Have you tried HRT and adrenal support and it hasn’t helped? You’re meditating in the morning and you have the perfect relaxing routine before bed but you still wake up multiple times a night?  In this episode I talk to Zenia who has tried all of these things and nothing has really helped.  I explain why what she’s tried so far hasn’t worked and what imbalances in her body that are affecting her sleep have likely been missed so far. Addressing these imbalances will also help with ADHD and anxiety so she won’t have to take strong drugs to bandaid her symptoms. We talked about acceptin ..read more

My client Maura came to me when she was struggling to fall asleep and would go days without sleeping if she wasn’t taking a sleeping pill.  She was taking Trazodone and Lexapro to sleep and feel calm.  She was a mom to 2 young children and she had to take a leave from teaching because she wasn’t sleeping.  Her goal was to sleep 7 hours a night, get off meds, and not feel anxious about sleep. By the end of our time working together, she achieved all of these goals!  "In 2 months I weaned off Trazodone. On average I’m sleeping 7-8 hours a night and feeling a lot better.” Her ..read more

Sleep should be easy and if it’s not it’s because you're missing one or both of the 2 things I’m going to talk about today.  You'll learn:  why all the things you've tried to sleep better haven't worked. the 2 things you don't want to ignore if you want to consistently sleep well without needing drugs or a ton of supplements How Gabby used this formula to go from 2 hours of sleep to 5.5-6 hours in 4 months When you follow this simple formula, you'll be able to consistently fall asleep easily, sleep 7-9 hours uninterrupted, and wake up rested with energy all day. Schedule a co ..read more

The reason sleep hygiene, random supplements and CBTi haven’t solved your sleep problems is because there are imbalances in your body that are keeping you awake. However, you can address some of these imbalances now before committing to the functional lab testing. There are 3 essential things to look at first if you aren’t sleeping well. I start here with all of my clients, even though we’re doing lab testing, and 100% of them need to address at least 1 of these essentials. These things are so important because they will continue to affect your sleep and keep your body out of balance.  In ..read more

What you’re thinking and doing when you can’t sleep could be making it worse! In this episode I’m going to share:  6 things you can do to help you relax so you can fall back asleep faster whether it’s at bedtime or the middle of the night, including, 1 supplement that can help,  And an important mind hack that will help you stay calm. And 3 things you may be doing that are keeping you awake even longer. This is an episode from a couple of years ago but I want to share it again because it has some invaluable tips that can immediately help you get more sleep. Schedule a consu ..read more

Is your mood up and down and you don’t like yourself when you’re grumpy? You can be irritable and not yourself, especially when you haven’t slept well. If you want to stop fighting with people, stop your racing negative thoughts, be a more enjoyable person to be around, like who you are and enjoy the good life you know you have, this episode is for you.  In this episode, I share my story of how I was grumpy with my husband and coworkers and how I changed it, the key to lowering overall stress in your life, and 3 things that are causing stress in your body that you don’t even know are ther ..read more

I know this may be hard to hear, but if you aren’t sleeping well, you have a higher risk of developing dementia. I’m not saying this to scare you. The good news is that some of the same imbalances that are affecting your sleep are also increasing your chances of dementia.  This is good news because when you correct the imbalances, you can sleep 7+ hours a night and reduce your risk of developing this scary disease. In this episode, I’m going to explain what those imbalances are and how to fix them.  You’ll learn: how lack of sleep can lead to dementia, Alzheimer’s and memory loss ..read more

If you can’t sleep, your gut isn’t healthy. Even if you take a probiotic and eat well and don’t have any digestive symptoms.  Almost all of my clients have something going on in their gut that is affecting their sleep. For some people it’s 90% of the cause and for others it’s much less, but it’s one of the pieces of the puzzle for everyone.  In this episode I’m going to tell you about my client David who had gut and sleep issues for a long time even though he was a health nut and did a lot of meditation. I’m going to tell you what his test results showed were causing his sleep issues ..read more

If you already live a healthy lifestyle and have tried everything to sleep better and maybe your doctor even told you that you think too much or it’s because you’re anxious, you’re just like Abraham who I talk to in this Sleep Breakthrough episode.  We talked about his sleep, what he’s tried so far, what is causing his sleep issues and then I gave him 3 things to work on now to help his sleep. Sign up for a free Sleep Breakthrough call that will be aired on this podcast! You’ll fill out an assessment and then we’ll meet on Zoom and I’ll tell you 3 things to do right now that will have t ..read more

Crossfit, training for a half marathon and hot yoga could be ruining your sleep instead of helping it! In this episode, I explain: what strenuous exercise does to your body and how it affects sleep how we can get addicted to exercise what happens when you get to the point where you can’t tolerate exercise how to exercise to support sleep instead of sabotaging it In case you love your workouts and this is triggering you, I want to add that this isn’t forever so keep listening. Once you’re sleeping well again, you can get back to harder training.  If you love exercise and want to ..read more