juliafountain.nd

Home
Canada
Georgetown, ON
juliafountain.nd

Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Menopause Practitioner (MSCP)✨Clinical care and group programs✨

11/23/2025

Hi I’m George! And I’m 1️⃣ year old today 🎉
I’m part shih tzu and cocker spaniel and I have a lot of puppy energy. My nickname is Soda Fountain, apparently I have a ‘bubbly’ personality.

When my pet parents adopted me they were rookie pet parents and boy it shows!

I’ve had to teach them some important life lessons over the last year, like

🐾how important it is to greet everyone in your house with exuberance when they get home. It makes them feel special and you can never take for granted that they’re in your life. Besides, there may come a time when they don’t walk through the door and you’ll really miss them.

🐾how it’s important to start and end the day with a walk. Rain snow or shine. Not just a walk but a stroll and sniff - stop to smell the roses, the air, the grass. Hydro poles are the best. Be in the moment in nature to rev up for the day, and to wind down at the end of it.

🐾About finding joy in the simplest things. Brooms and mops are meant to be chased. Socks are meant to be stolen. Bed sheets are meant to be wrestled with. Sweeping. Mopping. Laundry. Making beds. They’re all games. It’s just a matter of perspective.

🐾About being curious. If something is different or new, approach it, smell it, be curious, don’t just judge it and walk away. There’s a ton of interesting things out there. Life never needs to be boring if you keep being curious.

🐾and finally, one can never underestimate the value of a good nap and a good haircut

What has your pet taught you?

10/24/2025

🥦🥬 🫜turmeric roasted veggies with cauliflower rice … cruciferous vegetables - cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, turnip, kale, collards, brussel sprouts, bok choy, arugula - contain sulfur compounds which give them that distinctive smell … and some notable health benefits

Studies show these cabbage-family vegetables may:
 ✅ Lower breast cancer risk ✅ Reduce cancer recurrence ✅ Ease menopausal symptoms ✅ Improve overall health for breast cancer survivors

🥗✨who else ❤️s them? 🙋‍♀️

(cooked may digest better than raw for some)

10/22/2025

🧠 Ginkgo biloba for menopause brain fog? The jury’s still out! 🤔

Some studies show it helps, others say nada. One found it boosted mental flexibility in certain postmenopausal women, but another long-term study saw zero effects.

🎢 Science is a rollercoaster! Stay tuned for more research on Ginkgo. 🌿

In the meantime consider time-tested and research-tested ways to maintain cognitive health including -

🏃🏻‍♀️exercise!! Increases blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain
🤯monitor & maintain blood pressure in a healthy range (below 130 mmHg systolic) - prevents damage to the small blood vessels in the brain
💡maintain healthy blood sugar levels - low blood sugar can affect attention, mood & memory through the day while chronically high blood sugar can increase inflammation in the brain affecting mood and cognition

10/18/2025

It’s World Menopause Day! So many women sharing their stories and inquiring about lifestyle, skin care, supplements and hormone therapies.
Honoured to be working with Dr Daniela Steyn and the WellnessMD team in Oakville to provide truly collaborative and comprehensive care to women in midlife
The show continues tomorrow!

09/29/2025

Gardening is always better with a buddy 🐾🌻

09/18/2025

The discussion about when to treat menopausal symptoms is a nuanced one. Many women wonder if their symptoms are ‘bad enough’ to seek help.

The menopause rating scale is a validated and research standard questionnaire that asks women to rank the severity of 11 of the most recognized symptoms in menopause. It’s used as a baseline assessment and redone after an intervention - usually hormone therapy - to evaluate response.

If your work-around and DIY ways to manage symptoms aren’t working anymore or you’re scrolling through these questions with 2’s,3’s or 4’s, let’s talk.💫

08/26/2025

‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face’ ~Mike Tyson

Oct 15 2015. I hit the wall playing squash. Literally ran into the wall. Blood, stitches, broken wrist. The wall won.

At the time I was playing squash 5x/week, working full time in my practice, running the clinic, spending evening and weekends doing physical labour renovating our clinic at 22 Guelph and chasing after 2 young boys. I was unstoppable. Until I wasn’t.

The run-in with the wall was my punch in the face. It forced me to engineer a Plan B - to shift gears, slow down, be more intentional.

I’ve come to appreciate the power of a Plan B. How many times are we working a ‘plan’- whether for health or fitness, for career, for finances or retirement? Then there’s a punch in the face. Job loss…Illness…Injury…A pandemic …or (insert any number of events that can derail Plan A for the meantime). What do we do? We resort to a Plan B or even a Plan C. Setbacks don’t need to knock us out of the game.

The menopause transition can be that proverbial ‘punch in the face’ for some women. The go-to Plan A strategies for stress, focus, sleep, mood, weight aren’t working anymore. Instead of recycling old habits and thought patterns we look at this age and state with a fresh set of eyes.
And engineer a Plan A with a new set of guardrails. And a Plan B and a Plan C. Because when we’re it for the long haul we need a plan that withstands all the punches.💫

Address

22 Guelph Street
Georgetown, ON
L7G3Z4

Telephone

+19058738729

Website

http://www.drjulia.online/, https://www.drjulia.online/pages/menopause-reset-workshop-landing-page

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when juliafountain.nd posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Georgetown?