This week, I’m living what I teach.

Surgery number two is officially behind me, and recovery has become a reminder that healing is not passive it is deeply metabolic.

Most people think energy, focus...

Every negative thought releases a physiological stress response. Cortisol acts like a carbohydrate it signals your liver to dump glucose into your bloodstream. This means you can have a "perfect" diet...

If you are white-knuckling your way through a diet, you have already lost.

True transformation requires the right chemistry, not infinite willpower. Dr. Robert Lustig’s research shows that high insu...

It is common to feel overwhelmed by health uncertainty the persistent, often stressful worry that your health is spiraling and that you have no control over the outcome. When we fall into the habit of...

Your body sends signals long before a lab test comes back as "abnormal". Skin tags, a widening waistline, and darkening of the skin are early warning signs of hyperinsulinemia. Dr. Ben Bikman’s resear...

Why muscle is a midlife woman’s best friend?

This month has been a journey of "stacking wins." From that first tentative mile to now adding speed and resistance, I am feeling the difference that meta...

What Your Body is Trying to Tell You

Are you listening to your skin? (The CEO of your own health)

In my practice at Hahn Health, I often tell my patients: your body is a data machine. It is co...

How to survive the "Mom Shuttle" without the 3 PM crash

The transition from the hockey rink to the summer camp logistics is officially underway. If you’re a professional woman or a busy mom, you know...

My first mile back (and why it matters for your mitochondria) 

If you’ve been following my journey, you know that breaking my fibula back in October was a major "forced pause." For a Nurse Prac...

Fructose is Alcohol (Without the Buzz)

I know. This was the one that upset some parents this week. 

We talked about the "Juice Box Lie." Dr. Robert Lustig famously calls fructose "alcohol with...

We track absenteeism (when people don't show up). But do we track Presenteeism?

That’s when your employee is physically in the chair a warm body at a desk but mentally absent because of brain fog ...

If you take one thing away from this week, let it be this: Sleep is not a luxury. It is brain hygiene.

We discussed the "Glymphatic System"—basically, the night-shift janitor for your brain. This ...