by Monica Durigon | Mar 9, 2022 | Energy, Hormones, Thrive!, Weightloss
Alongside hot flashes, insomnia is one of the most aggravating symptoms women experience during perimenopause and menopause. Whilst in the past, you might have purposely reduced the amount of sleep you had because you wanted to tick off your long to-do list and...
by Monica Durigon | Mar 2, 2022 | Healthy leader, Hormones, Thrive!, Weightloss
Last week’s blog was about how sugar keeps us trapped in a vicious circle of wanting more and more. I explained how it lights up the pleasure centre in your brain and why from an evolutionary point of view our biology has developed in this way. It is important...
by Monica Durigon | Feb 23, 2022 | Healthy leader, Hormones, Thrive!, Weightloss
We all love it! We all crave it, and we all know that too much sugar in our diet can lead to weight increase, insulin resistance, Diabetes type 2, fatigue, dental decay… and plays a role in many other chronic diseases, not to mention how much it plays havoc with our...
by Monica Durigon | Dec 8, 2021 | Hormones, Mental Wellbeing, Thrive!, Weightloss
Following my previous blog “ Holiday, stress and cravings” where I discussed the difference between emotional and physical hunger, in this blog, I am going to give the SOS tools that you can use in the presence of an emotionally driven impulse to eat...
by Monica Durigon | Dec 7, 2021 | Hormones, Mental Wellbeing, Thrive!, Weightloss
As women we often feel a sense of obligations toward others and during the holiday this gets magnified. We are trying to do it all, the shopping, the food preparation, the presents, the decorations, the parties, the drinks, the cards …you name it … we put a lot...
by Monica Durigon | Nov 30, 2021 | Hormones, Mental Wellbeing, Thrive!, Weightloss
Stress and weight gain, a close relationship. Understand why and learn what you can do about it. Stress and weight gain are closely related for different reasons. For a start, there is the coping mechanism that many adopt: seeking relief from stress using...
