Author: Amanda

The HTMA Pattern We See in Women Under Long-Term Stress

Another pattern we’ve been seeing in many of the women in our latest Mineral Healing Journey cohort. This one is called a Fast 4 (or Four Lows) pattern on HTMA, where the body’s first four minerals, calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium, are all depleted. When this happens, it often reflects a body that has been […]
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The “High Achiever” Stress Pattern

This pattern often shows up in women who are incredibly driven. They are productive, capable, and used to operating at a fast pace. Their schedules tend to stay full, their responsibilities are significant, and they are often the person others rely on to keep things moving. Many of these women are balancing work (both inside […]
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A Pattern We Are Seeing Inside The Mineral Healing Journey

As we’ve wrapped up reviewing initial HTMA results from women inside the Mineral Healing Journey program, certain patterns have started to repeat themselves. Many of these women came into the program feeling like their body had slowly started working against them. They were already putting effort into their health. They were eating well, trying to […]
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6 Minerals That Impact PCOS

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a complex hormone disorder that is often classified into different types, although I look at PCOS as more of a spectrum. Our stress, hormones, blood sugar, inflammation, and nutrient status can all impact PCOS symptoms such as irregular cycles, facial and body hair growth, acne, thinning hair, polycystic ovaries, weight […]
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Iron Shifts In Pregnancy

Iron can shift quite a bit throughout pregnancy because of fluctuating hormone and blood levels. Iron levels are typically monitored via hemoglobin. Hemoglobin levels naturally decrease during pregnancy due to shifts in blood volume and hormones. Hemoglobin production stays the same while blood volume rises. Blood volume is increasing significantly during the third trimester, but […]
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Iodine Wins!

Success With Iodine Ive used iodine myself and with clients for the last 4 years. It’s one of my favorite minerals because it is therapeutic on so many levels. I have great conversations with course students about their experience with iodine and I wanted to share a couple in this post. I want to preface […]
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Self Care & Motherhood

3 Ways I Support My Mental & Physical Health In Motherhood Balancing working and being a mom isn’t easy but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have the honor of being a mother of two amazing girls and I also get to help women thrive in their health. Both are very important to […]
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Thyroid Health on an HTMA vs Blood Work

Concerned about your thyroid health, but confused by your labs? When it comes to thyroid health, it’s important to look at it from a few different angles. I like using your symptoms and metabolic markers (basal body temp or BBT), hair mineral testing, and blood work. Blood work is the traditional way to look at […]
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 How To Support Your Minerals

There are three main areas we want to focus on when starting the process of supporting your overall mineral status: Mineral Supportive Nutrition Mineral supportive nutrition is nutrition that takes into consideration eating enough, optimizing macronutrients for blood sugar, as well as prioritizing nutrient dense foods. What this looks like: If there were one mineral […]
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Period Pain & Gut Health

How Our Gut Health Can Drive Period Pain Period pain is your body communicating that something is out of balance. There can be a number of different root causes to period pain, a major one being poor gut health. According to Dr. Katharina Dalton, a British gynecologist and expert on PMS, there are two types […]
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