Stress

Kristin Talks Hormones

Kristin Leeper

May 285 min read

Taking the Scenic Route: What I Learned About My Life - and Health - After a Year on the Road

There were a lot of reasons why we chose to sell our house in Ottawa and spend the better part of 2023 driving throughout Canada and the...

Kristin Leeper

Dec 19, 20213 min read

Happy Hormones for the Holidays

I can't believe that we're almost through the first three weeks of December! Whether, like me, you've found that the past couple of...

Kristin Leeper

Oct 29, 20214 min read

Ovulation: The Good, the Bad, and the Hormonal

When it comes to hormone health (and especially fertility), ovulation - or the release of a mature egg from a follicle each month - is...

Kristin Leeper

Jul 8, 20215 min read

The Birth Control Pill Doesn't Balance Hormones (And 5 Other Menstrual Cycle Myths)

The truth is, there is a lot of misinformation about the menstrual cycle out there. From the facts we were taught in health class that...

Kristin Leeper

Jun 26, 20214 min read

Basal Temperature Charting 101: Track Your Hormones At-Home

Did you know that the first thing you do in the morning could give you a ton of information about your hormone health? It’s called basal...

Kristin Leeper

Mar 12, 20214 min read

Too Much of a Good Thing: When Over-Exercising Stresses Our Hormones

*Content warning: discussion of body shaming and toxic exercise culture Half of the reason for this post is that my cat looked cute, and...

Kristin Leeper

Nov 29, 20203 min read

Stress is Stress, Or Why Feeling Personally Victimized by Your Favourite TV Show Makes Perfect Sense

I’ve lost sleep, I can’t focus, I’ve had this sense that things aren’t real - because of a TV show. And actually, no matter how big of a...