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Hormones and Blood Sugar, How You Can Prevent a Hormonal Disaster!

July 2024 – Blood sugar regulation is key to hormonal balance and to your health! Blood sugar regulation plays a key role in all aspects of human physiology:
• Energy production and balance
• The tissue integrity of organs and blood vessels
• Hormonal balance (including hormones of digestion, stress, and sexual function)
• Brain health, mood, memory, and cognitive function

Lifestyle Changes do Not Happen Overnight Series: Sleep and Getting a Good Night’s Sleep!

March 2024 – Insomnia is said to be the most commonly reported sleep problem. While it is universally frustrating and even debilitating, the bio-individual “flavor” of your insomnia may vary. Insomnia can express as having difficulty falling asleep (onset), difficulty maintaining sleep (maintenance), and/or by experiencing sleep of short duration (despite ample time in bed for a full night of sleep) (Colten & Altevogt, 2006).

Stress Kills: How Can You Remain Healthy In A Stressful Life?

July 2021 – I am recognizing the past year for the stressful time it has been for me. Physically and mentally, it has been present the whole year. Did I do things to help relieve it? You bet I did! I walked more with our puppy, I read more books for recreation vs learning, I began light weightlifting again (this began as Physical Therapy for my shoulder after surgery, but it has reminded me how much I love to do this, and how relaxed I feel after!).

The Effects of Stress on the Body and Four Simple Ways to Cope

February 2021 – What are the effects of stress on the body? Let me paint a picture, it is 5 AM and your alarm is blaring. You rush to help the kids get ready for school, hit the gym to train for the triathlon you are doing in a few months, or go over your notes for the important presentation that is happening today at work. There’s barely time to take a shower and get out the door, much less eat breakfast. Traffic is crazy! Your phone is ringing! And it is only 8 AM!

Whew! Just reading about this typical daily scenario gets the heart racing. But it begs the question: