Hi Reader, I want to talk about something I hear far too often from women with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s: “I’m over 50 now, so this is just my lot. It’s all downhill from here.” And you know what makes this worse? Doctors reinforce it. 😠 You go in feeling exhausted, gaining weight, or struggling to concentrate - and you’re told: “Oh, that’s menopause.”“Oh, it’s just your age.” As if that’s the end of the story. But it isn’t. The truth is: blaming age for thyroid symptoms is one of the...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, 💜 Today inside our community, the Hypothyroid Recovery Hub, we’re on Day 2 of the 7-Day Sleep Better Challenge - and we’re talking about something simple but powerful: sleeping like a cavewoman. Everything we do in this community comes back to living more like our ancestors – following an ancestral lifestyle that works with your body, not against it. 10,000 years ago, our ancestors slept in almost total darkness. Maybe just a flicker of firelight or a soft glow from the moon. That...
13 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Have you ever been told your thyroid labs are “normal”… yet you still feel exhausted, foggy, or stuck with stubborn weight? This is one of the biggest myths out there. 👉 Normal does not mean optimal. Doctors usually look at a wide lab range. If your number falls anywhere inside it, they say you’re “fine.” But most women with thyroid problems do not feel fine there. 😔 In fact, many of us still feel tired, cold, foggy, and heavy - even when our labs look “normal.” Why? 👉 Because...
18 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, There’s something magical about autumn, isn’t there? The cosy jumpers, warm drinks, candles flickering, the colours of the leaves. It’s the season of pumpkin spice, thick socks and blankets on the sofa. 🍂 But alongside that cosiness, many women with hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s notice a different shift - one that feels a lot less comforting. Maybe you find yourself: 🍁 Shivering even with the heating on and layers piled up 🍁 Feeling like your energy is draining faster than usual 🍁...
27 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, There’s something we really need to talk about. Mental health. Specifically, how your mood, anxiety, and emotional wellbeing are often deeply affected when you have hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s - but no one warns you. Doctors might mention weight gain. Tiredness. Brain fog. But what they don’t say is that low thyroid hormones can lead to serious depression. Crushing anxiety. Rage that feels like it comes out of nowhere. Emotional numbness. And yes - even suicidal thoughts in...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, We talk a lot about money debt. Credit cards. Loans. Mortgage payments. But there’s another kind of debt most women with hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s carry without realising it. Health debt. It creeps up slowly. The kind of slow that feels “manageable” day-to-day - until it isn’t. When your thyroid isn’t treated optimally (and let’s be honest… most of us aren’t), you’re quietly racking up costs: Fibromyalgia. Chronic fatigue. Cardiovascular problems. Unstoppable creeping weight...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, This week, I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole. I stumbled across an old medical article - an absolute gem from the archives - with 57 before-and-after photos of patients treated for hypothyroidism back in the early 1900s. Here’s the link so you can see for yourself: 🔗 Thyroid magic history and 57 examples The “before” pictures are heartbreaking—faces swollen, eyes lifeless, bodies clearly suffering. But the “after” pictures? They look like completely different people. The swelling...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Hey lovely, There’s something I need to say - and it might be one of the hardest truths I’ve ever shared. One day, people are going to look back at how hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s were treated in our time… right now... …and they’ll be horrified. In the same way that we are horrified by the way mental health patients used to be treated in Victorian asylums They’ll ask: “How did they let so many women live half a life - tired, foggy, gaining weight, emotionally drained - and just…...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, There’s something we really need to talk about. Mental health. Specifically, how your mood, anxiety, and emotional wellbeing are often deeply affected when you have hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s - but no one warns you. Doctors might mention weight gain. Tiredness. Brain fog. But what they don’t say is that low thyroid hormones can lead to serious depression. Crushing anxiety. Rage that feels like it comes out of nowhere. Emotional numbness. And yes - even suicidal thoughts in...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader, Let’s talk about something I see all the time in my community - and maybe you’ve thought it too: “I’ll never feel better unless I can afford functional medicine doctors... all their tests, all their supplements… and I just don't have that kind of money” It’s an easy belief to fall into. Especially when you’re exhausted, foggy, gaining weight without explanation, and your doctor keeps telling you your bloods are “fine.” So many women I speak to feel trapped - like there’s a secret...
3 months ago • 2 min read