FORTIFY HEALTH NEWSLETTER

Happy Sunday, everyone. Mere here. It's Labor Day weekend, and I have been in deep thought quite a bit lately. I have a lot of exciting things happening in my life right now. This has been one of the best years of my life, and it has also been one of the hardest. I do not know why those two ride ...

by Meredith Talarczyk Paci — Sep 06, 2026

The Morning Routine Fix for Bloating, Constipation and Diarrhea

One of my clients said something in her check in last week that made me giggle and first, and then gave me a serious pause into something so many woman don’t allow themselves time to do : POOP. Hi happy Sunday, Sarah here just talking about my favorite topics again :) Think about your morning ...

by Sarah Bishop — Aug 30, 2026 digestion

"Is there really an age you age out of hormone therapy?"

Happy Sunday, everyone! Mere, here and we have a lot to chat about! This newsletter is going to be focused on catching you up! If you've been reading along in our past newsletters and blogs, you've seen the range of what's come out of our Anonymous Questionnaire [LINKED HERE] lately: PMOS (the ...

by Written by: Meredith Paci/ Functional Health Coach — Aug 23, 2026 hormone therapy hormones menopause perimenopause

Food Noise: Why It Happens and How to Quiet It

I first heard the term food noise about 15 years ago when I was sitting in an inpatient treatment center for eating disorders. I struggled with food noise when I struggled with anorexia throughout my teens and early 20s. When you're starving yourself that tends to happen. But it's not the only r...

by Sarah Bishop — Aug 16, 2026

Why Your Vaginal Exam Doesn't Stop at Menopause

Happy Sunday, everyone. Mere here! Currently I am writing this newsletter a week early with the idea to give myself a bit of space … in short I am working to be prepared for what will be coming up. In a few days, my sister and I are heading to South Carolina for what I've started calling a turn a...

by Written by: Meredith Paci Functional Health Coach — Aug 09, 2026 hormone therapy hormones perimenopause and menopause women's health

Coming off the pill at 45 is not the same as at 25

A coach in our group mentorship brought us a case. Her client was 45, newly onboarded, and eager to come off hormonal birth control. She had been reading about hormone therapy online and wanted to know where she stood. Her coach wanted to know how to best support her body now for those future goa...

by Sarah Bishop — Aug 02, 2026

A Parasite Outbreak, a Real Case, and How to Triage Diarrhea

Happy Sunday everyone. Well I have no segway for this one. So here it goes: Explosive diarrhea hitting thousands of people in the US since my last email. Cyclospora is the parasite behind cyclosporiasis . It spreads by consuming food or water contaminated with fecal matter and presents with wa...

by Sarah Bishop — Jul 19, 2026

A Reader Asks: Will Estrogen Bring My Endometriosis Back?

Happy Sunday, everybody. It's Mere here, and I'm going to get right into it this week! I've been doing a reader Q&A series where you, the reader, fill out an anonymous questionnaire and I write a blog answering your question directly. A big thank you to anyone who has dropped in a question we are...

by Written by: Meredith Paci / Functional Health Coach — Jul 12, 2026 endometriosis estrogen hormone therapy

Evolving Into Summer

Happy 4th of July weekend! I love this holiday, I think because I love Summer. But Summer is also … weird? This one feels like it, at least. I saw this meme and thought it was too relatable, and from the conversations I’ve been having with you, you may think the same. The last 2 weeks have bee...

by Sarah Bishop — Jul 05, 2026

A Reader Asks, Part Two: How Do You Actually Choose a Delivery Method?

Happy Sunday, Mere here. Are you ready for part two!?! Quick context for anyone newer here: I'm answering reader questions that come in through an anonymous form, one at a time, with real depth. Last week was week one of that, the first submission I sat down and answered publicly. So to catch you...

by Written By: Meredith Paci / Functional Health Coach — Jun 28, 2026 hormone therapy menopause perimenopause

The Iron Panel Decoded: Patterns, Ranges, and What to Do Next

Happy Father's Day! Sarah here , and I'd be remiss if I didn't wish a happy happy to my first Coach , and wow I got lucky. I know we all have different coaching stories, and not everyone had good firsts. I'm lucky in that whether it was formal sports or “sports Fridays” playing a hybrid tennis an...

by Sarah Bishop — Jun 21, 2026 functional health labs functional nutrition inflammation

A Reader Asks: She Is 36, Cycling Normally, and Wants to Know Benefits of Hormone Therapy...

Happy Sunday, Mere here. Two weeks ago I admitted openly to being publicly absent in the area I work in every single day, and I had been calling it a strategy. It came to a head when a client I have worked with for five years, a woman I actively coordinate hormone therapy for, asked me if I knew ...

by By: Meredith Paci — Jun 14, 2026

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