When Stress Hits Different The Female HPA Axis, Allostatic Load, and Why Women's Stress Response Is Neurologically Distinct In 2000, psychologist Shelley Taylor and her colleagues at UCLA published a paper that reframed everything we thought we knew about the stress response. For decades, the dominant model...
There's a quote that I love by the late Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. It reads "there are years that ask questions and years that answer." The year 2018 was both, filled with questions I could not answer and answers...
The glymphatic system, sleep architecture, and the hormones your sleep is regulating — plus five interventions you can begin tonight....
Hello friend! Something shifted for me recently. Four months ago, standing barefoot on a deck in the rainforest with mountains behind me, my nervous system felt completely restored for the first time in longer than I could remember. My spirit spoke to the wind. My...
Do you remember learning about what happens to your food after eating a meal when you were in school? Your body immediately kicks into gear, turning all that food into the good stuff it needs for energy, growth, and immune support. So, what drives this...
Have you walked into a room and forgotten why you’re there? Struggled to find the right word mid-sentence? If you’re over 40, you may be noticing subtle shifts in memory or focus. Some cognitive changes are a normal part of aging. The brain gradually changes in...
If you’re a busy, active woman in midlife, or if you've been following Seva Health for a while, you already know the Mediterranean style of eating has a great reputation. It prioritizes vegetables, olive oil, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and fish and limits sugar and...
Inside your digestive tract lives a vast community of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and more, all collectively known as the gut microbiome. This ecosystem weighs roughly as much as a small organ and plays a role in digestion, metabolism, immune defense, inflammation control, and...
Stop the winter slump. Find your 'One Thing' with Mindset Mastery. Clear mental clutter and reclaim your focus with our new guide and checklist!...
If heart disease runs in your family, it’s natural to feel more cautious about your heart health, especially as you move through your 40s and beyond. Genetics does matter, but it's only part of the story. The truth is that many of the most influential...