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Why Your Weight Changes in PMS and Menopause

November 27, 2018 at 7:23 pm

Why Your Weight Changes in PMS and Menopause There’s no need to be alarmed if your weight fluctuates throughout your 28-day menstrual cycle. Before you bleed, there is an increased volume of blood flow that goes to the uterus. The uterus swells, along with other areas of your body. You might feel heavy… bloated from additional water fluid retention and notice you weigh a bit more. No worries, this is quite normal, unless the bloating is excessive. High progesterone…

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Pecan Pumpkin Pie (vegan + gluten-free)

November 16, 2018 at 12:22 pm

    The health coach in me is wanting to help prepare you mentally as we go into the holiday season… as this is a time that includes more access to sweets, spirits, and scrumptious family traditional meals.   What to prepare for mentally? Let’s combine the stress of travel, the changes in normal routine, those awkward conversations you might have about the recent election with your family which end up rehashing old childhood wounds of not being understood……

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Sweet Potato, Parsnip and Kale Soup for Estrogen Dominance

October 9, 2018 at 12:07 pm

A great way to support your colon during this autumn season is through eating fiber from root vegetables, which are abundant at farmers’ markets from autumn harvests. The sweet potatoes and parsnips in this “Sweet Potato, Parsnip and Kale Soup with Coconut Milk,” make eating enough fiber easy- peasy!   How Does Fiber Help Hormone Balance? Adequate fiber from vegetables in the diet has been shown in studies to decrease excess hormone levels, particularly estradiol, the form of…

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Beat Cravings with Cheezy Kale Chips

July 4, 2018 at 7:44 am

Maybe you crave salty over sweet, causing you to reach into that potato chip bag over and over… as cravings arise during stressful times and before your menstrual flow comes. If you know you’re a salt lover and want to amp up your snack choices, I invite you to make my favorite kale chip recipe! I have been keeping this one a secret for years, planning on saving it for my cookbook… however, I am bursting to share…

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Summer Beet Salad for Liver Support

June 13, 2018 at 3:33 pm

The liver plays a crucial role in hormone balance. A liver that is functioning well, will both manufacture and metabolize hormones. It is the ultimate detoxifier, filtering everything we put into our bodies from food, liquids, alcohol to even what we breathe in and absorb in our skin.  The liver breaks down excess hormones such as estrogen (preventing estrogen dominance) as well as testosterone, (preventing high levels that contribute to issues like PCOS). It does this by creating…

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Medicinal Chai Concentrate {Cooking Video)

May 2, 2018 at 10:43 am

  The key to hormone balance is in your digestion.   Blemishes, rashes, stomach cramping, irritable bowel syndrome, foggy thinking… These are just a few symptoms of what inflammation, poor absorption, and food sensitivities can create. …which eventually results in imbalances with the thyroid and sex hormones: estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone… …causing menopause issues, headaches, painful periods, and high estrogen related issues like endometriosis, fibroids, and PCOS…   My Chai Concentrate has anti-inflammatory herbs and warming digestion boosting spices that increase…

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6 Books to UpLevel Your Hormone Health

March 22, 2018 at 6:33 pm

As a Women’s Health and Nutrition Coach,  I ravenously read everything I can find on women’s hormone health, anatomy, and nutritional guidance, in addition to my certification program. I have highlighted my top 6 favorites below which share information on the menstrual cycle as well as peri-moonpause and moonpause. My goal is to empower you with direct tools to step into your Healer Creatrix.  If you are looking for methods that fuse both goddess empowerment and wise women…

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The Moon Cycle & Menstrual Cycle Connection

March 13, 2018 at 9:22 am

  Ever wonder why you and many women bleed on the new or full moon? Or perhaps you have wondered the energetic connection of bleeding on a particular moon phase…   Studies show that peak rates of menstruating (releasing the lining) and ovulating (releasing the egg) are on the New and Full Moon.   Why? To understand this, we must first understand the fluctuations of the moon phases and the menstrual phases.   The moon rotates around the…

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{Cooking Video} Vegetarian Chili for Blood Sugar Balance

January 10, 2018 at 12:33 pm

Ever wonder why we get terrible food cravings?   Or perhaps you have wondered how to support your progesterone levels? (Truth: cravings & progesterone levels are related!)   …low progesterone is a common factor leading to estrogen dominance related issues such as intense cramping, PCOS, fibroids, endometriosis, cysts, and even Moonpausal symptoms.https://youtu.be/aGnYHRVW0ww   Often I share about the role of Blood Sugar Balancing foods in balancing hormones like progesterone.   Today, I am giving you a full virtual demonstration…

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Yoni Egg: Magick of Manifestation

December 28, 2017 at 11:44 am

Sensuality. Connection. Shakti ACTIVATION. Manifestation.   These are the words that immediately flow into my consciousness when I think about what this exquisite feminine practice has done for me.   This practice has been around for millennia. In ancient China, women used the practice of inserting an egg shaped crystal made out of Jade into their yoni, the Sanskrit word for vagina that I find super juicy to use as part of my vocabulary.   Quite commonly known,…

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Chai Chocolate Macaroons

December 13, 2017 at 6:05 pm

When at home in our routines, it may be easier to find our grooves with eating balanced meal plans.  Yet, traveling and gathering with family and friends for big holiday meals that include decadent desserts, extra cocktails, and hors d’oeurvres, can throw off those routines and cause a bit of havoc on the gut-microbiota from additional sugars and carbohydrates that break down quickly  (think cakes, stuffing, and mashed potatoes from white potatoes). After the holidays are over, we…

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Sweet Potato Mash for Menopause: Reduce Dryness & Weight Gain

November 19, 2017 at 10:48 am

Menopause, or “Moonpause” as I like to call it, is an experience of great hormonal change, requiring specific nutrients to support changes in sex hormones. Two common symptoms of moonpause that women experience are vaginal dryness and weight gain, particularly around the middle. Moonpausal changes as well as society’s negative imprints of “losing your youth” can cause negative feelings toward this sacred change, which is truly a “Rights of Passage.” “Like pregnancy and childbirth, menopause is a time…

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Aphrodisiac Tonic with Lemongrass

October 16, 2017 at 2:22 pm

After 5 years of birth control contraceptive use, I realized my libido was absent… a symptom that many women end up experiencing from long-term birth control use. The birth control contraceptive can increase the production of Sex-Hormone Binding Globulin levels (a protein in your liver that binds to sex hormones like testosterone) which can lead to lower testosterone levels and eventually, low libido. The pill can actually change genetic expression within the liver to create more SHBG. Furthermore,…

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Top Five Foods that Decrease Menstrual Cramps

September 27, 2017 at 9:10 am

Severe period pain, or dysmenorrhea, that causes you to cancel work, lie in bed all day, or prevents you from doing your normal daily goddess activities is NOT normal. I reflect back to the days I was in college when I used to experience these pains. My diet was made up of typical dorm food: lots of pizza, sub sandwiches, bagels for breakfast, bags of chips with trans-fat, lots and lots of sugary cookies, too much beer and…

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Cooking for Hormone Balance {Video} at the Oregon Eclipse Festival

September 7, 2017 at 9:16 am

Blessings, Sisterhood Tribe. Many of you followed my journey on Facebook and Instagram out to the Oregon Eclipse Festival where I taught “Modern Goddess Cooking for Hormone Balance” with Nourishment Lab, the live cooking school.   I spoke alongside other traveling chefs, cooking school teachers from the Living Light Culinary Institute in Ft. Bragg, and company owners of superfood products. It was such a treasure of an experience, to be able to share the wisdom of the menstrual…

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