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Women's Health Unplugged

Oct 29, 2020

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 focuses on thyroid and metabolic health in women...


Oct 22, 2020

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, and thriving...


Oct 15, 2020

You don’t have to wait a year fumbling around trying to get pregnant. Many couples don’t satisfy the diagnostic criteria of infertility until they have been trying on their own to conceive for 6-12 months. This “wait and see” approach has unfortunately placed little value on the health of mom-and dad-to-be and...


Oct 8, 2020

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...


Oct 1, 2020

Who would have thought that a conversation about pelvic floor health could transform into a conversation about the bigger issues surrounding feminism and motherhood? In this episode, I’m joined by Chana Ross, a pelvic floor physiotherapist whose mission is to help women understand that they don’t have to “live...