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My Favorite Fertility Tracking Devices
Tempdrop What is it? A simple way to track your ovulation – wear the Tempdrop on your upper arm during your sleep and allow it
The Menstrual Life Cycle
Your period will evolve from the time you start menstruating throughout the course of your life. Yep, your period grows and changes with you! 🌱
Vitamin C For Your Cycle
I like to call Vitamin C “The Repair Vitamin” because of its healing qualities. ❤️🩹Vitamin C helps with: ✅ The metabolism of proteins✅ And the
How A Leaky Gut Affects Progesterone
I could probably write an entire book just on the importance of gut health & its connection to hormones and the menstrual cycle. In fact,
Optimize Your Circadian Rhythm To Support Your Menstrual Cycle
Ah, melatonin……the hormone responsible for regulating your circadian rhythm and helping you fall asleep at night.😴Melatonin supplements have become super popular in recent times due
Overlooked Sources of Stress
Rushing Woman’s Syndrome, a term coined by Dr. Libby Weaver, PhD, describes the health consequences women face due to the unrelenting stress and perpetual busyness
Breast MRI Study Reveals Systemic Effects Of IUD
New Study Findings: “Intrauterine contraceptive devices appeared to have systemic effects on the body akin to those associated with hormone replacement therapy.Although women have previously
How The Menstrual Cycle Affects Blood Sugar & Insulin Regulation In The Body
Our sex hormones estrogen and progesterone have quite a profound effect on how our bodies respond to sugar. Here’s what’s happening with your blood sugar
The Critical Importance of Menstrual Cycle and Reproductive Education
Written by my Fall 2020 Apprenticeship Participant, Michaela Robbins. Interested in joining my next Apprenticeship? Sign up for the waitlist here. In fifth grade, all the girls
Pelvic Organ Prolapse After Pregnancy
Written by my Fall 2020 Apprenticeship Participant, Samantha Wittkamper. Interested in joining my next Apprenticeship? Sign up for the waitlist here. I was sitting at
How Your Period Could be Hiding that You Have Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Written by my Spring 2019 apprenticeship program participant, Lizzie Alexander, this post discusses the implications of hemochromatosis, an underdiagnosed disease in women of all ages.
How to Harness Your Inner Superpower: Your Period
Written by my Spring 2019 apprenticeship participant, Tamika Woods, this post discusses the phases of your cycle and how to live according to each for
How Stress Affects Your Menstrual Cycle
Raise your hand if you currently feel stressed out. Tragically, in today’s society, running around like a chicken with our heads cut off is
5 Things You Can Do to Help Shrink Fibroids
Written by my Spring 2019 apprenticeship participant, Christine Garvin, this post discusses uterine fibroids and how to treat them. Did you know that a whopping
My Journey with Lyme Disease
Written by my Spring 2019 apprenticeship participant, Vashti Kanahele, this post discusses the symptoms of Lyme and how she managed to treat it. The Beginning
You Only Ovulate Once Per Cycle
I recently published a post on Instagram touting the benefits of the fertility awareness method as birth control. Let’s just say, the response I received
A Natural Alternative to Hormonal Birth Control
Let’s talk contraception, shall we? By the end of their reproductive years, more than 80% of US women will have used oral contraceptives at least
How to Enjoy Pregnancy After Miscarriage
Written by my Spring 2019 apprenticeship program participant, Brooke Davis, this post discusses the specific challenges of pregnancy after miscarriage and how she overcame them.
The Best Time In Your Cycle to Test Progesterone
You may have heard that the best time to test progesterone is on day 21 of your cycle. This is based on ovulation happening on
How Your Thyroid Can Cause Period and Fertility Problems
Every week I speak to women all over the world who (surprise!) have irregular periods, period pain, heavy periods, or periods that seem to be