I'm so thankful for our milder, more-than-usual sunny winter! I'm also grateful for our wonderful women who are feeling better and better and letting me know it!  

Here's an email from Karen: "Hi Lyn! I can honestly say I'm doing great! My hormones are great and my libido is back (yay!). I attended your weight loss class you guys had 2 months ago and I bought the vanilla smoothie powder. It's amazing and I need to order more! I have it for breakfast every day. I've been working on my weight and am happy to report I've lost 15 pounds! I've taken your advice and given up wheat. (except for the occasional slice of pizza that is!)  The wheat thing is amazing. The bloating and gas I've experienced for years is now a thing of the past! Amen! I never thought I could feel this great! My body is starting to resemble the ME I recognize. My husband is even thinking of having his hormone balance checked! Thanks for what you do. You're amazing!"   

Thank you, Karen, for sharing! Yes, we are experiencing a lot of success with our weight loss program. In fact, I have added it as a web page on my website. If you go to my website and click on the "Strategic Weight Loss Program" button on the bottom of the home page, you can read all about it. Our women (and men!) are losing weight and feeling better! I have to tell you that our weight loss program isn't so much about weight loss as it is about LIFESTYLE change. We all know how to lose weight, but it's the keeping it off that is a challenge! Here is what I know---that unless you make a decision to change the way you do things, i.e. a lifestyle change, the probability of keeping that weight off is slim. It's changing the WAY you think about food that makes the difference. So give it a read and let me know if you have any questions. You can even click right through to our online store to order the powder Karen mentioned in her email, and other products that are important for weight loss and maintenance. 

    You know we love our doctors! But due to the nature of the business, they are bombarded constantly with information and literature from drug companies on the latest, greatest drugs. They are also bombarded with misinformation on bio-identical hormone therapy (also often coming from drug companies!) so that the waters are very muddy and the poor doctors don't know what to believe. My heart goes out to them. I know one of our favorite doctors who GETS AND APPRECIATES what we do, has seen our mutual clients feel better and reclaim their lives, and even sends his patients to see us, will sometimes caution his women, with, "Now you know, you can't stay on this forever due to cancer risks."  Really? If this were the case, do you think we would be in this business? This is the recommendation for the synthetic drugs masking as hormones. These are the drugs the women's health initiative did a study on, whose findings were reported in 2002 and caused the scare in the medical community with hormone replacement. This has NOTHING to do with what we do at our cottage, which is customized bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. This is why it is critical for YOU to learn about your options for hormone replacement and then share what you know WITH your doctor. And, as a point of reference, on my website, in the "Resources/Readings" section, I DO have a "Practitioner's Reference" section as well, with a lot of information and clinical studies on bhrt (bio-identical hormone replacement therapy). Since YOU have the relationship already established with your doctor, sharing what YOU know and then urging your doctor to "give it a try" has been a successful strategy for educating our doctors. Also at your consultation at the Happy Hormone Cottage, we can give you some printed clinical studies we have on hand for the sole purpose of further educating our doctors and future clients!

    I received an email from a client, regarding her teenage daughter, with a message that needs to be heard. I have her permission to share her story with you:

"Dear Lyn, I have some questions about my daughter that I am hoping you can help me with. Long story short-around age 15 and a half, my daughter started the Gardasil ® vaccine series of shots. (side note: this vaccine is made by Merck Pharmaceuticals and is being mandated in some states for prevention of cervical cancer) After her second shot, she started having Grand Mal Seizures, as have a tremendous number of other girls. I have done a lot of research. Many side effects and even deaths have been reported. My daughter has never been the same since. We went to doctor after doctor and many ER visits. Symptoms many of the girls are experiencing after getting this vaccine are difficulty breathing, rashes, hair loss, seizures, paralysis, anxiety and many other side effects. My daughter was just plain lethargic for over a year after receiving her second shot. She has learned to live with her side effects. She has hot flashes and extreme anxiety attacks. She still complains of difficulty breathing and fears seizures. Is there anything you might suggest to help her? Thank you for taking the time to read my email. Any feedback you can give would mean the world to me. Thank you."  

I think her message is clear. We need to be vigilant in what we allow to happen to our bodies and our children's bodies. Do the research. Take your power back. This is the same message I have been preaching since day one and it applies to everything from hormone balance to vaccinations to fluoride in our drinking water. We have to be vigilant and not just assume that because a drug or a vaccine has been approved by government agencies, it is safe or effective. In the case of the Gardasil ® vaccine, it was designed to prevent only 2 of the at least 15 strains of HPV that may lead to cervical cancer in those who do not clear the virus from their body within 2 years and become chronically infected. These 2 strains of HPV are not transmitted in a school setting like other airborne diseases that are easily transmitted in crowded conditions. There have been 18,000 adverse events reported and at least 65 deaths as of September 28, 2010. To read more, visit www.mercola.com, click on "Articles," and then type "Gardasil Vaccine" in the search box.

Find out more about our amazing skin care products from RX Skin Therapy, by reading the latest information below. We are seeing amazing results. My philosophy is we spend money, a lot of money (!), on skin care already, so why not spend it on a skin care system that really works? When you can see the results within 8 weeks...that is money well spent! You can email anita@happyhormonecottage.com or call her at 513-795-2227 for more information or to schedule an appointment for your free skin analysis.

Also see below AND check out my website's events page for upcoming events. If you have been telling your friends and family about us and have wanted to bring them to a presentation, here's your chance! Join us for an evening with Lyn at the Miamisburg Adult Center on Thursday evening, February 23, at 6:30pm, on "Learning to Live Your Best Life Naturally!"  It is a free event and there will be drawings for prizes. All are welcome!
 
Have a great month!
Blessings,
Lyn