Tired But Wired: The Signs of Burnout Rest Can’t Fix
Tired But Wired: The Signs of Burnout Rest Can’t Fix At 49, I was ticking every box on the burnout list and telling myself I was “just busy.” After more than 30 years in corporate finance, I was brilliant at pushing through. Deadlines, back-to-back meetings, everyone else’s emergencies. I could run on fumes for months […]
Foods That Cause Inflammation: What Every Woman Should Know
Foods That Cause Inflammation: What Every Woman Should Know For years I thought I was eating pretty well. Salads for lunch, “healthier” packaged snacks in the pantry, a treat most nights because I’d earned it. Turns out a lot of what I thought was fine was quietly working against me the whole time. I’ve talked […]
Anti-Inflammatory Foods List: 20 Foods to Eat Every Week
Anti-Inflammatory Foods List: 20 Foods to Eat Every Week I used to think reducing inflammation meant a complicated meal plan and a pantry full of things I couldn’t pronounce. It doesn’t. It starts with knowing which everyday foods actually work in your favour, and getting them on your plate consistently, not perfectly. Food is a […]
Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Peri-Menopause & Menopause: What Actually Helps
Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Peri-Menopause & Menopause: What Actually Helps Nobody warned me how inflammatory peri-menopause and menopause would make my body feel. From about the age of 40, I started noticing some changes that I really didn’t like! At first it was just a niggle here or there, but soon, if I’m honest, it became […]
10 Things to Do Right Now to Heal Your Gut
10 Things to Do Right Now to Heal Your Gut If you read Gut Health and Inflammation: The Hidden Connection, you already know your gut is running the show more than you probably realized. So let’s get practical. No overwhelm, no perfection required. Just ten things you can start today. 1. Drink more water Not […]
Gut Health and Inflammation: The Hidden Connection
Gut Health and Inflammation: The Hidden Connection By the time I was 49, I had spent years bloated, exhausted, and blaming it on “just getting older.” Looking six months pregnant by 3pm most days. Turns out a big piece of that puzzle was sitting in my gut the whole time. Here’s what nobody tells you: […]
How Stress Causes Inflammation (And What To Do About It)
How Stress Causes Inflammation (And What To Do About It) For years I felt a sense of pride with how much stress I was dealing with, look at how much I can cope with, achieve, how much shit I got done. More on my plate meant I was kicking goals and was successful. I’d run […]
Signs of Chronic Inflammation You Shouldn’t Ignore
Signs of Chronic Inflammation You Shouldn’t Ignore You wake up tired even after eight hours of sleep. Your joints ache before you’ve even gotten out of bed. The bloating shows up no matter what you eat, and honestly you are so sick of looking 6 months pregnant at the end of each day! Yet somewhere […]
What Self-Care Actually Looks Like for Women | Why It’s Not as Simple as Booking a Massage
What Self-Care Actually Looks Like for Women | Why It’s Not as Simple as Booking a Massage We’ve stepped away from ourselves Self-care gets thrown around all over the place these days. Massages. Face masks. A “treat yourself” glass of wine after a long day. I mean, who doesn’t love a good massage? But the […]