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Oh girl if you knew what was in store for you. Life won’t always look like it does now. It wasn’t until age 21 that I was really beginning to be awakened to the power I had inside of me. To heal, change, grow, evolve and become whomever I wanted to be. I was playing college basketball and had just finished my last season of softball ever (yes I was a two-sport college athlete for just two years). I was starting to get curious about why I wasn’t getting a period and why I still had some annoying breakouts on my face and back. I was asking my doctor questions and not getting answers. I decided to try hormonal birth control for just a few months. Noticing my skin getting softer and clearer was interesting, but still I felt internally off. “There had to be another way”, my intuition was screaming at me to get off the synthetic hormones and to the root cause.
I listened, stopped taking the pills and committed to natural alternatives. Unfortunately my skin blew up from the “androgen rebound effect”. It was far worse than it had originally been. To make matters worse I had another intuitive push to leave a relationship I had been in for two years at the time and focus on myself. Annnnd COVID was just starting so I was forced to leave college and move home for a few months. The only good part of the pandemic was I had a lot of time alone, to study, research and focus on myself.
I tried a lot of things to clear my skin and regain my period. Spent a lot of money and time. I don’t want you to have to do the same thing. Whether you had a not-so-fun reaction to hormonal birth control or are on it but you think you could have PCOS or just don’t feel like your most vibrant, confident, sexy self…I see you. And I’m here to help you out in whatever capacity I can.
Because while yes, the supplements, foods and daily habits matter. But you know what else I did. I create a vision of who I wanted to become and how I wanted to feel. I tapped into that energy far before I was her. I took bite-sized, small steps that could actually move the needle forward. And I found guidance from people who understood what I was going through.
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These topics don’t just apply to the ladies seeking to clear skin, regain a period or optimize fertility. These topics actually apply to most all of my clients including those on a weight loss journey, managing autoimmune conditions or healing the gut. Many root causes overlap.
Rather than focus on which hormones are “out of balance” by testing hormones FIRST (which is what I did), we want to focus on creating a safe, calm, nourished body. This will impact all the upstream factors that influence your hormonal systems as a whole.
Check out the Blood Sugar Workshop where I walk through key topics in the Happy Hormones Nutrition Guide.
Join me on the Unfiltered Nourishment Podcasts where I break down complex nutrition science and functional medicine topics + share others healing journeys.
Ready to start feeling more in touch with your body and menstrual cycle?
My How-To-Guide gives you an overview of what to prioritize in the 3-6 months prior to coming off hormonal birth control to support optimal health. At Unfiltered Nourishment, we aren’t about shaming anyone for using medications like birth control, we just want all women to feel empowered with options. If birth control isn’t feeling right for you or you simply want to see how you feel off of it, this guide is for you.
What does nourishment really mean?
When all three areas are prioritized, we can see massive transformation.
Food is sp much more than just calories. Vitamins, minerals, fiber, tastes, textures and the rituals we create with foods and drinks impact the bioenergetics of food.
Fitness is the best tool to level up our mental and physical health. However, fitness should not be used as the only was the calm our minds. This can actually lead to an imbalance in our nervous system (shown through markers such as Heart Rate Variability, menstrual health and even muscle recovery).
Frequency refers to our energetic vibration. Our frequency is impacted by the mental, emotional and spiritual practices we integrate into our lives. These can help us build self-awareness, allowing us to commit to more challenging goals and become aware of which habits are no longer serving us.
Before we even get to functional labs, I encourage you to learn and implement the protocols from the three guides below. This is what we focus on in Tier 1 of the Flourish Membership. Learning and taking action to create change in our lives is an on-going journey, but getting started can feel like the hardest stage!
Why eat for hormones? How is this different than normal “healthy eating”?
When it comes to nutrition, there really is no one-size-fits all approach. Much of my work as a registered dietitian has been helping both pre-menopausal women (meaning still menstruating) and menopausal women learn how to eat in a way that supports their endocrine systems. Unfortunately, years of misinformation and the dieting industry promoting low-fat, low-calorie diets has been extremely harmful for women’s health outcomes. Lack of micronutrients in our food supply has also played a part. Pioneers such as Weston A Price Foundation and women’s health experts like Dr. Lara Briden and Dr. Christian Northrup have been sharing how to eat whole-foods, nutrient dense diets for years now. In my coaching I share principles from these timeless resources as well as the most current, nutrition research on women’s health.