For the past six months, I haven’t felt like myself. The exhaustion, brain fog, irritability, terrible sleep and feeling like my body was working against me finally pushed me to stop guessing and start looking for answers.

This week, I’m taking you inside my health deep dive: the testing I did, what it cost, what my results revealed (spoiler: woah), and what I’m doing next. We’re talking hormones, perimenopause, Hashimotos, insulin resistance, inflammation, HRT, supplements, and why I’m starting a GLP-1.

I also get into the stigma surrounding GLP-1s and why women still feel like they need to quietly confess they’re taking them. Why have we attached morality to how someone manages their health or weight? I have thoughts.

But this journey has also brought up something much deeper: losing my mom and realizing how profoundly that loss has changed the way I think about taking care of my own health.

This isn’t a perfect before-and-after story. I’m sharing it while I’m IN it, the answers, the overwhelm, the changes I’m making, and my hope that I can finally start feeling like myself again.

My Naturopathic Doctor: Dr. Allana Polo

Her book: The Hunger Code

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See you next week!

xx, Erin