Advertise on podcast: Curate Your Health with Dr Heather Hammerstedt

Episode 226 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Karin Reiter is here today to discuss holistic health. She talks about looking at the root causes (the pillars of your health) in order to be healthy. The physical, mental, emotional, and trauma base pillars need to be addressed and she helps people with small steps to make these changes. One of her passions is working with children with ADHD and helping with their diet. In treating the causes, by fixing the gut health, then the behavioral, concentration symptoms will improve. She emphasizes how important it is to have your blood sugar levels balanced. There needs to be protein in meals and the chemicals in our food can exacerbate symptoms, as well as food additives and coloring that can affect behavior in children.    Karin, functional medicine nutritionist, meditation and breathwork teacher, fitness trainer, author, wife, mama and founder of Nutritious N’ Delicious, has been a leader in the nutrition and wellness industry for the last 16 years. Karin founded Nutritious N’ Delicious in 2011 in Australia (after a corporate career in law and finance) and her aim was to touch as many people as possible and provide knowledge, support, guidance and advice on building a healthier lifestyle. She has led workshops and nutrition programs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel and Australia. Karin’s passion is to educate, to ask questions and to bring to light the importance of natural, nourishing foods. Karin is a passionate speaker & journalist in the area of nutrition and has written for numerous publications in the USA, Australia, Israel and through-out Asia. Karin is also the author of 2 children's recipe books branded “The rosy checked kids”. You will find Karin traveling with her family all over the world, in the kitchen developing and creating healthy recipes or drinking a green juice after a yoga practice.    You can find her at: https://nutritiousndelicious.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/karingojiberry/   She would like to promote her 1:1 sessions and her group workshops. Workshops are: 21 days to a NEW you- weight loss program, FIT and FAB- program for women who are going through perimenopause and want to feel and look at their top! Wellness retreat in Thailand November 6th, Cancer prevention and treatment programs, ADD and ADHD education workshops for parents.   She is offering 5% off to our podcast listeners with the code CURATE Health podcast.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 225 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Tess Jewell-Larsen is here today to talk about how she empowers women from feeling exhausted to finding balance. It is so easy to get caught up in our thoughts. She focuses on where these women are lacking or overdoing something, and she tries to help them find one thing they can do for themselves to get to a balanced state. It is important to feel all emotions and allow them to be there, and not push them away. When we don’t process these emotions, it can cause unease. Processing can be done through many different avenues, such as: gardening, movement, talking, and drawing. We need to be fully aware and find what nourishes us. By making tiny changes in our lives, it can affect how we show up.  Tess Jewell-Larsen empowers women professionals, entrepreneurs and juggling-it-all’ers to go from exhausted and overwhelmed to balanced and thriving. Tess is a certified mindfulness coach, somatic healer and a Yoga Therapist in training. Tess emphasizes breath support, mindful movement, stress management, nervous system resiliency, mindset and lifestyle shifts, and taking small steps that build up, so that her clients feel more joyful, balanced, and optimistic, and thrive no matter what obstacles come their way. Tess is also the co-host of the podcast The Happy Edit, a podcast that dives into what it means to be happy and how to build a foundation for happiness through different lenses. She can be found at: https://www.tytoniyoga.com/, https://www.instagram.com/tessjewelllarsen/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessjewelllarsen/ and https://www.facebook.com/tessjewelllarsencoaching  She wants to give a shout-out to the podcast she co-hosts called The Happy Edit: https://www.tytoniyoga.com/pages/thehappyeditpodcast Tess and her sister-in-law, Sarah Finnegan, person centered counselor & CBT therapist, look at happiness through different lenses and explore how to edit the way we show up for ourselves to increase our overall happiness. She is also offering a 10-Minute Method Stepping Out of Burnout free e-book: https://tessjewelllarsen.coach/freebie/  The e-book is a guide to help you start reducing your stress load, feel more in control of your life and have the energy to live the life you know you deserve. Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 224 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. John Neustadt is here today to talk about bone health and osteoporosis. He explains how bone density tests are inadequate. He wants to educate people on how to improve your bone health and protect yourselves. Medications, such as antacids, are damaging bones and increasing the risk of fractures. Patients should discuss switching to safer medications with their provider. Also, reducing spicy foods, eating earlier in the evening, and shifting your position in bed, can help with acid reflux. To help strengthen your bones, he suggests exercise, resistance training and eating a healthy diet with high protein, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.    He can be found at: https://www.nbihealth.com/, https://www.facebook.com/nbihealth/, https://www.youtube.com/user/NBIHealth, https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-neustadt-nd-1553576/, and https://twitter.com/JohnNeustadt   Dr. John Neustadt has an international reputation as a doctor, researcher, and integrative medical expert. He became renowned in this field through his nutritional medicine research, clinical work, books he wrote, work with the FDA on evaluating the use of natural products for the potential treatment of rare diseases, developing million-dollar businesses, educating physicians on improving patient outcomes and the general public on how to make sure they’re getting the care they need and the results they want, and as a medical expert advising businesses on product development and how to create superfans.   Dr. Neustadt has published more than 100 medical articles, written four health and wellness books and is now a #1 Amazon Best Selling Author in the field of Osteoporosis. His most recent book is, Fracture-Proof Your Bones: A Comprehensive Guide to Osteoporosis. Dr. Neustadt was also an editor of the textbook, Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine, which was used across the United States to train and educate physicians on using functional medicine with their patients.    Dr. Neustadt is a highly sought out speaker at medical conferences, he was recognized as one of the Top Ten Cited Authors in the world for his work. His research on integrative and functional medicine has been featured in the Natural Medicine Journal, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, Holistic Primary Care, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, and Experimental and Molecular Pathology.    Dr. Neustadt earned his naturopathic medical degree from Bastyr University where he was awarded the Founder’s Award for academic and clinical excellence. He opened his clinic, Montana Integrative Medicine (MIM), in 2005 in Bozeman, Montana. He specialized in hard-to-treat, chronic degenerative diseases through an integrative approach that emphasized identifying and correcting the underlying causes of disease. For his clinical work, Dr. Neustadt was the first naturopathic doctor to be voted Best Doctor among all physicians in his area. When the award was announced, this is what the local newspaper had to say:  “It is noteworthy that Dr. Neustadt did not win ‘best naturopathic doctor;’ he won best doctor.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 223 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Adele Spraggon is here to ask our listeners if your patterns of behavior are continuously getting in the way and stopping you from getting the things you want most in your life? She says forget commitment, willpower, positive-thinking, mindset techniques, or better goal-setting. These approaches are a thing of the past. We were told to use our mind to fix our problems, but this is simply not the case. Current brain research proves that you are not in control of your choices. Instead, your decisions are the result of decision-making patterns that were created early in life and that continue to control your life. To take different actions, you need to change your patterns. That means no blame in your past, no shame in your future, and nothing to fix in your present. There are only patterns and patterns can be changed. She wrote an award-winning book that provides the necessary knowledge and step-by-step instructions to change any of your behaviors, actions, or beliefs – permanently – in less than six weeks.   Adele Spraggon is an award-winning author, thought leader, international trainer and a fearless speaker. She has been awarded the 2020 Woman of Inspiration Award and in 2021 she was recognized as the Top Behavioural Expert of the Year. Her book Shift: 4 Steps to Personal Empowerment has won three awards and is sweeping the globe, transforming how people are setting and achieving their goals.   She can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Linked In by searching Adele Spraggon.   Listeners to this podcast can get a free online copy of her award winning book and/or free video training on how to upgrade your brain for success at www.shift4steps.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 222 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Dr. Valerie Cacho is here to discuss how to get a better night’s sleep. As we get older, we have less REM and less deep sleep and more light sleep. We need all 4 stages of sleep and if you are not sleeping well, your mood can be affected. She recommends reserving the last hour of your day for yourself to slow your brain waves so you can sleep better. She suggests slowing your breath, meditation, taking a bath, listening to music, or journaling for better sleep. One practice that she discusses is using your five senses. Think of somewhere you want to be, somewhere where you are at rest, and what are five things you are seeing, four things you are feeling, three things you are hearing, two things you smell and one thing you can taste.   Valerie Cacho, MD, is an integrative sleep medicine specialist. Her interests and expertise include diagnosing and treating medical sleep disorders, women's sleep concerns, mind-body approaches to insomnia, self-compassion training, clinical hypnotherapy, and promoting sleep health and wellness. She is the president and founder of Sleep Life Med, a tele-sleep practice in Hawaii and California. Additionally, Dr. Cacho is the CEO of Sleephoria, a wellness brand founded on the belief that a well-rested woman has the energy, clarity, and drive to change the world. She can be found at www.Sleephoria.com,  https://www.instagram.com/sleephoria/, https://www.youtube.com/@sleephoria and https://www.pinterest.co.uk/Sleephoria/     She is offering a freebie to our listeners: 4 questions to ask your doctor if you are chronically exhausted: https://www.sleephoria.health/f/exhaustion-checklist     Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 221 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Audrey Wells MD is here today to talk about sleep, sleep apnea, and weight loss. She goes into detail about sleep apnea and how it is diagnosed, signs and symptoms, why it is easily overlooked and the health complications that can come from it if not diagnosed. Dr. Wells is a seasoned sleep medicine physician and professional mindset coach.  She is on a mission to help people get the most out of their sleep, live with vitality, and protect their long-term health.  Through SuperSleepMD.com, she offers a comprehensive library of self-directed courses, a group coaching program, and a private Facebook community. She also does individual coaching for those who want to uplevel their productivity and potential by taking “too tired” out of the equation. She can be found at SuperSleepMD.com and AWellsMD.com She would like to highlight: The Ultimate CPAP Mask Course and Group coaching experience for CPAP Success, both of which can be found at SuperSleepMD.com. Also, she offers 1:1 coaching for high achievers which can be found at AWellsMD.com She is also offering a freebie for listeners of this podcast which can be found at: https://www.supersleepmd.com/sleeploss-weightgain     Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.    

Episode 220 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Helene Rutledge, from mend Labs is here today to talk about proactive patient center interventions. mend Labs provides patients with the training and support they need through a care plan that includes lifestyle goals and nutrition. The mend nutrapharma products are clinically proven, science backed, and recognized by the medical community to be effective in accelerating repair, recovery, and improving key risk factors contributing to chronic conditions. If listeners are interested in learning more, they should visit www.mend.me.   Helene brings a career of experience in the Healthcare industry to her current role as President and Co-Founder of mend Labs, the Healing Company that is revolutionizing healthcare through Nutripharma-Powered Digital Wellness.    Known as an innovator and change agent, Helene has held senior leadership roles including Global Head of Open Innovation at GlaxoSmithKline, Chief Innovation Officer at New Avon, VP of R&D at Nature’s Bounty (now the Bountiful Company), and Head of Global Clinical Supplies at Pfizer. In addition, Helene has served on the Board of Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) and is an award-winning product developer and subject matter expert on Innovation.    Helene earned an Executive MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry from Manhattan College, where she has returned as an adjunct professor and to coach teams of entrepreneurs. She is a native New Yorker and amateur triathlete and relies on mend™ products for her performance and recovery.   She can be found at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenerutledge/ and https://www.instagram.com/mendnutrition/?hl=en   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 219 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Brandy is an MD and has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. He is the Founder of “Natural Insights Into Cancer” which is a passion project for Dr. Brandy. “Natural Insights Into Cancer” uses diet, exercise, targeted supplements, and other lifestyle changes to help you fight cancer. He talks about his cancer diagnosis and how he naturally went into a functional remission with low doses of medicine and a change of lifestyle. He stresses the importance of making healthy and nutritional changes such as eating a plant-based diet, exercise, stress reduction, and sleeping better.    Dr. Dominic Brandy is a practicing medical doctor for 42 years running a plastic surgery/ medspa/ anti- aging practice during that time. He has published 76 scientific peer-reviewed articles and 9 textbook chapters in the medical literature; written many consumer articles; and given over 200 lectures at international medical meetings. Five years ago he was diagnosed with a blood cancer called “multiple myeloma”. Like all cancer patients, after the shock he started to get his life and spiritual priorities in order. “We all know we are going to die, but when it’s right there in front of your face, it’s a lot different.” Dr. Brandy had one advantage over the rest of us. Medical school and a lifelong history of reading and studying about diet, exercise, and supplements and their relationship to good health.   “Natural Insights into Cancer” is Dr. Brandy’s ongoing project to share with you what he has learned through scouring the medical literature about what can be done naturally to fight this dreaded disease. Because Dr. Brandy had directed The Skin Center’s anti-aging division for the past 25 years, he already had a solid foundation of knowledge about health and nutrition before his diagnosis. Moreover, health and nutrition have been a passion of Dr. Brandy since the age of 10. So you will be getting information from a medical professional who has an intense passion for learning as much as possible about health, nutrition, and ways to fight cancer naturally.   He shares his knowledge through his website naturalinsightsintocancer.com; his Instagram site @cancerveggiedoc and Facebook page Dominic Brandy. He offers virtual consultations; 24/7 cancer coaching; and extensive lab testing through his website. He is also a sought-out speaker. Dr. Brandy is also the author of an amazing book “Beat Back Cancer Naturally”. This book includes 5 Scientifically Proven Natural and Plant-Based Ways to Prevent, Survive and Thrive with Cancer.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 218 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Reed Davis is here today to discuss Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. He talks about how important it is to run multiple blood work to find the root cause. If you run one test and find a problem, you could simply say that is the issue. However, there could be so much more going on. By looking at the whole picture, there are multiple healing opportunities where you can apply diet, rest, exercise and stress reduction around the blood work. By realizing how it is all connected, you can treat it all at once to enhance your overall life.    Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. He is the Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and the FDN Certification Course with over 4,000 graduates in 50 countries. Reed served as the Health Director at a Wellness Center in Southern California for over 10 years and with over 10,000 clients is known as one of the most experienced clinicians in his field. Reed serves on the Advisory Board of the American Natural Wellness Coaches Board and the American Association of Natural Wellness Coaches.   He can be found at www.fdntraining.com and www.facebook.com/FunctionalDiagnosticNutrition/ and www.linkedin.com/company/san-diego-natural-health-&-fitness-ctr/. Reed's team have created a page especially for your listeners at https://fdntraining.com/curateyourhealthcurateyourhealth   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 217 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Mary Katherine Stahl is here today to discuss her entrepreneurial journey. She started working out at a Fit Body Boot Camp and loved the coaches and the community. She decided to open her own business and now six years later, she has opened three locations. She shares her successes and obstacles about balancing a career and being a mom. She believes her success is linked to understanding the importance of relationships with her clientele and coaches.    Mary Katherine Stahl is a busy mom, wife, and multi-business owner. She has a love for health and fitness and inspires others to be the best version of themselves. At the young age of 25, she started as a member at a Fit Body Boot Camp and it quickly became the best part of her day every day. At the time she was working in an operations role at a real estate firm, which did not provide any sense of purpose. She used that passion and energy she felt at boot camp to open her own location in August 2017.    In addition to owning two locations, in July 2020, MK took over a failing Fit Body Boot Camp and grew it by 4 times of where it started in less than 2 years.    Today she is not only passionate about helping her clients but also about providing her team with opportunities to grow. MK attributes a lot of her success to building culture and community within her business. She believes building strong relationships is the key to having a successful business and team.    MK grew her career and family together, two things that require a lot of time, something we can never seem to get enough of! Being a Mom is her most important job title, though balancing motherhood and work seems almost impossible these days. MK prides herself on helping others move outside of their comfort zone, at the gym, and in all areas of life.    MK also serves as the Community Manager for the Fit Body Boot Camp franchise and is the host of the Beyond the Scale podcast. She is the voice of the people and the face of the organization. She can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/marykatherinestahl/, https://www.facebook.com/marykatherinestahl/, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-scale/id1668213969, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aflH_B7E50.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 216 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Laurie Lewis is here today to discuss intermittent fasting. She is a certified coach who shares her personal story and clarifies many misunderstandings about intermittent fasting. She explains the first mistake is that people think it is a diet. It is a timing, an eating window, that is not for weight loss. By tuning into your personal goals and what feels good to you, you will discover what are your ideal fasting hours. She discusses how it is easier to make good food choices when in a fasted state. The best way to start is to decide when to close your eating window. By shrinking your eating window, you will start to look at the foods that make you feel good. Your body will start to use its own body fat for energy and will keep your Insulin low. Your body will learn to eat “window worthy” nutritious food and how much to eat and when to stop eating.    Certified coach, Laurie Lewis, has changed the lives of thousands through her coaching of Intermittent Fasting. Utilizing time-tested (and science-tested) principles, Laurie takes on individual clients as well as leading her group programs Live on Zoom. She helps determined, exasperated, busy people (who are tired of dieting!) from the United States to New Zealand to Ghana to Israel to Scotland.   Combining a 22-year personal study of nutrition (Health Coach Certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition) with her research and practice of Intermittent Fasting, Laurie supports clients and participants with a dream come true. Yes, it is possible to eat the foods you love and live your life feeling strong, vibrant, and lean!   Menopause and stubborn hormonal fat hit Laurie hard in 2012, causing her to suddenly gain 50 pounds. For years, she tried everything and none of the old tricks worked. She hit rock-bottom and almost resigned to the “fact” that she would keep getting heavier and feeling worse and worse forever. At a particularly despondent time in 2017, a video unexpectedly popped up which would turn the course of her life. She stayed up all night learning about Intermittent Fasting, and started that very next morning.   Within days of eating in this newfound pattern of time, the fog lifted and she felt awake and “like herself.” With health, strength, and slender weight restored – 50+ pounds lost. Now, at 59-years old, Laurie has turned her personal success into the premier thriving Intermittent Fasting coaching business. As a certified health coach (Institute for Integrative Nutrition) she combines her knowledge of nutrition with deep research and practice of Time Restricted Eating. Laurie guides her clients with a dream come true -- eat the foods you love and enjoy the rest of your life feeling vibrantly well.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 215 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Cheruba Prabakar is here today to discuss fibroids. Fibroids are common and can affect 80% of women by the age of 50. Most women do not know they have fibroids. Symptoms include heavy bleeding, spotting throughout the month, miscarriages, pain, pressure, frequent urination or constipation. A pelvic ultrasound will help to diagnose. There are many hormonal medications that can help with bleeding, and many treatment and surgical options. There is a genetic component with fibroids, and she recommends that women should see their doctor yearly. She offers fibroid coaching to discuss options, educate and give women the opportunity to discuss various procedures.   Dr. Cheruba Prabakar is a board certified OBGYN and minimally invasive trained surgeon. She specializes in treating women with fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, and pelvic pain, as well as menopause symptoms. She just opened up her own practice in order to prove highly personalized, accessible, and unhurried care. She is also a speaker on women's health issues. She is thrilled to embrace physician entrepreneurship! She lives in Oakland with her family.   She can be found at www.fibroiddoc.com, www.lamorindagyn.com, https://www.instagram.com/thefibroiddoc/?hl=en and https://www.youtube.com/thefibroiddoc. You can download a free fibroid guide at www.fibroiddoc.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.