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Clara’s Case Study: Overcoming Infertility
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Dealing with infertility is an overwhelming, confusing, and heartbreaking issue for an estimated 10% of women in the US who are between the ages of 15 and 44. It’s defined as the inability to get pregnant after one year of trying for women less than 35 years of age, or six months for those who…
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A Functional Medicine Approach to Infertility
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When having trouble conceiving, it can be really difficult to decide what the best steps towards finding help can be. In Functional Medicine, we look to get to the individual’s underlying root cause of imbalances within their body. When we are able to do this, we can be more successful in our treatment. For many…
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Supporting Our Innate Resilience
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When we are truly healthy we have a natural resilience against the action of destructive forces on our health. In fact, we have the means to reboot our mind and our body when we give ourselves the right tools. Much like a computer, which has a BIOS (Basic Input Output Operating System) so too does…
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Unleash Your Inner Child
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Aahhh, to be a kid again! The great news is that you can be.I absolutely love reminiscing about my childhood. It never gets old talking about my favorite movies, games, vacations and foods from that time in my life. When I have these conversations, I feel lighter. My soul fills with happiness when I take…
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Why is Sugar so Hard to Kick?
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As I have been writing about my journey to better health here at The Ultrawellness Center, I realized I needed to write about sugar. Since I’ve had a sweet tooth most of my life, making positive dietary changes by giving up a lot of my favorite foods was a bit of a struggle. I realized…
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How to Naturally Support a Child with Anxiety
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Millions of people suffer with anxiety, so what do you do when one of them is your own child? My eldest son has suffered with anxiety for most of his life. It showed up as separation anxiety when he was small and escalated into a real issue after his father and I separated when he…
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Spiritual Practices for Happiness and Health
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So many of us identify as living a busy life. As a full time working mother of 4 boys, I certainly do! I am also a deeply spiritual person and know the many benefits of having a spiritual practice. But one has to wonder, how can a busy person find time to be spiritual? With…
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How I Changed My Life Using Functional Nutrition
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I’ve struggled with my weight for many years. I tried every diet that came out only to lose some weight and gain it right back a couple months later. I tried exercise, which helped some, but I still found I felt bloated and my fingers and joints were always swollen. I have had hypothyroidism since…
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The Foundation and The Core
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As a Functional Medicine practitioner, I often utilize a tool called the “Matrix.” It serves as a roadmap to organize and tell the pertinent parts of a patient’s story and demonstrates how all of the systems within the body are interconnected. In utilizing this tool, we can map out those variables that have had influence…
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How Gratitude Saved My Life
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After being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the young age of 30, I found myself shocked and confused. I was “Miss Prevention.” I embraced all the right habits that were supposed to keep me healthy and disease-free throughout life; I exercised, ate well, and talked to others about wellness constantly. Now I was facing…