Category Archives: Women

Beast Mamas: Mother Daughter Bond

Stefanie Hults is a mother on a mission to create tasty gluten-free snacks after learning about her daughter’s and entire family’s gluten sensitivity. She partnered with her youngest daughter Chelsea and together created the brand Tosi. An organic, vegan health bar made from nuts and seeds. In this episode, I sit down with the mother-daughter […]

SIGNS YOUR HORMONES MAY NEED BALANCING

Your hormones are likely balanced when you are feeling great and looking your best. If the scale starts to tip and some hormones elevate while others dip out of normal range, you’ll likely feel it. Hormone imbalance can create a range of symptoms, includingfatigue, irritability, weight loss or weight gain, cravings, bloating, accumulation of belly […]

ARE YOU FEELING OLDER THAN YOU REALLY ARE?

Is your age showing? Are you anxious because you are acting older than you are, feeling older, or are you becoming irrelevant and invisible?You are showing your age if you buy into the clichés of aging. If you are, it’s time to let go of your fears and anxieties. It’s time you turn your life […]

Aging with Mental Clarity

The idea that you can retain the power to stretch your mind after you are 60 and still have the ability to mentally defend yourself against the negative influences that often pervade your consciousness will powerfully increase your sense of self and well-being. Mind stretching is the process of teaching the brain a new way […]

Menopausal Weight Gain

Effective weight management is more than just eating well and exercising, especially for women in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s which are usually the perimenopause and menopause years. During the perimenopause and menopause years, a woman’s body undergoes many hormonal changes. Certain hormones are responsible for weight gain, particularly around the midsection, where there […]

Foods for a Healthy Period

Prostaglandins usually cause period pains. These fatty acid compounds are in the cells throughout our body, but the ones in the epithelial layer of the uterus are responsible for causing cramps.  Another factor in painful periods is estrogen. Among other things, estrogen is responsible for thickening the uterine lining so the uterus can support a […]

Women’s Conference

We celebrated our 13th annual conference this year At Gaia’s Essence we’ve created a safe space for all women for over a decade. This year we celebrated our 13th annual conference. Inviting women from across the globe to join in the celebration, conversation and sisterhood. The theme; “Be Relentless”, centering around the important it is […]

2022 Keynote Speaker

The Inspired Leader: Ally Stone We are excited to announce our 2022 Keynote Speaker: Ally Stone. The theme for this year’s conference: ” Be Relentless” Ally has been a leader in the hospitality industry for over 15 years. During that time, she has been an integral part of developing 15 successful businesses and teams. Ally […]

3 Reasons for your missed period

Period irregularities aren’t uncommon, and a missed period need not ring alarm bells when it’s a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence. Let’s look at why we could miss a period, what it means for our health, and how we can remedy that. Birth Control 1. When discontinued, birth control pills can cause hormonal imbalances that may lead to […]

Navigating the Road to Happiness

Here are some tips to increase your happiness quotient! Know Your Body Neurotransmitters impact your energy levels and mood. Understanding more about them can help you navigate the road to happiness. Seven key neurotransmitters are epinephrine (adrenaline), dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, GABA, and glutamate. Neurotransmitters affect your happiness quotient.There are many more neurotransmitters, but the […]