Are You Looking for Lifelong Health? The Secret is Exercise!
What if I told you there was one thing you could do to achieve lifelong health? The secret is simpler than you think—just get moving! Exercise isn’t just about losing weight or building muscle; it’s a holistic approach to enhancing your overall well-being. Fitness is...
Easy Back-to-School Health Tips for Busy Moms
It's Back-to-School season - how do you keep yourself and your kids illness-free? As the summer winds down and the excitement of a new school year builds, families often find themselves juggling many responsibilities. From shopping for school supplies to adjusting to...
Women’s Hormone Health: Naturopathic Wellness Programs
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Hypothyroid treatment options: Is Synthroid Your Only Choice?
Ok, so you’ve been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and you're wondering about your hypothyroid treatment options. Perhaps this just happened or maybe you’ve been living with and managing thyroid disease for years or even decades. What do you...
I have Hashimoto’s. Now what?
Have you recently been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis? Take a deep breath. Now, do it again. Hashimoto's can be a scary diagnosis. Let me tell you, it’s going to be OK. Hashimoto’s is a unique autoimmune condition in that it is not often associated with...
Let’s Talk Thyroid
Why is everyone talking about thyroid? Ok, maybe in your world people do not always talk about this important hormone, but in my world it comes up a lot! Let’s review this precious hormone and see why it gets a lot of attention, especially amongst women. What does my...
’Tis the Season to Be…Sad and Irritated?
Can antidepressants coexist with naturopathic medicine? The answer may surprise you! This is the story of how I, a trained Naturopathic Doctor, found myself faced with my greatest fear, antidepressants and found a way to have antidepressants coexist with naturopathic...
“Waah, Blah, Boo Hoo”: Perimenopause’s Effect on Mood
One of the most difficult aspects of this stage of life has been perimenopause's effect on my mood. I am comforted knowing that many women struggle along with me. I talk to women every day who are having a harder time during this transition period. Hormones play such...
Gimme some zzz’s: Perimenopause and Sleep
One of the most common changes in perimenopause is in how women sleep (or don’t, rather). I regularly hear from patients that they struggle and the struggles vary from difficulty getting to sleep, to sleeping lighter in general to waking at 3 am every night unable to...
PMSing through Perimenopause
It feels unfair to be PMSing through perimenopause, it must be one or the other, right? I wrote before about what’s happening with the two major hormones in a normal monthly menstrual cycle. Estrogen is the Queen of the first two weeks (when the period starts to...
