Posts by Sara Szal MD
Low Thyroid: Do you have a slow brain, weight gain or thyroid hair?
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 third of your eyebrows and/or eyelashes (which indicates both a beauty crisis and a hormonal imbalance)? Dry skin? Dry, straw-like hair? Fluid retention or swollen…
Read MoreStop the World — I Want to Get Off
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…
Read MoreMission Ignition Day 10: Female Sacred Anatomy with Ellen Heed
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…
Read MoreAre You a Type C Personality? How to Transition from Cortisol Crazed to Calm & Connected
By guest blogger Michelle Leath Top 3 Signs That You Have Elevated Cortisol Levels #1: You seem to have developed a stubborn muffin-top. #2: You feel constantly in a hurry, rushed, like you are running out of time. #3: You are looking for the quickest fix to your cortisol problem! We’ve been hearing a lot…
Read MoreTired of Being Too Tired for Sex
By guest blogger Rosie Vega When I first heard about Mission Ignition, I thought maybe it wasn’t for me, because I don’t feel like the zing is gone in my sex life with my husband. We are both still madly in love after 30 years of marriage, and we have passionate, unboring sex. But I…
Read MoreWhat’s your Distractibility score? 8 questions for you.
Last week 100 of you skimmed through my email on ADD, hit reply to say, ‘Dr. Sara, that’s me!’ but then forgot what you were supposed to be doing, and went to the kitchen for a snack. This happens to me a lot. How do you know if it’s a symptom of stress, internet brain,…
Read MoreWant to get your questions answered?
Sign up for my Q&A – Thursday 10/20/11 at 10am Pacific Register right here and you’ll be directed to ask a question, if you want! We’ve got some great questions in the hopper, including: I’m about to surrender to the idea of being 10+ pounds overweight. Exercise and a reasonable diet aren’t working. Any recommendations?…
Read MoreWeight, weight – don’t tell me.
When I asked what you wanted to hear about last week, guess which topic got more votes than anything? “My husband would say more on sex drive,” one lovely woman wrote. “But I say help me lose 10 pounds.” I asked permission to use her comment, and she asked, “If I lose 10 pounds, will…
Read MoreWhat happened to my brain? ADD vs the usual suspects – Anxiety + Depression
Did you know women over 35 have a quadrupled risk for depression? That’s what the data says, anyway. But what if the data aren’t entirely complete? If you’re a 35+ woman wondering what happened to her brain–because you’re losing the keys, forgetting things, getting easily distracted, and watching piles form around the house–your doctor might…
Read MoreEmotional Eating Redefined: Stressed About Your Weight? That May Be the Problem…
By Guest Blogger Michelle Leath If there was ever a reason to stop worrying about your weight, it’s this – The worry in and of itself may be what’s keeping the weight on! Here’s what I mean: If you haven’t been able to attain or maintain the weight you want, it may not be about…
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