Dr. Lisa Watson, ND

Dr. Lisa Watson, ND Toronto Naturopathic Doctor and women's health expert. Supporting pregnancy, infertility, menopause and hormone balance. Vegetarian and plant-based diets.

07/29/2026

Am I hot enough for ya? 🔥🔥🔥

07/28/2026

Feeling phantom bugs crawling under your skin? 🐜 Relax, babes, you’re not haunted 👻 —your estrogen is just on strike.

Do your skin barrier a favor:
1️⃣ Estrogen therapy can be a game-changer. If you aren’t doing it - consider it.
2️⃣ Slather on a thick ceramide moisturizer before you dry off. Get it on wet skin for best results.

Some ceramide rich moisturizers - CeraVe, The Ordinary, Pacifica Vegan, Curel, CosRx. Got a favourite, share it below!

You’re welcome. Now go throw away the bug spray. 💅✨

07/21/2026

Thought you were just getting older or losing your mind? Nope—it might just be perimenopause playing tricks on you. 🫠
Everyone talks about hot flashes and mood swings, but nobody warns you about the downright weird side of fluctuating hormones:
* ⚡ Brain zaps: That brief, bizarre electric-shock sensation in your head.
* 💓 Heart palpitations: Feeling like your heart suddenly skipped a beat or raced out of nowhere.
* 🧊 Frozen shoulder: Waking up with extreme stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint.
* 🦶 Plantar fasciitis: Waking up feeling like you're walking on nails because your heel tendons are inflamed.
* 👂 Itchy ears: That maddening itch deep inside your ear canal you can never quite reach.
* 💥 Unexplained hives: Random histamine spikes causing sudden skin flare-ups.

Estrogen receptors are located ALL over the body—from your joints and skin to your brain—which is why perimenopause symptoms can feel so completely unconnected and wild.

If you've been experiencing any of these, you are not crazy, and you are definitely not alone. 👭👭👭👭

👉 Save this post for the next time you wonder "is this normal?", and drop a comment below: Which of these symptoms surprised you the most? 👇

Toronto has the worst air quality in the WORLD 🌎 today. Stay safe. Drink water. If you can, stay inside! 🔥🔥🔥
07/15/2026

Toronto has the worst air quality in the WORLD 🌎 today. Stay safe. Drink water. If you can, stay inside! 🔥🔥🔥

07/14/2026

Oh, look. You walked into the kitchen and now you’re staring at the blender like it’s a long-lost relative. Let me guess: you have absolutely no idea why you’re there? 🫠

Calm down, it’s not early-onset dementia. Your estrogen is just taking a wrecking ball to your hippocampus (the brain’s memory center), resulting in misplaced keys, forgotten names, and a general vibe of "identity crisis."

But stop trying to fix a hormonal glitch with a digital band-aid. Your Notes app is a graveyard where good intentions go to die. Here is your mandatory perimenopausal Hot Tip:
* Evict the digital notes: Tapping on a glass screen does absolutely nothing for your brain pathways. Put the phone down.
* Go aggressively analog: Buy a physical paper planner. An actual notebook. Yes, like it's 1999.
* Chain it to a desk: Give this planner one designated spot in your house. It lives there. It does not travel. If it moves, you’re back to square one.
* Write. It. Out: Neurologically speaking, the physical act of forcing your hand to write letters creates massive, deeply grooved memory pathways that typing simply cannot replicate.
Stop scrolling, go buy some paper, and let your hands do the remembering so your poor, hormonal brain doesn't have to. ✍️🔥

07/13/2026

Perimenopause logic: Let’s give her 100% of the PMS, but 0% of the period. 🙃
If you’re dealing with a Phantom Period, your body isn't broken—it’s just operating on erratic perimenopause time. Here’s the deal:
* The Estrogen Spike: Your estrogen spikes high enough to trigger PMS symptoms, but because ovulation is flaky, you don't get the progesterone drop needed to actually start your bleed.
* The Fluid Retention: Erratic estrogen signals your body to hold onto fluid (hello, heavy breasts and bloat). 🎈
* The No-Bleed Cramps: Your body still releases prostaglandins (the chemicals that tell your uterus to contract) on its usual schedule, causing cramps even if the lining isn't ready to shed.
* The Mood Rollercoaster: Erratic hormones disrupt your serotonin, leaving you irritated, exhausted, and craving everything in the pantry. 🍫
Drop a 👻 if you've experienced a phantom period, and share this with a friend who needs the validation!

Period symptoms… but NO period? 🩸❌ Swipe to find out why.If you’re in perimenopause, your body is on a hormonal roller c...
07/09/2026

Period symptoms… but NO period? 🩸❌ Swipe to find out why.

If you’re in perimenopause, your body is on a hormonal roller coaster. 🎢

Your estrogen can spike high enough to trigger every single PMS symptom you've ever known, but because ovulation becomes highly irregular, the "grand finale" gets skipped. 🚫🩸

Let’s break down the science of the "Phantom Period":
1️⃣ The skipped hormone crash 😫
2️⃣ Why your cramps are 100% real (thanks, prostaglandins!) 😖
3️⃣ The erratic estrogen causing fluid retention and sore breasts 🍈
4️⃣ How your nervous system reacts to the chaos 😱

Save this post so you can look back at it the next time your body skips its schedule, and drop your questions below! 👇

07/07/2026

Welcome to perimenopause, where your hormones act like chaotic teenagers and your uterine lining does whatever it wants. 🙄

If you’ve been noticing some random spotting lately, don’t panic—your body isn’t broken.

Drop a 🩸 if you’re currently riding this hormonal rollercoaster, and head to the comments for 5 very real reasons why it’s happening. 👇





Get. Your. Fiber. Y’all heard me. You asked for ideas. So here they are! My fave list of high fiber foods.Your goal 🥅...
07/06/2026

Get. Your. Fiber.

Y’all heard me. You asked for ideas. So here they are! My fave list of high fiber foods.

Your goal 🥅 - 25-35 grams every damn day. 🏆

You can do it!

07/03/2026

Drop a note below and let me know which one you are going to try next!

I’m thinking urban chickens!!! 🐓🐓🐓 What do you think Aaron??

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