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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 environment. Thyroid is the hormone of metabolism, similar to the “idle” position in a car. If your idle is slow, the processes in your body…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Love this idea from neuroscientist Kelly Lambert, PhD’s book on depression, about choosing alternatives to the conventional quick-fix of changing your neurotransmitter mix with a prescription for Lexapro, Prozac or Wellbutryn or some new pill. “Lambert shows how when you knit a sweater or plant a garden, when you prepare a meal or simply repair…

I’m flirting with veganism, again. Seems every Spring I feel a recurring stirring. A gentle tug to eat differently. I consider the sweet mother cows whose babies are taken from them so they can produce tons of milk for you and me (and not their calves). But before I go all Alicia Silverstone on you,…