Are you in the blur of the postpartum period and wondering what the heck happened to your body? Maybe it’s decades after you gave birth, but you’re still suffering in silence? Having a baby is a joyous, life-affirming event. But to preserve the joy and not rain on the parade of expectant mothers, we tend […]
Painful Bladder Syndrome. Can it go away? It’s the million-dollar question. It feels like it’ll never go away. But we have good news. If you have Painful Bladder Syndrome, you know how it feels to lay in bed night after night, desperate to get a good night’s sleep—dreading another, painful, sleep-deprived day. Before the tell-tale […]
Are you a female with pain below your belly button? If the pain is in your lower abdomen area, where we usually feel menstrual cramps, childbirth contractions or ovulation pain, it could be pelvic pain. If so, you’re not alone. Many women feel pain in their lower abdomen at various points in their lives, often […]
How long have you put off dealing with your “leaky bladder”, or urinary stress incontinence (as it’s medically known)? Five years, ten years, decades? According to a National Association for Continence Survey, women wait 6.5 years from the onset of symptoms to seek help for their bladder control problems. Yet, the longer you leave it, the worse things […]
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and it kicks off the winter holiday season at our house. And while this year our celebrations are turning out to be very different from what we do traditionally, we are doing our best to embrace the changes and looking for ways to make meaningful connections with our family and […]
For many hundreds of years we have known the functions of three of the 4 basic drives in life-to eat, to drink, and to reproduce. But for fourth main biological drive—to sleep—has eluded science for years. Scientists asking “why we sleep” may have been asking the wrong question. All animals sleep and sleep persists with […]
So many things come to mind just at the mention of 2020. It is a year that all of us will look back on with a clear before and after. It is a transformative time on every level and I have not met anyone who has not been affected in some way or another. For some, staying at […]
It’s the end of February and we’re closing out the series on heart health. Today I want to share with you some information about sleep. You may have been hearing more and more about sleeps importance lately in the news. Here is what I have been learning.Sleep is an important part of our daily routine and spend about […]
The AHA recommends that “individuals consume a variety of fruits, vegetables, and grain products, especially whole grains; choose fat-free and low-fat dairy products, legumes, poultry, and lean meats; and eat fish, preferably oily fish, at least twice a week.”This sounds similar to the Mediterranean Diet that has been shown to be one of the best […]
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that we get 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity every week. Sounds simple doesn’t it. But here are the questions I am asked about this recommendation.What is considered moderate? According to the AHA moderate activity means that your heart is beating faster, but you can still carry on a conversation. In warmer weather or […]