Hungry all the time, rarely satiated, a ‘broken’ metabolism?
If you’ve noticed you frequently feel hungry, that your metabolism doesn’t seem to be working as well as it once did, or that you rarely feel satiated after eating, you...
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What is stress actually costing you?
Think back to the last time you felt truly relaxed. Can you remember how it felt? Now, contrast that with a moment of high stress – your heart racing, mind...
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The Pill—what you need to know
The combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP), commonly known as ‘the Pill’, is one of the most well-known prescribed medications. Yet, it is something that many women don’t feel fully informed...
Understanding progesterone
Progesterone is one of our key sex hormones and its name gives some indication of what it does in the body (think ‘pro-gestation’). Yet it plays a key role in...
All about the hormonal IUD (Mirena®)
The hormonal IUD—commonly known by the brand name Mirena®—is a small, plastic T-shaped device that is inserted into the uterus. It is considered a long-acting form of contraception as it...
Do you get panicky hungry?
Feeling hungry is uncomfortable—and it’s supposed to be. Our bodies are biologically wired this way so that we stop what we’re doing and search for food. This ultimately keeps us...
What are you really weighing?
Are you someone who jumps on the scales at every opportunity? In my 20 years of clinical practice, I have never weighed a client. In fact, if you’re a chronic...
Cortisol: the chronic stress hormone
The human body makes two dominant stress hormones. They are adrenaline and cortisol. Cortisol is our chronic stress hormone. In other words, we tend to make too much of it...
Hunger vs appetite: what's the difference?
When it comes to managing your food intake, hunger and appetite are two very different things. Hunger is the physical need for food whereas appetite is the desire for food....
How stress impacts your hormones
We all have moments of stress in our lives and our bodies are designed to cope with small bursts of it. However, in our modern society where the pace of...
Cortisol and body fat
In my years of working with women, many have shared that even if they eat like a bird and exercise like crazy—they still gain body fat. And according to the...
Are you experiencing thyroid troubles?
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits in your throat area. It makes hormones that play an enormous role in your metabolic rate as well as temperature regulation.Too often,...
Ageing and weight gain: is it inevitable?
Too many people are led to believe that ageing and weight gain go hand in hand. The thing is, if this was the case, everyone would put on weight as they aged...
Are you estrogen dominant?
Of the tens of thousands of women I’ve met, one of the more common hormonal patterns I see is estrogen dominance. This is where estrogen levels are too high in...
How stress ages us
How often do you feel overwhelmed by the everyday tasks in your life? When everything feels urgent or we perceive immense amounts of pressure in our daily lives, it communicates...
The highs and lows of cortisol
You might think only of cortisol in relation to stress or cortisone in relation to something that gets injected into injured joints. Your body makes both.
Could one of these less talked about hormones be at the heart of your health challenges?
When it comes to our hormones, we tend to focus on just a few. Our sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, get most of the limelight, followed closely by our stress...