DHEA and Weight Loss
Weight loss is the number one topic I discuss with women who come to see me. Almost every woman I know has struggled to lose a few pounds at some point in her lifetime. Weight is such an emotional issue for women [...]
How Imbalanced Hormones Can Stall Weight Loss!
Updated: Feb. 18th, 2024 “I just want to lose this last ten pounds!” That was one of Amanda’s first statements to me when we started working together. She’d been on a weight loss journey and it had been going really well…until it [...]
Kickstart Your Hormones to Feel Your Best: Explore the Benefits of DHEA
Updated 05/08/2022 “A past clouded in controversy and bold claims”. I was struck by this phrase when reading the abstract of a recent study on DHEA. Of course, I know that the hormone DHEA does have a past (and even a present) [...]
Guide to the Best (And Worst) Foods for Hormone Health
I spent too many years suffering needlessly each month when PMS symptoms hit me hard, leaving me bloated, moody, and unable to focus. I had no idea back then that there was something I could do about the hormonal fluctuations that held me [...]
What Every Woman Should Know About Menopause, Hormones and Heart Health
Despite the national attention that heart health gets in February, and the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, too many women are still surprised when I tell them heart disease should be on their radar. Did you know that a [...]
Cue the Tunes: How Music and Stress are Connected
Almost from the time you’re born, music plays an integral role in daily life. Parents sing their newborn infants to sleep; special songs are an essential elements of special occasions from holidays to birthdays to weddings to funerals; background music enhances meals, [...]
Eating and Avoiding Foods for Adrenals When You’re Exhausted
Updated: January 25th, 2026 What you eat can hinder or help heal adrenal dysfunction. Imbalances in hormones produced by the adrenal glands (whether too high or too low) can cause a wide range of uncomfortable symptoms. Even when hormones fall in the [...]
Are You Really Hungry? Try These 10 Tips to Break the Cycle of Emotional Eating
Updated 06/05/2022 “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I find myself in the kitchen, over and over again, even though I know I’m not hungry. I just never feel satisfied, and I can’t seem to stop myself from heading for the [...]
Understanding the Importance of a Healthy Endocrine System
I am passionate about helping women understand why it is so important to keep hormones balanced so they can do the jobs they’re meant to do. Hormones can have such a tremendous impact on the way a woman is feeling, and her [...]
Just How Important Are My Adrenal Glands?
Updated 05/15/2022 The title of this post is an actual question my patient Avery asked me sometime during our first appointment. She was showing some of the early signs of adrenal fatigue, and I wanted her to keep a close eye on [...]
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