Your Inner Wellth

Just wrapped up day one at the OAND Conference in Toronto, and I’m feeling SO good about what we’ve created with Inner Wellth.

The feedback from naturopathic doctors was incredible.

They loved the ingredients and therapeutic doses. They loved the Health Canada approved claims we’re able to make. They loved that everything is in a simple powder format that actually tastes good. And I heard so many positive comments about the branding and the products as a whole.

It was such a great reminder that we are on the right track!

I’ve always been incredibly intentional about what goes into Inner Wellth: meaningful ingredients, meaningful doses, evidence behind the formulations, and products that are easy enough to actually use every single day.

So if you’re already drinking Inner Wellth every day, keep going. You’re doing something really positive for your health, and I feel more confident than ever about what we’re building together.

Such a great day! We’ve got something pretty special 💕

How I travel with Inner Wellth ✈️

One of the questions I get all the time is: “Why don’t you make single serve packets?”

The simple answer: they would dramatically increase the cost of the product, and the manufacturing minimums for individual sachets are incredibly high. I’d rather keep Inner Wellth as affordable as possible!

So here’s what I personally do when I travel:

I label Ziploc bags MORNING, EVENING + GREENS, measure out the number of scoops I’ll need for my trip, and put them in my carry on.

I’ve travelled this way throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Europe and personally have never been questioned about them.

Of course, airport and border security rules can vary, so if you want the most foolproof option, travelling with the original labelled containers is always safest.

But for me? This little system has worked incredibly well and means I never have to leave my Inner Wellth routine at home!!

A little Inner Wellth update…

It’s time to say goodbye to HYIA Hydration.

One of the realities of owning a small business is that you can’t make every product forever. Every product requires manufacturing runs, inventory, investment and a lot of attention - so I have to be really intentional about where I put IW’s resources and what deserves to stay in the Inner Wellth lineup.

I love HYIA. It’s a great hydration product. But hydration has become an incredibly crowded space, and when I look at where I believe Inner Wellth can bring something truly different and beneficial to women, I know where I want to focus next: FIBRE.

I’ve been working behind the scenes on a fibre formula that I am SO excited about. It feels incredibly aligned with where Inner Wellth is going and with what I want to continue create for women as we age.

So this is officially our goodbye to HYIA Hydration and the beginning of our hello to Wellthy Gut.

And that means it’s time for a HYIA stock up sale!

Starting October 1:

HYIA Hydration
Regularly $50
NOW $30/bag
OR 4 bags for $100

Four bags will take you right through to the end of January, which also happens to be the best before date on the remaining inventory: January 31, 2027.

I want to be completely transparent about that date so you can decide how much makes sense for you to order. Personally, because HYIA is primarily an electrolyte/sodium product, I’ll be comfortable continuing to use my own supply beyond January, but everyone should make their own decision about consuming a product beyond its labelled best before date.

Once this HYIA inventory is gone, it’s gone. I will not be producing another run.

So if you love HYIA, now is absolutely the time to stock up.

Goodbye hydration. Hello fibre. ❤️

Do you get tender breasts every month before your period? I did. For basically my entire menstruating life.

Every single month before my period, my breasts would become so sore and tender that I literally had to hold them when I would walk down the stairs. I just assumed it was one of those things I had to live with every month.

And then I started taking Sleep/Cycle.

It was the only thing that ever made a noticeable difference for me. Sleep/Cycle made my monthly breast tenderness disappear and it’s one of the benefits of Sleep/Cycle that I don’t talk about nearly enough.

So why does breast tenderness happen? Breast tissue is incredibly responsive to our hormones. After ovulation, estrogen and progesterone fluctuate and our breast tissue responds. For some women, that means breasts that feel swollen, heavy, achy or incredibly tender in the days leading up to their period.

And during perimenopause, when our hormones can fluctuate much more dramatically from one cycle to the next, breast tenderness can become even more noticeable.

This doesn’t necessarily mean you have “too much estrogen” or that you need to get rid of estrogen. It’s more complicated than that.

Sleep/Cycle contains DIM and calcium-D-glucarate, ingredients that support healthy estrogen metabolism and elimination.

And one of our Health Canada approved claims for Sleep/Cycle is that it helps reduce the severity and duration of symptoms associated with recurrent breast pain (cyclical mastalgia).

In other words: those sore, tender breasts that show up around the same time every month.

I wish I’d had Sleep/Cycle all those years ago because I spent decades thinking monthly breast tenderness was simply something I had to put up with. If this happens to you too, check out S/C to see how it can help you ❤️

Lots of you are starting to ask if you can still drink Inner Wellth when you start HRT.

Many women in our community drink all Inner Wellth products alongside their prescribed hormone therapy. HRT itself is not a blanket contraindication to our products.

As always, medications, health conditions and individual circumstances matter, so if you’re starting HRT (or any new medication) review your supplements with your doctor or pharmacist.

But if you love your Inner Wellth and decide HRT is right for you, please don’t assume you automatically have to give it up! You can join the many women who chase their progesterone pill with their Sleep/Cycle and drink their Energy/Vitality first thing upon waking when they stick on their estrogen patch!

Questions? Lmk!

This week‘s newsletter shares the 3 big lessons I learned at 45 It was a pretty monumental year ❤️

My hope for myself (and you all!) this year is to carry less burdens and more gratitude ✨

Every now and then a debate erupts online as to which style of training is best.

And many studies have shown that if fat loss is your goal - IT DOESN’T MATTER!

Research comparing resistance training after an overnight fast versus training fed has found similar improvements in muscle growth, strength and fat loss. What matters is doing the actual workout!

I work out fasted (although I do drink my Energy first thing in the morning to get those EAAs working for my muscle). I don’t like food in my belly when I run or train.

Two objections that come up with fasted training are: Does your muscle run out of glycogen which will impact ability to train and Won’t fasted training spike your cortisol?

If you ate normally the day before, your muscles still have glycogen stored and available for training. An overnight fast is not the same thing as starting your workout completely glycogen depleted.

And no, you don’t need to be afraid of fasted exercise because you’ve heard it will “spike your cortisol.” Cortisol normally rises in the morning and also rises in response to exercise. That is a normal physiological response, not automatically something harmful that needs to be avoided.

If you feel great training fasted? Train fasted.
If you prefer to train fed, eat your food!

EAAs or a protein source can provide the essential amino acids needed to support muscle protein synthesis, while a little carbohydrate can be useful if you simply feel or perform better with some fuel onboard.

There ARE situations where fueling matters more, particularly long or demanding endurance sessions, where eating beforehand can improve performance.

But for your everyday workout? Choose fasted or fed based on how YOU feel and perform, not because the internet has convinced you there is one magical way to train. The workout you consistently DO matters a whole lot more than whether you ate half a banana before it.

If the duration and flow of your period has ever fluctuated, here’s why!

One of the biggest misconceptions about perimenopause is that estrogen and progesterone simply start declining.

What’s actually happening, particularly in the earlier stages, is increasing hormonal VARIABILITY.

Some months estrogen rises, you ovulate and progesterone follows. Other months, estrogen production may be very different and ovulation may happen earlier, later or not at all.

Why does this change your period? Estrogen BUILDS the uterine lining. Progesterone ORGANIZES and stabilizes it. When hormone levels fall, the lining SHEDS. Less buildup can mean a surprisingly short, light period, while different estrogen and progesterone exposure can contribute to heavier, longer or more irregular bleeding.

Perimenopause isn’t simply about hormones getting lower. It’s about hormones becoming less predictable which is why your cycle length, period length, flow and symptoms can suddenly look very different from month to month.

And while we can’t control every hormonal fluctuation of perimenopause, we can support the pathways our bodies use to metabolize and eliminate estrogen.

That’s one of the reasons I formulated Sleep/Cycle with calcium-D-glucarate. After estrogen is metabolized and conjugated, it is sent into the gut for elimination. Certain gut bacteria produce an enzyme called beta-glucuronidase, which can deconjugate estrogen and allow some of it to be reabsorbed and recirculated rather than excreted.

Calcium-D-glucarate can inhibit beta-glucuronidase which allows for proper elimination of metabolized estrogen rather than allowing as much to be recirculated (and exacerbate your PMS symptoms)

Every ingredient in all IW products is there for a reason and I’m so proud of every formulation and how each works

Questions? Lmk!