For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com.   In this episode I have an amazing conversation with Dr. Karin Luise an expert in change and transformation. We talk a lot about becoming better after loss including after losing relationships such as a marriage. She’s gone through a very public divorce and ultimately wanted to help women go through the evolution of ourselves as our identity changes from in a partnership (friendship, business partnership or marriage) to on our...

For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com.   It’s the annual Thanksgiving episode! In this episode I talk about all the “big feelings” that can come up during this holidays that can not only derail our enjoyment but they can shed light on old hurts or disappointments that need to be healed, past traumas can get triggered and our quest for perfection with this season that can be simply too much to live up to - especially when we have to factor in all the other family...

For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com.   Tackling how to recover from an evening of festivities, should you worry about balancing sugar with protein or fat during a holiday indulgence, how to handle being the one who eats weird at family gatherings, family estrangement and just how whacked will your hormones get after one month of busy, sugary, chaos? We cover it all in this episode! The annual GRATITUDE sale is going on at BETTERBYDRBROOKE.COM 15% off...

For more about how I can help you, visit BetterByDrBrooke.com.   Changing moods, bodies and relationships - growing up is not for the faint of heart! As my “baby” is now entering the teen years, I was thrilled to have the chance to speak with Dr. Lisa Klein, pediatrician and co-founder of Turning Teen. With her colleague Dr. Carrie Leff, Turning Teen provides a host of support and info for parents and kids going through puberty and all that goes with it from body changes to brain changes....

For more info about how I can help you visit my site: BetterByDrBrooke   It’s all rage right now, but do you really need a CGM? And you may be thinking, why would I adopt a new health device during this holiday craze time of year? Well these little devices can be a real game changer and give you insight you can’t get with routine lab tests or even a glucometer but there are some things you should know about what can give false readings and how to manage if you get overly fixated on the...

It’s that time of year when most of us are about to be staring down a bowl of our kid’s candy or co-worker’s Holiday M&M stash at the office. What can feel like months of sugary treats to navigate, this episode gives you some perspective and insight into how you can navigate this sweet time of year with your health, goals and mental wellbeing intact.    To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!     Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get...

My friend and colleague Steph Gruenke, formerly with Whole30 and WholeMamas joins me to talk about a more sane way to approach getting back to your health and fitness during postpartum. As my OB said to me once, “Our bodies are forever changed by our babies” it’s so important to understand how to approach this new phase through a lens of what’s new, what’s shifted and how can we honor all of our new priorities, schedules and goals in the best way with a balance of grace and grit. It’s all...

Sleep is a complex process that is regulated by your hormones and immune system, it’s no wonder when you're stressed and inflamed how quickly your sleep goes downhill. Sleep supplements abound and most of you have had hit and miss results with “taking stuff for sleep” at bedtime. In this episode I will get into the various phases of sleep and how cortisol will impact them and why my mantra will always be: a good night’s sleep starts in the morning. This show will help you understand how...

In most ways, I still feel like a new mom - although I’ve been a mom for a dozen years somehow. I’ve been in the hopeful and new mom phase personally but also this is a huge part of my practice. In this episode I share my best advice on planning for a family (especially if there are challenges), birth plans and what I wish I knew then.    To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!     Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my...

We’ve all been there: I can’t take this anymore, I’m ready to pull out the big guns! Whether you’re considering plastic surgery, weight loss medications, HRT or other higher force interventions beyond diet, supplements, exercise and lifestyle this episode will help.    To work with Dr Brooke click here and if you loved this episode please leave a review!     Follow Dr Brooke on Instagram and get signed up for my awesome emails here. Seriously,I write really great emails, or so 1000s of...

Answering more of your hormone questions on this episode and I cover a lot of ground! The nitty gritty on endometriosis and hormones, should you focus on building muscle and training heavier in phases or all the time and best practices for assessing body comp and hormone testing. Oh and a bit about gut health as well!    These questions are all pulled from my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like minded women like YOU are already...

Is coffee really all that bad for your hormones? What is best for hormone replacement after a hysterectomy - especially if you are younger? Also, what does and doesn’t get fixed with a hysterectomy? Heart palpitations and hormones - all that and more in this episode.    These questions are all pulled from my FREE PRIVATE Facebook group: Hormones & Happiness with Dr Brooke where other amazing, like minded women like YOU are already hanging out! Join us!   To work with Dr Brooke click...

You know melatonin as the sleep hormone but it does so very much more than that. In this episode I’ll cover the many actions of melatonin because it’s a very interesting hormone and antioxidant. While it’s so powerful and has clear benefits and a great safety profile, should everyone run out and grab a bottle? I will get into dosing, side effects, who should avoid it and how to consider whether something that seems to be good for everything (such as melatonin) will be beneficial for you. As...

In this follow up episode to #358, I dive more into identifying your core values to create your inner compass. This guide will help make all the daily decisions you need to make with so much more clarity and thus, way less stress. I also walk you through the physiological aspects of your stress response and how to get yourself out of it because stress is inevitable - but we can get better at it!  Grab my FREE downloadable guide to finding your Inner Compass here. This is an encore Dr....

In this episode I tackle a few very big questions from you all when it comes to stress. The bulk of all of our concerns come down to something along the lines of: how do I find the time, money and energy to take care of myself and my family/friends/loved ones? With so much information about stress and so much “how to '' available to us for meal prep, various hormone and sleep hacks, workout tips, here we are: despite all our stress management tools we are still very stressed about how to get...

Grab your notebooks, this episode is jam packed with information that will help you make sense of when to use prebiotics vs. probiotics, how antibiotics and probiotics differ in efficacy of treating common gut infections like H.Pylori and if you should really take antibiotics and probiotics together. Most importantly this episode will give you a roadmap for how to think about utilizing these various options when one isn’t working well for you right now. As well I get into stomach acid, or...

Root cause medicine is all the rage if you follow any functional medicine experts and while that is an important part of treating you as a whole, root causes are not the only thing we need to think about.  My guest on this episode, functional nutritionist Andrea Nakayama, so beautifully talks about the roots but also the branches, the various systems and terrains of our body and lifestyles. She also shares the developing science of omics, the reason some of us react differently to foods,...

Did you know that 95% of women taking a prenatal are still nutrient deficient? The founders of Needed saw this as a big problem and I couldn’t agree more! But Needed quickly became a bigger solution to a bigger problem by providing more options for new moms and moms to be. Women need so much support during the time from thinking about getting pregnant all the way to having little ones and so often they are left with options that don’t fully or adequately address their needs (prenatals that...

Fall is in the air and often with a change of season or the end of summer fun we feel the need to “get back on track” or hit restart. Some of you may also be feeling like you’ve been meaning to get started for a long time now but just can’t quite make it happen. This is usually the time when we want to grab a quick fix or a 30 day plan or do a juice fast or a detox. All of these things *can* be helpful but they can also be overwhelming or not quite what you need for the longhaul. Let’s face...

Focusing on simply “reducing your stress” can end up leaving us feeling more stressed out because the truth is, there are some stresses you can’t just opt out of, stop or reduce. I talk a lot about those in various episodes of the show, but this episode is about stresses you CAN do something about. Sometimes it’s about getting help or gaining better stress skills to manage the stresses that you can’t totally get rid of, but many things that are stressing you out may not be things you think of...

I try not to play favorites with my episodes, but this is going down as one of my favorite episodes to record because I have found this framework so profoundly helpful. On this show I talk about letting go of the idea of striking a balance in life because this notion is nonsense and leave us always stressed and guilty because the truth is every day one are of your life will demand more of your time and attention. Sick kid? Deadline? Going through a divorce? Up for a promotion? Training for an...

Low back pain can be so disruptive to your training, your sleep and your hormones given that inflammation from nagging injuries can impact hormones across the board. One of the key aspects of treating this condition is knowing where you need to be stronger and where you need less focus on strength and more on flexibility. Megan covers all that as well as her favorite - and least favorite - core strengthening exercises if you’re dealing with low back pain. We talk as well about changes during...

A follow up podcast to episode #349 where I answer questions from you about perimenopause and menopause. This episode covers a range of symptom questions, how to know if what’s happening with your cycle is perimenopause or something else, when to see your doctor, how menopause looks different for women who have had a hysterectomy and much more!   Episodes Mentioned in this show:    Dr Brooke Show #345: Q&A on HRT (hormone replacement therapy)   To work with Dr Brooke click here and...

In this episode, I go over all aspects of this dicey hormonal time, the symptoms that can arise, when to see your doc and of course what you can do to feel better! This time in a woman’s life can be stressful for so many reasons relating to transitions, up and down hormones, reflecting and reassessing our lives and so many changes in family and relationships. But it doesn't have to be miserable! I cover a range of symptoms in this episode from joint pain to brain fog to sleep disruption and...

Even if you never have a sip of wine this interview is fascinating! Zack is a wealth of knowledge about the microbiome as well as how to “teach” a favorable, safe bacteria that’s already in our gut how to metabolize a breakdown product of alcohol through genetic modification. It sounds like science fiction -  and it sounds scary. I mean GMO right?? But it turns out how bacteria are modified is very different than modifying plants in our food source for a couple of reasons making this FDA...