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How I protect my family from the coronavirus
Do you know how to protect yourself and your family from contracting COVID-19? I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to protect yourself so I’d like to share with you my personal protection plan. My household has a unique situation - I’m living with someone...
How hormones affect your immunity against Covid-19
There has been a lot of news on this novel coronavirus dubbed COVID-19. I am not an epidemiologist, yet with my area of expertise in neuro-immune-endocrinology or your body’s internal communication, I can honestly say that your hormones definitely affect your immunity...
Are you having premenopause symptoms?
Premenopause is also known as perimenopause and it can last for up to ten years. So how do you know if you’re having premeopause symptoms? Premenopause symptoms can totally disrupt your life. And many doctors do not recognize your symptoms. So you can suffer for years...
Stress affecting your sleep? How to get back into balance.
Are you up at night – tossing and turning? Worried about what’s going to happen? Waiting forever to fall back to sleep? And just as you do, the alarm rings and you’ve got to get up. Or worse, you never fall back to sleep at all... We all know that stress affects our...
On the other side of Covid
I’ve been writing about surviving this pandemic from as soon as we locked down in mid March. I’ve been following the medical research, watching stats, trying to determine the best way to protect ourselves. But this virus has gotten in the back door.As I write this,...
Estradiol Side Effects
If you’re taking hormonal birth control or hormone replacement therapy, you need to know about the side effects of the most potent form of estrogen - estradiol. Side effects from estradiol can be annoying, but are controllable if you understand how your hormones...
What if you test positive for COVID-19?
I just consulted with my first coronavirus patient this week. Because we’re on lockdown this was a phone consult. I could hear his wife coughing in the background. So it became a family consult. Like most business people today, he’s a traveling man. And we traced back...
I’m not afraid of the Coronavirus
Woke up to more continuous rain. Now I’m not complaining – here in Southern California we need every blessed drop. But it does reflect the mood around these parts... Looks like we’re going to be social distancing in order to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. No more...
Why insomnia is so common in menopause and post 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...
Feel your Emotions, Heal your Hormones
Emotions are directly influenced by hormones. Every woman knows this. As her hormones shift throughout her menstrual cycles so do her emotions. And more so when she’s pregnant or going through the change of life. Estrogen is your joy hormone. Estrogen fuels your...
Treating Adrenal Fatigue Naturally
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. The adrenals are small glands that lie on top (ad) of the kidneys (renals). These amazing glands have...
How to treat allergies naturally
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...
How to thrive in 2020
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...
What happens when birth control pills shrink your 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 pill use with...
Sleep Training for Adults
Having trouble sleeping? Perhaps you need to do some sleep training. I’ve been helping my daughter sleep train my infant granddaughter. The baby sleep training system we’re using takes 14 days - because that’s how long it takes to set a new habit - for infants and...
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