With each decade comes different hormonal changes and imbalances. In today’s show we are exploring these changes and why they occur and things that you can do to help yourself prepare for what is coming no matter whether you are in your 30’s or 40’s or 50’s. Send me a DM on the gram @wellwomennetwork Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don't want you to miss an episode. I'm adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you're not subs...
Jun 22, 2022•54 sec•Season 1Ep. 173
Today’s episode was a replay of a facebook live office hour that I did this week in my facebook group: Well Women 360. I asked the community on facebook and instagram to leave women’s health questions that they would like me to answer and I would answer them during the live. I hope you enjoy it! Send me a DM on the gram @wellwomennetwork Are you subscribed to my podcast? If you're not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don't want you to miss an episode. I'm adding a bunch of bonus epis...
Jun 16, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 172
From Episode 167 we learned that we can control our fulfillment, however, being unfulfilled seems to be the new normal. So many of us have our faces stuck in our phones that they’ve lost the ability to enjoy our lives. Don’t let that be you. “So, what do I do?” you may be asking. Well, you make use of the chemicals, hormones, and neurotransmitters in your brain. These natural substances work together to help out with certain bodily processes, but their other function is to regulate your moods. L...
Jun 01, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Ladies, stress is an evil demon. No one is immune to its effects and everyone will suffer different symptoms as a result of being stressed out. One absolute fact: Stress will affect your mood, your job performance, your relationships, and your health if you don’t create a proactive plan for dealing with this evil. So many of us busy working women consider a stress-filled life normal and that we don’t know how to live any differently. However, constant stress is a sure way to develop unhealthy ha...
May 25, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Progesterone is one of your female hormones that is produced by the ovary, placenta and adrenal glands. This hormone is mainly secreted by the corpus luteum after ovulation. It plays a very important role in your menstrual cycle and in the early stages of pregnancy. Several things can cause a progesterone deficiency in your body and on today’s podcast I will be sharing 4 of the those causes. Now mind you these aren’t the only causes but for the sake of keeping things simple and understandable we...
May 18, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 169
When spring arrives, a lot of us often want to reset our body and life. I want to encourage you to start or revamp this new healthier lifestyle, with either beginning or dusting off your current morning routine. The way your morning goes can make all the difference in your energy, focus, and mindset throughout the rest of the day. In today’s episode we will look at how to do this by incorporating some new things Such as: Journaling every morning Trying yoga or a morning exercise Why you should s...
May 11, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 168
From an early age, we’re led to believe that nothing is more satisfying than finding happiness. But happiness is so elusive and intangible. Plus, happiness is different for everyone, so how do you know when you find it? And is there something out there that can make you feel even better than happiness? Yes! It’s called having a sense of fulfillment. Yet, what is that exactly, and how do you get it? That’s what we’re here today to find out. So, listen to learn how you can stop chasing happiness t...
May 05, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 167
When it comes to health and wellness, it typically embodies physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral wellness. This is what makes up your “health” and overall wellbeing. With emotional wellness, it is all about your emotions, feelings, and many of your thoughts. This includes how you handle your emotions after various events in your life and your ability to bounce back from challenges, as well as how much negative things in your life affect you. Someone with good emotional health can handle t...
Apr 27, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Ladies, you can start taking action and improve your digestive health today. Last week we talked all about the importance of good digestive health. What good digestive health looks like and doesn’t look like. We talked about the most common digestive issues and what are things that you can do to help with them. And today I wanted to follow that episode and talk to you about 14 tips that can help you improve your digestive health. These tips can also help you identify areas of improvement for you...
Apr 20, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 165
It’s easy to take your digestion for granted. You eat, you digest, and you go on with your day. However, everything that you do impacts your digestion. And conversely, everything that you eat and how you digest it impacts your life. In Today’s show we are going to explore the importance of having a healthy digestive system and what that looks like. We also look at the top most common digestive problems and what causes them. Then we look at what are some common triggers that can cause digestive i...
Apr 13, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Cortisol is known as the stress hormone, and that may bring negative connotations to mind. However, cortisol is not all bad. It plays an important role in our bodily functions, aside from being part of a stress response. When cortisol is ever-present due to persistent and chronic stress, it causes damaging health problems. Today we are going to take a look at how cortisol works and when stress impacts your health. We will be talking about: What Does Cortisol Do? What Causes a Cortisol Imbalance?...
Apr 07, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 163
There are some hormones that strongly affect your mood and feelings, aside from also playing crucial roles in various other bodily functions. Serotonin is one of those hormones that makes you feel happy, stabilizes your mood, helps to promote our sense of well-being, and can help with weight loss. In today’s episode we are exploring this dual functioning chemical that plays such a vital role in your body and affects your overall health and wellness in a variety of ways. Send me a DM on the gram ...
Mar 31, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Ladies, your body goes through countless processes, day in and day out. Whatever you feel, emotionally and physically, your hormones have a part in it. Your hormones help regulate your body temperature, heart rate, metabolism, sleep cycles, reproductive cycles, and growth and development. However, with all the essential roles these chemicals play, they can also get out of balance. Too little or too much of any hormone can cause health problems. As a woman you are prone to hormonal imbalances, wh...
Mar 23, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 161
The body is fascinating, especially when we think of all the processes happening inside, that we don’t even know about or consciously control. You might know that you have hormones that can affect your mood, but did you know that there are many different hormones that trigger different and specific functions in your body? I talk a lot about hormones, but I don’t usually mention the glands that produce them. Simply put, we have various glands scattered in different parts of our bodies. Most of th...
Mar 16, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 160
When it comes to working on our wellness journey’s, all of us have different blind spots. These are basically aspects of ourselves that we aren’t fully aware of. They could be personality, traits, feelings, or actions. These blind spots can really put a damper on your health and wellness efforts. That is why it is so important to become fully aware of them. In today’s episode we’ll take a look at 7 of the most common blind spots that may be getting in your way of getting the results that you wan...
Mar 02, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 159
I don’t know about you but I have to work on good posture all the time. I’m tall and I know I have a bad habit of slouching. I try to sit on the edge of my chair most of the day to help remind me to sit straighter and if I do lean back I try to push my rear all the way to the back of the chair and arch my back. It’s silly I know but it helps me to remember. I also often find myself telling my patients to sit up straight on the exam table. I think most of us pay too little attention to how we car...
Feb 23, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 158
The other day I was sitting and having lunch with some girlfriends and one of my friends friends who has some health issues asked how can you manifest health when you don’t feel healthy or when you have an illness. My answer to her was short but I wanted to come here on the podcast and expand on the topic with ya’ll. We address these questions in today’s episode Does manifesting mean you ignore your current status? Can you manifest and still be spiritual? What does manifesting your health really...
Feb 16, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 157
I hope you love learning about this innovative breakthrough product that is giving women a choice in the area of contraception. If you have had a history of UTIs that keep coming back or other urinary tract problems, you should not use Phexxi. Additional safety and PI at www.phexxi.com . You can connect with Saundra here Twitter: @Saundraceo @Evofem Instagram: @saundrapelletierofficial @evofembiosciences LinkedIn: Saundra Pelletier Evofem Biosciences Facebook: Evofem Biosciences Send me a DM on ...
Feb 03, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 156
Creating new habits isn’t easy. Some habits are easier to form than others and everyone creates habits at different speeds. In today’s short episode I wanted to give you six simple hacks that will make it a little easier. Use them until you’ve internalized the new habit and don’t need them anymore. We talk about: Why scheduling them is important How making them public is a great way to keep us on track Why you should piggyback them onto a habit that you already have solidified Why making them co...
Jan 26, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 155
I was sitting with a group of friends recently and one of them asked, “Do any of you have find that it gets harder to make decisions toward the end of the day?” Sometimes when I get home, I’m too tired to figure out what to have for dinner or what to watch on TV. We all nodded yes practically at the same time. They all looked at me and said, “You’re the medical person, is something wrong with our brain’s?” Without thinking about it I said, “no it’s perfectly normal given the number of decisions ...
Jan 19, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 154
I had heard Marcy talk several times before on different podcasts, but the last time I heard her talk she left me amening everything she was saying. I was out walking and I practically ran the rest of the way home and DM’d her on instagram asking if she would come and have a conversation with me on my podcast and to my utter delight she said, yes!. Her utter conviction to helping women better their health through the use of CBD matches my own conviction to wanting to serve women with their healt...
Jan 11, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Let’s talk about forming new habits. We all have times in our lives where we intentionally want to change our behavior for the better and create new habits for ourselves. This could be getting in the habit of eating healthier and drinking more water. Or it could be moving more and taking the dog for a daily walk. Or it could be work related, or spiritual, or… There are so many areas in our lives that could be improved and made easier if we created new habits. Getting into the habit of doing some...
Jan 05, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Today’s episode is a year end round up of all the best things that we talked about this year and what we will be looking at bringing to you in the New Year. From Our family to yours the WWN team wishes you the Happiest of Holidays- See y’all in 2022 Episodes mentioned in today’s podcast: Not necessarily in order mentioned in the podcast 148: Ease the holiday stress with mindfulness 141: Blank pages to big changes: Everything you need to start journaling 140: 10 Sneaky ways to get more fruit and ...
Dec 15, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Whether you are trying to lose weight or simply avoid weight gain, the holidays can be a real struggle. So many of the parties, activities, and traditions involve food, and usually not healthy food. This may make it feel as if avoiding weight gain is a complete lost cause as you try to get through Christmas or Hanukkah and then New Years. Many Of my 1:1 clients have been asking and wondering the same thing, so you are definitely not alone. Luckily, all hope is not lost. There are still some ways...
Dec 08, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Having a hangover after a night of drinking is not much fun. In some cases, you knew the night before you were drinking too much but were having so much fun you kept going, and in other cases, you simply forgot to eat enough or drink water, and ended up with an accidental hangover. Regardless of the circumstance, it can be extremely miserable when you have a hangover. You often experience symptoms like a headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and weakness. They are symptoms similar to that of th...
Dec 01, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Ladies, the holidays can be a stressful time for anyone, and even more so if you are in charge of hosting a holiday party, having family stay with you, are experiencing financial restraints, or simply have a lot of responsibilities. All of these stresses can all take away a lot of the joy of the holiday season, no matter which holiday your family celebrates. The good news is that with mindfulness, you can learn how to let the unnecessary stresses go and live in the moment. Being mindful allows y...
Nov 17, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 148
You may have heard that laughter is the best medicine. While psychologists have determined that humor is a coping mechanism for stress, additional research into the science of humor and laughter has found that they are also good for your wellbeing. There are five key benefits of humor and laughter that can make you happier and healthier and we talk about all 5 of those in today’s show. How laughter supplies you with more oxygen How helps to reduce physical pain How laughter Strengthens your immu...
Nov 03, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 147
Ladies, tooth decay is considered to be a big public health concern, with at least 90% of children aged six and below experiencing some form of tooth decay. Many adults aged between 35 and 44 have experienced a toothache related to dental decay, and by the time many adults have reached the age of 74, 51% have lost all their natural teeth. With the advances in dental practices and techniques, why is it that experiencing poor dental hygiene, toothache from tooth decay and other oral diseases still...
Oct 27, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Talking with Carinne was like talking to a kindred spirit in the world of women’s health.She always knew that she wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps, as both an entrepreneur and an advocate for women’s health. After graduating university, she joined forces with her mother to develop the DivaCup, a modern redesign of a concept from the 1930’s. They started Diva on a shoestring budget from their kitchen table. Challenging a male-dominated industry, their product was often rejected as an un...
Oct 19, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Breast health is an essential part of a woman’s well-being. Your breasts go through many changes throughout your life, from puberty to pregnancy, to the perimenopause and post-menopausal stages. Many of these changes are related to hormones and their varying levels, but some changes may not be normal and can be a cause of concern. Millions of women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. In 2021, an estimated 281,550 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women i...
Oct 13, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 144
