Author: Amanda

Three Minerals You Want To Test & Not Guess Before Supplementing

Supplements are so common these days that it’s easy to forget just how powerful they are. You can go to the grocery store, pharmacy, and most prominently, online to find just about anything you need. I think it’s great that access to supplements is so widely available, but the downside to supplements being so readily […]
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PCOS Case Study

Nahal is a special Master Your Minerals course student that is still on her hormone healing journey, but has had so many big changes along the way that I had to share. She has a history of PCOS and hypothyroidism and despite feeling like she was doing everything right, she wasn’t seeing improvement in her […]
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Supporting Minerals For A Healthy Stress Response

Not only can we minimize stressors using nutrition but we can also strengthen our body’s ability to handle stress through nutrition principles. I am going to dig into specific minerals we can focus on prioritizing without having any testing done, but make sure you are eating enough (I talk about how to know if you […]
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How minerals impact hormones

There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t get a DM about someone’s DUTCH test or hormone blood work that shows a hormone imbalance and then asking what they should do about it. I cannot answer these DM’s (not safe for you or me), but if I did, my first question would be […]
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5 things that impact lymphatic flow

Let’s dive deep into the lymph’s main functions and how it works. 1. Protection: The lymphatic system helps fight diseases and infections by producing and releasing white blood cells and other immune cells to fight against foreign invaders such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi. 2. Regulation: Drains the lymph (extra fluid) from the body […]
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Creating Safety Through Nutrition

One of the most important parts of eating in a way to support our hormones is thinking about creating safety with our nutrition. The female body requires safety in order to thrive. When our bodies are in a stressed state, they don’t prioritize important things like hormone production. They eat up the stored glucose in […]
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How to stimulate your vagus nerve

Before reading this post lets stimulate your vagus nerve! 1. Breathe in through your nose as you count to 4 in your head: 1-2-3-4.2. Breathe out through pressed lips as you count to 8 in your head: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.3. Repeat twice. Congratulations, you’ve just stimulated your vagus nerve. Do you feel more calm? Less anxious? Clearer-minded? […]
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Prioritizing Minerals To Support Gut Health

What do minerals have to do with our gut health? Everything! But seriously, they have a big impact on many different aspects of gut health from supporting digestion to ensuring our immune system is functioning properly to avoiding imbalances of bacteria and fungus. They really impact every aspect of our gut health. One of the […]
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How the thyroid sets the pace for our cells

Thyroid health can be so confusing, especially because you don’t need to be diagnosed with a thyroid disorder to suffer from thyroid issues. Hypothyroidism or sluggish thyroid is incredibly common–see the symptoms in the last slide. Your thyroid is a 🦋-shaped gland that powers every cell in your body. It sets the pace for your […]
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Getting Curious On The Healing Journey

When you begin a healing journey it’s typically because you have a problem (usually a symptom) that you are trying to find a solution for. Maybe you’ve tried conventional medicine without any relief, maybe you want to try other things before you go down the conventional medicine route. Either way, you’re in a place where […]
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