Please vote. I have been trying for a day to watch three of my favorite people: super lovable Rick Hanson of Buddha Brain, and his interview with Richie Davidson, known for his amazing work on meditation with the Dalai Lama. I can’t finish the thing. But I’ve watched the Harvard Baseball team cover Carly Rae [...]
Please Vote Which Lowers Your Cortisol Better: Harvard Baseball Team or Rick Hanson, Richie Davidson, and HHDL?
November 6, 2012 by ·
50 Shades of Grey Fever: Why This Gynecologist Loves 50 Shades
July 29, 2012 by ·
This past week in my office I witnessed two extremes of behavior among my clients. The first woman told me that she announced in couple’s therapy to her husband, “I’m never having sex again with you. I’m fat. I couldn’t care less about sex any more, and I’m done.” You could’ve heard a pin drop. [...]
Top 7 Myths of Hormones + Sex (News Flash: Myth Busting Ignites Healing)
February 26, 2012 by ·
What’s your Greater Purpose when it comes to your health? What myths have you busted on your path to robust health? (Show me yours and I’ll show you mine.) Transparency Heals Perhaps you’ve noticed this too. The more honest I get about what I most desire, what I most feel and need, about the ways in which I overprovide, and [...]
Thyroid Math: What Those Numbers Mean (and What Your Doc Probably Forgot)
February 1, 2012 by ·
Let’s face it… Thyroid numbers are often counterintuitive and confusing. Mix in low thyroid function with the common low-thyroid symptom of brain fog, maybe a bit of depression, and you’ve got a perfect storm for feeling overwhelmed, and even worse, disempowered about what to do next. Want a sampler of how confusing thyroid math can [...]
What Nutrient-Dense Food, Exercise + Orgasm Have In Common
January 26, 2012 by ·
Today I was on a telejam with my new friend, Alexandra Jamieson, who is the nutritionista in the award-winning film, Super Size Me, author and a brilliant certified health and nutrition coach who makes complex subjects like food biochemistry both fascinating and understandable. We were talking the nutrient-dense foods that boost metabolism, get your metabolism right-sized [...]
My Top 5 Hormone Superheroes: My Genius Bar. My Peeps. My Go-To’s.
January 18, 2012 by ·
Here are the Best of Class in Hormonal Health, Peace + Love. Thought leaders, change agents, supersmartypants, Malcomb-Gladwell-types of women’s health and longevity, nutritional radicals, early adoptors, cultural creatives, and, oh YES! the Voice of Reason (guess who!). The folks I go to when I have a question, and Pubmed came up dry. Wanted to [...]
Dr. Sara’s Top 8 Hormone Tests: Find Your Blind Spots + Track Your Progress
November 18, 2011 by ·
If you read O Magazine as avidly as I, you know that December features a story on the quantified self, called Beyond Measure. Author Catherine Price describes the Hawthorne Effect, which is the phenomenon that we behave differently when watched, or put another way: when your yoga teacher gazes at you in class, your [...]
Stop the World — I Want to Get Off
November 4, 2011 by ·
By Guest Writer Rosie Vega A now largely forgotten 1961 Broadway show, “Stop the World—I Want to Get Off,” is more memorable for its title, which became a pop culture catch phrase for a while, than the musical itself. According to Broadway insider Oscar Levant, the creators took it from a graffito scrawled on a [...]
Mission Ignition Day 10: Female Sacred Anatomy with Ellen Heed
November 3, 2011 by ·
We are now 10 days into Module 1 of Mission Ignition. Yesterday we had a fascinating interview with Ellen Heed. Ellen is a somatic genius who has found myriad ways to connect to the primacy of felt experience. We planned to talk about Female Sacred Anatomy – particularly the neurology of women as a divine [...]
Vitality: Hormonal, Nutritional, Sexual + Lifestyle Tweaks
October 5, 2011 by ·
I became an integrative physician when I found mainstream medicine failed to address the #1 issue my patients struggle with: decreased desire. I went rogue but not in a Sarah Palin way… more of a Dr. Christiane Northrup meets Dr. Andy Weil way. There are many reasons for low sex drive which goes hand in [...]
