Hormonally Speaking

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Think you are too old to start lifting weights?

Here's the truth - you AREN'T, and getting a "late" start can still lead you to the best shape you've ever been in your life!

You're going to learn all about HOW in today's episode with Strength Coach Tina Tang. A latecomer to fitness - she started at age 42 - Tina now shows up 20-year-olds at her gym as she makes it look easy in her 50s. 

We talk about why strength training is so important as women age, from protection against osteoporosis to hormone support. 

We also discuss how lifting weights can lead to deeper impacts in other areas of your life, especially when it comes to following your dreams. 

You'll be inspired and feel seriously motivated by the end of this interview!

Before starting as a strength coach in 2012, Tina Tang was an equities trader at Goldman Sachs and later transitioned to a jewelry designer who owned various stores in New York City.

Over the past 9 years, Tina has coached over 3,700 sessions, trained her female clients to their first push ups, pulls ups and compound barbell lifts. Strength is her specialty.

Tina is a fit at 50 coach and the creator of the 4S Formula to help mid-life women get stronger and leaner, through one on one coaching and her  online group fitness classes.  Tina specializes in training women over 40 and teaches them how to take control of their bodies by getting progressively stronger.

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Sometimes, making the right choices for your health can feel hard, overwhelming, or frustrating. This EFT session is going to help ease some of the struggle, so that you can stay on course!

If you want to view the video of this session, head over here.

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As women, most of us have experienced some form of PMS and we’ve all  been told it’s normal from our doctors, commercials for drugs to help  it, and society.   

But the reality is that just because it's common, it doesn't mean it's  normal. 

And there's always root causes to PMS and it's bigger, badder  sister, PMDD, as well as PCOS.   In this week's episode, Dr. Pamela Smith,

-How testing helps determine what is causing PMS  

-The major underlying causes of our hormone issues 

-Multi-faceted approaches to PCOS, which has grown exponentially over  the last 20 years 

-How to heal from the ground-up, gain more energy, and improve fertility 

-The importance of bioidentical hormones not only when it comes to  anti-aging, but for our bone, heart, and brain health (for both women  & men!)  

Plus, Dr. Smith talks to me about her new book, "What You Must Know  About Women's Hormones." You'll get to see the difference in size from the  first edition to now; this book is chock full of the most recent studies  on women's health is not to be missed!  

Pamela Wartian Smith, M.D., MPH, MS spent her first twenty years of  practice as an emergency room physician with the Detroit Medical Center  in a level 1 trauma center and then 28-years as an Anti-Aging/Functional  Medicine specialist.   

She is a diplomat of the Board of the American Academy of Anti-Aging  Physicians and is an internationally known speaker and author on the subject of Anti-Aging/Precision Medicine. She also holds a Master’s in  Public Health Degree along with a Master’s Degree in Metabolic and  Nutritional Medicine.   

Dr. Smith is in private practice and is the senior partner for The  Center For Precision Medicine with offices in Michigan and Florida. She  has been featured on CNN, PBS, and many other television networks, has  been interviewed in numerous consumer magazines and has hosted two of her own  radio shows.   

Dr. Smith was one of the featured physicians on the PBS series “The  Embrace of Aging” as well as the on-line medical series “Awakening from  Alzheimer’s” and “Regain Your Brain”.   Dr. Pamela Smith is the founder of The Fellowship in Anti-Aging,  Regenerative, and Functional Medicine and is the past co-director of the  master’s program in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine at The Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida. 

She is the  author of eleven best- selling books. Her book: “What You Must Know  About Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, and So Much More” was published 2020.  Her best seller, “Max Your Immunity,” was released in late 2021. Her newest book: What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones, 2nd  edition, was just released in May 2022. Her new PBS/CNN special: How to Maximize Your Immune System is being aired this summer. You can contact her at her websites, Precision Medicine and Pamela Smith, MD. 

I wanted to share my recent EFT session on Youtube here as a bonus for you. If you want to watch the tapping sequence, you can find the video here.

If you are having a hard time with perimenopause, this tapping session is going to help you deal with the emotional side of the equation, which may be impacting you more than you think.

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Have you wanted to test your hormones, and your doctor has said you can take the test whenever you'd like? Or maybe your doctor has refused to test your hormones, and so you are doing so elsewhere, and need information on how to go about doing it? In this quickie "Straight To The Hormones" episode, I cover which hormone tests are the most important to take, and when you should take them, plus tracking ovulation. 

Interested in learning more about testing your hormones, including optimal ranges for labs? We talk all about it in our upcoming Perimenopause Like A Boss Live Program.

FREE Joy And Abundance Beyond Burnout Summit

Perimenopause Like A Boss (use code "PERIBOSS" at checkout for $60 off for a limited time)

Join me in Los Angeles for the Mindfulness Expo on Sep 23rd! Get your tix here (a 15% discount is built in through this link)

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In today's episode, Nicole Jardim, The Period Girl (and my biggest hormone mentor) breaks down exactly the way your thyroid is impacting your hormones - and how your hormones are impacting your thyroid. 

This is essential information for many women because low thyroid function, along with the autoimmune disorder Hashimotos, runs rampant in society today. 

I recommend getting out your notebook for this one - Nicole covers all the major points, and you may want to take this information to your healthcare practitioner!

Want to learn more from Nicole? Take her

Want to gain access to the whole 2020 Hormone Summit, with information that covers everything from fertility to hormone testing, breath work to dealing with trauma? Click here to purchase the Summit for only $39!

Nicole is a Certified Women’s Health Coach, writer, speaker, mentor, and the creator of Fix Your Period,  a series of programs that empower women and menstruators to reclaim  their hormone health using a method that combines evidence-based  information with simplicity and sass.

Her work has impacted the  lives of tens of thousands of people around the world, and as a result,  she’s earned the nicknames “Period Girl” and “Professional Period  Fixer”.

Links to events mentioned in the intro:

My Designs for Health Dispensary (where you can sign-up for emails to access the fibroid webinar)

FREE Joy And Abundance Beyond Burnout Summit

Perimenopause Like A Boss (use code "PERIBOSS" at checkout for $60 off for a limited time)

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A lot of us might not think about the fact that our genes may be a part of our heavy periods or PMS, or fibroids or cysts. 

Or maybe you do, and you are irritated with your parents for the genes they passed down to you!

But in reality, it's not as simple as what you got from your parents. AND there's a lot you can do when you understand things like gene mutations, how metabolism and detoxification works in the body, and learning how your dietary and lifestyle choices impact those things. 

In other words, you have OPTIONS, once you know what is going on. 

This is what I'm chatting about with Christina Sanders, a board-certified nurse practitioner and a nutritional therapy practitioner with 23 years of clinical experience. She and I dive deep into how your genes are impacting your health and hormones. 

She breaks down the basics of how these systems work (I learned a TON!), and then we cover specific gene mutations like MTHFR and COMT mutations, which oversees estrogen and dopamine metabolism. 

This is fascinating stuff, so buckle up!

Christina Sanders is a board-certified nurse practitioner and a nutritional therapy practitioner with 23 years of clinical experience. She received her first bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and attained her second bachelor’s degree and her master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. In addition to her clinical cardiology practice, Mrs. Sanders is the owner of Nutrition NP, where she focuses on optimizing health and wellness through lifestyle genetics. Her approach couples nutrigenetic testing and nutrigenomics expertise to guide your daily choices and create the biggest returns on your health. 

Christina Sanders offers personalized nutrition and lifestyle recommendations as well as targeted supplement suggestions. Mrs. Sanders' primary goal in working with clients is improving their states of health by educating and empowering them to use their genetic results to make impactful daily choices. Connect with her at her website. 

What’s a far-too-common menstrual issue that’s not talked about nearly enough?

Well, there’s more than a few, but this one impacts an estimated 1 in 10 women:

Polycystic ovary syndrome, aka PCOS.

This common condition was something I had yet to cover on Hormonally  Speaking, so I was truly excited to bring on PCOS expert Robyn Srigley, aka The Hormone Diva.

During  our lively chat, we got down to exactly what classifies a woman as  having PCOS (which can unfortunately be tough to get diagnosed, even  with lab tests).

We also dive into Robyn’s four step method to  naturally level out your hormones, which includes addressing blood-sugar  balancing, mindset&stress, inflammation, and sex hormones  themselves (hint – birth control unfortunately will not regulate your hormones).

You’ll also get to hear Robyn’s powerful story, as she has faced all the ups and downs of PCOS since she was a teenager.

This  is interview is packed full of great information and tips if this is  something you currently deal with or think might be an issue.

Robyn Srigley is a Holistic Nutritionist and The  Hormone Diva. Robyn is the creator of Hormone Diva Society, an online  membership community for women with PCOS and Endometriosis to fix their  cycles and end fatigue without more drugs, surgeries or restrictive  diets. Robyn’s signature 4-Root Method used inside Hormone Diva Society  has not only reversed her own PCOS symptoms but has helped hundreds of  PCOS & Endo Divas around the world. You can find out more about her  work at her website.

Wanna join us for our virtual class at 6pm EST on Thursday, April 23rd? Email me for the Zoom link!

In this episode, Christine breaks down for you exactly how your liver impacts your hormones through everything from cholesterol production to estrogen detoxification. 

You'll learn about Phase 1 and Phase 2 liver detox, nutrients necessary for each process, how blood sugar impacts the whole shebang, and the tie-in to your adrenal and gut health. 

She also includes daily, monthly, and yearly practices from food to lifestyle that will get your liver humming along wonderfully. 

Good liver function is ESSENTIAL to balancing your hormones, and may be the main thing you are missing when working on your hormone health. 

Head over to Get Your Hormones Right to learn more about this life-changing program beginning in January!

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You've probably heard that stress impacts your menstrual cycle. And it might have gone in one ear and out the other because well, you gotta get things done. 

Problem is, if you are having issues with your period, your body hasn't been able to ignore the impact of stress. And those period issues are a direct result. 

Today, I break down for you exactly how stress is impacting your reproductive system via cortisol's (our stress hormone) affect on hormones like FSH, LH, and estrogen and progesterone. 

I also share with you not only the obvious ways you are stressed, but also the "stealth" stressors that you are probably missing, but they are having a HUGE impact on you, nonetheless. 

And if you want to understand more about estrogen, progesterone, FSH, and LH and how they all work together to make your cycle happen each month, join me for my free webinar next Wednesday, Nov. 3rd at 12pm EST where I break it all down for you. You can grab your spot here.