Magnesium: What is it and why is it all the rage?

Magnesium: What is it and why is it all the rage?

Several months ago I did a training on period pain and what supplements I would recommend for certain period symptoms.  One of the supplements was magnesium for your period cramps and interrupted sleep! During the training, I didn’t specify which magnesium supplement...
Digestion Issues Before or During Your Period?

Digestion Issues Before or During Your Period?

It’s a week before your period and you are backed up. Like, you know you need to go, you can feel it in there, but nothing is happening. You’ve tried all the tricks too – drinking coffee, checking in on your fiber, talking walks, and doing the yoga stretches and...
Let’s Talk Stress: Acute Stress vs Chronic Stress

Let’s Talk Stress: Acute Stress vs Chronic Stress

One of my pet peeves lately is hearing the phrase “manage your stress”.  This phrase bothers me because it assumes that all stress is bad stress, but stress isn’t always bad that needs to be managed.  And some stress feels so big that it’s hard to manage with the...
Cardio for Regular Periods

Cardio for Regular Periods

A couple years ago, I started running consistently again.  In my later teens and early to mid twenties, I considered myself a runner. But after over training and under recovering, I fell out of love with running.  I picked it back up a couple years ago to add to my...
Struggling to See Results This Fall?

Struggling to See Results This Fall?

There’s two months left in the year and you’ve hit a wall. You felt like you were doing well over the Summer and even in the early Fall, but since then everything feels like a struggle. You still try to eat well, but you’ve noticed things have slipped. You still try...