How to Create Sustainable Healthy Habits in 2023
Today I’m sharing how you can create an environment and set up habits to see sustainable change in your health using a few tools based off the book Atomic Habits…
5 Steps to Make Clean Eating Sustainable in 2023
What do you think about yourself? Do you think of yourself as a person who eats unhealthy, who hates healthy foods or who can’t lose weight? Whatever story you have repeated to yourself or others for years needs to be replaced with who you are becoming…
6 Hormone-Friendly Christmas Alternatives & Tips
Christmas is always an exciting time! It’s the time of year we can slow down, make memories with our loved ones and enjoy all the things that come with this season. Here are some ways to enjoy the season without sabotaging your hormones!
5 Ways to Avoid Holiday Burnout
Holiday “Burn-Out” can occur for many reasons. The most common ones being stress, whether from doing too much, family situations or physical stress on our bodies from too many Christmas treats or lack of sleep. If you’re someone who’s been working hard at healing…
Our Top 9 Herbs & Foods for Parasites
Intestinal parasites are very real and surprisingly quite common. In previous blogs, we discussed some of the symptoms of parasites, including nagging gut issues that won’t seem to go away.
So how do we get rid of them?
Gut Issues, Insomnia & Skin Rashes? Test for Parasites
Have you had long-standing digestive issues like bloating, loose stools or abdominal pain? Have you been struggling with strange rashes, itchy skin or cystic acne? Do you have anemia or chronic fatigue? What about reactions to foods, mysterious joint pain, anxiety or trouble sleeping?
Parasites: How We Get Them & How To Prevent Them
There’s a saying in natural medicine that goes “if you’re breathing, you have parasites”. Now I get that might seem gross, but the fact is that we encounter different bugs, including parasites…
Are We Looking At Hypothyroidism Wrong?
With thyroid conditions on the rise, it’s important that we address the root cause of these conditions, not simply the symptoms. Why are millions of women (and men) dealing with hidden thyroid conditions and what can we do to heal…
7 Necessary Nutrients for Thyroid Health
There are a lot of things that can interfere with the function of the thyroid gland, causing it to become over or more commonly, underactive. Some of those include…
Should You Go Plant-Based for Better Thyroid Function?
Before you decide to go plant-based for thyroid health, consider what you’ll be missing out on if you decide to eliminate meat. Additionally, this article will touch on some of the potential issues that can occur with plant-based diets and thyroid health.
3 Essential Tips for Lowering Inflammation
Inflammation is at the root of nearly all chronic disease. From heart disease and diabetes, to anxiety and depression, to hormonal imbalances, digestive issues, fatigue and poor immune function…
Top 10 Foods to Fight Inflammation
Inflammation is often a silent, but extremely important factor in the development of chronic disease. Inflammation promotes dis-ease of all kinds, including weight gain, bloating, pain, fatigue, arthritis, anxiety, depression…
Estrogen Dominance: Signs, Symptoms & Root Causes
Estrogen dominance is extremely common these days, but not enough people are talking about why. It can manifest in a variety of different ways in both men and women. For women, estrogen is the hormone responsible for building…
4 Healthy Drinks You’ll Love This Summer!
Summer is here and we’re super excited too! It can be easy to overindulge in sweets and sweet drinks over the summer, including alcohol. While I do think it’s important to enjoy these warmer months, we also don’t want to throw our healthy living completely out the window!
The Incredible Health Benefits of Sun Exposure + Safe Sun Tips!
There are numerous health benefits of getting regular, safe sun exposure. We all know about the necessity of getting adequate vitamin D through sunshine, which you can read more about here, but the sun provides us with benefits beyond increasing vitamin D levels…
6 Ways to Balance Your Mood With Food
Not enough attention is given to the power that food has to regulate our mood and support mental health. You have so much power over your mind and learning to balance mood by addressing what’s at the end of your fork is a fantastic place to start!
5 Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System and Lower Anxiety
There are numerous ways we can effectively support the body in reducing stress and anxiety. Anxiety is not just in the brain, or simply an imbalance of chemicals in this organ. It has multiple root causes…
A Root Cause of Anxiety and Gut Issues You’ve Never Heard Of
The nervous system is an underrated aspect of our health that needs a lot more attention. It consists of the brain, spinal cord and trillions of nerves throughout the body that control our entire system. Today, I want to talk about one specific nerve that has a massive impact on how our body functions: The Vagus Nerve…
Xenoestrogens: Fake, Toxic, Hormone-Disruptors
Have you heard the term “xenoestrogens” before? If they haven’t been on your radar yet, they will be now. Xenoestrogens (pronounced “zenoestrogens”), are synthetic forms of estrogen we encounter on a daily basis, that increase estrogen and replace our natural, healthy estrogens in the body. They contribute to estrogen dominance, which is a main player in weight gain, PMS…
5 Reasons Your Libido Vanished & How to Get It Back
Having a healthy libido and enjoying intimacy is an important sign of health as a woman (and man). While it’s common to have decreased desire at certain times of the month, if you’re missing this area of your life, that’s something you and your doctor should take note of.