There isn’t a body system that stress doesn’t impact, and in this episode we dive deep into how stress impacts the pelvic floor and contributes to pain and urinary symptoms in women. I’m joined by Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist and the ownerr of Body Co. in Toronto Melanie Sutherland and we share our experiences working with…
When women trust themselves to make nutrition decisions something magical happens. She releases herself from the shame and guilt of a single cookie and yet learns to listen to her own hunger cues and needs more intimately than the traditional “dieting” approach to weight management. In this episode I’m joined by Dr. Sylvi Martin, a…
Your thyroid is responding moment to moment to your life, nutrition and your body’s needs and dieting (especially when women restrict major nutrients) puts stress on this vital metabolic system. In this episode I interview Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur, a Naturopathic Doctor who focuses on thyroid and metabolic health in women and whose mission is to…
When Dr. Whitney Young suddenly became a widow with two young children she realized that her health needed to be a priority in order to show up as the parent she truly wanted to be. She now works with families and moms to work through hard moments, phases and years to encourage resilience, self care…
Your period shouldn’t keep you housebound because of fears of bleeding everywhere. In this episode I walk you through the underlying causes of heavy menstrual bleeding, and how the causes shift as a woman ages from adolescence to perimenopause. I talk about my frustration in the literature about heavy bleeding (it actually says we aren’t…
Do you feel like you own your time? Do you feel like you’re on autopilot? Often a health change is presented to women as a complete life overhaul with a focus on an intense burst of change (which is often met by relapsing back to the beginning) rather than a focus on daily practices. Health…
Why do so many diets fail? Why do women experience weight regain after loss? This complicated topic can be attacked from many angles, and in today’s episode we look at the behaviours that change a woman’s likelihood of having long term sustainable weight maintenance after an active phase of weight loss. There are daily habits…
One of the greatest challenges we face in dealing with a woman’s health as she approaches menopause is that while at the same time she experiences the greatest hormone transition in her life, she is also aging. This phenomenon often means that we blame ageing for many of the changes that women experience between 45…
The demand placed on women during these changing times will have lasting health consequences that we are just starting to get a glimmer of. With increased demands at work, home and the global stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, women (who were already burning the candle at both ends) are under an immense pressure to ‘rise…
In this week’s episode sexual health educator and disruptor Dr. Jordin Wiggins ND and I rip off the bandaid to talk openly about the health risk of low sexual function and libido in women. Jordin describes why sexual function should be a priority for women, why ‘low hormones’ isn’t the answer and why we shouldn’t…
