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By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP What does doing a ‘detox’ or ‘cleanse’ mean to you? Fasting? Going on a lemon juice cleanse? Our bodies detox 365 days a year, sweeping our cells clean of toxins and removing them from our bodies. Let’s look at why...
By Randi Mann WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP Brain fog is one of the more common symptoms we see in practice, as well as being one of the most elusive and hard to pin down. A sudden onset of poor concentration, mental fatigue, inability to focus, confusion, and memory...
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP The pandemic has brought us six solid months of stress, anxiety, and fear of the unknown. This Fall things are ramping up again, with increased COVID infection rates and back to school worries. Hundreds of studies have been published...
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we began a discussion of adrenal dysfunction - what happens to your body when you experience a stressful event or have ongoing, unrelenting stress. Too much stress can wreak havoc with your...
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP In the article Stress - The Silent Killer - Part 1, we began a discussion of what happens to your body when you experience a stressful event or have ongoing, unrelenting stress. Too much stress can wreak havoc with your stress...
By Randi Mann, WHNP-BC, NCMP, APNP Your body was designed to respond to short bursts of stress followed by many days of rest and relaxation. For almost all of our patients, this is not their reality. Many of them have been dealing with the effects of long term stress...
Is your sex life not what you thought it would be? Does the thought alone make you tired? Many people find their interest in lovemaking naturally drops with age. And the stress of daily life is enough to put anyone in a rut in the bedroom at times. Changing bodies can...
Are you happy? It might be a simple question, but for many people, happiness feels like an impossible goal to reach. In fact, studies show that only about one in three people consistently identify as “happy.” If that seems a bit depressing, rest easy. The steps to...
Weight loss is one of the major concerns we hear from our new patients at Wise Woman Wellness. It is almost always listed among the various symptoms that bring frustrated women to our doors. The over-simplified equation of “eat less, exercise more” is not working for...
The adrenal glands and adrenal hormones play a vital role in how we deal with stress. Your stress response system includes three endocrine glands (the HPA Axis - hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal) and the sympathetic nervous system. These glands and your nervous...
