by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Jun 15, 2020 | Hypothalamus
Have you ever wondered how to get a restful night’s sleep when you’re feeling stressed and anxious? Are you up at night, tossing and turning? Worrying about what’s going to happen? Waiting forever to fall back to sleep? Then, just as you do, the alarm rings and you’ve...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Apr 27, 2020 | Hypothalamus
Side effects from estradiol can be annoying but are controllable if you understand how your hormones work. Anytime you take exogenous hormones – meaning not what your body naturally makes, but hormones you take – you may experience some side effects. And that’s true...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Feb 29, 2020 | Menopause
Most women know that once they go through menopause that their sleep habits may change. Insomnia is an incredibly common symptom in menopause. As you’re going through the change of life, problems sleeping can start in perimenopause and extend all the way through...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Feb 29, 2020 | Hypothalamus
Did you know that your emotions are directly influenced by hormones? Let’s talk about how to feel your emotions and heal your emotional hormones. Every woman knows her hormones affect her emotions. As her hormones shift throughout her menstrual cycles so do her...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Feb 29, 2020 | Adrenal Issues
Adrenal fatigue is real. It’s when your adrenal glands become so overworked from chronic stress that they can no longer keep up with normal daily functioning. But treating adrenal fatigue naturally is a great option. The adrenals are small glands that lie on top (ad)...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Feb 6, 2020 | Autoimmunity
Here in California, we have two distinct allergy seasons. One in the spring and one in the fall. Spring allergies seem to begin when the first daffodil blooms and since the shift in weather, it’s getting earlier and earlier. This year the first daffodil bloomed on...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog, Mind/Body
As an Intuitive Integrative Nurse Practitioner, I do more than help my patients get their hormones in balance. When you’re hormones are out of whack, your whole life is out of whack. You can’t think straight. You’re moody. Your body aches. You can’t sleep. You’re...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Jan 31, 2020 | Hypothalamus
Studies show that birth control pills do shrink your hypothalamus. I find it really interesting. I’ve been working with the hypothalamus and hormone disorders for over twenty years, and I’ve seen many many women who have a long history of birth control...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Jan 31, 2020 | Hypothalamus
Having trouble sleeping? In order to help my patients with this issue, I’ve developed a step-by-step sleep training for adults exercise that helps! Perhaps YOU need to do some adult sleep training. I’ve been helping my daughter sleep train my infant...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Dec 27, 2019 | Menopause
Oh, yes, there are many gifts of going through the change. I’m not just talking about no longer fussing over periods or worrying about getting pregnant. I’m talking about soul gifts. The gift of menopause! It’s the challenge of our shifting hormones that becomes the...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Dec 27, 2019 | Thyroid Issues
If you have hypothyroidism, let’s talk about how to balance your thyroid hormone naturally. Your thyroid produces hormones that control your metabolism. If you’re tired, run-down, gaining weight, suffer from brain fog, low motivation, constipation, you may have...
by Deborah Maragopoulos FNP | Dec 5, 2019 | Mind/Body
Now more than ever, we are experiencing the growing pains of change. Yet we hang onto the old like a worn-out lifeline. It is human nature to fear change, yet change is part of life. What makes us sick oftentimes are old habits, old paradigms, old storylines that no...