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With a focus on hormone health, gut health, and preventative health, Fortify Health Coaching provides personalized guidance and support to help you fortify your health. Through our blog episodes, we share valuable insights and practical tips to empower you on your wellness journey. Let's work together to create a balanced and vibrant life.
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Holistic Remedies to Help with PMS
PMS (premenstrual syndrome) symptoms can be frustrating, disruptive, and, for many, debilitating. PMS can encompass a wide range of...
Meredith Paci
Mar 227 min read
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Gut Health & Estrogen Detox: What Every Woman with Endometriosis Should Know
In previous blogs, we explored the relationship between estrogen, progesterone, and endometriosis, along with gut health, thyroid...
Meredith Paci
Feb 225 min read
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Estrogen Dominance and Progesterone Resistance: The Missing Links in Endometriosis
In a previous blog, we dove into the connection between endometriosis and gut health. If you haven’t read that yet, go back HERE and get...
Meredith Paci
Feb 74 min read
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Could Gut Health and Inflammation Be Impacting Your Endometriosis?
Endometriosis: Endometriosis is a whole-body inflammatory and immune disease —it has a pathological presence, and it doesn’t go away on...
Meredith Paci
Jan 257 min read
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Coaching Strategies for a Smooth Transition Off Hormonal Contraceptives
Support key areas that nurture hormonal health and a female’s resilience to restore her cycle and prevent symptoms from returning
Sarah Bishop
Jan 185 min read
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Birth Control: A Broader Dialogue Beyond Hormonal Options
When considering birth control, many people typically think of the daily oral pill or the intrauterine device (IUD). Although these...
Meredith Paci
Nov 30, 20247 min read
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Helping Your Clients Navigate Abnormal Bleeding: Causes, Tests, and How to Advocate for Their Health
As females, athletes, advocates, and educators, we’ve been in the trenches of navigating what should be a straightforward conversation...
Meredith Paci
Nov 2, 20246 min read
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Are you unintentionally sabotaging your bone health? Steps to turn things around.
1. Ignoring Hormonal Health: The First Big Mistake Hormones are deeply connected to bone health, but many women don’t realize it until...
Meredith Paci
Oct 19, 20245 min read
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Bone Health! What You Need to Know Before It’s Too Late ...
Last week, Sarah and I had a great conversation in our Facebook community ( JOIN US HERE ) about bone health. It's a topic we've touched...
Meredith Paci
Oct 6, 20248 min read
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Hypothyroidism and Its Impact During Perimenopause
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck that plays a significant role in regulating metabolism, energy...
Meredith Paci
Sep 21, 20244 min read
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Cycle Syncing Workouts: Evidence-Based or Overhyped?
Should you lower the intensity or skip the gym because your period is approaching or has just begun?
Sarah Bishop
Sep 14, 20246 min read
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Missing Your Period? Understanding Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea in Active Women
Period missing for 3 months or longer? It may be Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA).
Sarah Bishop
Aug 30, 20244 min read
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Stay Strong or Get Strong: What You Need to Know About Sarcopenia Before It’s Too Late
Sarcopenia is not just a cosmetic issue; it’s a significant health concern that we should be working against TODAY.
Meredith Paci
Aug 10, 20244 min read
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Gut and Gums: The Connection Between Digestive Health and Oral Health
To put it into perspective, if your hands bled when you washed them, would you be concerned? There is only one instance where bleeding ...
Meredith Paci
Jun 15, 20244 min read
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UTI Season Alert! What You DON'T Know and Haven't Thought of But SHOULD About UTIs
Have you ever had a urine culture that wasn’t culturing the ‘right strain”? If you have ever had a GI Map you may or may not have seen...
Meredith Paci
Jun 1, 20248 min read
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Bloating 101: When to Worry and What to Do
Whatever your root cause, we want to share with you some interventions that will almost guarantee you feel better in your skin
Sarah Bishop
May 22, 20245 min read
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Is Low Estrogen Impacting your Immune System and Digestive Health
Have you ever considered how your hormonal health could have effects on your immune system and digestive health? Whether or not you...
Meredith Paci
May 18, 20244 min read
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The Interplay Between Sleep and Thyroid Physiology
Thyroid dysfunction can impair sleep quality and duration, further exacerbating metabolic and hormonal dysfunction and vice versa.
Meredith Paci
Apr 20, 20244 min read
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Exploring the Link Between Hypothyroidism and Female Reproductive Health
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) or even subclinical hypothyroidism as well as hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) can disrupt the deli
Sarah Bishop
Apr 14, 20245 min read
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The Role of Gut Health In the Fertility Equation
Whether you are looking to support fertility, regulate your cycles or improve premenstrual symptoms, we very often need to look at...
Sarah Bishop
Mar 9, 20245 min read
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