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Hormone & Fertility Practitioner
HTMA | Functional Testing

Helping women in perimenopause—and women trying to conceive—uncover what labs miss so their hormones, energy, and body finally respond.

This one is personal.When I became a biological mom, I was already a stepmom. And I think because of that, people forgot...
08/14/2026

This one is personal.

When I became a biological mom, I was already a stepmom. And I think because of that, people forgot something important:

I had never been a mom to a newborn before.

And I struggled.

My daughter had colic and I didn’t know how to comfort her. A simple car ride with constant crying could leave me in tears.

I wasn’t sleeping. Things weren’t going great between my husband and me. I had little support close by, craved companionship and felt like I had completely lost myself.

I remember pulling the car over one day and just screaming.

Not at my baby. I was just so overwhelmed, tired and lost that I didn’t know where else to put it.

I loved my daughter beyond words.

And I was struggling beyond words.

Both were true.

Little by little, I found myself again.

Years later, knowing what I know now about nutrition, minerals, hormones and stress physiology, I look back at that woman differently.

We ask SO much of a woman’s body when she creates life.

Pregnancy. Birth. Healing. Breastfeeding. Broken sleep. Hormonal shifts. Nutritional demands.

Then add the mental load, relationship changes, isolation and complete identity shift of becoming a mother.

And when she says she doesn’t feel like herself?

“That’s motherhood.”

The Lindsay Clancy case is devastating. I’m not sharing this to diagnose her or suggest nutrition explains what happened. Maternal mental illness can be severe and requires appropriate care.

But it should make us question how often women have to become really unwell before we stop normalizing their suffering.

Mental health matters.

And so does the physical health of the woman carrying that brain.

Her nutrient status. Thyroid. Hormones. Blood sugar. Nervous system. Sleep. Recovery.

These aren’t competing conversations. We should be having all of them.

Maybe instead of telling a struggling mother, “That’s just motherhood,” we should be asking:

What do you need?

I found my way back to myself.

I just wish we did a better job supporting mothers while they’re trying to find their way back, too. 🤍

08/13/2026

You cannot supplement your way out of a body that’s underfed, under-muscled and chronically stressed.

And yet, this is exactly what I see women doing in perimenopause.

-Eating less because their body is changing.
-Doing more cardio because the scale is creeping up.
-Losing muscle without realizing how metabolically important it is.
-Running on caffeine and cortisol all day.

…and then buying another supplement hoping this one will finally balance their hormones.

I love supplements. I use them strategically with my clients.

-But magnesium cannot replace adequate calories.
-Adaptogens cannot replace recovery.
-And a hormone supplement cannot replace the metabolic protection of muscle.

Your body needs raw materials.

Protein.
Carbohydrates.
Fats.
Minerals.
Muscle.
Sleep.
Recovery.

Especially in your 40s, the goal shouldn’t be to eat as little as possible and make your body smaller.

Feed her. Build her. Support her.

Then use supplements to fill the gaps, not hold the entire foundation together.

Maybe the new wellness trend isn’t shrinking ourselves, eating less, doing more cardio or chasing the next quick fix.May...
08/11/2026

Maybe the new wellness trend isn’t shrinking ourselves, eating less, doing more cardio or chasing the next quick fix.

Maybe it’s actually giving a damn about the body we’re asking to carry us through our 40s, 50s and beyond.

Eating enough.
Building muscle.
Supporting our minerals.
Having energy.
Sleeping well.
Getting stronger.
And figuring out what our body actually needs instead of guessing.

Healthy, strong, nourished women?

Kinda fu***ng chic. ✨

You can spend thousands chasing estrogen, progesterone, cortisol and thyroid symptoms…But hormones don’t function in a v...
08/11/2026

You can spend thousands chasing estrogen, progesterone, cortisol and thyroid symptoms…

But hormones don’t function in a vacuum.

Your body needs minerals to make energy, respond to stress, support thyroid function, regulate blood sugar, build and metabolize hormones, and move those hormones through the body when they’re done doing their job.

Magnesium. Sodium. Potassium. Zinc. Copper. Selenium.

These aren’t trendy “hormone supplements.”

They’re part of the machinery that allows your body to FUNCTION.

And this is one of the reasons I don’t love the endless symptom → supplement approach to perimenopause.

Hot flashes? Take this.
Can’t sleep? Take that.
Weight gain? Blame estrogen.
Exhausted? More caffeine.
Anxious? Must be cortisol.
Low libido? Must need testosterone.

Meanwhile, nobody has asked what nutritional and mineral state that woman’s body is actually operating from.

And taking random magnesium because Instagram told you to isn’t the same thing as understanding your mineral picture.

This is why I use functional testing like HTMA with my clients.

I want to know what the body is working with BEFORE we keep asking it to do more.

Because sometimes the conversation about “hormone balance” needs to start much further upstream.

DM me MINERALS if you want to learn more about testing instead of guessing.

Life lately 💛
08/08/2026

Life lately 💛

Weight loss isn’t the same thing as rebuilding health.This is where I think the conversation around GLP-1s is missing th...
08/06/2026

Weight loss isn’t the same thing as rebuilding health.

This is where I think the conversation around GLP-1s is missing the mark.

If you’ve struggled with insulin resistance, PCOS, weight gain, or perimenopause, I understand why these medications are appealing. For many women, they can be a helpful tool.

But they’re still a tool.

They don’t magically replenish years of depleted magnesium after chronic stress.

They don’t restore sodium and potassium when your body has been running on empty.

They don’t correct low zinc, poor mineral balance, or inadequate nutrient status that can affect energy production, thyroid function, blood sugar regulation, and hormone production.

They don’t teach your body how to build resilience.

As a functional nutritionist, I’m less interested in asking, “How do we make the weight come off?”

I’m asking:

• Why did your metabolism slow down?
• Why is your body resisting change?
• Why are your cravings so intense?
• Why are your hormones struggling?
• Why are you exhausted before your day even begins?

For some women, insulin resistance is part of that answer.

For others, it’s chronic stress, poor sleep, inflammation, nutrient depletion, gut dysfunction, or a combination of all of the above.

The goal shouldn’t just be a smaller body.

It should be building a healthier body—one that has the nutrients, minerals, and resilience to support healthy metabolism for years to come.

That’s the work I do.

Weight loss may be the outcome. Rebuilding the foundation is the goal.

Women have turned their supplement cupboards into pharmacies.Magnesium for sleep.Ashwagandha for stress.Berberine for bl...
08/04/2026

Women have turned their supplement cupboards into pharmacies.

Magnesium for sleep.
Ashwagandha for stress.
Berberine for blood sugar.
DIM for estrogen.
Another probiotic.
Another “hormone balancing” powder.

And somehow… they’re still exhausted.

Here’s the problem:

Your body doesn’t run on isolated nutrients.

It runs on systems.

Magnesium doesn’t magically switch off anxiety because you swallowed a capsule. It has to be absorbed, transported, activated and used inside your cells. That process depends on everything from digestion and mineral balance to stress, blood sugar and the nutrients that help magnesium actually do its job.

This is why two women can take the exact same supplement and have completely different results.

One feels amazing.

The other says, “I guess it just doesn’t work for me.”

The answer usually isn’t another supplement.

It’s figuring out why your body stopped responding in the first place.

This is exactly why I’m so passionate about functional testing. I don’t want to guess which supplement might help next. I want to understand what your body has been trying to tell you all along.

Stop collecting supplements.

Start collecting answers.

💛 DM me FOUNDATION if you’re ready to stop throwing money at symptoms and start understanding the root cause.

08/01/2026

We’ve been taught to expect fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, anxiety, poor sleep, and stubborn hormones as a normal part of getting older. Ugh.

They’re common.

That doesn’t automatically make them normal.

Your body is always communicating. Perimenopause often amplifies imbalances that have been building for years, it doesn’t mean you have to accept feeling like a bag of 💩 in your own body.

Instead of asking, “How do I cover up these symptoms?” start asking, “Why is my body struggling in the first place?”

That’s where real healing begins.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and understand what’s actually driving your symptoms, send me FOUNDATION and let’s chat about a functional, root-cause approach.

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Fonthill, ON
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