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You may have heard the word mast cells sprinkled around social media lately. Maybe it was in relation to the formal diagnosis, MCAS (mast cell activation syndrome), which is often discussed alongside EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and POTS (postural or
“Normal” is not optimal. But “optimal” is not always evidence-based. Lately, I have seen many functional medicine practitioners share their personal “optimal” lab ranges. Which is great. We should all want optimal
You don’t need psychedelics to have a psychedelic experience. A psychedelic experience is anything that disrupts the ordinary self long enough for us to see life differently. Children do it naturally. Motherhood can completely dismantle and r
We can transplant organs, sequence a genome, and watch an embryo develop in real time. And yet… What actually starts labor? Why does preeclampsia happen? Why does one woman barely notice menopause while another is completely flattened by it?
What happens between the moment women notice something and the moment medicine decides it is real? This episode started with the very weird period situation of June 2026 and somehow ended up taking me through menstrual synchrony, the moon, women&rsq
Herbs vs. meds, swaps I make most often (going both ways), what “natural” actually means, supplement red flags, what I look for before buying, and a lot more. Comment SUPPLEMENTS and I’ll send you the guide 🌿💊
Gut-directed hypnotherapy might sound ‘woo woo.’ But did you know IBS is now classified as a disorder of gut-brain interaction? And hypnosis is in conventional GI guidelines. The brain can change how the gut feels and functions, and the
We know psychedelics change the brain. But the research is starting to suggest that the effects may reach much further. Psilocybin has been studied for changes in cortisol, inflammatory markers, immune signaling, DNA methylation, brain connectivity,