
Why being a woman is so exciting
"Being a woman is exciting because we don't know what mood we'll be in next or for how long." -Unknown When I first found that quote, I thought it was funny, but I had no idea how much it would resonate. After more than three months, it's still the only thing I've...

Why eating healthy feels so damn hard
Do you ever find yourself eating really well one day and then finishing off a bag of crisps the next? Ok ok, maybe you prefer sweet over savory and you go for the cookies or the ice cream instead. You have those few moments to disconnect from the troubles of the day,...

Salted caramel or salty tears?
Do you like chocolate? If not, feel free to skip this blog post as you'll probably struggle to relate. Just kidding! But seriously, I'm a serious chocolate fiend. Which is one of the reasons why I include raw cacao in my smoothie every morning and keep a stash of...

A few things that happen when you don’t meditate
So I'm guessing you've heard about all of the great things that happen when you start meditating, right? A sense of calm, lower stress, greater creativity, glowing skin . . . the benefits run deep. But what about what happens when you DON'T meditate? Last Tuesday I...

Love Your Liver for Greater Fertility
If I asked you what the most important organ was for women's health, what would you say? The uterus? Maybe the ovaries? It may come as a surprise, but according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, it's the liver. And when you consider that the liver is actually our...

Drink Up, Ladies! Water Is Key for Fertility and Hormonal Balance
We’ve all heard it a million times, haven’t we? Eight glasses of water a day for optimum health. When I was younger I always associated drinking water with weight loss, detoxes, and the oh so coveted clear radiant skin. Truth be told, hormonal balance never even...

Boost Your Fertility with a Good Night’s Sleep
"Good morning, my love. How did you sleep?" That’s typically the first question that my boyfriend asks me in the morning and my answers vary between . . . “Alright, I guess.” “Ufff. I only got a few hours.” Or, “Who needs sleep?” And the answer to that last question...

Ten Takeaways from It Starts With The Egg
If you haven't heard, It Starts With The Egg by Rebecca Fett has been hailed as a life-changing book for women who are trying to conceive. In fact, I think it should be required reading for any woman who wants to be a mother some day, no matter how far off in the...

Five Ways Every Woman Can Mother Herself
In a recent Instagram post, author and spriritual guru Gabrielle Bernstein announced her long-awaited pregnancy by saying that she had finally become a mother by learning how to mother herself. This is something that I have always thought should be at the center of...

Time for a Break?
A few months ago I was talking with a client about her options for moving forward on her fertility journey. She had had her first child five years prior without any trouble, but the second time around was proving to be a bit more of a challenge. Despite two years of...