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10/14/2026

Who wants to come along?

and who else travels like this?

Oh and I SLEPTTTTT on the plane

10/07/2026

2012 was a terrible year for me. I got sick no less than a dozen times. Two 10-day flus. A stomach flu. Strep throat, twice. Bronchitis, twice. Laryngitis. And a cold what felt every other week.

I realized my wellness habits of taking vitamins and getting standard blood work every year wasn’t enough. So while I was performing on Broadway, I decided to pause one of my THREE jobs (crazy, I know), so I could take some time to dig into the root cause of my haywire immune function.

I started studying functional lab work, and in the process of getting certified to run these on clients, I found out my cortisol was massively dysregulated. This wasn’t a high or low situation on bloodwork… my cortisol was low in the morning (when it was supposed to be high), and high at night (when it was supposed to be low).

Cortisol has gotten a pretty lousy reputation, that continues to persist. We’re convinced to “lower our cortisol,” with supplements and adaptogens…. but cortisol itself isn’t the problem.

The problem is cortisol that is chronically elevated, poorly timed, or completely out of rhythm. A HEALTHY cortisol should follow a strong diurnal rhythm: rising sharply around waking, to give us energy, focus, blood-pressure support, and metabolic fuel to start our day. After noon, it should gradually decline, reaching its lowest level at night so your body can shift into rest and repair mode, and make melatonin!!

Our morning cortisol surge is actually one of our body’s coolest superpowers! The benefits are vast:
Boosts daily energy & alertness
Regulates metabolism
Reduces inflammation
Supports brain function & mood!
Controls blood pressure
Protects us in the face of acute dangers

Personally… I LOVE CORTISOL…but it’s bioindividual.

Usually the goal isn’t less cortisol, rather, the right cortisol, at the right time, for the right job — which is why it’s always important to test, not guess (ie: supplement, suppress & treat it as the enemy!)

Comment “CORTISOL” if you want to learn more about your supporting your cortisol

3 years since the best day of my life ❤️ and becoming Mrs Woodhouse 😂I love you Jeremy W — Happy Anniversary, my love. L...
10/02/2026

3 years since the best day of my life ❤️ and becoming Mrs Woodhouse 😂

I love you Jeremy W — Happy Anniversary, my love. Let’s do 3 more and many, many more ♾️

09/23/2026

I’m not saying these statements are completely false. That’s actually the point.

In health, we love taking a tiny piece of truth and turning it into a universal rule. But the human body doesn’t work in isolated systems.

1. “Getting healthy is expensive.”
It can be. But some of the most powerful interventions are free: sleep, walking, strength training, daylight, real food, stress management and relationships. Functional health isn’t about buying more supplements and gadgets. It’s about identifying what’s actually driving dysfunction and fixing the foundation first.

2. “Peptides are natural.”
I LOVE peptides. They can be incredible signaling molecules. But let’s stop calling everything we inject “natural.” Peptides exist naturally in the body, but many therapeutic peptides are manufactured synthetically or through recombinant processes. That doesn’t make them bad. It makes the terminology inaccurate. Amazing tool? Potentially. “Natural” because it’s a peptide? Not necessarily.

3. “High protein makes you lose weight.”
Protein is incredibly important for muscle, satiety and metabolic health, but more protein doesn’t automatically equal fat loss. Can you digest it? Absorb it? Are you getting enough fiber and micronutrients? And where is that protein coming from? 30 grams on a package doesn’t automatically make something healthy.

4. “Your cholesterol is too high.”
Cholesterol isn’t the villain. Your brain is incredibly cholesterol-rich, cholesterol is essential for cell membranes, and your body uses it to make steroid hormones. That doesn’t mean elevated LDL doesn’t matter. It means one number doesn’t tell the whole cardiovascular story. Look at ApoB, Lp(a), particle number, insulin resistance, inflammation and the bigger metabolic picture.

5. “Grip strength determines your longevity.”
Grip strength is a useful health marker. But squeezing a hand gripper 500 times a day isn’t the longevity hack. If you’re ignoring full-body strength, mobility and your ability to carry your own groceries, you’re missing the point. A biomarker can be a clue without being the entire intervention.

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Iceland - Part 1: Reykjavik & HveragoiWe loved you so. Undeniably magical country. Very cool people. VERY good food. Wil...
09/22/2026

Iceland - Part 1: Reykjavik & Hveragoi

We loved you so. Undeniably magical country. Very cool people. VERY good food. Will go back.

1-2. Sky Lagoon: highly recommended first stop after a redeye into KEF
3. Lagoon beers: yes I’ll drink at 10am in a foreign country, esp where the water is pristine
4. Our hotel in Reykjavik with memorable food establishments
5. One of the many wall murals throughout the city
6. Obviously rainbow street (color-enhanced so you can sense the joy we felt on this street)
7. counterclock from top left: straight from the greenhouse tomato soup, chocolate-pistachio croissant, fish stew (it’s fish… with cheese), “world’s best” 24-hr slow-cooked lamb shoulder sandwich, cod soup with green apples, black lava crust pizza
8. Potential future tattoo options to commemorate our trip
9. Hallgrimskirkja (Lutheran) church
10. “The Lonely One” bronze sculpture, meant to capture a universal feeling of vulnerability
11. The Braud & Co pastry moment we did not want to end
12. another mural 🎨
13. The Bookstore Band at Hus Mal of Menningar
14. He won’t sing with me at home, but in a loud bar… 😍
15. Rudy + Jenny on a food truck?
16. Greenhouse Hotel (HIGHLY RECOMMEND if driving the South coast)
17. Greenhouse hotel bar with the greatest local bartender / our new friend, Anton. The Negroni did not disappoint
18. My tolerant, photographable hubby
19. The closest we got to p-bears and puffins
20. Can I please be sponsored by Collab? (the collagen energy drink we wish we had in the states)

Adventures coming up next.

09/06/2026

Avoid fasted workouts: seemed like a good idea at the time, you burn more fat if you haven’t eaten, right? I didn’t realize that I was robbing from my s*x hormones, energy availability, and thyroid capacity. The cost of fasted training rises just as the fat-loss benefit disappears. It always felt easy, but NOW: I say not (and never worth it).

Stop snacking between meals: one the worst “healthy habits” we’ve been sold — it’s detrimental for our skin, our metabolism, our hormones, our sleep, our brains, our recovery. Anyone that is still giving this advice needs to stop. If you wear a CGM, you’ll see what I mean. So many diseases stem from insulin resistance, and personally, I’m at risk for Alzheimer’s. NOW: I make sure I give my body rest between meals, ie: no random grazing.

Staring at a screen all day long: If only I had known about the 20-20-20 rule and taking breaks for my eyes. My eyes felt invincible… until all of a sudden they didn’t. Would it have made a difference to stay off? Keep my distance? It’s impossible to know, but I wish more people had been talking about the long-term effects of screens then.

Don’t change your sleep schedule: early morning flights, red eyes, sleeping in on the weekends… it’s just not worth it for the negative impact it has on circadian rhythm (which affects EVERYTHING, hormones, digestion, skin, energy, mood, aging). NOW: I do everything I can to keep my bedtime and wake time within a 30-60 min max window of variability (of course there are always exceptions, but this is my base). *Also I realize this is a luxury, as I do not have kiddos, and I’m grateful.

Clean Air > supplements: We consume 20,000 liters of air per day — it should be just as important as the water we drink, the food we eat, and definitely supplements. Living in NYC, I took air quality for granted. NOW:  I have air filters in the rooms I spend the most time in, I get into nature as much as possible, and if there’s wildfire smoke anywhere near, believe I will be that person wearing an N95 everywhere.

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09/04/2026

Apparently what it’s like to live with me 😂

Can anyone relate?

08/25/2026

We still think of processed food as calories, NOT information — and that’s totally backwards.

If it fits your calories, it’s “fine.”
If it fits your macros, you’re “healthy.”
If you’re not gaining weight, what’s the problem?

But your body doesn’t experience food as a number…..

Ultra-processed food sends biological signals that can influence:
* Blood sugar: cravings & energy crashes
* Appetite: constant hunger, poor satiety, food noise
* Gut: bloating, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion
* Inflammation: fatigue, aches, skin issues
* Cardiometabolic health: high triglycerides, high & blood pressure
* Brain: poor mood & brain fog, ADHD
* Hormones: irregular cycles, PMS, PMOS
* Skin: acne, breakouts, poor tone

PLUS, the consequences go far beyond day-to-day annoyances & symptoms. We’re looking at:

* Cardiovascular disease → ~44% of U.S. women are living with some form of heart disease
* Cognitive decline → 1 in 5 women 65+ has mild cognitive impairment
* Depression → ~16% of women currently experience depression
* Anxiety → ~21% of women report recent anxiety symptoms
* Hormonal dysfunction → PCOS affects an estimated 10–13% of reproductive-age women
* Skin dysfunction → acne affects nearly half of women with PCOS

We’ve become obsessed with asking “Will this make me fat?” instead of: “What is this doing to my biology?”

A food can fit your macros and still be a terrible input for your body.

Calories tell you how much energy food contains. They don’t tell you what that food is telling your body to do.

08/23/2026

Well maybe trashy is cool, because better out than in?

Our friendly husband-and-wife competition a joint adventure in trying to reduce our toxin burden, through EBOO at The Longevity Centers of America, in Greenville, SC.

EBOO stands for: Extracorporeal Blood Oxygenation and Ozonation. A new and more effective therapeutic approach to ozone therapy, a form of dialysis, that helps clean debris from pathogens, heavy metals, plastics and more out of the blood.

During EBOO, blood is circulated outside the body, exposed to a controlled oxygen/ozone mixture, filtered, and then returned to your body. EBOO creates a controlled oxidative signal that may influence redox balance, antioxidant defenses, immune signaling, endothelial function and inflammatory pathways.

I love experiencing interventions like this myself (not because they are necessarily essential to my health and well-being — though it can only help!), but when an intervention may be relevant to a client, friend or family member, I want firsthand experience so I can have a much more informed conversation about whether it actually makes sense for that person.

I would never recommend an intervention because I read a promising study or heard someone on a podcast rave about it. I want to understand the actual experience: what it feels like, how I respond, what I notice afterward, and where it might fit into someone’s healing journey.

There is even emerging case-level research looking at EBOO in environmental toxicant exposure, including reductions in urinary mycotoxins and other toxins — however ozone therapies have already shown to be helpful for a number of disorders, including:
* Pain & Arthritis
* Persistent infections
* Autoimmune expressions
* Chronic fatigue & Brain Fog
* Circulatory issues
* Systemic Detoxification

I’m not looking for the next magic bullet but I am always looking for better tools, better questions and better ways to understand how we can improve human biology in this modern world. And of course, any chance for a little healthy marital competition.

08/20/2026

Ever wonder why some breathing exercises just don’t hit the same?

It might come down to your personal resonant breath rate. In this clip from EP303 of Beautifully Broken, we dig into the app that maps out your ideal breathing pattern in just 14 minutes — and why finding yours can be the difference between scattered energy and laser focus.

When you’re breathing at your resonant rate, the “leaky energy” may stop leaking, and what’s left is presence. 🫁✨

Thank you Metabolic Health Practitioner for an amazing talk. Also everyone I promise I let lauren say things in the podcast! 🤣

The APP….is optimal HRV! OpitmalHRV

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