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How The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Can Help with Pelvic Pain
Interested in learning how to use the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to help manage chronic pelvic pain? Audrey Sourroubille, AADP, CHHC, is a health and wellness coach teaching busy women how to befriend their hormones naturally so that they can enjoy their lives...
Gluten Free Grains 101
Have you ever wondered what whole grains to eat if you or your patients would be better off gluten free? How should you prepare and cook the grains? Watch on... What's your favorite gluten free grain? What's your favorite grain recipe? Quinoa salad? Porridge?...
Easy Weeknight Taco Salad
Last week's recipe was such a hit, that I decided to share with you one of my family's favorite go to meals! Enjoy! What is your favorite, healthy and easy weeknight recipe? Please share it in the comments below! And, please share this video with your busy patients,...
Healthy Estrogen Smoothie for Vaginal Dryness
Vaginal dryness and painful sex are common side effects of hormonal imbalance. When women struggle with low hormone levels, including low estrogen, there can be many root causes. During the postpartum period and during the time when a woman breastfeeds, lower...
“Leaky Gut” and Pelvic Pain
Have you ever been curious about leaky gut syndrome? In today's video, I will show you what "leaky gut" is and how it can be related to pelvic pain. Check it out! Got any more questions about leaky gut? Ask me in the comments below! I love hearing from you!...
Estrogen Detoxification 101
How many of your patients enter your office complaining of period and pelvic pain, breast tenderness, PMS, water retention, or new weight gain around the middle? All of these issues can be related to estrogen dominance, even if your patient's overall estrogen levels...
The Birth Control Pill: Possible Side Effects
We all know the benefits of the birth control pill. First of all, it is effective birth control. And, effective birth control has far reaching benefits for women's autonomy beyond health. Effective birth control improves education, work, and many other...
3 Great Ways to Lower Stress to Improve Painful Sex
You now know that stress may be a big part of your patient's painful sex and low libido. But, what has been proven to help women shift from feeling stressed to having a healthy and pleasurable sex life? Click on the video below to see three of my top strategies for...
Do your patients struggle with period pain?
Did you know that taking fish oil has been shown to help with painful periods (dysmenorrhea)? Click on the video below to watch and see how balancing the omega-3 and omega-6 fats in your patient's diets can help to relieve period pain. Plus, healthy fat balance also...
Why Your Patient’s Stress May be Affecting Her Sexual Function
The holidays are in full swing! In today's video we're going to talk about why stress can be so detrimental to your patients' and clients' sexual function. Click on the video below to enjoy today's science lesson on stress and sex... I hope you enjoyed the video!...
Turkey Tortilla Soup
Happy Thanksgiving! We're so grateful to have you as a part of our IWHI community! Today is the perfect day to celebrate with an easy and tasty recipe to help you use all of those turkey leftovers. What are you grateful for this year? Good friends? A loving...
How To Lose Weight if You Struggle with PCOS
If you’re struggling with PCOS, every time you see your doctor she’s probably telling you to lose weight. You’re thinking to yourself, “I would love to lose weight, but I have no idea how! I have tried everything, and nothing has worked so far!” You’re at your...
Does Eating More Dairy Lower Your Risk for Endometriosis?
In a recently published study in the American Journal of Epidemiology, reviewing data from the Nurses Health Study II, the authors found that women who consumed more dairy foods – more than three servings per day, were 18% less likely to be diagnosed with...
Is There a Link between Candida and Pelvic Pain?
Your new patient comes in with complaints of vulvar, vaginal or pelvic pain, reporting that "just before all of this started, I had several yeast infections..." She goes on to say that the yeast may or may not have been confirmed, but she was treated with anti-fungal...
Liver Detox: An Essential Piece of the Pelvic Pain Puzzle
Do you suffer from ovarian cysts from PCOS, or painful endometriosis? Is the week before your period unusually miserable? Does your pain sometimes even cause you to miss work? I have had lots of questions coming in this week about how to use food to calm extreme...
Aloe Juice for Digestion and Chronic Pelvic Pain
Today I'm digging deep into the research to answer one of my reader's most burning questions.... "Will drinking aloe juice help my digestion and pelvic pain?" Struggling with pelvic pain related to endometriosis, or another form of gynecologic pelvic pain often...
The Feminine Model of Healthcare: My Vision for Healing Women’s Healthcare
My work is about healing women’s pain – the literal, physical pain that comes with a woman’s periods, that comes from a pelvic pain condition like endometriosis, PCOS, vulvodynia, or bladder pain syndrome. I care about the pain that comes with pregnancy, and from...
The Power of Hope and Letting Go of Control
We are officially driving our realtor crazy. We are moving back to Houston, again. I have surrendered to the heat. I have joyfully embraced the idea that we will be back among dear friends and family. I have found schools for both girls and agreed to speak at a...
What is PCOS? Is it painful? Can functional nutrition help?
PCOS is another common hormonal imbalance that can cause pelvic pain and bladder pain, often causes painful and/or irregular periods, and is one of the most common causes of infertility. PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. For reasons that are largely unknown,...
50 Ways to Lower Your Stress
You know from reading this blog that your stress hormone level impacts your pelvic pain by messing with your hormone balance. Stress can impact your pelvic pain in other ways too like creating tension and spasm in the pelvic floor muscles, contributing to leaky gut...
Top 10 Easy Tips for More Energy, Less Pain, and More Happiness
While most of you are well aware of my philosophy for health. The summary is that it’s key to shift your energy from stress to nourishment. More sex, more healthy food, more connection, more creativity, more mature, more laughter, and more hugs. While many of you...
How Can I Kick My Cravings for Sweets, Bread, and Pasta – Part 2
Last week we talked about how when your brain is starving for certain nutrients, it can create a lack of very important neurotransmitters that help you feel calm, sleep well, and tolerate pain better. I also explained some strategies for adding those missing building...
How Can I Kick My Cravings for Sweets, Bread, and Pasta – Part 1
Kicking the sugar and bread habit? This is the #1 question that I am asked daily by clients, family, friends, audiences, interviewers, and even random people that I meet at parties. It seems like everyone in America, and every other western country is addicted to...
How Can I Kick My Cravings for Sweets, Bread, and Pasta – Part 3
Over the past 2 weeks, we have been discussing the reasons and the science behind your carb and sugar cravings. We have discussed the connection between starving your body and brain of vital nutrients and carb cravings, and we have discussed the difference between...