Holistic Health · Optimize Pregnancy

Why You Need a Birth Team, Part 3: Choosing Your Doula and Midwife

photo credit: awonderedlife.com Why You Need a Birth Team, Part 3: Choosing Your Doula and Midwife In the first two parts of this blog series, we discussed WHY you need a birth team, and WHERE you might decide to give […]

June 27, 2018

Holistic Health · Optimize Pregnancy

Why You Need a Birth Team, Part 2: Hospital, Home, or Birth Center?

photo credit: awonderedlife.com Why You Need a Birth Team, Part 2: Hospital, Home, or Birth Center? In my last post, we discussed WHY you need a birth team, and WHO (doulas, midwives, labor/delivery nurses, and Ob/GYNs) you might want on […]

June 13, 2018

Holistic Health · Optimize Pregnancy

Why You Need a Birth Team, Part 1: How Women Helping Women Impacts Birth Outcomes

photo credit: awonderedlife.com Why You Need a Birth Team, Part 1: How Women Helping Women Impacts Birth Outcomes Having a baby is incredibly exciting, and also more than a little terrifying. We’ve all heard our share of birth stories, and […]

May 30, 2018

Holistic Health · Optimize Pregnancy · Remedies & Recipes

Is Cold Pressed Juice Safe During Pregnancy? A Nutritionist’s Guide to Juicing While Pregnant

Is Cold Pressed Juice Safe During Pregnancy? A Nutritionist’s Guide to Juicing While Pregnant The FDA recommends pregnant women avoid unpasteurized juices from juice bars and stores. But this blanket guideline doesn’t account for home juicing with proper food safety […]

May 7, 2018

Holistic Health · Postpartum & Babies

Cultivate, Preserve, and Protect your Baby’s Microbiome

Cultivate, Preserve, and Protect your Baby’s Microbiome There is an entire universe living inside your digestive system, and it is absolutely essential to your overall health, vitality and well-being. I talk with my clients a lot about intestinal microbiome health, […]

May 2, 2018

Holistic Health · Postpartum & Babies

Exercise Tips for Nursing Mothers

Today I’m pleased to share a guest post by Tracey Montford, founder of Cake Maternity, an award-winning maternity/nursing clothing company. Happy reading! –SJS Exercise Tips for Nursing Mothers Exercise should be a part of everybody’s day-to-day life to help ensure […]

April 30, 2018

How to Reduce Thyroid Antibodies Naturally

Heal Hormones · Holistic Health · Remedies & Recipes

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Reducing Thyroid Antibodies Naturally

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Reducing Thyroid Antibodies Naturally If you’ve been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (and maybe are already on thyroid hormone replacement medication) but you’re still not feeling like yourself, and/or your thyroid antibodies aren’t coming down, you may be wondering […]

April 18, 2018

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Holistic Health · Increase Fertility · Remedies & Recipes

Tick-Tock—Preserving Fertility As You Age

Tick-Tock: Preserving Fertility As You Age Did you know that even a day past 35 and your doctor will diagnose you with “Advanced Maternal Age?” Nothing like being called old at 36 to make you feel, well … old! But […]

April 4, 2018

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Holistic Health · Increase Fertility

The Boys are Back in Town—Best Ways to Optimize Sperm Health

The Boys are Back in Town—Best Ways to Optimize Sperm Health If you’re a woman trying to conceive, you’re probably spending an awful lot of time tracking your cycle, taking your temperature, watching your diet, checking your mucus (oh, the […]

March 21, 2018

Optimize Pregnancy

Thyroid Health in Pregnancy

Thyroid Health in Pregnancy No matter how long you’ve been trying to get pregnant, or how elated you may be when you first get a positive pregnancy test, it can be REALLY overwhelming. There’s so much to learn and so […]

March 7, 2018