Not a Diva? You don't have to be
You just be you. It's not like any one of us can actually be other than who we are are. Problems, when there are any, come from other people wanting...
You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman
I hope you have ALL seen the magnificent Ms Aretha Franklin's performance of Carole King's hit (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman. https://www.facebook.com/musicretrobest/videos/375040846533147/ The Kennedy Center Honors recognizing...
Is D-Chiro-Inositol a Good Choice for You?
Many of you are enjoying the reliable benefits of inositol. Specifically, supplemental Myo-inositol has a proven track record for enhancing egg quality, normalizing ovulation, supporting weight management and inflammation by...
Why Have A Consult?
WHY HAVE A CONSULTATION? I've been doing some doctoring lately. I had a knee joint replaced, so, a long time of pain and dysfunction, decision for surgery and some months...
Get Real!
Women with PCOS face many challenges in a world that very narrowly defines what beauty is. Labeling us as "anxious" and "depressed" as if those states arise from within us,...
You Can Change Your Mind!
Alrighty, so we know that high androgen women have a little tendency to anxiety and depression. Annoying but true. Now that I am older, and have had time to see...
Eat Right for Your Blood Type
The Blood Type Diet has been my #1 prescription for patients ready to look at how food choices effect their health. For women with PCOS, specific benefits include weight loss...
Pregnancy Basics for PCOS
So many young women with PCOS struggle to become pregnant. Here are the basics for improving your chances of becoming pregnant and having a successful pregnancy. These suggestions are valuable...
Male Fertility: We Are In This Together
Men have the same challenges, and similar solutions, for increasing rates of infertility world-wide. Women with PCOS, whose normal, healthy reproductive lives are more likely to produce babies when mom...
Intuitive Eating
Our Weekly Wellness Guide has been focusing on the powerful choice of abandoning weight loss dieting in favor of mindful or 'intuitive' eating. When we can step back from the...
The Distortion in the Mirror
I frequently hear from women diagnosed with PCOS who are not over weight. The pervasive myth that PCOS means you are fat consternates all of us. Being "fat" is a...
The Beauty of Ms. Harnaan Kaur
Hello dear UnCommon Women! This week I am sharing the story of Harnaan Kaur, a high-androgen woman who embraces her own unique beauty. I have been writing about the value...
Our Uncommon Strength
Hello Uncommon Woman. I want to talk about the uncommon strengths of high androgen women. Research into the genetic origins of our physiology describes how the significant benefits we enjoy...
Society Evolves
Dear UnCommon Women ~ I am struggling to post today's Weekly Wellness Guide. Discussing politics or religion is not my purpose here. But. In the face of yet another horrific...
Minimize Toxin Exposure, Maximize Fertility
Hello UnCommon Woman~ Here's your Weekly Wellness Guide! I hope it is not news to anyone that bisphenol-A (BP-A) is a harmful chemical we are exposed to through packaged food...
Licorice Potent Medicine
Hello UnCommon Woman! Here is your Weekly Wellness Guide ~ Herbal medicines are powerful allies that can help us moderate our hormone levels. A powerful androgen hormone effect is a...
Fuel Your Mitochondrial Metabolism!
Research suggests that women with PCOS are more likely to have healthy full term babies when mitochondrial function is supported. Mitochondria are the energy-producing engines in our cells. Fertility scientists...
21st Century Fertility Science
Recent headlines boomed the news of a beautiful baby boy born to a young couple in their early thirties. This couple experienced two failed attempts at traditional IVF, then found...
Are Oral Contraceptives Right for You?
Oral Contraceptives effect on fertility of high-androgen women with PCOS Someone has asked about PCOS and oral contraceptives (OC), how they help to regulate bleeding and whether it is true...
Kindness Works
Compassionate, Kind and Conscious Fat Management is key to being well for high-androgen women with PCOS. One of my favorite things about being older is noticing how younger people find...
Good News! You Can Stop Dieting NOW!
You already know that diets don’t work for weight loss, right? We can lose, yep, but we almost always re-gain lost weight and usually with increasing amounts of fat and...
Green Tea is GOOD Medicine
Green Tea is GOOD medicine! Here's another Inexpensive, Potent and it Tastes Good! Tip ~ it turns out that drinking tea has significant benefits in arenas where women with PCOS...
Eat More Vitamin D!
You like that inexpensive, tastes good and potent natural medicine thing? I'm REALLY really excited about this one! Most of us understand that Vit D is key to human well...
Dang Belly Fat!
Women with PCOS are no fatter than the rest of the population, and being fatter makes the living with PCOS experience worse. Being overweight or obese tends to exaggerate everything...
Apple Cider Vinegar and Fat Loss
Apple Cider Vinegar and Fat Loss ~ All natural, inexpensive, and it tastes good! Money is often an issue for women seeking health care, so I really love to be...