“Our Story” – an outline

• Where to Begin?
• A Beginning – Brand New Baby.  Sick New Mommy
• Things Don’t Go According to Plan
• “Breast is Best”
• Pumping Sucks
• Is This Postpartum Depression or Just Parenthood?
  • Is this physiological, psychological, spiritual or all of the above?
  • What is Postpartum Depression?
  • Why are you depressed?  Hormones?  Autoimmune response?  Emotional?  Spiritual?  All of the Above?
  • The difference between the “baby blues” and postpartum depression.
  • What is postpartum anxiety and how can you tell if it’s “normal” or abnormal?
• The Beginning of a Grueling Health Journey
  • Women’s Clinic, Fertility Specialist, General Practitioner,  Hormone Specialist, Pregnancy #2, Move, New G.P., New O.B.G.Y.N.,  Naturopath — Eureka!  Hashimoto’s at last!!!!!
    • “There’s Nothing Wrong With You.  Just Go on Birth Control, Anti-anxiety and anti-depressant meds.”
• Anatomy of An Autoimmune Disease
  • What is an Autoimmune Disease
  • How do you get one?
  • How do you treat one?
• The Link Between Maternal Gut Flora and Your Child’s Health
  • Why So Many People (especially children) Today Have Food Intolerances.
    • A Copy of a Copy of a Copy (multiplicity)
    • Why America is such a Hostile Environment for the Microbiome
      • What’s With our Wheat?
        • How Grains (nuts & seeds) should be (and used to be) treated.  (Soaked, sprouted, fermented, etc…)
      • Toxic Environment
      • Antibiotics, Emotions, and the lost art of Fermentation
• Paleo, AIP, GAPS, Oh My!
  • What are all these diets?  How do they differ?  How are they the same?  How do you know which one is right for you?
  • My Personal Perspective on Paleo (*Spoiler Alert* I do not personally believe the premise of Paleo… that the diet works because it’s the way our paleolithic ancestors ate, etc., etc…. but that doesn’t mean I don’t think it works).

Other Posts Not to Forget:

• What is a Feeding Aversion?  Signs of GERD.  A cow’s milk allergy?
• Signs of a food intolerance?
• Getting your sexy back after baby.  You may “feel” like a virgin… touched for the very first time.  Or not.
• Probiotics – adults and children
• Food intolerance testing
• Muscle Testing
• Restore, digestive enzymes, collagen, gelatin
• Candida!  In adults.  In Children.
• Fodmap Intolerance – what is it and how does it differ from a food intolerance and how do you treat it
• Emotions and your health (My experience with Emotional Freedom Release)
• Essential oils to help balance your hormones
• Supplementation to help balance your hormones
• Diet to help balance hormones
• Our Society – A Hostile Environment for your Hormones (and how to fight back)
• Pelvic Floor – what it is, why and how you should take care of it
  • jade egg
  • pilates, yoga, core
  • energetic medicine again here and emotional blocks
  • Symptoms of a weak pelvic floor and signs of a strong one
• Dealing with the Emotional and Interpersonal Challenges of Adopting This Dietary Lifestyle
• Perioral Dermatitis – P.O.D.