Mind-Body Health

Can Stress Cause Inflammation and Chronic Illness?

Short answer? Yes. But knowing that it does isn't sufficient. What we need to understand is how does this happen. First, a disclaimer:...

Stress About TTC Is Not a Mindset Issue

Stress is not a mindset issue. It is a physiological chain reaction to a threat that your body has perceived. In the case of TTC after...

Calming Down is Not the Same as Regulating

Calming down is not taking your fight with your partner into your meeting at work. Calming down is doing what you need to not yell at...

What's Missing in Your Plan for a Healthy Pregnancy After Loss or Preterm Birth

"What am I missing?" You know you want to TTC. You know your partner is ready. But your Type A, loves-to-plan brain is replaying your...

Trouble Sleeping? It's Probably Not a Sleep Hygiene Issue

Have you noticed that after your pregnancy after loss or preterm birth you've had trouble with sleep? You toss and turn at night, wake up...

Protecting Your Pregnancy After Loss or Preterm Birth

"I refuse to go through another rollercoaster in my next pregnancy," I heard her say on the phone as she sniffed back tears. "I refuse to...

Searching For a Crystal Ball For Your Pregnancy After Loss or Preterm Birth Usually Means This

If you're searching for a crystal ball to reassure you everything will be ok, it's not the uncertainty of the future that's...

Your Lived Reality Must Lead Your Care Plan

I developed an autoimmune disease after my son came home from the NICU & thankfully I was able to start treatment very quickly. "The...

When Your Health Feels Like a Bingo Game

Ever feel like your health feels like a bingo card? You just keep racking up more diagnoses, more problems. Just as quickly, you're...

Thoughts Are Too Slow to Be Reliable

If you've ever thought to yourself: "How do I calm down?" "How do I be more positive?" "What do I do when my thoughts run wild?" This is...

When Trauma Affects Hormones

I had been working with her for a few weeks, long enough to be able to hear her voice when I read her emails. "I've literally never in my...

Birthing After Birth Trauma

We have received so many messages and emails from so many of you who wanted to know if we would do a Birth After Trauma workshop (that...

The Connection Between Pregnancy, Inflammation, Stress, and Preterm Delivery

When you become pregnant, one of your body's immediate responses is to turn down your immune system so your body doesn't reject the...

What Functional Medicine Doctors Are Getting Wrong About Stress

Ok, I know it's not all functional medicine doctors, nor is it all doctors in general. But, when I saw a prominent functional medicine...

Can't Sleep? This Is Likely Why

I've been hearing from so many of you recently about sleep difficulties. Many of you have shared that even with your usual sleep aids,...

137: The Power of You - The Final Episode

With the technology boom, patients and clients now have access to the same information as medical professionals. As beneficial as...

Depression During a High-Risk Pregnancy or in the NICU May Not Be Depression At All

We know that women experiencing a high-risk pregnancy are at higher risk for antepartum depression than women experiencing a low-risk...

Psychosomatic Symptoms During Fertility Treatments, Pregnancy and Postpartum: What They Are and Are

"She told me my pain was psychosomatic," a client told me. "I got so angry. How dare she tell me my symptoms are in my head? I fired that...

What to Do When You Have Postpartum Complications

Postpartum depression is the number one complication of childbirth (more common than any physical health complications, including...

Why Trauma Release is Essential for a Healthy Pregnancy

Whether you are officially diagnosed with PTSD or not, a traumatic experience affects all of us on a physical level. Without adequate...