You've heard it before: what’s happening to my hair? During menopause you may have noticed that your hair looks different. Or maybe you haven't noticed it, but your hairstylist has—and she's concerned. The good news is that you can do many things to make sure your hair looks great and feels healthy during menopause. Here are a few tips for managing your hair as you go through this new phase of life. Keep up with the basics. Shampooing and conditioning are essential for healthy hair, whether long, short, thin, or thick. You'll want to be sure you're using the correct type of shampoo and condit ..read more

Perimenopause is a stage of life that can be difficult for many women. It's when your hormones change, which can cause a wide range of physical and emotional symptoms. I want to preface this and say that my experience may not be the same as yours, but I also know that there are so many women who have been through these experiences and haven't had a chance to talk about them. Here are some things I wish someone had told me about dealing with perimenopause to ease into this new phase of life with grace and confidence. It's different for everybody. I wish someone had told me that perimenopause i ..read more

Perimenopause is a stage of life that can be difficult for many women. It's when your hormones change, which can cause a wide range of physical and emotional symptoms. I just want to preface this and say that my experience may not be the same as yours, but I also know that there are so many women who have been through these experiences and haven't had a chance to talk about them. Here are some things I wish someone had told me about dealing with perimenopause to ease into this new phase of life with grace and confidence. It's different for everybody. I wish someone had told me that perimenopa ..read more

Setting clear, realistic goals when it comes to losing weight and healing your hormones is the key to a thinner waistline, better sleep, less hot flashes and more energy. How can you make changes that impact how you can live a more vibrant mid-life?  Get strategic! Identify the problem. Is it your diet?  The stress of a demanding career or a demanding partner?  Are you part of the sandwich generation - taking on the responsibility of caring for your kids and your parents? Once you know what's holding you back from achieving your goal, it's easier to make changes. Set realistic ..read more

In your 40s and 50s, you're faced with the challenge of keeping your body and mind working properly. You want to stay in shape and be as active as possible. Plus, you might also have some nutrition-related health issues to deal with too. So how do you maintain a healthy weight as you get older? To eat well as you age, you need to shift focus away from weight and toward eating a quality diet. Here are some tips that will help you feel great and reach your ideal weight – without obsessing over it. Understand how your diet impacts your mind and performance. The best thing to do is to start by und ..read more

If you've been feeling like something's off in your body lately, chances are you could be suffering from a hormone imbalance. It is often easier to search for symptoms than the causes. The reason being that it is often harder to identify foods that cause hormone imbalance than the imbalance itself. People tend to realize the imbalance, such as too much estrogen or a low testosterone level afterwards, when their bodies begin showing signs such as weight gain and fatigue. By that time, we usually have eaten the foods that caused these imbalances in the first place. Time for an intervention. Here ..read more

You might have heard that people who are overweight just need to eat less and exercise more. You've probably even tried that yourself. And if you're like most people who try it, you probably didn't see much of a change in your body weight over the long term. It's not just a matter of calories in and calories out — it's also about your metabolism, hormones, inflammation, and mindset. There's a reason for this: eating less and exercising more isn't really the only way to lose weight — even though it's what most people think of when they think about losing weight. In fact, many different factors ..read more

We all experience stress from our jobs, schedule, and relationships. Some people succumb to it, while others rise above it. However you decide to deal with stress, there are still ways to beat it. I'm going to share four different methods that have worked for me. In the past seven years, I’ve had just about every stress trigger there is – and not the regular day-to-day stuff…   Death Multiple Jobs Lost Within My Household Sickness – Some Explained, Some Still Unexplained Business Launch 2020 2019 2018   Yet now, I clearly see the purpose in all of it.   &nb ..read more

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