When the Season Everyone Loves Wears You Out

When the Season Everyone Loves Wears You Out

Most women don't come to me and say summer is difficult. They ask why they can't just enjoy it like everyone else. If the heat wears you down more than you let on, and you have started to wonder what is wrong with you, the answer is nothing. Here is what your body has actually been carrying.

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Why "Natural" and "Organic" Don't Mean What You Think

Why "Natural" and "Organic" Don't Mean What You Think

If you've ever stood in the grocery store aisle, read the label a few times, and still walked away unsure, that's not a failure of attention. Most of what we've been handed to measure food by was never designed to answer the questions we're actually asking. The NOVA food classification system changes that. Not calories. Not grams. What was actually done to this food before it reached you.

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Movement Was Never Supposed to Be a Punishment
Women's Health, Movement, Functional Medicine Shannon Roper Women's Health, Movement, Functional Medicine Shannon Roper

Movement Was Never Supposed to Be a Punishment

Most of us have called ourselves lazy at some point. Not because we don't care, but because we keep trying to push through something that doesn't feel right. This post explores why intense movement can work against women whose bodies are already under stress, and what it looks like to choose movement that heals instead.

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Boundaries Are Love in Action

Boundaries Are Love in Action

Most of us were never actually taught what boundaries are. We learned expectations, we learned to keep the peace, and we learned to give. What we didn't learn was how to recognize what we needed and say it out loud without guilt. This post explores the biology behind what happens when we don't have boundaries, and what becomes possible when we finally do.

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