I have two graduate degrees in nursing. I’ve worked in healthcare. Or rather, I’ve worked in sickness medicine and wellness or functional medicine. I understand the human body. And yet—I completely missed my own perimenopausal symptoms. Let that sink in. If someone with advanced clinical training can overlook such a huge physiological shift, what hope […]

Estrogen dominance is a term used to describe a hormonal imbalance in which there is an excess of estrogen in the body relative to progesterone. (see my previous blog post for more details) This imbalance, which can occur in 50% of women in the reproductive years, and increases dramatically during perimenopausal years, can have a […]