Are you normal? I don’t know about you, but I’m anything but normal LOL. Where am I going with this? hang with me a minute. Yesterday I had to have oral surgery and the staff kept telling me that I’m like everyone else, my anxiety was normal around there during my pre-op appointment and phone.. Read more →
Is Depression caused by thyroid dysfunction? This was an interesting article on the Holtorf site. I know for myself and many clients I work with, this has proven to be true sadly…… Attention NEEDS to be paid to proper thyroid function testing and interpretation. — “Depression affects nearly 19 million American adults. For anyone who.. Read more →
When discussing lack of progress, and hormone dysfunction I have had more than a few people ask me how to get their doctors to listen to them when they know something is wrong but all tests are coming back “normal” (usually it is incomplete testing and the doctor refuses to dig further). Sometimes you can’t… Read more →
How big is your why? Remember what it is! Here’s the thing. Dieting has some degree of metabolic and hormonal consequences. Every single time. Of course we try to always minimize these negative adaptations (compared to the extreme methods that some people take out there which come with heavy consequences) by taking a sane, evidence-based.. Read more →
Is it an excuse, or is it a reason? Do you know the difference? Some of you may feel butt-hurt about this post. If you do, then you need to re-read it until you recognize the behaviors you are allowing to sabotage your goals. Let it really sink in here, and have an honest conversation.. Read more →
Your results are normal? What’s normal? Here is a little diagram I drew to show what I often explain to clients about thyroid hormones and testing. Many drs out there just run a TSH and what you can see below is why that is not telling of actual thyroid dysfunction or proper testing. TSH A.. Read more →