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Your insulin needs balancing!
You've been working so hard to manage your weight and energy levels but keep getting more of the same: packing around stubborn extra pounds, battling cravings and blood sugar, and you can’t figure out why.It’s not your fault, you did everything you were told. Much of the information about nutrition is outdated and general medicine hasn’t caught up yet. Once we define a tried and true roadmap the adventure toward health can truly begin.Are you sick of figuring out what healthy food looks like for your unique metabolic system? Even when you eat the way your doctor recommends and get plenty of exercise you just can’t seem to budge the scale?Be so proud for never giving up on yourself, and it’s all about to pay off!I see you, friend, you’re SO not alone.The thing is, when you eat lots of small meals or graze all day you give your body the message that it needs to keep blood sugar high and pump out insulin. Insulin is known as the fat storage hormone.So when there’s too much flowing, your body makes fat cells to store it. Excess insulin causes a whole host of problems which I can fill you in on when you book your free consultation!When you hold off eating for short, controlled periods — aka, intermittent fasting — 🛑 STOP the steady influx of insulin, you are actually training your body to burn the stored fat as energy!Are you ready to put the B.S. (blood sugar) woes behind you?"Diet is Batman and exercise is Robin. Diet does 95 per cent of the work and deserves all the attention; so, logically, it would be sensible to focus on diet. Exercise is still healthy and important—just not equally important. It has many benefits, but weight loss is not among them.”— Dr. Jason Fung🌟LET YOURSELF GLOW!🌟Here Are 3 Tools to Get Started with Hormone Balancing.1. Testing, testing...It might sound basic but until you have a full picture of your hormonal profile you’re groping around in the dark with your well-being.Hormones act as messengers, travelling through the bloodstream to target tissues and determining how your body functions. Moods, sleep, appetite, growth, metabolism, sexual function, and reproduction are all a function of hormonal balance. Therefore, it’s essential for hormone levels to be in proper balance.There’s a tendency to think that unless you’re a menopausal woman or maybe having trouble conceiving that hormone testing isn’t for you.Hormones are a big part of how your system functions, be in the know!Health is happiness, and vice versa! 2. Calming the nervous systemThe essential first step of balancing stress hormones is developing calmness and centeredness. Once your mind is grounded it’s easier to move through the tough parts of life. Meditation is a powerful way to listen to your body’s wisdom!A great meditation ritual is to create a sacred space where you can be alone and peaceful for small chunks of time everyday. Make it a daily ritual by lighting a candle, incense, or diffuse some grapefruit and peppermint essential oils.sink into the present moment!Visit the Happy Hormones Youtube channel find guided meditations and mindfulness exercises specifically for healing mindset and calming your nervous system.“Fear does not go away by itself. You have to confront your fear, mold it, then learn to control it in it's own irrational reality. Every human being has the power to do just that. To go deep within and confront your inner being is a powerful act. Going deep and developing the will power is the only way.”― Wim Hof, Becoming the Iceman3. Check out this International directory of hormone specialists.The International Association of Naturopathic Hormone Doctors can help you find a doctor in your local area. Plus, check out all their resources for more you can do on your own to accelerate your balancing journey. It’s too big of a load to keep going it alone — build a team of allies!Helping you have harmonious hormones!... 🌱Hello warrior! I'm Evelyn Birch, the face behind In-Balance Naturopathy. I’m a doctor of naturopathic medicine, women’s health hormone specialist, race-walker, and master of the cribbage board.I've been where you are, going doctor to doctor trying to figure out why I had so many weird ailments and never getting any traction! I developed challenging autoimmune conditions after my first child was born. That led me to seek for answers as my body slowly broke down. Not one to ever give up having the best quality of life I could, I began discovering how hormone imbalances were at the bottom of many chronic conditions.After years of experimenting on myself and countless willing patients I’m thrilled to report I have developed effective ways to get you feeling fantastic. I’ve been able to live my best life as a mom, a partner, and thriving practitioner.Through workshops and 1-on-1 healing sessions, I've helped 100s of people find more happiness and vitality. My specialty is helping people with hormone related illnesses improve their quality of life. Check out the miracles page to read my clients' success stories!If you're struggling with chronic illness, it's my intention that this work helps you to feel healthy, strong, and happy. 🍏💗 💖 Tune In With these Resources!👇💖Tune in to The Happy Hormones Podcast. You'll learn my easy to understand healing tricks to feel better fast. I share several of the secret tools I've held close for the last decade. 😉 Let me figure out the science so you can thrive.Use this 50% off coupon for comprehensive hormone testing. Get the full picture of what your body is desperately trying to tell you. Having a road map to health takes all the guess-work out of it.Book a free 15-minute session with me. We'll start by discussing your top 3 stubborn symptoms you’d like to address. Then I'll help you create a plan of action so you can get started feeling better as soon as possible.“Physician, heal thyself: then wilt thou also heal thy patient. Let it be his best cure to see with his eyes him who maketh himself whole.”― Friedrich NietzscheOH WAIT, there’s more...Check your email for your hormonal wellness toolkit! I'll be sharing more healing techniques with you over the next several days, so you can get inspired. 🌻✨For many of my students, health concerns were the catalyst to dive deep into healing all aspects of their life.If you are struggling with physical, emotional, or mental health… chances are that a tailor made hormone balancing protocol will start you out positively transforming all areas of your life. 🌈 Here's to healing, body, mind, and soul! 🧘🏽