In recent years, GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic have gained popularity for weight management and controlling blood sugar. However, while effective, these drugs can come with significant side effects. In our previous blog post, we discussed the risks of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic…
Are GLP-1 Drugs like Ozempic The Golden Ticket to Weight Loss?
The use of trendy weight loss drugs has been no secret over the past few decades and you’ve likely heard of the latest trend that’s taken the media by storm: GLP-1 antagonists (aka GLP-1’s), with one of the most popular drugs being Semaglutide, or perhaps better known as Ozempic…
6 Reasons to Avoid Refined Sugar When Trying to Conceive
We get that your fertility journey can feel overwhelming. One area we highly recommend prioritizing is your diet, particularly reducing your refined sugar intake (for men and women.) Refined sugar is seemingly everywhere in modern diets, but it can have adverse effects on your body, especially when you're trying to conceive...
Could Your Fatigue, Hair Loss, Bloating & Weight Gain Point Thyroid Imbalance?
The amount of women that come to see us in our clinic with fatigue, hair loss, bloating, and weight gain is extremely high. While these issues can arise from a variety of causes, they are always interconnected and can be indicative of underlying thyroid problems. The thyroid, a small gland located in the neck, plays a crucial role in regulating metabolism, energy…
5 Non-Toxic Swaps for Healthier Hormones
Summer is a great time to find healthy, non-toxic swaps for some of your essential household and personal products. I know it can feel overwhelming when you start reading about how everything is toxic (we’re with you on that one!), but when you take it one step at a time and focus on a single category, it makes it a lot easier, less overwhelming and totally doable to clean up your home and personal products…
Your Healthy Summer Guide For Lower Cortisol Levels
If you’re like me, you wait for summer all year long! The warmth, sunshine and fresh air are so rejuvenating, but with summer being so short, it can also be a season where we pack our schedules full, which can cause cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone, to rise. For women, maintaining a healthy…
Hidden Dangers of Toxins On Women’s Hormones
In our modern world, we are surrounded by a myriad of toxins that can have significant impacts on our health. While everyone is susceptible to these environmental hazards, women, in particular, face unique challenges. Toxins in the environment, household products, and even…
Top 6 Holistic Solutions for PCOS
If you have PCOS, it can feel nearly impossible to lose weight, regulate your periods and have thriving fertility. But there are many ways you can support the body’s natural, innate ability to regulate and heal. Underlying factors like insulin resistance…
How Insulin Resistance Drives PCOS & Infertility
If you have PCOS, you likely already know its strong connection to infertility, but did you know that insulin resistance is one of the main underlying causes of both of these conditions? Insulin affects…
The #1 Cause Of PCOS
PCOS is a complex metabolic condition primarily involving the endocrine system. It is the most common endocrine problem for women of reproductive age and has been shown to affect up to 10-20%, or over 5 million women in the US. Unfortunately…