Jennifer Steinbachs, ND

10/13/2025

You know that “fall cold” that hits right after the big thing?
The summit, the launch, the exotic retreat?
It’s not a virus — it’s a cortisol-crash cleanup.
Funny how everyone gets “sick” the moment the adrenaline stops.

Your body’s not broken. It’s recalibrating.

You spent weeks running on focus and caffeine—whatever your version of “the big thing” was. Then the applause fades, cortisol drops, and every signal you suppressed comes rushing back online.

That scratchy throat?
Those puffy eyes and joint aches?
That’s not contagion—it’s re-entry.

Your immune system is finally off mute, cleaning up the metabolic confetti cortisol left behind.

What helps:
• Warm, salted food
• Early bed
• Slow movement
• Less stimulation
• (And yes, nettles + quercetin if you must—but only if you actually rest.)

You didn’t get sick—you stopped bracing.
Call it capacity restoration, not a cold.

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Notice your own crash pattern this season.
Share if your body pulled the same move.
Let’s normalize recovery as intelligence, not illness.

10/12/2025

Midlife resilience isn’t mindset — it’s biophysics.

It’s decoding wired vs inflamed while sweating through sheets and arguing with your wellness app.

You’re not unstable. Your hypothalamus just stopped playing nice.

🔥 Own it. Laugh at it. Then rewire.

10/09/2025

You can simmer chicken feet and still be dysregulated.
You can know every adaptogen and still feel brittle.

The truth? Your nervous system doesn’t want you stronger, it wants you supported.

This week I’ve been reminded the hard way: delegation is regulation. And when it falls apart, the body pays the bill.

So here’s your permission slip to shed the martyr patterns:
Outsource one thing. Ask for help. Sit down before you snap.

The Queen isn’t self-sacrificing. She’s self-honoring.
And that’s the terrain where real immunity grows.

10/07/2025

Most people chase immune “support” through products that never touch the real conversation.
Your gut and immune system are in constant dialogue—electric, rhythmic, intelligent.

When that dialogue gets distorted by stress, erratic meals, or chronic over-supplementation, no powder can fix it.

Resilience isn’t built in your supplement drawer—it’s built through rhythm, rest, and re-regulation.

Let’s make your terrain fluent again.

🔄 Share this with someone drowning in gut protocols.
💾 Save it for when you forget that rhythm is medicine.

10/06/2025

From the outside, you look steady.
Inside, the margin is gone — and “I’m fine” has become its own kind of exhaustion.

This isn’t another hustle space.
It’s where women can finally exhale, without performance.
✨ Vital Conversation Series

📍 Marigold Bistro, Sandpoint
📅 Oct 11 | 🎟 $150 until Oct 6
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10/05/2025

Midlife isn’t always gradual.
Sometimes it cracks open overnight — a divorce, a diagnosis, a shift you never planned for.

You don’t need more advice. You need a room where you don’t have to carry it alone.
That’s what the Vital Conversation Series is for.

📅 Oct 11 | Marigold Bistro, Sandpoint
🎟 $150 until Oct 6 → syringawellness.com/vcs

10/04/2025

a client case story from the archives.

B is an 80 year old widow who has recently been waking up with panic attacks. She's better in the afternoon (her normal self). Prior to the onset of the panic attacks, she moved out of the big house into a new granny house (still on her property). Because of the recent move, I suggested she start using walnut flower essence (great for transitions).

The reality is that B is not going to change her diet, so there's no point in even talking about substantial changes except little things to add. So while we touched on what she ate, I only offered a few ideas: "Can you have a salmon salad sandwich for lunch? Eggs and sausage for breakfast? Maybe a bit of liver and onions?" I did give her a small amount of nettles so that she can start making and drinking nettles infusions.

She admitted that since the panic attacks started, she hadn't really been going outside much. It was a huge effort to even come see me. I told her to start getting outside to have breakfast or just coffee, facing the eastern sky when the sun was coming up. Even better if she could do the same to the western sky at sunset.

When she told me she spent most of her evening watching TV, I instructed her to get blue light blocking goggles if she wanted to continue watching her night-time TV. She does spend an hour before bed doing her devotionals.

I often get more information from someone when I do bodywork - the tissues speak to my intuition in a very different way than one can with words (especially since B was really not expressing herself at all - I felt like I was having to torture her to extract information). So, I got her on my table, and noticed that her diaphragm and rib cage were completely locked up. She called me the day after and said she had panic attacks and insomnia all night, only getting to sleep at 6am. Clearly, something released.

I spoke briefly with her the other day (2 weeks since our last session) and she reports that she's doing better and she'd like to come back for a follow-up. I may nudge her a bit more with another flower essence and a homeopathic remedy. I've got my eye on remedies that will facilitate gentle emotional release and a freer expression of self.

10/04/2025

40 wasn’t just another birthday.

Sleep shifts. Mood spikes. Energy goes sideways.

And no — you don’t need another auntie telling you to “just get through it.”

What you do need? Real kinship. Real conversation.

That’s exactly what happens at the Vital Conversation Series.

📅 Oct 11 | Marigold Bistro, Sandpoint

🎟 $150 until Oct 6 → syringawellness.com/vcs

10/04/2025

There’s something about fall that strips pretense.

🔥 Rage that’s been stored.
💧 Grief that’s been silenced.
🌫️ Smoke that doesn’t just choke lungs — it tightens the signal.

What looks like mood swings or hormonal chaos might be your system running its own purge protocol.

Midlife isn’t a breakdown.
It’s a compost cycle.
Listen closer, and you’ll hear the new terrain underneath.

10/04/2025

Profits for blood pressure drugs must be shrinking. Recommendations for those drugs will now start at a lower level. 120/80 is now considered elevated. 🧐

Midlife women, are you ready for another prescription to be pushed on you, without discussion of context?

The new guidelines released by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology lower the threshold for hypertension treatment and offer a more personalized approach.

10/03/2025

The hardest part of moving isn’t the boxes — it’s the silence.
Friendship takes longer here. Loneliness shows up as stress.

On Oct 11, we’re cutting through the small talk.
✨ Vital Conversation Series → story, kinship, nervous-system truth.

📍 Marigold Bistro, Sandpoint
🎟 $150 until Oct 6 → syringawellness.com/vcs