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Woman’s Health
through the lens of an OB/GYN turned Functional Medicine Doctor
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The Roadblocks To A Healthy Libido
The Libidoologist™ is back with some surprising findings on how low libido treatment for women needs a complete reboot! Plus, take the quiz to find your low libido type!
My Top Supplements For Women In Their 40s and Why
by the time we hit 40, we have done a lot to our bodies including using toxic skincare and beauty products, exposed ourselves to a little too much sun, drinking a little too much alcohol (which has worsened over the past year) and eaten foods that weren’t always the best for our bodies.
My Top Supplements for Women In Their 30s and Why
I believe in targeted supplementation depending on variables such as gender, age, and situation. Follow along as I give my top supplement recommendations for women in their 30’s! *Stay tuned, 40’s and 50’s, I’m coming for you too!
How to Deal With Stress and Anxiety: Coronavirus Edition
Sometimes being at home for a few days is just what the doctor ordered. And sometimes—if you're like many of my clients—a total halt in your regular routine can leave you feeling stressed and anxious.
Usually, you deal with your stress out in the real world. You go on an incredible hike, you sunbathe by the pool, you grab some extra berries at the farmers market, or you double-up on your therapy visits for a while.
But now that your daily routine is put on hold, your normal practices to deal with stress and anxiety might be flat out impossible. Soon, your stress levels are building and building, and you feel helplessly overwhelmed—especially at night after you’ve said goodnight to your little ones and head to bed yourself.
Often, stress and anxiety stem from feeling not in control. And in a time where uncertainty is running amuck, there’s plenty that we simply just can’t help.
But I’m here to remind you that there are some things that you really can control. Most importantly, you can control how you take care of yourself so that you’re in tip-top shape to deal with the big, bad overwhelm.
Below you’ll find three simple, science-backed ways you can deal with stress and anxiety while you’re at home. This way you can spend less time worrying and more time enjoying the things you love.
Top Supplements to Prime Your Immune System
In my last few blog posts we’ve talked a lot about different things you can do to have a healthy baseline to prevent sickness. Next, let’s talk about things I avoid taking (or do not take in abundance) unless I feel like I’m getting sick, in which activating the immune system is necessary!
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Top 5 Foods to Feed Your Immune System
Right now is a great time to talk about some of my top nutrition recommendations when it comes to making sure your immune system is in tip top shape to fight anything that you might come in contact with!
Meet Your Host…
If you’ve made it this far, you probably already know I’m a 46 year old wife, momma to girl/boy twins, online fitness/nutrition coach and Ob/Gyn turned functional medicine doc. I have turned my passion of holistic living into a career and passion- so cool, right? But maybe you don’t know about the path that lead me here, and it’s my favorite story to tell! Meet Dr. Renee