Author: Reyna Baker

Everyone needs a team. As a health coach, you can become an expert in multiple areas: nutrition, behavior change psychology, fitness and athletic performance, stress management and recovery, and more. However, no matter how many certifications you earn, you’ll invariably encounter clients with progress-blocking problems you don’t have the skills, training, expertise, or legal right to solve. Here’s the thing… You may not be an expert at fixing marriages, treating GERD, or counseling someone with an eating disorder, but someone else is. Here’s where a healthy referral network comes in. By connecting your client with such a person, you get…

Reviewed by Denise Asafu-Adjei, M.D., MPH A few years back, PN co-founder John Berardi, PhD, posted a shirtless photo of himself on his 47th birthday. He called it his “anti-regress pic” and thanked 30 years of squats, deadlifts, presses, and chin-ups—among other exercises—for his chiseled six-pack, pumped chest, and bulging biceps. The question many commenters posed: “Are you on testosterone?” Dr. Berardi explained in a follow-up post that while he wasn’t against testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for people who needed it, he himself was not on this therapy, and his testosterone levels were boringly “normal.” He also offered some thought-provoking…

English Cuando la actriz Olivia Munn, de 43 años, publicó en Instagram que recibió un diagnóstico de una forma agresiva de cáncer de mama, no solo recibió mucho apoyo, sino que usó su estatus de celebridad para concientizar acerca de una prueba poco conocida que salvó su vida. El año anterior, Munn estaba realizando pruebas que tenía planificadas antes de ir a Alemania para la filmación de su nueva película de ciencia-ficción. Se sometió a su mamografía anual e incluso a pruebas genéticas para detectar la mutación BRCA. Ambas pruebas mostraron resultados normales. Pero cuando su doctor tomó el paso…

When actress Olivia Munn, 43, posted on Instagram that she’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, she not only received an outpouring of support, she used her celebrity status to raise awareness about the little known test that saved her life. The year before, Munn was checking health tests off her list before heading to Germany to film a new sci-fi movie. She had her yearly mammogram and even had genetic testing for the BRCA mutation. Both tests came back clear. But when her doctor took the extra step of using the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool…

This educational resource was sponsored by Poise, a brand of Kimberly-Clark.As told to Nicole Audrey SpectorI’m small in stature. But you wouldn’t guess that I’m a petite woman if you went only by my sneeze, the sound of which resembles the war cry of a goose. And observers don’t get to hear just one sneeze. They’re met with at least a few — one after the other. A proper gaggle. My mom has the same loud sneeze, and as a kid, I’d make fun of it — not so much the chandelier-rattling sound that went with her achoos, but the…

Kim Ledgerwood felt her eyelids getting heavy. “I’ll just shut my eyes for a moment,” she thought. She’d just given birth. What’s one, tiny second? She wouldn’t miss a thing. Then a sharp sting across her face brought her back to the delivery room. “You have to stay awake, Kim!” Her OB-GYN was loud and shaking her shoulders following the slap. “Stay with us!” Ledgerwood had just given birth to a healthy baby boy, but now she was hemorrhaging. A nurse led her mom and sister out of the room. Her husband, Kent, stood off to the side watching the…

The pelvic floor is the unsung hero of the lower body. Think of it like an upside down umbrella of muscle and tissue that keeps important organs — including your bladder and bowels — where they should be. If that wasn’t cool enough, pelvic floor muscles also help you achieve orgasm and help control bodily functions like when you pee or poop. Pelvic floor muscles are like other muscles in your body in the way that they can get weaker over time. Age, childbirth, health conditions and injury can put strain on the pelvic floor which can lead to problems…

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As told to Jacquelyne FroeberA few years ago, I was at home when I had the urge to pee. I made my way to the bathroom, but about halfway there, I started to go. I picked up the pace but some of the pee didn’t make it into the bowl. I was surprised — and thankful I was home! I chuckled and brushed it off. I must’ve waited longer than I thought to go. But I also felt uneasy.I’m not exactly a stranger to bladder leakage. I was in a terrible car accident when I was a teenager and had…

As told to Nicole Audrey Spector After giving birth, vaginally, to my first child, I experienced bladder leakage. It happens, I was told by my medical team. It would likely go away. And it did. But after the birth (also vaginal) of my second child, the bladder leakage came again. Only this time, it didn’t go away.At first, I wasn’t concerned because I’d been told that postpartum bladder leakage is a common experience. But this just wouldn’t stop, and, what’s more, it was quite intense. I would pee whenever I coughed, sneezed or laughed. Often, it was a lot more…