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With a focus on hormone health, gut health, and preventative health, Fortify Health Coaching provides personalized guidance and support to help you fortify your health. Through our blog episodes, we share valuable insights and practical tips to empower you on your wellness journey. Let's work together to create a balanced and vibrant life.
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Don't Let Poor Sleep Derail Fat Loss and Hormonal Health
Sleep is arguably one of your biggest assets when it comes to training progress, health, and fat loss. When your sleep quality suffers, it can have a ripple effect on every system in your body, from your metabolism to your hormonal health.
Sarah Bishop
May 94 min read
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Midlife Fatigue? How Could This Be Bile?
When we think of midlife fatigue, most people jump to hormones like cortisol, thyroid, or estrogen (specifically estradiol). But there’s...
Meredith Paci
May 34 min read
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Low Energy Availability & RED-S: How Athletes and Coaches Can Restore Health, Performance, and Hormonal Balance
One issue that runs rampant in the fitness space? Low energy availability. Low Energy Availability (LEA) is the underlying cause of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). RED-S refers to impaired physiological functions caused by relative energy deficiency.
Sarah Bishop
Apr 255 min read
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Midlife Belly Fat: Real Talk — What Most People Get Wrong
Annoyed ---that’s probably the most accurate way to describe how many women feel when their body starts to change in midlife and nothing...
Meredith Paci
Apr 66 min read
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Holistic Remedies to Help with PMS
PMS (premenstrual syndrome) symptoms can be frustrating, disruptive, and, for many, debilitating. PMS can encompass a wide range of...
Meredith Paci
Mar 227 min read
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Perimenopause and Itchy Skin: What’s Happening and How to Manage It
Many women notice changes in their skin during perimenopause—dryness, irritation, and even sudden itchiness that wasn’t an issue before....
Meredith Paci
Mar 83 min read
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Gut Health & Estrogen Detox: What Every Woman with Endometriosis Should Know
In previous blogs, we explored the relationship between estrogen, progesterone, and endometriosis, along with gut health, thyroid...
Meredith Paci
Feb 225 min read
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Estrogen Dominance and Progesterone Resistance: The Missing Links in Endometriosis
In a previous blog, we dove into the connection between endometriosis and gut health. If you haven’t read that yet, go back HERE  and get...
Meredith Paci
Feb 74 min read
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Could Gut Health and Inflammation Be Impacting Your Endometriosis?
Endometriosis:  Endometriosis is a whole-body inflammatory and immune disease —it has a pathological presence, and it doesn’t go away on...
Meredith Paci
Jan 257 min read
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Coaching Strategies for a Smooth Transition Off Hormonal Contraceptives
Support key areas that nurture hormonal health and a female’s resilience to restore her cycle and prevent symptoms from returning
Sarah Bishop
Jan 185 min read
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Beat Low Energy: Key Lab Tests & Lifestyle Strategies
By taking inventory of lifestyle factors and digging deeper with labs-Â you can reclaim your energy and start making the changes you desire.
Sarah Bishop
Jan 44 min read
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Birth Control: A Broader Dialogue Beyond Hormonal Options
When considering birth control, many people typically think of the daily oral pill or the intrauterine device (IUD). Although these...
Meredith Paci
Nov 30, 20247 min read
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Cholesterol: Friend or Foe? What you Need to Know!
Cholesterol is yet another misunderstood substance in health and nutrition. For years, it has been painted as the villain—solely...
Meredith Paci
Nov 16, 20245 min read
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Helping Your Clients Navigate Abnormal Bleeding: Causes, Tests, and How to Advocate for Their Health
As females, athletes, advocates, and educators, we’ve been in the trenches of navigating what should be a straightforward conversation...
Meredith Paci
Nov 2, 20246 min read
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Are you unintentionally sabotaging your bone health? Steps to turn things around.
1. Ignoring Hormonal Health: The First Big Mistake Hormones are deeply connected to bone health, but many women don’t realize it until...
Meredith Paci
Oct 19, 20245 min read
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Bone Health! What You Need to Know Before It’s Too Late ...
Last week, Sarah and I had a great conversation in our Facebook community ( JOIN US HERE ) about bone health. It's a topic we've touched...
Meredith Paci
Oct 6, 20248 min read
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Adrenal Recovery: Strategies to Heal From Chronic Stress
Chronic long term and repeated stressors is where we run into issues related to HPA axis dysfunction
Sarah Bishop
Sep 28, 20246 min read
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Hypothyroidism and Its Impact During Perimenopause
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck that plays a significant role in regulating metabolism, energy...
Meredith Paci
Sep 21, 20244 min read
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Cycle Syncing Workouts: Evidence-Based or Overhyped?
Should you lower the intensity or skip the gym because your period is approaching or has just begun?
Sarah Bishop
Sep 14, 20246 min read
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PMS and the Luteal Phase: What's Really Going On?
If your PMS symptoms are severe, it’s worth taking a deeper look at your hormone health.
Meredith Paci
Sep 7, 20245 min read
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