Dr. Jolene Brighten, ND shares with us today, 6 great tips for supporting your adrenals after having a baby. ———————————————————— You may have been warned about the massive fluctuations in hormones after childbirth. The fallout from the rapid drop in estrogen and progesterone in the weeks following birth results in different symptoms for different women, […]
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I don’t know about you, but the “to read” pile in my house teeters precariously every time I add another book to it, and my e-reader is full of goodies. Sitting down with a good book is one way I love to unwind and de-stress. It’s also part of my never-ending quest to get and […]
Continue ReadingI was 8 years old when the movie Terms of Endearment was released. As most of you know, Debra Winger’s character battles cancer in the film and the movie had a powerful and lasting impact on me. It was the first time I really thought about what would happen if my mom died. I not only […]
Continue ReadingMy. jaw. just. dropped. Did you know that within five years, cancer will surpass heart disease as the leading cause of death in the US? Cancer is already the leading cause of death in Canada, Australia, and it’s #2 in Great Britain. I didn’t know that. Did you? I also learned that every 4 seconds, […]
Continue ReadingWell, I’m leaving for Italy in just a few hours. I’m excited and exhilarated but feeling a bit stressed. You see, I’ll be gone for 20 days…and that seems insane to me. While it’s amazing to have a level of freedom and adventure that I haven’t had since the baby was born (almost 7 years […]
Continue Reading(Video Source: DailyMail.co.uk via The Sanctuary) To be or not to be…that REALLY is the question. What does it mean to be a human being? We’ve talked about this many times whether it comes to shame, anxiety or just being a busy professional or parent: Are you a human being or a human doing? When […]
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Every time I see the acronym MTHFR, I think it stands for a dirty word! (I’ll let you use your imagination…) And it might as well, because science is discovering just what a nasty mother a malfunctioning MTHFR gene can be! This is a very complex subject, which I am going to do my best […]
Continue ReadingBy the time I was physically, emotionally, and financially ready to have a baby, my body had lived on a heavy diet of cortisol and adrenaline for 5 years after a serious accident with a semi-truck derailed my life. Looking back on my life, I basically was unknowingly the poster child for Hashimoto’s disease – […]
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Oh, sugar. Why can’t I quit you! 😉 Actually, I’ve done pretty well quitting sugar — but only after years of trial and error. See, I’d quit for a while, and be so good, and then something would creep up on me… lurking… hiding around an unexpected corner… waiting to POUNCE! Stress. Almost every time […]
Continue ReadingI remember lying on the bed wanting to crawl out of my skin. As I stared up at the ceiling, waves of panic overtook me…but I wasn’t sure why. Prior to becoming hypothyroid, I could handle any stress…every stress really. Whatever came my way, I was able to deflect, like Wonder Woman with her magic […]
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