Hi love,
I often hear from modern women who are incredibly busy and overwhelmed that it is impossible to live vibrantly and do it in a way that is natural, effective and practical.
I get it. I am a busy working single mom living in a modern world.
For 2 decades as a Holistic Nutrition and Integrative health practitioner, I have supported hundreds of women living vibrant lives. Because of my expertise and experience, for years women would approach me asking my opinion about aging gracefully related to hormones.
I travel the world and bring back treasures full of wisdom from ancient cultures, diets, lifestyle, and religions. 24 + countries and counting.
I have spent the better part of the last 10 years traveling and working with top researchers (such as professor Michel Poulain, Founder of Original Blue Zones) observing and studying centenarians, people that live over 100 years of age and exist with abundant vitality.
Throughout my research I noticed that unlike the modern woman who violently enters menopause, the typical centenarian woman eased gently into this beautiful phase of her life.
A few years ago a profound experience made me realize that my life is completely out of balance.
Like a typical modern woman, burning both ends of the candle, I was experiencing some of the typical hormonal imbalance symptoms: sleeplessness, night sweats, massive hair loss, no libido and very little energy.
My night sweating was so bad that I would wake up to wet sheets leaving me tired and lacking energy the next day. I was losing so much hair that I had to unclog my drain every day. I felt unproductive, not of service and not vibrant.
Wanting a quick fix, I went to a holistic gynecologist who, after running routine tests, prescribed bioidentical hormones. Reluctant at first, I asked the doctor to have it compounded in minute dose. I thought “its in minute dose, what could go wrong!”
Day two into applying this “benign” quick fix, while thousands of miles away on a research project, I experienced the most violent hormonal imbalance reaction, going head to head with death. I was abruptly woken up at 5 a.m to a sharp profound pain in my womb area followed by profuse sweating. Child labor was no match to this pain.
The whole process felt like a nightmare: The burning heat, the intense sweating, the body not being able to do anything but be curled up in a ball from a debilitating shooting pain, the thought of not living life fully and dying prematurely. I remember not only seeing, but feeling intensely the pain of all the women who had come to me earlier for help with their symptoms. It was as if I was feeling all of their symptoms, compounded all at once.
Then just as quickly this violent reaction came on, it subsided two hours later. Not only were the bed sheets wet, the whole mattress was soaking.
After catching my breath and realizing that I am alive, I realized that this was a violent reaction to the “bio identical” cream that was prescribed to me by a functional doctor who I trusted. Imagine if the prescription wasn’t in minute dose as I insisted!
Through loving care of the centenarian women in the village I was staying with, I received the relief that helped me get back on my feet and function for the rest of my research project.
After getting back home, I knew the answer didn’t come in a bottle of bioidentical hormone cream even in minute dosage prescribed by a functional gynecologist.
I learned that lab tests alone (and if not done properly) not only didn’t give an accurate picture of a woman’s state of hormones, it could give a misleading picture resulting in inaccurate diagnosis and prescription/guidance. I also knew there was not one panacea that would bring things back into balance.
After I recuperated from that violent reaction, I committed to taking care of myself and to finding the truth. I began studying, reading, interviewing experts in different fields including endocrinologists, scientists, functional doctors, and sleep specialists and more.
What I discovered was shocking…
My desire to be full of energy and vibrance didn’t change. First, I had to change my thought process. My approach to achieve my desired outcome suddenly became clear. I realized that the solutions to my problems are all within me.
I knew I couldn’t go through this journey alone.
I surrounded myself with the guidance of right mentors, practitioners, tools and support system who were in alignment with my vision. I needed my community to help me implement natural, effective and practical strategies that are evidence based and rooted in ancient wisdom.
To achieve the long lasting results, I needed to follow natural laws of Cleansing, Protecting and Replenishing my mind, body and energetic body.
I knew that the natural laws that are universal didn’t require deprivation or feeling guilty or extreme lifestyle.
In my work with centenarians I noticed that they ate plenty of bread. That was counter to current contemporary wisdom that preached the evils of bread, grain and particularly gluten. I set out to research what the heck was different between the bread they were eating and the bread I was consuming. What I discovered was that it wasn’t about the bread itself but the many shades of gray that went into making a bread.
Having gathered convincing evidence from the scientific community, wisdom of our ancestors and observing living centenarians, I realized that there is a big difference between modern grain and its processing vs ancient grain and traditional processing. One is toxic while the other is nourishing.
So, one of the inflammatory foods that I avoided was modern bread. After two weeks of being grain free, I started consuming ancient grains prepared the traditional way.
Within a few weeks my night sweating stopped, I was getting quality sleep, had more energy during the day, started getting my hair and vibrancy back. Interestingly, I was able to be of service to others even more now that I took care of me first.
I now know my almost dying experience on the island was a blessing in disguise. Had I not experienced that hormonal imbalance reaction so violently, I would have continued my journey, using tools that don’t follow natural principles, and died slowly.
Instead, because I no longer want to live in suffering from insomnia, lack of energy and libido and hair loss, I chose to follow the natural laws that are universal.
Inspired by the experience and the centenarian lifestyle and diet, I wrote the #1 International Best Selling book entitled “Fifty Shades of Grain: The Truth about Eating Bread and Feeling Great”.
This led me to be invited on different stages to speak about this subject.
I have learned that although the topic and conventional approach of hormones and endocrine is complicated, living in balance following the natural laws isn’t. It requires a shift in thought paradigm and then surrounding oneself with support that can help you get back into your balanced vibrant self.
Women were approaching me wanting the same results. Being a systems person, I created Happy Hormones Program: a highly specialized, accessible and individualized program offered to committed women all over the world who are serious about taking charge of their own health joyfully. Happy Hormones is backed by scientific and clinical advisory committee with cumulative 50+ years of experience and expertise.
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