Going through menopause can be stressful. A lot of the women I work with feel like their bodies are failing them, suddenly and in a way that’s out of their control. It’s scary, and it’s not as if it happens in a vacuum—you deal with menopause on top of normal life, which for a lot…
Many times, I am asked by women feeling the impending menopause experience, “what can I do now to help myself” for those years? It’s a great question and there is much you can do. First, let’s talk terms. Menopause is the time when you have been 12 months without a menstrual period. The 10-ish years before that are what is…
Many women are arriving in clinic with complaints of stiffness, sore, achey muscles and joints without experiencing this previously. These women tend to be 40+ in age and lack an injury to cause the discomfort. It’s important to consider how your hormones at midlife may be affecting your body. Menopause is not only characterized by…
Many women complain of fatigue and low energy. It has become a hallmark of modern lifestyle. While there can be many reasons for fatigue, all of them worthy of investigation by your trusted health care provider, anemia is a common problem causing a woman to feel exhausted no matter how much rest she has had.…
Like the waters of Planet Earth are controlled by the cycles of the Moon, so are our physical bodies. Each beautiful phase of our menstrual cycle is mirrored in the sky by the moon. Many women would be surprised to hear that we ovulate and bleed by the lunar cycle NOT the calendar month. Knowing…
Mother Earth, Gaia, the goddess, Mother Nature, etc. There are many names for that which we call the Divine Feminine. What is the Divine Feminine? She is all of us. She is our connection to the natural world. We interact with her via our physical self. Our body is the sacred vessel of the great…
