Some days, moving is the last thing on earth I want to do. It’s that deep, leaden exhaustion where you sleep for eight hours and wake up feeling like you haven’t rested in weeks. Between the kids, perimenopause swinging my mood all over the place, and just feeling flat, my instinct is to stay on…
Category: Emotional Well-Being
Why You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Lately
No one really prepares you for this part. Not just the hot flashes.Not just the skipped periods.Not just the ‘is this hormonal?’ guessing game. You reach a point where everything just rubs you raw. Your patience drops to zero, little things get under your skin, and you feel constantly overstimulated. You’re bone-tired, but you can’t seem to…
Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening?
It’s tempting to reach for a quick fix. Headache? Take a pill. Tired? Grab another coffee. Can’t sleep? Try melatonin. I’ve been there, more times than I’d like to admit. To be fair, these tools can be really helpful in the moment. Sometimes that’s exactly what your body needs, a bit of support to get…
What Holistic Nutrition Actually Is (And What It Isn’t)
When people hear “holistic nutritionist,” they might picture restrictive diets, a cupboard full of supplements, or a whole list of things they suddenly have to stop eating. Others aren’t really sure what it means. For me, it started when I was struggling with my own health. I was dealing with ongoing nerve pain, and I…
The TCM Organ Clock
How Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at the body’s rhythm throughout the day. Have you ever noticed that you tend to feel tired around the same time every afternoon, or that you keep waking up at a similar time during the night?I’ve had periods when I noticed patterns like these in my own body. Sometimes I…
When Your Mind Won’t Slow Down (A Gentle Look at Anxiety Through TCM)
Ever have one of those nights when you just can’t switch your brain off? You’ve made it through the whole day, you’re finally in bed, and the minute your head hits the pillow, your mind starts going. You’re thinking about that awkward conversation from years ago, making a mental list of everything you need to…
Wei Qi: Understanding Your Body’s Protective Energy
Some days I stride through the cold without a second thought. Other days I wince at the slightest breeze on my neck. It wasn’t until I started paying attention to those sensitivities that I truly began to understand Wei Qi. I’ve noticed this in my own body, and for a long time, I didn’t really…
Stress Hygiene (And Why We Don’t Talk About It Enough)
We talk about skincare, gut health, and what we should be eating. But how often do we actually talk about stress and what we’re doing to manage it? Most of us are dealing with some kind of stress. We’re busy with work, family, and everything else life throws at us. We push through when we’re…
The Enemy Within
Why we stand in our own way, and how to gently, firmly step aside. There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes from knowing what matters to you but still struggling to move toward it. You know the deadline matters. You care about the relationship. You know the opportunity might not come around again. Yet…
Nobody Talks About Cold Flashes,But They’re Part of Perimenopause Too
We hear so much about hot flashes during perimenopause, but what about those moments when you suddenly feel freezing cold? One minute you’re throwing off the blankets because you’re too hot, and the next you’re pulling them right back up because you’re shivering. I’ve had nights when I go from feeling completely overheated to having…
Why Emotionally Immature Parents Can’t Say Sorry
(And why it’s not your fault) Growing up, we tend to believe our parents know best. When we had an argument or something went wrong, we were usually the ones expected to listen, apologize, or do better. But as you get older, you might start looking back on those moments differently. You begin to realize…
Why I Use Meal Kits to Balance Salt & Soul
I used to think wellness meant doing everything from scratch. But honestly, real health doesn’t live in a perfect kitchen. It sits somewhere in between Salt and Soul. Salt is just my reality right now, busy days, full schedules, needing things to actually work. Soul is still there too, that pull to sit down with…
The Perimenopause Tea: 4 Ingredients, Centuries of Wisdom
Perimenopause can feel like your body suddenly has a mind of its own. Hot flashes, 3 a.m. wake-ups, brain fog that has you walking into a room and forgetting why you went in there. It’s a lot. And while there’s no single fix for any of it, I wanted to share something that’s been part…
Perimenopause Belly: When Your Jeans Tell a Different Story
You know that feeling when you put on a pair of jeans that used to fit just fine, and something just feels a bit different? Not a big change, but enough to make you pause for a second and wonder? You’re still moving your body, you’re eating reasonably well, you’re trying, and yet things feel…
Understanding and Supporting Estrogen Balance
Have you ever had that feeling where your body just seems a bit off? Your mood, your sleep, your energy, and you cannot really figure out why? Some days feel totally fine. Other days you feel warmer than usual, more tired, more sensitive, or just not quite yourself. And it can feel a bit unsettling….