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Holiday Hormones: Harvard MD Teaches You How to Surf 'Em

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 23, 2011

It’s the end of the year. Are you depleted? Burned out? Gaining weight over the holidays? Asexual? How much is it worth for you to shift in 2012 to vital,…

China Dispatch #2: Chinese Originated Bioidentical Hormones in 1025 AD

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 15, 2011

Did you know that the Chinese were the first to create, compound, document and prescribe bioidentical hormones to replace what’s lost due to aging? Certainly not me, yet I am not…

China Dispatch #1: "Too much pressure. Too much stress." Followed by an extraordinary night of sleep.

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 10, 2011

  “Hell, Yes.” That was my response when my husband, David Gottfried, founder of the US Green Building Council and LEED, was asked to give a speech at a green…

Yoga for an Easeful Birth: From Correct Baby Positioning to Endurance "Presence" Training

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 7, 2011

Guest post by Lexi Yoga Giving birth is not an easy task. Getting pregnant, carrying a child in your womb and having to suffer the pains of childbirth isn’t something you can easily dismiss. Not…

Hormonal Hostage: Six Reasons Your Thyroid is Sluggish + Metabolism Slow

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 30, 2011

When your thyroid is working against you, your body feels slow. Reflexes? Not as rapid-fire as they were 10 years ago. You don’t react as fast to changes in your…

5 Quick Tips to Jumpstart Your Vitality

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 22, 2011

Today is our final day of the first Mission Ignition, so I decide to share our Jumpstart with our larger community. I create a Jumpstart once per week in Mission…

Energy of Desire: How Overproviding Gets in the Way

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 19, 2011

Guest post by Rosie Vega This week we’ve been focusing on how to integrate all we’ve learned in Mission Ignition. But my mind is still being blown by all I’ve…

Dr. Sara's Top 8 Hormone Tests: Find Your Blind Spots + Track Your Progress

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 18, 2011

  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…

Making a Stop-Doing List and Checking It Twice

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 16, 2011

By Guest Writer Rosie Vega If I had to pick one song that best fits my life it would have to be “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” by Warren Zevon,…

Low Thyroid: Do you have a slow brain, weight gain or thyroid hair?

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 9, 2011

This week in Mission Ignition we are taking on the thyroid. Thought I’d share.  Do you have, or have you experienced in the past… Hair loss, including of the outer…