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My Paleolista Soul Sister: Julia Ross and The Diet Cure

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 15, 2012

Most Americans are now unable to stop eating refined sweets and starches. Why? Because these foods are actually more addictive than alcohol or drugs! No joke. Sugar ages you prematurely…

The Cortisol Switch: How Cortisol Makes You Fat and Angry, Plus 7 Practices to Rock Your Stress

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 4, 2012

Have you heard of the “cortisol switch?” Here’s the scenario. When you’re stressed, you feel the positive vibe of cortisol – the rise of energy, the focus, the charge, the…

Your Boobs on Booze: How Alcohol Affects Your Breast Health

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 10, 2012

Darlings, first the good news. You have a choice about how estrogen works for or against you in your body. The bad news is that the latest, best evidence shows…

Game Changers: 7 Women Who Rock My World (+ Connect Me to My Higher Purpose)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 15, 2012

I am so very blessed. Here’s why. 7 Women. One Year. These 7 women have vaulted me to places I never thought possible in the past year, from the Fire…

Why I Love Michelle Obama: Humility. Grace. Integrity. Subversive. And Those Arms!

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 11, 2012

Michelle Obama feels like a real person. No pretense. Not precious. She was not brought up in wealth and privilege – she came from a working class family. She attended…

Addiction to Struggle: How It Shows Up (with thanks to Jung) + 3 Tips to Settle Down

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 6, 2012

In Portland last week, I was immensely enjoying dinner with my sister, her 11-month baby, and my elder daughter, now officially a ‘tween. We were having a magical time, hanging…

Medicine Woman Meets Medicine Woman: Talking Shop with Ana Forrest of Forrest Yoga

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 28, 2012

Recently I received an extravagant gift: an interview with my favorite yoga luminaries, Ana Forrest. Ana Forrest is not your typical international yoga rockstar. In fact, she’d probably correct me if I…

Top 7 Myths of Hormones + Sex (News Flash: Myth Busting Ignites Healing)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 26, 2012

What’s your Greater Purpose when it comes to your health? What myths have you busted on your path to robust health? (Show me yours and I’ll show you mine.) Transparency…

Pleasure, Food and Stress

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 16, 2012

By Guest Writer Daphne Cohn If there’s one thing I know for sure it’s that eating and living without pleasure = stress. And stress leads to: Weight gain Overeating Exhaustion…

How's your trust fund? I mean…your trust fund in your bones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 14, 2012

It’s Valentine’s Day. Time to love up your bones. What’s that? You’re asking “why?”  “Why” is not a spiritual question. “How?” is a spiritual question. But I digress. When I first learned that…