The Stress-Hormone Connection:
An Integrative Blog for Women’s Health
There is way too much out there about the 40-step morning routine and the 5am club and the expectation that we'll move mountains before breakfast. I don't think that's what it's about. No matter what ...
This is one of my favourite topics, and also one of the hardest. I was at an event recently where the speaker shared that when her mother was growing up, boundaries weren't even in the vocabulary. It ...
How we bookend the day matters more than most of us realize. The way we wind down in the evening sets our nervous system on its trajectory for the night and shapes the quality of our sleep. So let's t...
We hear so much about the nervous system, cortisol, and stress, usually labeled as things that are bad and need fixing. Before we go anywhere near fixing anything, I want us to actually understand wha...
This is one of my favourite topics, and one I genuinely wish we all learned in high school. If we understood how much our stress and our nervous system shape the rest of our health, I think we would m...
If you've been experiencing high levels of stress for a long period of time, this one is for you. Understanding how your brain is programmed to manage stress is the first step to actually supporting y...
If you have ever thought, I’m doing all the right things, so why do I still feel tired, wired, overwhelmed, or off, you are not alone. This is one of the most common frustrations I hear from women in ...
Why You Might Not Feel Stressed, But Your Body Does
There’s a kind of stress that doesn’t feel like stress.
It doesn’t show up as panic, or a breakdown, or the obvious moment where you say, “I can’t...
Have you ever heard the expression that you cannot build a skyscraper if the foundation is not solid and deeply anchored in the ground?
I think about this often when I walk past construction sites. F...
The Pattern of Hyper-Independence in Women’s Health
If you are a high-achieving, hyper-independent woman, there is a good chance this will feel familiar. You are capable, resourceful, and used to fig...
If you’ve been feeling symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, or PMS and you’re wondering where they’re coming from, you’re not alone. I hear this every single week in the clinic.
Often, women com...
If you have been feeling like your hormones are confusing, inconsistent, or hard to make sense of, you are not alone.
This is one of the most common things I hear in clinic. Women often know somethin...
