Join me for a free workshop this Thursday! Details here. 

Hi friends!

So you’re doing everything “right.”

You eat well. You take your supplements. You’ve probably overhauled your routine more than once. And yet  you still don’t feel like your best self. You’re tired, off, or just not quite you, and you can’t figure out why.

I know that feeling intimately, because I’ve lived it.

My own healing journey was full of moments where I thought I had finally figured it out – only to still feel like something was missing. I was doing all the things I was supposed to do, following all the right advice, and still struggling. It wasn’t until I started digging deeper – past the surface-level wellness advice and into the root causes that don’t always show up on a standard lab panel – that things finally started to shift for me. Gut health, parasites, the connection between what’s happening in your body and how you feel day to day – these were the pieces that changed everything.

And once I found my way through it, I couldn’t stop talking about it.

Since then, I’ve worked with clients who came to me exhausted, frustrated, and convinced they were just going to feel this way forever. What I’ve seen over and over again is that when we stop chasing symptoms and start asking the right questions, the body has an incredible capacity to heal. Sometimes it’s gut-related. Sometimes it’s something that’s been quietly lurking for years. Almost always, it’s something that never got addressed because nobody thought to look there.

That’s exactly why I’m hosting a free live workshop called Why You’re Healthy But Still Sick.

This isn’t going to be a list of more things to add to your plate or more rabbit holes to fall down. I’m going to walk you through some of the real, often-overlooked reasons why people who are doing all the things still aren’t feeling well and give you tangible next steps you can actually take. We’ll also have time for Q&A at the end, because I want this to feel like a real conversation.

Workshop details:

Thursday, May 21

10am PST / 1pm EST

Free to attend – grab your spot below

Click the link here to sign up.

If you’ve ever felt like your body is speaking a language you can’t quite translate please join us. I’d love to see you there!

xo, Gina

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I used to think low progesterone was something that happened to my clients but actually wouldn’t happen to me lol.

I had heard the stories, had helped women work through the symptoms, and understood the physiology. And then, sometime in my early 40s, it happened anyway. All of a sudden, I became inexplicably irritable and rage-y in a way that did not feel like me. My sleep – which had always been one of my superpowers – fell apart almost overnight. I went from sleeping like a happy baby to tossing and turning, wide awake at 2am with a racing mind and a low hum of anxiety I couldn’t shake.

I ran some functional lab testing and found that my progesterone was on the floor. I shouldn’t have been surprised, because it’s incredibly common for women in their late 30s and 40s and often goes completely unidentified because the symptoms look like stress, burnout, or just “getting older.”

If any of this sounds familiar, this post is for youuuuuu. As an Integrative Health Practitioner and women’s fitness specialist, I want to chat with ya about what low progesterone looks like, why it happens, how to test for it properly, and what you can actually do about it – naturally and beyond. (friendly reminder that this is NOT medical advice. As always, talk to your doctor before making any changes with your routine.)

In This Post

• What Progesterone Actually Does
• Signs and Symptoms of Low Progesterone
• What Causes Progesterone to Drop
• How to Test Your Progesterone Levels (and Why Timing Matters)
• How to Support Progesterone Naturally
• When Natural Support Is Not Enough
• FAQ

What Progesterone Actually Does

Before we talk about what happens when progesterone is low, it helps to understand why this hormone matters so much in the first place.

Progesterone is often called the calming hormone, and for good reason. It works as a natural counterbalance to estrogen – while estrogen is stimulating and growth-promoting, progesterone is stabilizing and protective. It is produced primarily after ovulation, during the second half of your menstrual cycle (called the luteal phase), and it does a remarkable number of things in the body:

• Supports deep, restorative sleep by converting to a compound called allopregnanolone, which activates the brain’s calming GABA receptors
• Acts as a natural anti-anxiety agent through those same GABA pathways
• Regulates mood and reduces PMS symptoms
• Helps maintain regular menstrual cycles
• Protects against estrogen dominance
• Has anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties
• Supports thyroid function
• Has anti-growth and anti-tumor properties, making it genuinely protective for long-term health

When progesterone starts to d

Hiiii! Happy Friday! How are you?? I hope that you’ve had a wonderful week.

There’s been a lot going on around here! We had three weeks of travel – Las Vegas, El Paso for the BTS concert and I went to NYC for our mastermind last week – and Liv graduated from 8th grade! P still has one week left of school (poor thing lol) but then were in summer mode and I can’t wait. Sharing some pics from the recent adventures below!

Lola wanted to show you her ponytail and tell you she tried to eat our guinea pig this week.

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves roundup! This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love hearing about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.

5.15 Friday Faves

Fashion, beauty, random:

NYC! This is one of my favorite places in the world and I was so pumped when I found out our mastermind would be meeting there for the spring events and brainstroming. (I’ve worked with Jill as one my business coaches and have been in her mastermind for years.)

Some highlights from the trip:

Business besties! I got to see some of my longtime friends and business besties, Giselle, Amber and Tina. In between sessions, we had so much fun and got to enjoy shopping, delicious food, and late night snacks and Pretty Woman in the hotel room.

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Hi friends!

I have a brand new podcast episode live, and Betsy is back for round two!!

If you haven’t heard of Betsy, she is the creator behind Boujee Betsy, a community for women in their 40s who are finally choosing themselves, and she is as real as it gets. She’s also one of my best friends in the whole world!! Today we are picking up right where we left off, diving into our personal experiences with peptides, the mental side of weight loss maintenance, body image, and so much more.

Here’s what we chat about:

• Betsy’s background, how she lost 70 pounds with the help of a GLP-1, and what life looks like now in maintenance mode
• The mental and emotional journey of rebuilding your identity after significant weight loss
• Why maintaining your goal weight is honestly harder than losing it (and why nobody talks about that)
• Body image after weight loss and why some days you still feel like you’re in your old body
• Why Betsy never counted calories or followed a strict food program and how she still maintains her results
• The “ingredient household” approach to feeding a family and keeping it realistic
• What is next for Betsy as she steps away from 20 years in education to focus on family and content creation

And so much more!!

205: GLP-1s, Weight Loss Maintenance & Rebuilding Yourself with Betsy of Boujee Betsy

Betsy’s honesty about the parts of the wellness journey that nobody glamorizes is so refreshing, and I just know you are going to love her.

Betsy is not your typical wellness guest.

She’s 45, unapologetically high-maintenance, and the creator behind @Boujee.Betsy — a community for women in their 40s who are finally choosing themselves. After losing 70 pounds with the help of a GLP-1, she’ll be the first to tell you the medication wasn’t the hard part. The hard part was everything it uncovered.

Betsy speaks openly about maintaining weight loss when nobody’s congratulating you for it anymore, the fear that never fully goes away, and the mental work of rebuilding your identity from the inside out. She’s been in fight or flight mode for most of her adult life – and she’s finally, deliberately, living differently.

Her superpower? Saying out loud what everyone else is afraid to admit. Her mission? Showing women that pouring into yourself isn’t selfish. It’s survival.

Follow her journey at @Boujee.Betsy on Instagram.

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Hi friends! If you’ve been thinking about starting strength training but have no idea where to begin – this one’s for youuuuuu.

Maybe you’ve been mostly a cardio girl (hi, same), or maybe you took a long break and want to get back to it without injuring yourself in week one. Either way, I’ve got you. As an Integrative Health Practitioner and Women’s Fitness Specialist, strength training is one of the things I recommend most consistently to the women I work with – especially once we hit our 30s and 40s. The research and the real-life results both back it up.

This guide walks you through everything: why strength training matters so much after 35, what to expect, how to progress safely, and a full 4-week plan to get you started. Let’s goooo.

If you want to cut to the chase and download the plan, here you go! Strength plan for women over 35

In This Post

• Why Strength Training Is So Important After 35
• Before You Start: What You Actually Need
• How to Progress (The Simple System)
• Your 4-Week Beginner Strength Training Plan
• The Workout Moves: Upper, Lower, and Total Body
• Tips for Beginners That Nobody Tells You
• When You’re Ready to Level Up
• At-Home Option I Love
• FAQ

Why Strength Training Matters After 35

After 35, our bodies start doing things we didn’t sign up for. Energy shifts, recovery takes longer, and it gets harder to maintain muscle without actively working for it. A lot of this comes down to hormonal changes (like declining estrogen and progesterone) and sarcopenia: the natural loss of muscle mass that starts in our mid-30s and accelerates if we don’t do anything about it.

Here’s the thing though: strength training directly counters this. I see it over and over with my clients: women who start lifting weights in their 30s and 40s feel completely different. They have more energy, better sleep, stronger bones, improved insulin sensitivity, and a body composition that cardio alone just can’t touch.