Pelvic health, Hormonal health
Kristen Mark
How do I know if it's Perimenopause? Signs and ...

Perimenopause is the window of time where the body gradually undergoes the transition to menopause, or the end of the menstrual cycle. Reproductive hormone levels will fluctuate as they work towards an overall decline in production. Walk confidently into menopause knowing that your sex life need not suffer - there are supports available to help maintain the health and hydration of vaginal tissue, and to support a robust libido after menopause. 

How do I know if it's Perimenopause? Signs and symptoms of perimenopause and when to get support
women's health, Mental Health
Kristen Mark
Put an end to your nightmare PMS

The misery of PMS is avoidable! We are not irrational, unreliable, or hysterical by virtue of our monthly cycle. PMS doesn’t have to be something to dread. It doesn’t have to feel like we’re out of control. PMS doesn’t have to ruin your month. We can help.

Put an end to your nightmare PMS
women's health
Kristen Mark
Why Weight Loss is not the answer to PCOS

The most common recommendations for PCOS within conventional medicine are to regulate menstrual cycles with hormonal birth control and to lose weight. The real issue and what we should be treating is the metabolic mis-firing, not the number on a scale. Weight loss is often used as a goalpost to reach even though it may not directly affect outcomes. Unfortunately, the quick recommendation in the case of most PCOS patients that they lose weight is rooted in medicalized fat-phobia rather than supported by best practices and patient outcomes.

Why Weight Loss is not the answer to PCOS
women's health
Kristen Mark
PCOS and Pregnancy: How Naturopathic Medicine ...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common gynecological conditions diagnosed, and is frequently associated with lowered fertility. PCOS need not be a reason to give up on your pregnancy hopes. There is plenty of support available, and several effective treatment approaches to explore.

PCOS and Pregnancy: How Naturopathic Medicine can support your fertility journey
Pelvic health, women's health
Kristen Mark
Endometriosis and the Microbiome: How do gut ...

Unlike conventional approaches to treatment, Naturopathic Medicine takes into consideration the multi-faceted and inter-related characteristics of endometriosis, in order to find effective and lasting treatment options for managing the symptoms associated with endometriosis, including reduced pelvic pain, improved fertility outcomes, and fostering an enhanced sense of agency in one’s state of well-being.

Endometriosis and the Microbiome: How do gut bugs affect period pain?

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Re-opening, re-building and moving forward

Re-opening, re-building and moving forward

This year has brought a wave of challenges in every area of life – every person, business, and community has been affected. Fatigue, frustration and anger are common and normal reactions to the upheavals we’ve experienced over these past few months. So yes, most of us are exhausted. And yet the demands to adapt, produce, and care for continue.

We need to focus on what is within our power to do and change, and let go of what is not. So be clear on your needs and boundaries. Articulate these for yourself, and for those in your bubble. And respect the needs and boundaries of others.

By taking the lead in fostering a wellness first lifestyle, you are committing an act of kindness for yourself, but you are also supporting your ability to contribute care and support to your family, community, and the world, and to create and achieve what matters most to you.

Building resilience in challenging times

Building resilience in challenging times

Although a sense of disempowerment can easily seep in as we lose some of the freedom and sense of purpose we’re accustomed to, there’s much we can do for ourselves and each other under the difficult circumstances we find ourselves in. In addition to following the public health spread prevention recommendations, let’s consider a few of the many ways that we can build our strength and resilience as we face these challenges both alone and together.