Business Chicks Feature Michele in Their Very Own Latte Magazine!

Michele will soon be speaking at Business Chicks event 9 to Thrive so it seemed appropriate Michele sat down with their Latte Magazine and gave a little insight into the Healthy Hormone Way........

Do your moods fluctuate over the course of a day, week or month?

Do you have a low- level nagging feeling that something just isn’t right?

Yes, you’re able to get on with your busy life, but you feel as though every day is about reaching a finishing line or pushing a rock up a hill. When did life get this exhausting?

You leave the office, but work continues, courtesy of your phone. You’re tricked into spending too much time with it. You grab it. Time stops.

Tap the screen. Punch out an email. Send a text. Check the internet, news, social media. Oh, wait, what’s this? What did you want again? Hello, multi-tasking.

Frantic families ferry children through congested cities for netball, piano lessons or taekwondo.

You spend time with ageing parents. You try to stay connected with busy friends. But what about you? When do you have time for your own health?

Finding time to eat healthy food, exercise, sleep well and release stress is a challenge. When time is one of your most valuable commodities, it’s common to take shortcuts or use pick-me-ups to keep you moving.

A morning boost with a takeaway coffee.

A carb or sugar hit during a mid-afternoon slump.

A seductive glass of wine or three to wind down in the evening.

You often eat lunch at your desk (‘al desko’– a term so frequently used it was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2014).

It’s easy to fall into a grab-and-go routine – for you and your family. On the surface, you look like you’re coping quite well. But it’s more difficult to see what’s going on inside your body – and in particular with your hormones.

THE ROLE OF HORMONES

I’m a qualified nutritionist with my own private practice, A Healthy View. I began running cleanse retreats in 2005, and shortly after that opened my first clinic. Since then, people have seen me for a range of reasons: they want to lose weight; improve their sleep; gain more energy; feel better; or fix their addictions to food.

I hear many stories of frustration, exhaustion, dissatisfaction and pain. And more and more, I see clients whose problems are linked to hormone imbalances. When I tell them the reason they feel depleted and exhausted is that their hormone levels are too high or too low, most are surprised. Aside from teenage mood swings, menstruation or menopause, they have no idea how hormones influence how we look and feel. But hormones play an integral part in most vital bodily functions, from growth and metabolism to libido, healthy blood sugar levels and distribution of fat. Hormones such as insulin, cortisol, thyroid, oestrogen, leptin and serotonin are messengers that play a vital role in bodily functions including weight, sleep, hunger, libido and mood. Women often beat themselves up about their body and end up starving and depriving themselves of food. They also live with a constant state of mental ‘body bullying’ around food.