Elly Jenkyns ND

09/23/2026

There is a lot of noise telling women what we should be doing with our bodies.

What to eat.�
What to take.�
What to test.�
What our hormones are supposedly doing.�
What needs fixing.

Body sovereignty starts with understanding.

Understanding your own body well enough to ask better questions, make informed choices, and decide what makes sense for you.

That’s a big part of what we’ll spend the next ten months doing in the Wild Collective.

Not learning one “right” way to be healthy.

Learning the physiology. Having the conversations. Hearing other women’s experiences. Cutting through the noise—and becoming more discerning about what deserves your attention in the first place.

Our 2026 Wild Collective Niagara circle begins tomorrow, Thursday September 24 at 6:30pm. There's still room for you. Link in comments to learn more and register, or send me a message if you have questions.💜

09/23/2026

You can know all about the Mediterranean diet.

You can know you should eat more fibre.

You can even buy the lentils.

But if you don’t have easy, delicious ways to actually EAT them... those lentils may be spending a very long time in your pantry. 😂

This is why I’m such a fan of batch cooking.

I make a giant pot, portion it out, freeze it, and then pull one out the night before when future-me needs lunch or dinner.

And this one has been a bit of a mission.

I LOVE the red lentil soup from one of the vendors at the St. Catharines Farmers Market, so I’ve been tinkering trying to make my own version.

This weekend I finally tasted it and thought:

Yep. That’s it.

So I put the recipe on the blog, along with a little nutrition nerdiness about legumes and why the Mediterranean diet comes up so often in my conversations with patients.

🥣 Big-Batch Red Lentil Soup

Recipe in the comments.

Save this one for your next batch-cooking day. 🍂

09/20/2026

What if your relationship with your body was about more than what you see in the mirror?

What if you understood it better?
Trusted it more?
Knew how to listen when it was trying to get your attention?

That’s some of the work we do in the Wild.

Ten months of learning how your body works, asking better questions, sharing real conversations, and doing it alongside a small circle of women who are curious too.

The 2026 Wild Collective begins this Thursday, September 24. 💜

There’s still room in the circle.

Click the link below in my comments to learn more and see if the Wild is calling you.

09/11/2026

What if the missing piece in your health was never another supplement or a stricter routine — but a room full of women?

We're taught to do our health alone. But your nervous system was never built for that. We're wired to settle each other, to learn better together, to see what we couldn't see on our own.

That's the whole idea behind the Wild Coregulation Retreat. A day to breathe, move, sing, walk by the water, share a slow meal — and experience a different way of being well. It's this Saturday, September 12, on the shores of Lake Erie.

3 spots left. 🌿

Link in bio to join us.

09/10/2026

We’re sold the idea that health is a solo project. The science says otherwise — connection is physiology. Swipe for three reasons women heal, learn, and change better together, then come feel it for yourself on September 12. �Link in bio. 🌿

09/10/2026

This is one of the things I want most for women.

To know our bodies. To understand how they work. To cut through some of the noise—and learn from each other.

That's Wild. 💜

And this Saturday, you can come get a taste of it at the Wild Coregulation Retreat.

Breathwork • nature • song • gentle yoga • good food • connection

Come experience Wild:
https://wildretreat26.my.canva.site/

09/08/2026

We're surrounded by messages telling women what's wrong with our bodies—and what we need to buy, eat, track, optimize or fix next.

The Wild Collective is the antidote to a lot of that noise.

For 10 months, a small circle of women learns the real story of our bodies together.

Hormones. Digestion. Thyroid. Stress. Sleep. Mood. Blood sugar. Breast and vaginal health.

Science + conversation + lived experience.

And other women asking questions you didn't know you needed to ask.

Curious about the Wild?

The Wild Coregulation Retreat on September 12 is your chance to experience the community before deciding whether the 10-month journey is for you.

09/06/2026

And I say that as the doctor. 😂

I love one-to-one care.

But I've also watched something happen in my Wild circles that I can't create by myself.

One woman asks the question another was afraid to ask.

Someone says, Me too.

A woman in one stage of life offers something to a woman in another.

Someone arrives depleted and doesn't say much at all—but leaves feeling held.

That's why Wild Collective isn't simply health education delivered to a small group of women at once.

The women themselves are part of what makes it work.

And that's something I'd much rather let you experience than try to explain.

September 12. Wild Coregulation Retreat. 💜 Link in bio.

06/03/2026

If you've been told your fatigue, joint pain, mood changes, brain fog, and stubborn weight are all "just perimenopause" — there's a real possibility a piece of the picture is being missed.

Hashimoto's, an autoimmune thyroid condition, peaks during the perimenopause years. It shares almost every symptom with perimenopause, which is exactly why it gets missed so often.

The Menopause Society's own clinical guide acknowledges that thyroid symptoms can be confused with menopause symptoms. The same guide notes that the causal link between estrogen decline and musculoskeletal pain is unproven. And the evidence does not support hormone therapy as a treatment for joint pain. New research from 2026 goes further — finding that MHT use in perimenopausal women may actually be associated with higher rates of tendon injuries, including shoulder and elbow tendon injuries.

This week on the blog, I'm walking through the symptoms commonly attributed to perimenopause that may actually be Hashimoto's, the one symptom that helps distinguish the two, and why the order of treatment changes everything when both are happening at once.

Read it here: https://drelly.ca/blog/www.drelly.ca-thyroid-perimenopause-symptoms

Photo by Kateryna Hliznitsova on Unsplash

05/27/2026

Tonight at St. Thomas Church, 7pm — come sing with us. I promise you don't need to be a singer to feel how powerfully healing it is to sing in community!

An evening of comfort and community. Sing to the grief we all carry but rarely have time or space to feel. No talking required.