The mom bod Blog
Grab your favorite (protein-packed) snack and dive into all things motherhood health + wellness.
Eating Clean is Ruining your Hormones
If you’re experiencing weight gain, fatigue, low energy levels, raging PMS, or hair loss—despite eating a healthy diet—that means that you’re not actually eating right for your own body. And it’s time to adjust.
Chronic Inflammation & Mental Health
There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to mood disorders. Yes to therapy and meditation, but if your neurotransmitters are being altered by something physiological like inflammation we need to look under the hood to see what’s going on.
From Poop to Peace of Mind: How Gut Health Impacts Mom’s Mental Health
Let’s dive deep into the gut-brain connection and how your gut health influences your mental health. A must read for moms navigating anxiety, postpartum depression, and that all-too-real “mom rage.”
Nutrition and Mental Health (Part 1)
Anxiety and depression aren’t just about your external environment. The nutrients that you put into your body play a pivotal role in maintaining neurotransmitter balance, impacting mood and mental health. Read on for practical tips on using food to improve mood.
How a Postpartum Nutritionist Can Help You Feel Better
If you are a new mom who is less than 2(ish) years postpartum and dealing with lingering symptoms like exhaustion, mood swings, hair loss, anxiety, hormone drama and night sweats, then working with a postpartum nutritionist might be right for you.
Postpartum Hormones: Normal Vs. Not
After pregnancy, postpartum hormones go down to menopausal levels. Cue the hormonal mayhem! Read on to learn how to give your hormones some love and when to wait it out.
Your baby stole your brain (and other hard truths)
Pregnancy and postpartum changed your body, and so many moms are eating out of alignment with their post-pregnancy needs. If you’re having trouble with weight, hormones, and fatigue read on…
Anxiety Reducing Strategies in the time of COVID
Raise your hand if your anxiety has shot through the roof during this global pandemic! I sat down with Dr. Nina Kaiser, licensed psychotherapist and founder of Practice San Francisco to talk through some strategies for bringing our personal and collective anxieties down a notch.
Natural Mood Boosting Strategies
Hormones, nutrient stores, and personal biochemistry plays a huge role in anxiety, depression, low stress tolerance, and insomnia. Your mood is not just about your environment - let’s peek under the hood to see what else might be going on.
Top 8 explanations for unexplained infertility
What if there was a simpler explanation for the diagnosis of unexplained infertility?
The Hormone Quiz
Are your hormones out of whack?
After pregnancy, your hormones don’t go back to normal on their own. Yes, even years later. Take the free quiz to find out if your hormones might be the culprit for all those mood swings, night sweats, and 3PM sugar cravings.