Your Thyroid and the Importance of Iodine
I clearly remember my father chastising me for saying “seaweed”. It’s a “sea vegetable” he would insist, as I rolled my eyes and crunched my favourite snack; a toasted nori sheet covered with Umeboshi (a sour fermented plum paste from Japan). It wasn’t until I was an adult that I came to appreciate the significance […]
How do we deal with stress when our lives are so busy? – House of Hormones part 3
If you haven’t read the other parts to this blog series, click the link to find part 1 and part 2. The first step is to take an inventory of all of the potential sources of “stress” in your life. Questions I’ll ask clients include some of the following: This area of inquiry is a […]
The biochemistry of stress – House of Hormones part 2
If you’ve read my previous blog, you’ll understand that my approach to addressing hormone imbalance stems from a bottom-up approach. Through supporting the body’s core functions, reducing stress and addressing detoxification and gut concerns first, we often don’t have to directly “fix” sex hormone function per se. Let’s talk a bit more about the core […]
House of Hormones part 1
I get it! You have hormonal issues and you’ll reach for any slick supplement that promises to whisk away your symptoms, but in my personal and professional experience for something as complex as hormone balance this rarely works. Over the past decade, I’ve worked with hundreds of women to address everything from painful periods and […]