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Metabolic Chaos™: What It Is and Why It’s Sabotaging Your Health

What Is Metabolic Chaos™?

If you’ve ever felt like your body is falling apart for no clear reason—despite normal labs and short-term relief from meds—you’re not imagining things. You may be stuck in a state of Metabolic Chaos™.

Metabolic Chaos™ is what happens when the body’s natural communicati...

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Understanding Oxidative Stress: The Cellular Chaos Behind Chronic Illness

If you’ve ever left a cut apple on the counter too long and watched it brown, you’ve witnessed oxidation in action. Now imagine that happening inside your body—every single day. That’s oxidative stress: an internal tug-of-war between free radicals and your body's defense system, and spoiler alert—it...

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The Triage Method: A Nurse’s Strategy for Simplifying Your Health Journey

"How to Prioritize Your Health for Better Wellness and Energy"

In my years as a critical care and trauma nurse, I took away one foundational skill that is paramount in how I operate in my functional wellness practice and even how I approach problem-solving in my daily life. In the fast-paced and of...

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The 7 Best Essential Oils for Hormone Imbalance

So you’re feeling pretty miserable during a certain time of the month, or you’re transitioning into the next stage of life and are feeling a bit out of “whack”. There is a list of symptoms that commonly occur to women during this time, but you can rest assure that you are not alone and there may be ...

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Six Reasons To Use Clary Sage Essential Oil For Hormone Imbalance

If you are looking for an essential oil to help with hormone imbalance, especially with PMS and menopause, Clary Sage is at the top of the list. First, let us explore where this powerful essential oil comes from.

Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea), is steam distilled from its flower buds and leaves. It is...

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The Power of Human Connection and Why it is So Important

When talking about holistic health and wellness, there are 5 building blocks in embracing complete wellness within the “whole self,” physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and Mental. In this article, we will focus on the importance of the social aspect and why human connection is important in main...

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What is the Microbiome and Why is Gut Health so Important?

The terms “healthy gut” and “Microbiome” have become a hot topic in recent years. There has been a lot of research and studies surrounding this part of our body, but what is the microbiome and why is gut health so important for our overall health and wellness?

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What is Seasonal Affective Disorder: 10 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

SAD, otherwise known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, is a type of depression that occurs during the change of seasons, primarily late fall into winter, lasting until early to mid-spring. This is a very real disorder, and I am very well versed in it, as I have suffered from it for years. The problem ...

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Why is Sleep so Important for our Health and Wellness? Plus 10 Tips on how to get Some Sleep Tonight

Let’s talk about sleep. We are a society that keeps going going going and getting adequate rest has fallen to the bottom of the priority list. We have considerably decreased the number of hours of sleep that we’re getting so that we can “fit it all in.” As a result, the number one complaint that Ame...

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Understanding Natural Product Lingo. What Does It All Mean?

So, you want to be more conscious about the ingredients that you are using on your body. Or, you might be experimenting with making your own skincare products. You have noticed that there are some terms that you may not be quite clear on their meaning. What is natural product lingo and what does it ...

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Is Stress Really Bad for your Health?

We have all heard that stress is not good for our health, and the World Health Organization has deemed stress the epidemic of the 21st century. Called the “silent killer.” Even though we have heard this time and time again, we may not take the time to understand what the big hoopla is all about full...

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Cortisol Imbalance and Adrenal Fatigue; What’s the Relationship and the Symptoms?

Most of us have heard of cortisol, perhaps referred to as the stress hormone, but it is also an essential hormone needed by the body to produce energy. Cortisol is released when our body is in a fight or flight, along with other hormones, such as adrenaline and noradrenaline. Still, it also has a na...

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