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Licensed Aesthetician, PhD in Nutrition & Endocrinology Nutrition, Fitness & Wellness Coaching

04/15/2026

The harsh truth. It isn’t age.
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04/13/2026

Modern life is destroying men’s vitality and health and all people do is complain about how men aren’t men any more. So why don’t we start talking about some of the why’s?

Stress is one of the biggest culprits, along with a sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, poor sleep habits and a flatlined dopamine system.

Blaming all the plastic in the water and jumping straight to pharmaceuticals is just a cop out and temporary bandaid if none of the other issues are addressed first.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it means changing up your lifestyle, but when it comes to overall longevity and health, you MUST address the root cause.

Tell me what you think ⬇️

04/10/2026

You’re not weak for missing someone who hurts you. You’re just like a ju**ie in withdrawal.

When you end a cycle with an inconsistent person, your brain doesn’t just feel sad. Instead it goes into a dopamine seek loop, looking for the next hit.

That’s why the urge to text, to check their page, to replay every good memory can feel so physical.

Here’s how you start to break it:
Name it.
Redirect it.
Stop only remembering the highs.

Uou’ll heal by making your brain see the full picture.
This takes time. Withdrawal is real, so be patient with yourself.

⬇️ Save this for those moments of “weakness” — because they WILL happen.

04/09/2026

Why you’re obsessed with the person who hurts you as explained by your hormones.

Your brain doesn’t reward consistency. It rewards unpredictability.

When someone is hot and cold, kind then distant, your brain releases dopamine every time they come back around. Just like a slot machine.

You’re not weak or stupid. Though I know it can feel that way when it keeps happening.

You’re chemically hooked on a variable reward cycle.

This is the science behind why you can know someone is wrong for you and still feel addicted to them.

It’s just a dopamine loop.

In my next reel, I’m telling you exactly how to break it. (And it works for all types of dopamine loops so you’ll want to save it!)

⬇️ Save this for the person who needs to hear it.

04/06/2026

I’ve lived with chronic pain and nausea since my second son was born.

And for a long time, the thing that always kept me grounded, exercise, became the thing I couldn’t rely on anymore.

A year ago, I ended up in the hospital and had emergency surgery to save my life.

It was a very humbling wake-up call.

I had no choice but to make some changes.

I still need movement for my mental health, my body, and for feeling like myself. But it looks nothing like it used to.

It’s not rigid.
It’s rarely intense.
It’s not pushing through pain just to check a box.

Now I take it day by day.

I leaving room for flexibility, recovery, and real life. With my two littles, life is very unpredictable.

Some days I manage a full workout.
Some days it’s just moving my body for a few minutes like this.

And honestly? That’s what’s allowed me to stay consistent and keep my muscle.

I just make sure to move. Every day. Even just a little.

04/03/2026

Sometimes it really is that simple.

Don’t let Google or ChatGPT diagnose your symptoms and send you into a spiral before you look at the basics.

04/01/2026

By the time I got all my stuff done last night, it was 11pm. Then of course I needed to lay in bed for an hour pre-stressing about today’s to-do list.

But don’t you worry, I’m still handling sh*!. Kinda.

It’s just days like this where I really notice my age and my diminished ability to handle stress.

Things that wouldn’t have phased me even 5 years ago now feel catastrophic some days.

Tis the life of a perimenopausal woman. One day your up, the next you’re completely crashing out. And we have years of this to look forward to!!

Luckily my boys, rambunctious and loud as they are, bring me way more joy so that I can better handle the stress.

But for the rest of the millennial and GenX mamas, how are you hanging in there?

03/30/2026

If it’s too dangerous for men… why is it acceptable for women?

Why is this not talked about more?

When male birth control was being studied, trials were stopped because of side effects like mood swings, depression, acne, and changes in libido.

Sound familiar?

Because those are the same side effects women experience every day on hormonal birth control.

Except women are told it’s “normal” and “Just part of it.”

Let’s be clear:

Hormonal birth control works and it may be the only option for some women.

But it is not harmless!
It alters brain chemistry, suppresses ovulation, and changes hormone signaling in ways that impact mood, attraction, energy, and mental health.

These side effects have been normalized that without fully informing women of the trade-offs.

That’s what irks me to no end!

This is lack of informed consent.

And I just CANNOT wrap my head around why these side effects are perfectly okay for women, but unacceptable for men.

03/27/2026

If you felt depressed, unmotivated, or just off on birth control, it wasn’t all in your head.

Estrogen and dopamine are closely linked.

When estrogen rises (like during ovulation), dopamine activity increases too impacting:
• motivation
• libido
• reward response
• attraction

Hormonal birth control suppresses ovulation, which flattens those estrogen peaks.

And when that happens, it can change:
• how driven you feel
• how exciting things feel
• how strong attraction feels
• even how attractive you feel

👉 Your neurochemistry is changed.

This is one of the most overlooked effects of hormonal birth control, and it explains why so many women feel “not like themselves.”

I go deeper into this (and how it affects attraction + relationships) in today’s Substack.

Comment below and I’ll send you the link. Or sign up a subscriber (free or paid) to get the latest sent to your inbox.

03/24/2026

No one tells you this about birth control.

Attraction is primarily biological. And birth control screws that up.

Your body is constantly evaluating genetic compatibility as part of something that involves something called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which is linked to your immune system.

When you’re naturally cycling, research suggests women tend to be more attracted to partners who are genetically different from them, especially around ovulation.

But hormonal birth control suppresses ovulation.

And studies have shown that this can shift attraction patterns toward partners who are genetically more similar instead of different.

This doesn’t mean your relationships aren’t real.
But it does show that your hormones are influencing your preferences more than you think.

Your “type” might not just be your type.

More on this → Substack.

03/23/2026

Attraction feels personal.

Like it’s about chemistry, personality, and shared values.

But biologically, attraction is actually heavily influenced by hormones.

In naturally cycling women, hormone levels shift throughout the month. And those shifts can influence what the brain finds appealing.

Around ovulation, when estrogen peaks and there’s a brief rise in testosterone, research suggests women may be more drawn to traits associated with genetic fitness:

• facial symmetry
• physical dominance
• confidence
• higher-testosterone features

Later in the cycle, preferences often shift toward:

• emotional stability
• warmth
• reliability

This doesn’t mean your attraction to someone is fake.
You just need to understand that it can be dynamic since your hormones are a large part of the equation.

03/19/2026

You just came off birth control.

And now your hormones are trying to regulate again without the synthetic support they were relying on.

That shows up as:
• hormonal acne
• increased oil production
• inflammation
• texture changes

This is called post-birth control acne and it’s not a skincare problem.

It’s a hormone + nutrient imbalance showing up on your skin.

Most people panic and start switching products.

But the real fix starts with:
• balancing androgens
• reducing inflammation
• stabilizing blood sugar
• replenishing key nutrients

Because your skin reflects what your body has access to.

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If your skin is spiraling after stopping birth control, this is exactly what I help clients fix both internally and externally.

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