I mostly wept my way through writing this update. And I can now say, with confidence, our cookbook is coming – pretty soon.
We now know that ditching gluten can help resolve the painful symptoms of endometriosis. When the most common treatment is surgery and giving up gluten is profoundly less invasive, the question becomes: why not try ditching gluten?
Avoiding sugar seems straightforward until you realize how foods that aren’t labeled “sugar” can act like sugar in the body. But you don’t have to give up sugar for good.
Our programs aren’t “weight loss programs,” but our clients typically lose weight. Why? Because we work with people to improve their health, which typically results in…weight loss.
I’ve chalked this quality in myself up to quirkiness. Or introversion. Realizing that it is a message from my adrenals was a big wake-up call.
Are grains categorically bad for everyone with autoimmunity? New research is showing that true whole grains, when prepared properly, improve the health of our gut microbiome. Yes, this flies in the face of everything we’ve been told.
Positivity, such as joy, enthusiasm, excitement, serenity, gratitude, inspiration, love, interest, and pride, brings about what Dr. Barbara Fredrickson calls an “upward spiral of lifestyle change.” And lifestyle change is what’s required for managing ANY chronic health condition.
Only one in six people who are overweight report maintaining a 10 percent weight loss for at least a year after a calorie-restrictive, hunger-inducing diet. But there’s good news – there’s a process that involves losing weight WITHOUT being hungry all the time.
I enjoy pulling the veil back on the coaching process, but I also like writing about it because it reminds me not to always default into “expert + explainer” mode, especially when a client says they want to dive into a pack of Oreos.
There’s an emerging awareness that endometriosis is caused or exacerbated (or both) by an autoimmune attack on the body.
