WOMEN IN MOTION NUTRITION
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ADHD, sports nutrition, hormones, and food that actually works for active women and moms. Written by Gabby Barreto, MS, RD, CDN, CSSD — sports dietitian for active women and moms.
Pelvic Floor PT: What It Is, Who Needs It, and Why You Were Never Told
Leaking, painful sex, and pelvic pressure aren't things you just live with. Here's what pelvic floor PT actually is and who should be accessing it.
Gabby Barreto, MS, RD, CDN, CSSD
Read post →Powerlifting for Women: What Happens When You Stop Being Afraid of the Barbell
Strength coach and competitive powerlifter Madison Kearney breaks down why heavy lifting changes everything for women, and how to fuel for it.
How Running and Nutrition Helped One Woman Heal After Divorce Trauma
Emmi Polansky got divorced at 23, nine weeks postpartum. Here's how fitness and nutrition became her actual healing tools.
Overachieving. Overstimulated. Undiagnosed for 30 Years.
The ADHD symptom nobody warns you about, and why it took me twenty-five years and a diagnosis after my second son to actually name it.
Dr. Mimi Knoll on Working Motherhood, JOMA, and Why "Superwoman" Is Not a Compliment
Radiation oncologist Dr. Mimi Knoll breaks down what it actually takes to build a career and a family without the toxic myth that you can do it all at once.
Why ADHD Makes You Forget to Eat (And What Actually Helps)
Forgetting meals isn't a discipline failure. The ADHD brain routes hunger signals differently, and the fix has nothing to do with willpower.
How ADHD Changed How I See Myself
For a long time, I thought something was wrong with me. Not in a dramatic way. Just this quiet, persistent feeling that I was broken in ways I couldn't explain and other people couldn't see. I Used t...
Fueling for Focus: The Active Woman's Guide to ADHD + Sports Nutrition
Standard sports nutrition assumes you'll remember to eat at the right times. For athletes with ADHD, that assumption is where everything breaks down.
What a Functional Dietitian Actually Does for ADHD
Being a dietitian with ADHD changes everything about how I work with clients. Not because I have some special secret, but because I've lived inside the chaos that a lot of my clients are trying to exp...
How Your Hormones Make ADHD Symptoms Worse
If you have ADHD and you also deal with PMS, PMDD, or you're starting to notice perimenopause symptoms, I need you to read this. Because the overlap between these things is not talked about enough, an...
You're Not Lazy. Your Meal Plan Was Built for the Wrong Brain.
Every nutrition plan you've tried was designed for a neurotypical brain. Here's what changes when the approach actually fits how ADHD works.
What Actually Builds Strength — A Conversation with Meaghan Callahan
Olympic weightlifter, personal trainer, and mom Meaghan Callahan on her journey from powerlifting to Hyrox to the snatch, why aesthetics stopped driving her training, and what it means to take up space.
Why ADHD in Women Gets Missed So Often
Most of what we think we know about ADHD was built around one type of kid: a hyperactive boy who couldn't sit still in class. That's it. That's where most of the research started. And that foundation...
The ADHD Challenges Nobody Sees
People think ADHD looks like a kid bouncing off the walls or forgetting their homework. And sure, that's part of it. But there's a whole other layer that nobody talks about, the stuff happening inside...
Full Body Strength + Sculpt Workout (Medium Dumbbells Only)
A 13-minute full body strength and sculpt session using just medium dumbbells. Unilateral blocks hit biceps, shoulders, glutes, and core without a single crunch.
When I Realized I Had ADHD (And What Changed)
For most of my life, I thought something was wrong with me. Not in a dramatic way. Just a quiet, nagging feeling that I was a little too much, a little too scattered, a little too hard to deal with. I...
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