Why Taking Magnesium Might Exacerbate Your Migraines
Magnesium as panacea for migraine You can find many accounts online of people who started taking magnesium and suddenly no longer have migraines. As wonderful as this sounds, I’ve never actually met anyone in years of coaching who has had a dramatic or obvious...
Why Citrus Triggers Migraine
Sensitivity to acidic foods One of the most challenging questions I get in my coaching practice is the issue of how to incorporate acidic foods into the diet. Those who are avoiding fermented foods on a low histamine diet while healing their underlying mineral...
Heal Migraine by Simply Eating Food
There’s nothing more paradoxical than trying to heal migraine when you have a hard time assimilating food. The dilemma is exacerbated by the complexity of our food systems and food supply. A fair amount of knowledge is required to have the basic literacy to navigate...
Copper Zinc Balance and Migraine
Before we delve into copper zinc balance, check out part 1 of this series. Key concepts covered in part 1: Migraine is a mineral imbalance issue which leads to enzymatic deficiencies and inability to properly break down histamine, glutamate, and tyramine – – ie, it...
Why Eat Liver for Migraine, and How to Do it!
I realize this post will be off-putting to those who are vegetarian or vegan and follow my blog – and to my parents, both of whom are plant-based eaters, ie, more-or-less vegan. I also used to be vegan. It will probably be off-putting to most of the meat-eaters out...
What Are Your Migraines Telling You?
Have you ever wondered if there was some greater meaning to why you suffer from migraines, or have you found ways to reframe your suffering in such a way that you were able to make something positive out of it? What have your migraines taught you? What are your...
Motherhood and Migraine: a Double Whammy
Initiation into motherhood My chronic migraines coincided with my inelegant and devastating initiation into motherhood with a c-section operation. I had migraines before becoming a mother, but the perfect storm of surgery, medications, sleep-deprivation, and years of...
Motherhood and Migraine: Getting off the Pain Meds
To read the introductory Part 1, click here. Getting off the allopathic medicine bandwagon Every day in my coaching practice I am amazed at the strength and power of women who have been suffering the level of hell I experienced for three years, but some of them have...
Motherhood and Migraine: Transformation
To read the introductory Part 1, click here. To read part 2, click here. The call to transformation and self-care Mothering with migraine asks a ton of us, but if we are able to find the strength to see migraine as a call to radically transform our lives, it can be a...