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Stealth Fitness: An easy way to fit more movement into your day
I'm thrilled to share this guest post with you from one of my top students, Dr. Brianne Grogan, DPT. Now that I spend so much time writing and so much less time running around the hospital floors, this is an issue that's become very important in my own life. I just...
Nourish Your Wisdom, Share Your Voice, and Protect Your Thyroid
I’m thrilled to be a part of The Hashimotos Institute Summit this week. Are your patients walking around with elevated antithyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies (a clinical indicator of an autoimmune problem with the thyroid)? Do they even know if their their levels are...
Are Canned Tomatoes Ruining Your Patient’s Fertility?
Today I want to talk about a 2012 study that looked at how the toxin bisphenol A (BPA) affected fertility in women using in vitro fertilization treatments for infertility. This study measured the number eggs that were able to be retrieved during an IVF cycle, the...
I’ll Admit it…the Hobby Lobby Ruling Irritated Me Too.
There was a small firestorm of controversy on my Facebook page reflective of the media firestorm of controversy after the Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow Hobby Lobby to limit the contraceptive choices it will pay for for its employees who are covered by their...
Dairy Free Chocolate Mousse
Join me and my friend, Stephanie Merchant (aka The Nutrition Mom!) in my kitchen to make a delicious and healthy dessert! No cooking required! Do you have a favorite simple and nourishing dessert? Share it in the comments below...
Raw Mushroom Steaks
Welcome back to my kitchen! On this beautiful afternoon, my friend Stephanie Merchant of The Nutrition Mom, joined me to share her recipe for raw mushroom steaks. Summer is the best time for raw foods, or warm this dish up and serve it as a delicious, anti-cancer...
Delicious Creamy Dairy Free Tomato Soup (no cooking required!)
This week's video is from a series that my dear friend, Stephanie Merchant, and I recorded a few months ago. You can check out all of her delicious and healthy recipes at TheNutritionMom.com. We had an absolute blast cooking up some super simple, healthy food in my...
Is Gluten Sensitivity Real? It depends on what you believe.
What our patients believe is their reality, and there are mixed beliefs about gluten sensitivity. Stepping into our patients' reality is the first step to supporting their healing. This week, a new study on non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) was released. This...
What Happens When You Say, “Yes.”
Last week was one of the best, most interesting, and most fun weeks in my entire 15-year career in women's health. I had the great fortune of being invited to teach at three events in London and Ireland. I was one of the teachers involved in Jenny Burrell's...
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...