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A few weeks ago, I started getting advertisements telling me to sign up for the menopause coach certification, a new offering from ISSA. At the time, the course wasn’t even available yet, but you could be put on the waiting list. The announcement definitely caught my eye, even though there was a wait list, because […]

Not all sleep technology is trying to do the same thing. Some devices are built to track your sleep while others are designed to actively improve it.  A sleep tracker measures what happened overnight. Devices like the Oura Ring or Apple Watch collect data like heart rate, movement, sleep stages, HRV, and breathing patterns. They

Nuropod and Pulsetto are two of the more searched consumer vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) devices on the market. Both are non-invasive. Both target the vagus nerve with electrical stimulation.  But the similarities stop abruptly once you look at the details. These two devices differ in how they look, how you use them, where they stimulate

Sleep scores are no longer just wellness metrics. For athletes and recovery-focused wearable users, they can act as a shorthand for how well your nervous system has recovered overnight. Whether you’re using Garmin, WHOOP, Oura, Apple Watch, or a smart bed like Eight Sleep, the underlying recovery signals are broadly similar: heart rate variability (HRV),

For endurance and outdoor athletes, sleep is the ultimate recovery lever. Garmin’s sleep score (0–100) isn’t just a “wellness” check; it is a critical performance metric powered by Firstbeat Analytics. The score can offer useful insight into your recovery and training readiness. So, if you use a Garmin device and your sleep score isn’t what

If you’ve started recently waking up in the middle of the night feeling too hot, kicking off the covers, and wondering why your sleep suddenly feels off, there’s probably a reason. Sleep disruption is one of the most common (and frustrating) parts of perimenopause and menopause. It usually shows up as broken sleep, night sweats,

As a personal trainer, you’ve undoubtedly had clients pepper you with questions about nutrition. How do you answer them? Perhaps you have clients who are training hard, but still aren’t seeing the results they want. How do you help them get those results?  All answers point to nutrition, something that most personal training courses barely

As a nurse, I hear this all the time: “Nexium helped at first, but I don’t want to stay on it forever. What else actually works?” There are a lot of resources online that sort of answer this question, but most of them just lump everything together — antacids, H2 blockers, alginates — as if

Most menopause guides read like the writer has never actually lived through being a woman aging in her own body. Luckily for you, I’ve experienced a hot flash or two. So, I’m coming to you with lived experience, and as a nurse, I know the difference between advice that works in the real world and