I know a lot of women feel awkward talking about their periods and pooping isn’t the sexiest of subjects, but as a women’s health dietitian menstrual cycles and bowel movements are just another day at the office! You deserve to feel good in your body all month long and not talking about anything that gets in the way of that is only a disservice to women. Let’s take a step towards breaking the stigma and talk about the period poops today!

Sharing about the importance of women's mental health when it comes to fertility, pregnancy and postpartum health, and being your own advocate.

You deserve to be happy and feel good in your body. The people around you deserve to have a happy healthy you in their lives. If you’re ready to change your life and heal your burnout but don’t know where to start, here are two books, I trust, love, and recommend to my clients. They will help you on your journey to feeling empowered and healing your body from burnout for sustained energy, regulated hormones, and stable mood.

Cortisol is the hormone that helps your body run away from a bear or give you super human strength when you need to act quickly in times of acute stress. It also regulates our sleep and wake patterns. We need cortisol to show up daily - at the right time and in the right amount. Problems arise when we’re constantly in panic mode about how the eff we’re going to get everything done, and done perfectly by the end of the day.

Today, I’m sharing my go to 💚green smoothie recipe for regulating hormones. I love it because it is full of magnesium, antioxidants, probiotics, and omega 3s. The protein and fat provide balance that helps you stabilize blood sugar and keep you fuller longer. It’s also a great source of fiber that feeds good bacteria in the gut that supports immune function, mood, & hormone balance.

Here are five share-worthy podcast episodes for women’s health and wellness that I enjoyed and I think you will to! Listen and let me know what you think.

Understanding your cycles is one of the first and most powerful steps you can take in feeling truly confident in your body. If you want to harness that power, you need to understand your hormonal shifts so you can learn to honor them with nutrition and self care practices that support your systems.

If you are interested in diving deeper into this concept, here are three books I trust, love, and recommend to my clients on their journey to a better period and hormone healing for sustained energy, stable mood, and manageable PMS.

Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office and felt unheard? Worried you were taking up too much time? Downplayed your instincts because “they are the doctor?”

As women, we are conditioned that it is more important to be quiet, polite, and accommodating than it is to advocate for ourselves. I'm here to tell you to start speaking up and taking up space because that is some patriarchal BS!