Take Charge Holistic Health

10/30/2026

If you’re on iron pills, but there’s still hair in the drain and you’re still dragging by 2pm...

You need answers!

Your doctor was right that it’s low. The next question is WHY.

Two things often get missed:

1 . Your gut has to absorb the iron you eat and take.

2. And some gut infections need iron too, so they pull it from you and drive your stores down.

That’s why I look at gut health alongside iron, and why I’d keep working with your doctor on your iron while you do.

Comment LABS and I’ll send you the labs I look at first.

10/28/2026

Your labs came back “normal.” So why don’t you feel normal?

Standard bloodwork is built to catch disease. It's a great starting point, but it won't explain why you crash at 3pm and lie awake at 2am.

I’m a data person. When something’s off, I want the numbers that actually explain it.

These are the 4 labs I lean on most for midlife women:

1️⃣ Bloodwork, the deeper personalized version
2️⃣ GI-MAP for your gut
3️⃣ DUTCH for hormones + cortisol rhythm
4️⃣ HTMA for minerals

You don’t always need all four. It all depends on your symptoms and your unique history.

Want to see which functional labs might be right for you? Comment LABS and I'll send you my Functional Lab Tests guide.

08/25/2026

If you have been waking up in the middle of the night for months and just accepting it as your new normal, this one is for you.

Your body is not randomly waking you up. It is responding to something.

Blood sugar crashes, cortisol running on the wrong schedule, an overburdened liver, a nervous system that never fully got the memo that the day is over.

There is always a reason. And when we find it, sleep actually gets better.

The tips in this carousel are the exact things I walk my clients through when they come to me exhausted and convinced that good sleep is just not in the cards for them anymore.

It almost always is. It just requires looking in the right places.

And the two places I always start? Minerals and data.

If you want to start rebuilding your mineral foundation today - one of the most impactful things you can do for your cortisol rhythm and sleep - comment ‘MOCKTAIL’ and I will send you my free mineral mocktail guide.

And if you are ready to actually understand what is driving your 3am wake-ups at the root, comment ‘LABS’ and I will send you my free guide on the exact labs we run with clients to finally get real answers. 🤍

08/17/2026

08/14/2026

So fun! Can't wait!

08/13/2026

Something I wish someone had told me when I first started experiencing symptoms in my 40s: the labs your doctor orders and the labs that actually give you answers are often two completely different things.

And that gap is why so many women spend years being told everything looks normal while still feeling completely off.

A TSH alone does not tell you how well your thyroid is actually functioning. A single blood draw does not capture how your hormones fluctuate throughout the day or whether your body is clearing them properly. And blood sugar and gut health - two of the biggest drivers of hormone symptoms in perimenopause - are almost never part of the conversation at all.

When we actually look at the full picture, the dots start connecting in ways they never did before. And that is when real progress becomes possible.

Comment ‘LABS’ and I will send you the full list of labs I run with my clients to uncover the root cause of stubborn perimenopause and menopause symptoms. 🤍