by Chelsea Eilts | Mar 10, 2023 | Lifestyle
The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the body — running from the brainstem through the heart, lungs, and gut. It is the primary highway of the parasympathetic nervous system: the “rest, digest, and regulate” state that counterbalances the chronic stress...
by Chelsea Eilts | Mar 8, 2023 | Lifestyle
Feeling anxious, depleted, emotionally reactive, or just flat in perimenopause is not a psychological weakness. And addressing it requires more than telling you to practice gratitude and go to therapy (though both have value). Serotonin is the primary neurotransmitter...
by Chelsea Eilts | Mar 7, 2023 | Lifestyle
“I know I should manage stress better.” “I know I need more sleep.” “I know what I should be eating.” The woman who comes to me has usually done enormous amounts of research. She is not uninformed. She is often more knowledgeable...
by Chelsea Eilts | Feb 28, 2023 | Lifestyle
The women who come to me with the most frustrating health pictures are often the ones doing the most things right. They eat well. They exercise consistently. They manage their stress (or at least try to). They’ve researched their condition. They’ve tried...
by Chelsea Eilts | Feb 26, 2023 | Lifestyle
The average woman over 40 spends significant money on health insurance every year. And for acute care, crisis management, and disease treatment — that investment is genuinely protective. But for the nuanced, complex hormonal terrain of perimenopause — for fatigue,...
by Chelsea Eilts | Feb 24, 2023 | Lifestyle
There is a category of health challenge that sits at the intersection of what conventional medicine often dismisses and what many alternative practitioners oversimplify. Chronic, low- grade infections: SIBO, Candida overgrowth, H. pylori, persistent Epstein Barr, and...
