Dr Amanda Selmser, Functional and Chinese Medicine

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Dr Amanda Selmser, Functional and Chinese Medicine

Amanda uses Functional and Chinese Medicine to balance the body both physically and emotionally.

Specializing in women's health and hormones, fertility, thyroid health and more. *Functional Medicine
*Traditional Chinese Medicine
*Diet and lifestyle consulting
*Specializes in Hormones
*Specializes in Fertility
*Pregnancy and Postpartum Care

11/25/2025

This is what a post work out meal should look like

My pre work out meal was cottage cheese and avocado

Just so that I’m not giving false information, I actually measured and added up the protein and fibre

33 grams of protein (the total of both pre and post meals)
10 grams of fibre

The well ness industry will have you believe that a protein powder laced with s**t, and a creatine powder are the things you need

I don’t know when we shifted health from real food to drinking concoctions full of chemicals, artificial flavours and heavy metals

But we did

And we wonder why our blood sugar is messed up, our gut is inflamed, our toxin levels are high

Don’t get me wrong- I love and strive for balance

Add in some collagen powder to your breakfast, and give creatine a try

But it’s an addition. Not the center stage

09/18/2025

The notion that we can “heal” our nervous system is bogus. It’s a complex system that reacts to your day to day, and adjusts accordingly. It’s not a wound that needs to heal. But a barometer for your health

Your triggers are your prompts to take action

Excessive fight or flight is a scream for a shift

But only you get to explore the deeper meanings behind your responses and reactions

If you’re anxious, buzzing, always overwhelmed, it’s not your nervous system that needs to heal

It’s a shift from why is this happening to me, to where am I neglecting my needs, where am I overstretched and under-cared for? The answers are mind blowing. And when you find them and have those big shifting moments, your nervous system does something really amazing. It chills the F out. You feel safe, secure, joyful

Find the power to say, I can do this, I don’t need to make it complicated, I just need to sit back and watch and listen

05/28/2025

It’s not easy deciding who to turn to for medical support

And it’s even more complicated for hormone support

Your GP may gaslight you if your symptoms are mild. I hear you. But they are really great at running blood work panels, and may support you while you work with someone else

If you are overwhelmed, have really persistent symptoms, have tried everything and want hormone therapy, find a functional minded Medical Doctor or Nurse Practitioner

A functional medicine practitioner like myself is going to dive deep into your body as a whole. Correct the imbalances behind your hormone symptoms through holistic measures not medications

Questions?

04/24/2025

I can very confidently say that although I have almost a decade of holistic and scientific medical training

I am the container to hold space for your healing

I do not do it for you

I can assist in your hormone imbalances and digestive disturbances. I can offer insight into what I believe is “dis-eased”

But ultimately you correct it

And I think that’s a really important and powerful thing to hear

I am your guide. You are your own healer. Be accountable for that. Take action

And if you hear one really important message today it is this

Your health is not in a supplement, diet, fad, step tracker, glucose monitor

It is in YOU ❤️

04/21/2025

I find it so interesting

But actually really frustrating too

You are being told, marketed, whatever, that the healing is a removal of something or a cleansing of something else

But your stubborn symptoms persist when you don’t go deep enough

It’s a layered process for sure. And asking some of those questions is really earth shattering

But it’s an interesting perspective to see what we think will “fix” us, and where we put up the blinders

03/19/2025

I can honestly say that being your practitioner is one of the things nearest and dearest to my heart

Being your safe place for reflection and vulnerability, heartache and symptom overload

I pour my everything into research, testing, supplements and treatment plans. Keeping on top in an industry that is forever changing

And it’s sometimes not enough

There’s a portion of work that I can’t do. I can’t recommend a pill for. I can’t be accountable for

And it’s hard. It’s hard to watch you feel all the feelings when I can only sit and hold space. It’s hard to watch your symptoms persist and exacerbate when you are getting closer to your answers

But know that I’m always here. Hopefully with a guiding light directing you to the place inwards that is asking for help

It’s the yin and yang of this practice

Work with hormones they say 😜

03/06/2025

Complicated stuff my friends

No wonder you feel overwhelmed!

But nerds like me live for this stuff

I’ve got you 💪🏻

02/27/2025

Just a little brain dump for you this morning

Some reminders, and some things we don’t like hearing

But that’s a part of it

Is it Friday yet? ☀️

02/24/2025

The missing puzzle could be:

☀️ Lack of sleep (waking super early to crush the day-don’t do it)
☀️ Disconnect with nature (indoors all day, scrolling, screens)
☀️ Community (secluding yourself, lack of friends and support)
☀️ Joy bringers (I made up the name, but it means things that bring you JOY)

That’s it

It’s not fancy

01/04/2025

This is your year to ask yourself the questions that will lead you back to yourself. To help you reground and come back into balance

⭐️ Why am I restricting my diet? Where do I feel out of control?
⭐️ Why am I irritable? What anger/sadness have I shoved deep down?
⭐️ Why can’t I sleep? Where have I stretched myself thin and forgot to say No?
⭐️ Why am I tired? When was the last time I rested/went outside/sought joy?
⭐️ Why am I anxious? Is fear and insecurity driving me? Why?
⭐️ What could happen if started living my life, free, fearless, full of peace?
⭐️ What could happen if I ignored the chatter of my brain and said %*+@ it more often?

I don’t have the answers right away. But when I ask the question, I open up room for discovery of my truth. And it’s always mind blowing what comes my way

Step into this New Year with gratitude. With happiness. With flow and surrender.

Ignoring social media. Ignoring that person that claims they have the solution to your happiness.
Ignoring all of the s**t that doesn’t matter

Find the things that light your soul on fire. I know I will be ♥️ 🔥

12/17/2024

Thank you 2023, for being an incredibly beautiful year

I have so much I want to stay to wrap it all up

I am beyond grateful for a healthy family, two children that take on this world with fierceness and fire, 1,000 questions a day, and kindness like no other. For a husband who has goals he keeps on achieving, to better our family and help us live out our dreams. For a career that fuels me, lights me up, and connects me to exceptional women

And to myself. For showing up for me. After a tiny hiatus, of raising babes and being everything for everyone but myself. That was fu***ng hard. But the lessons continue to be worth the hard work. The growth, unmatchable ❤️

Here’s to a year of gratefulness, gratitude and more growth

Signing off until 2025 ❤️

11/19/2024

Just a few little observations this year

And trust me, I get it ❤️ We live in a world of info overwhelm and social media

But deeper medicine is thinking about how we can conquer some of these thought patterns and challenges

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https://dramandaselmser.com/

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