When we talk about ‘hormones’ in the context of ‘women’, we usually just think, ‘those crazy female hormones that make us wildly psychotic every month before our period’. (Cue, PMS). But, there’s a whole other set of hormones that I’m referring to, when I think about how I healed my own hormonal picture. Stress hormones. ‘Crazy’ to ‘not crazy’. My...

There are MANY great things we can do for our health, and stress has the ability to override so many of them. And really, it’s not just STRESS that’s the problem. It’s the chronic constancy of the stress, that’s the problem. Our biochemistry is not designed for the unrelenting, long-term stress that we are living with in modern society.  The...

More than ever, women are experiencing imbalances with their hormones, and it’s having a huge impact on the way we feel in our day to day lives, including how we react to others, and how we treat ourselves. It’s virtually impossible to feel safe, at ease, grounded, and content with life when your hormones are out of balance.  It’s very...

1. Less rushing.  Honestly, this is my number one tip if you want to balance your hormones. It’s the starting point. You need to decrease the rushing, so you can actually breathe, so your nervous system can feel safe, so your adrenals can stop producing those stress hormones that are literally throwing everything out of whack. Rushing = stress = PMS + unhappy...

Back in my uni days, before I was even studying naturopathy, I had an innate interest in women’s health, and all things periods. I always chose the subjects on human reproduction and reproductive biology, because I was fascinated with the ability of women to grow, carry and birth new life. Once I started learning in depth about these miraculous processes,...

‘Everything we do and consume, echoes through us’. These words were delivered by one of my favourite yoga teachers as she counselled her 80 person class, many of whom were likely hungover (at 4pm on a Sunday), through 90 minutes  of warm power yoga. There must have been a few green faces in the room. She was reiterating that there’s...