Slow Isn't the Same as Stuck
If you've felt off for years, you might not remember what a good week feels like anymore, and that makes it a lot trickier to judge whether something's working. I get into why that is, what can be improving before you feel it, and what's worth bringing back to your provider.
Before You Decide It Isn't Working
I can't tell you the day you're going to feel normal again. What I can tell you is what's going on while you wait, and why a few weeks of nothing usually isn't the answer people take it for.
Tell Me the Part You Left Out
A lot of the women I see already have a reason for why they feel the way they do, and usually they're right about it. What hasn't happened yet is anyone putting the whole set of it side by side. This one is about the three places it gets lost. In your chart, in whatever you'd already decided wasn't worth mentioning, and in an instruction that only ever came half finished.
Making Sense of Your Own Lab Results
Most of us were never taught what to do with our own lab results, or told that we're even allowed to have them. So this one is about changing that. I get into what a clean result can still miss, how to make sense of your own numbers, and what to bring up with your provider when something feels off but the panel came back fine.
The Chart Says Fine, Your Body Says Otherwise
Your labs came back normal, but you still don't feel like yourself. That gap between a result that says fine and a body that clearly isn't is real. Here's why a normal panel can miss it, and what to do while you look for answers.
You're Further Along Than You Feel
When you've been through something big, you keep waiting to feel like your old self again. When better shows up but "yourself" doesn't, it's easy to read that as failing. It isn't. The body comes back in layers, and this is how to notice it's already happening.
Stop Fighting the Heat
By midsummer, the women I see are sure they've let everything slip, that the fix is more discipline. It almost never is. Here's what actually helps when the heat has worn you down, and why doing less does more than you'd think.
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.
Why Wellness Advice Keeps Failing You (It's Not Willpower)
If the wellness advice keeps leaving you exhausted, you're not the one who's failing. Here's what nobody told you about why.