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09/17/2025

3 more ways to improve neuroplasticity 🧠

In case you’ve missed my recent posts about neuroplasticity, a quick refresher:

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to create new connections and strengthen existing neural pathways.

Because of neuroplasticity, we’re able to:

✅ Release Anxieties
✅ Improve Mood
✅ Respond Better to Stress
✅ Break Unwanted Habits
✅ Create Helpful Habits
✅ Think More Clearly
✅ Stay Focused
✅ Remember More Easily
✅ Learn New Skills

Neuroplasticity explains why things like brain games, meditation, and yoga work. But here’s where it really gets fun:

Everyday healthy habits that we so often recommend in functional medicine ALSO improve the brain’s plasticity—meaning all of your efforts to retrain your brain will work better.

Like this:

🏋️‍♀️ Exercise triggers the release of a chemical called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which improves neuroplasticity.

🥦 Fruits & vegetables are rich in antioxidants called polyphenols that protect nerves to support neuroplasticity.

💤 Restorative sleep is also a necessary ingredient for neuroplasticity.

The conventional medical paradigm likes to isolate the parts of the body, the treatments, and the outcomes.

But in functional medicine, we know all the parts work together.

And everything works better when our brains are on board 🙌

09/14/2025

🤔 What neuroplasticity has to do with habits…

“We are creatures of habit.”

“Old habits are hard to break.”

“New habits are hard to keep.”

How many of these ideas ☝️ do you believe?

So much about improving our health requires changing our habits. That’s true for physical, mental, and emotional health. But in order for new habits to stick, we also need to retrain our brains.

It’s called neuroplasticity 💡 and is basically like rewiring old patterns into new ones on a subconscious level.

Here’s the great thing about neuroplasticity:

✅ The more you trigger neural pathways in the brain, the stronger they get.
❌ The less you trigger other neural pathways in the brain, the weaker they get.

That means every time you lace up your walking shoes instead of sitting on the couch, you’re training your brain to believe you’re a person who exercises. Every time you drink water instead of wine, you’re training your brain to believe you’re a person who stays sober. Every time you take a deep breath instead of yelling, you’re training your brain to believe you’re a person who stays present and relaxed.

The key to making neuroplasticity work in your favor is to practice your positive and health-promoting habits in little bits often:

🗝️ Little & Often 🗝️

That’s how you train your brain, and that’s how you make habits stick.

Watch for my next post because I’m going to share some **specific neuroplasticity exercises** you can do little & often.

Any ideas what some might be? Give me your guesses in the comments. ⤵️

09/10/2025

Ever feel like your brain is keeping you stuck?

Maybe it’s…

❌ Anxious Thoughts
❌ Negative Self-Talk
❌ Caving to Cravings
❌ Feeling Unmotivated
❌ Trouble Concentrating

These are just a few examples of feelings and behaviors that can be hard to break—like an endless cycle—that so often we blame our brains 🧠

But here’s what you need to know:

You have the power to retrain your brain!

Think of it like rewiring. You can teach the brain to form new connections: to strengthen pathways that serve you and weaken pathways that don’t.

💡 It’s called neuroplasticity.

Neuroplasticity is the reason we’re able to recover function after a stroke, learn new skills, and reprogram our thoughts.

It’s the key to behavior change and breaking free from past patterns that keep us feeling stuck.

Want to know more about neuroplasticity?

Be sure to like & follow because I’ll be sharing more on this topic soon!

09/07/2025

The trademarked FDN healing protocol, D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success® encompasses five major categories: Diet, Rest, Exercise, Stress Reduction, and Supplements.

NUTRITION - We start with eating the correct foods for your metabolic type and avoiding any foods you are sensitive to.
SLEEP- is very important for healing, so we work to optimize the rest you are getting in both duration and quality.
EXERCISE - we customize your exercise to optimize your results.
RELAXATION - stress reduction is a huge part of the puzzle. Chronic stress (of some sort) got you into this pickle, so together we work to take as much burden off your body (and life) as possible.

09/03/2025

“Health is not valued until sickness comes.”
-Thomas Fuller

Ouch. This one is a painful truth.

What do you think? Are you ready to prioritize your health BEFORE it’s too late?

08/22/2025

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08/18/2025

⬇️How Stress Affects PCOS ⬇️

Sometimes people with PCOS continue to struggle with symptoms even when they’re following a healthy diet, exercising, and taking supplements.

Why?

Because of stress.

On a biochemical level, the culprit is cortisol—the hormone we pump out in response to stress. Cortisol is useful in the short term (to give us energy to respond to stress) but damaging if produced too much for too long.

In PCOS, cortisol can:

❌ Worsen insulin resistance
❌ Increase testosterone even more
❌ Interfere with thyroid function
❌ Decrease progesterone even more

This last point is key. Did you know that cortisol is made in part from progesterone? That means that stress actually steals progesterone to make cortisol. Since progesterone is already low in PCOS, this can make things worse.

It may seem like a small and insignificant thing, but managing stress is an extremely important part of feeling good and thriving despite a diagnosis of PCOS. Small habits every day add up to make a big difference. Things like:

✅ Getting enough sleep
✅ Moving your body
✅ Drinking plenty of water
✅ Taking time to relax

If you’ve missed my recent posts about PCOS myths, facts, and metabolism, be sure to check those out. I have one last post coming your way—all about key foods to avoid.

Drop me a message if you have any questions about the way we treat PCOS with functional medicine 📩

08/11/2025

💥 How PCOS Disrupts Metabolism 💥

Most people think of PCOS as a hormonal condition, but it actually affects both the hormones and the metabolism.

Hormonal patterns typically seen in PCOS include elevated testosterone (causing hair to grow in all the wrong places or acne beyond teenage years) and estrogen dominance (high estrogen and low progesterone).

But here are some ways PCOS interacts with metabolism:

1️⃣ Insulin Resistance
Insulin Resistance is strongly associated with PCOS. This leads to elevated blood sugar, high cholesterol, and trouble losing weight.

2️⃣ Chronic Inflammation
PCOS is often accompanied by increased levels of inflammation throughout the body. This can make it harder to maintain blood sugar balance and a healthy weight.

3️⃣ Thyroid Function
Women with PCOS are more likely than the general population to also be diagnosed with low thyroid function. That translates to a slower metabolism, fatigue, and weight gain.

Why does this matter?

Because if all we do is look at testosterone and estrogen in PCOS, we are missing a huge opportunity. We need to treat PCOS as the whole-body condition that it actually is. We need to support insulin function and thyroid function while, at the same time, working to quell inflammation.

That’s what we do in functional medicine.

This is part 2 of 4 in my series on PCOS, so pay attention. Stress can also get into the PCOS mix—messing with both hormones and metabolism. That post is coming soon. Be sure to like and follow ❤️so you don’t miss it.

08/08/2025

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08/04/2025

Do you believe these myths about PCOS? ⤵️

PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, but the name does not tell the whole story. It’s one of the most common conditions to affect the menstrual cycle and reproductive health, yet it’s also frequently misunderstood and misdiagnosed.

I’ll be doing a series of posts on PCOS, but first let’s clear up some common misconceptions about this condition:

Myth 1️⃣: Everyone with PCOS has ovarian cysts.

Nope. It’s possible to have PCOS with no ovarian cysts, and it’s possible to have ovarian cysts without PCOS. To be diagnosed with PCOS, a person only needs to meet 2 out of 3 conditions: ovarian cysts, irregular periods, or testosterone excess.

Myth 2️⃣: Everyone with PCOS should take the birth control pill.

Nope. The pill is commonly prescribed to women with PCOS, but it is far from the only option and does not address the whole picture. Whole-body strategies that rely on nutrition, lifestyle, and stress management can also be powerful ways to manage PCOS.

Myth 3️⃣: Everyone with PCOS is overweight.

Nope. While it’s true that PCOS causes many women to gain weight, this is not an absolute. Also, weight loss becomes easier when we address the deeper metabolic patterns of PCOS, like changes in cortisol and insulin resistance.

Myth 4️⃣: You can’t get pregnant with PCOS.

Wrong. Even though PCOS is a common cause of infertility, it does not mean that pregnancy is impossible—particularly if you work to support your hormones and reproductive health through diet, lifestyle, and functional medicine.

Myth 5️⃣: PCOS will go away at menopause.

Nope. PCOS disrupts far more than the menstrual cycle. Its effects on insulin resistance, cortisol, inflammation, and weight gain continue (and may even worsen) after menopause.

Want the bottom line? ⤵️

Even though PCOS is a complex condition disrupting numerous hormones and metabolic pathways, it does not mean you need to feel bad for the rest of your life. We have an extensive set of tools in functional medicine to support hormonal and metabolic health in PCOS.

08/01/2025

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