You put your feet on the floor and it hurts. Not badly. Not enough to mention to anyone. Just enough that you take the first ten steps carefully, like someone considerably older than you are, and by the time you reach the kitchen it has mostly worn off. Your hands feel thick and stiff until […]
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October is Menopause Awareness Month, and one symptom that rarely gets talked about is pain. Maybe you’ve had the odd headache for years, but lately they come more often, last longer or hit harder. Or maybe migraines you thought you’d outgrown are back. Here’s the short answer: headaches often change during perimenopause, the years leading […]
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It is 3:40 in the afternoon and you are standing at the kitchen counter eating crackers out of the box. You are not hungry in a way you can explain. You had lunch. A good lunch, actually, a big salad, the kind you would describe to someone else as healthy. And yet here you are, […]
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You brought a list to your appointment. You had thought about it for weeks before you booked. Exhausted. Gaining weight without changing anything. Hair coming out in the shower. Cold all the time. Foggy. Flat in a way that is not quite sadness. Your thyroid gets checked. The result comes back normal. You are told […]
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The invitation arrives in June. A wedding, a cottage weekend, a beach day with friends you have known for twenty years. And somewhere between saying yes and finding something to wear, a quieter thought surfaces. What happened to my body? You have not changed how you eat. If anything, you eat less carefully now than […]
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It is 3:07 a.m. You are awake, again. The room is warm. The sheets are damp. Your mind has already started running through tomorrow’s list, and the harder you try to fall back asleep, the further away it gets. By July, many women have stopped expecting anything different. Sleep has become something that happens to […]
Midlife Sleep Disruption, Explained If you’re waking between 2–4AM—wide awake, mind on, unable to fall back asleep—you are not alone. This is one of the most common (and frustrating) experiences I hear from women in their 40s and early 50s. And while it can feel random… it’s not. There are real physiological shifts happening beneath […]
If you’re in your late 30s, 40s, or early 50s and feel like your metabolism has suddenly slowed down, you’re not alone. Many women notice that the strategies that once worked for maintaining their weight and energy no longer work the same way. You may be eating well, exercising, and trying to stay on track, […]
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Signs, Symptoms, Age & What Canadian Women Need to Know If you are in your 40s, building your career, raising a family, managing responsibilities — and suddenly your sleep, mood, or cycle feels different — you may be entering perimenopause. Perimenopause is the natural hormonal transition before menopause. It can begin years before your periods […]
Warmer and brighter weather have you wondering how you can improve your metabolism?! Join me for a 60 mins virtual workshop “Master your Metabolism,” to learn the strategies to do so. We will discuss how to optimize your metabolism, debunk myths, and learn assessment tools & strategies to improve your body composition. Slide into the […]
Would you like to: Increase your productivity? Move from overwhelmed to confident? Nurture a calm, centered sense of action? Then join us for a 4 week series, Mindfulness Mojo Mondays and put some calm energy back into your stride! Together we will: practice breathing techniques learn self-acupressure have time for personal reflection learn mindful movements […]
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Are you feeling uninspired, depressed, fatigued and overwhelmed? Having consistently seen a decline in my patients’ health, I have joined forces with my yoga teacher sister, Jennifer Tabrizi, to create a holistic, 10 week program. We believe in you! We know you can, and should feel inspired, energized, confident, and uplifted. We have created a program […]
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