• The Postpartum Health Risk That Nobody Talks About (Postpartum Thyroiditis)

    The Postpartum Health Risk That Nobody Talks About (Postpartum Thyroiditis)

    When my son was about 4 weeks old, I started noticing pain while swallowing.  It wasn’t the usual type of sore throat, on the inside by my tonsils and tongue. Instead, it felt like a big sore lump at the front of my neck. It was tender to the touch (especially when his little…

  • Basal Body Temperature 101 (How to Track Your Cycle)

    Basal Body Temperature 101 (How to Track Your Cycle)

    The two most common questions I get about women’s health are with regards to contraception and its opposite, getting and staying pregnant. There are so many birth control options out there (with risks/benefits to each) and so many conflicting pieces of advice for women who are trying to become pregnant. Amid that sea of…

  • Estrogen Dominance (what it is and what you can do about it)

    Estrogen Dominance (what it is and what you can do about it)

    Women’s health concerns tend to follow predictable patterns. In healthy women, cyclic changes in sex hormones throughout the month make it possible to track fertility—everything from ovulation, to an expected period, to optimal days for conceiving or avoiding pregnancy. In the same way, dysfunctional cycles tend to follow predictable patterns according to measurable imbalances…

  • 5 Ways to Balance Your Hormones, Naturally

    5 Ways to Balance Your Hormones, Naturally

    Hormonal balance is a buzzword in today’s wellness culture. For about $50, you can subscribe to anything from a “hormone balancing” workout, to a juice cleanse, to an expensive regime of supplements. But the only thing you can be sure about with these sorts of programs is that they are gimmicky and ineffective, and…

  • Female Fertility 101 (Hormones, Cycle Tracking, and Getting to Know YOUR Body)

    Female Fertility 101 (Hormones, Cycle Tracking, and Getting to Know YOUR Body)

    I find the physiology behind intuitive eating to be really fascinating. I love the concept of our bodies having a natural rhythm and an internal sense of regulation. Healing from my eating disorder and really committing myself to intuitive eating has been a really empowering experience for me. I know so much more about…

  • The Root Cause of Hypothyroidism

    The Root Cause of Hypothyroidism

    I was talking with a colleague a few weeks ago about functional medicine, and what that looks like in practice. “So, how would you treat someone with hypothyroidism, for example?” He asked me. My answer was far from simple, and that’s because no two cases of hypothyroidism are exactly the same. In the world…