Dental Health, Music and Medicine
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month – the perfect time to share songs from my Healthy Teeth CD. The selection is a catchy tune called Wiggle Your Tooth to make going to dentist a little more fun, especially during the pandemic when we’re all...
Chronic illness, Estrogen, osteoporosis, Premature Menopause, sexual health, Vaginal Dryness
Menopause symptoms are no fun. Some of the symptoms are physical, like hot flashes. Others are emotional, like mood swings. Yet others are sexual, like vaginal dryness or decreased sex drive. Would these symptoms be different for women who go through menopause at an...
Depression, Estrogen, Menopause, menopause and depression, Menopause treatment
There has been a growing link between what you eat and your risk of depression. New evidence is tying that link to dietary fiber and indirectly, to estrogen. The Food – Mood Connection In my best selling book, The Estrogen Fix, there is an explanation about...
Imagination, Music Composer, Original Music
It’s early in a new year, and there is so much possibility. And it has been a difficult year to imagine, with so much social isolation and limitations on travel and gathering. But I like to imagine all that could be. To that end, I wrote a song called, My...
Endometrial cancer, Gastric bypass surgery, Menopause, Obesity
One of the most common concerns of menopause is weight gain. Dresses become a size, or two, too small. The average size of the American woman now falls between a 16 and an 18, the lower end of plus sizes. But there is a much more worrisome concern about...
Music Composer, Original Music
Happy New Year! 2020 is finally in our rear view window and I wish you and yours a fabulous and healthy 2021. This is a piece is called My Odometer. No question, 2020 was a year to reflect on. And hopefully to be a passage into a new and better year. But even so, our...
Christmas Music, Christmas Song, Music Composer
I wrote this Christmas song to honor the troops that are away from their families, which is particularly difficult during the holidays. And what could be a better Christmas present that to have Daddy coming home for Christmas. In this video, Iris Schellenberg sings...
Estrogen, Estrogen and Breast Cancer, FSH, Hormone Therapy, menopause symptoms, sexual health, Vaginal Dryness
I recently had the pleasure of being invited back to The Autoimmune Hour. Host Sharon Saylor explored with me the latest information on menopause, and a deep dive into the issues of vaginal dryness and intimacy that affects so many women in and around menopause. In...
Christmas Music, Christmas Song, Music Composer, Original Christmas Music
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least when you look at your calendar. Just over 10 days left until it’s here. People started stringing their Christmas lights and putting up their other decorations just after Thanksgiving. Let’s face...
perimenopause, Perimenopause Podcast, Women's Health
If you’re confused about perimenopause, what it is, how to best deal with it, how to cope with the changes that are coming your way and how to feel better while you go through it, you’re going to love this podcast. It’s done with Marni Battista, a...
