Better Everyday #35: Michele Laine Shows Us How To Be Stronger Than The Storm
Release Date: 02/15/2017
Dr Brooke Show #436 The Truth About Compounding Pharmacies
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site, . There is a huge divide on using compounded pharmacies vs. your standard local pharmacy. On one hand many things compounding is the only way you can get bioidentical hormone therapy and on the other hand there’s a ton of fear around using these seemingly “unregulated” facilities and formulas. As always, the truth is in the middle and I cover the myths about regulation, what the role of these types of formulas are and much more in this episode! Stuff I Know You Will Love A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy fibers and who gets...
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Dr Brooke Show #436 A New Holistic Approach to Endometriosis
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For more info on how I can help you visit my site . Endometriosis can be debilitating for women and not only is treatment somewhat hit and miss, many women go undiagnosed for years. In this episode I cover some new areas of research and potential root causes of endometriosis. As well, when it comes to hormones there is a shift away from focusing only on estrogen dominance towards local estrogen activity in endometriomas and progesterone resistance. This episode will give women a more holistic view on this condition as well as several new ways to think about treatment. Stuff I...
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r Brooke Show #435 Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) For Women
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site . HIgh doses of naltrexone are used for certain addiction treatments, but lower and mid range doses have been shown to have hormonal, anti-inflammatory and weight loss benefits - with relatively few side effects for most women. In this episode I talk about using naltrexone with conditions such as Hashimoto’s and other autoimmune and how it can play into cravings and weight loss success. With all that in mind, it has uses in a variety of symptoms of midlife as well. Stuff I Know You Will Love A healthy microbiome feeds on healthy...
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Dr Brooke Show #434 How To Think About Supplements For Female Hormones
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site ! Oh, juicy one, right? While there are some that say they are all garbage and others that say they are the same as taking hormones, it's no wonder it’s a confusing topic. In this episode, I share how to think about most female hormone balance supplements: what the ingredients do, is there enough of anything to produce that effect in your product, and how to know what products may or may not help you. I also created t to help! Mentioned in the episode: My female hormone balance product: Stuff I...
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Dr Brooke Show #433 Tools To Reset Your Nervous System
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site . Stressful moments happen to the best of us and we need actionable tools to complete the stress response, get back to baseline and reset our nervous system. Some of us are hardwired to be more reactive and dysregulated on an ongoing basis, so we may want to employ some of these tools as a daily habit and not just as a reactive response to a stressor. Either way, this episode will give you some easy, tangible ways to get yourself out of a stress response and back into regulation. Items referenced in this episode: ...
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Dr Brooke Show #432 PCOS + Perimenopause Q&A
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site . Follow up to episode #431 where I laid out how hormones change in perimenopause for women with PCOS, this episode answers questions from my listeners specific to these two conditions. I cover testing, worsening insulin resistance and weight gain, new understanding of the hormonal landscape of PCOS, breakouts and more. Items mentioned in the show: bundled price for PCOS supplement formulas (best price!) bundled price for gut healing regimen PCOS formulated multi androgen balancing formula emulsified, highly...
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Dr Brooke Show #431 PCOS & Perimenopause
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site . Have you heard that menopause cures or fixes PCOS? There is so much misunderstanding around PCOS leaving many women without answers and much misinformation about what this condition looks like as hormones decline in perimenopause and menopause. In this episode I cover how PCOS looks as we enter midlife, what gets better, what gets worse and your best strategies to manage it. Items mentioned in the show: bundled price for PCOS supplement formulas (best price!) bundled price for gut healing regimen PCOS...
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Dr Brooke Show #430 Is Candida Causing Your Symptoms?
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Candida is probably the thing women come most often with thinking that they have. Part of the reason is that the symptoms like bloating, fatigue, and sugar cravings are so common. In this episode, I cover sussing out if this is really behind your symptoms, testing (pros and cons) and how to work with both supplements and the candida diet. As well as the most important part: why do you have this opportunistic infection in the first place? Is it the microbiome, hormone shifts, blood sugar, etc? We always want to be solving that problem as well as clearing any candida infection if present. ...
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Dr Brooke Show #429 All About PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
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For more info on how I can help you, visit my site . Often referred to as simply really bad PMS, PMDD is really its own thing and can be much more severe and debilitating than the usual PMS symptoms - though it can include those things too such as bloating, changes in digestion, fatigue and cramps. It’s a complex issue and if you’re suffering from it, it’s wise to explore several facets such as inflammation, histamine, etc. as well as understanding how hormone fluctuations might be the biggest driver of this condition. I cover all of that in this episode, please share if you know a woman...
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Dr Brooke Show #428 How Estrogen + Progesterone Impact Your Sleep
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For more info on how I can help you, visit . Progesterone gets all the love for being a sleep helper but estrogen is really important too! So whether your hormones are low due to not ovulating for some reason in your 20s or 30s such as PCOS, stress, etc. or you’re in perimenopause or menopause, both of these hormones play a huge role in falling and staying asleep. In this episode, I cover exactly how estrogen and progesterone impact neurotransmitters like serotonin and GABA as well as impact circadian rhythm, your vagus nerve and inflammation which all affect sleep. Stuff I Know You Will...
info_outlineSometimes it’s all going well – great actually – and then the bottom falls out….
Sometimes it falls way out. Everything you’ve built, all you’ve worked for, how you’ve defined yourself slips away and you’re left to clean up the mess. Many of us have been there, some of us have crumbled under the weight of it and had to dig ourselves out down the road. With our adrenals shot, our relationships in shambles and questioning who we even are now.
Having survived just such a situation with her marriage intact, children thriving and with the strength to rebuild it all, Michele tells us exactly how she did it. When her business fell apart, her home was lost and her health was slipping away, Michele decided to be stronger than the storm swirling around her. In this episode, she shares with us the exact tools she used and what would become her new book.
And as always, keep those questions coming to [email protected]! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.