Hello! I’m Leah Brueggemann.
Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner
I am a musician, a wife, a mom to the cutest most energetic boy ever, and an avid educator on all things hormonal health.
CERTIFIED FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC NUTRITIONAL® PRACTITIONER
400+ WOMEN SUPPORTED
Host of the BALANCING HORMONES NATURALLY Podcast
Listen now to discover how you can use nutrition to balance your hormones naturally so you can have pain free regular periods with no mood swings.
I haven’t always been into hormonal health, definitely not!
My health journey started about 5 years ago when I discovered lumps in one of my breasts. Fortunately, after getting an exam, my physician informed me that I had fibroadenomas. If you don’t know what those are, they are benign breast tumors. Slightly terrifying? Yes!
I chose not to have them surgically removed because fibroadenomas reportedly return 90% of the time (that was my personal choice, and I encourage you to follow the advice of your provider).
After this diagnosis, I began to research and I spoke to many doctors, including naturopathic doctors, and it turns out my super crazy, irregular cycles were connected!
Did I mention that my periods were so painful they would literally make me throw up!? That was if they actually showed up…Oh, and I found out I had ovarian cysts… I guess when it rains it pours!
The research into my situation was a result of me being extremely estrogen dominant (I have a gene that was expressing itself that made it hard for my body to eliminate toxins, SO CRAZY!).
At this point, I knew the problem and I just needed to figure out how to solve it.
I tried doctor recommended diets, super strict elimination diets, supplements, herbs, testing, you name it, I probably tried it… All the while the lumps stayed with me as well as my other issues.
I kept trying so many things that didn’t have much success. Along this journey I also learned that if phase three of your cycle (I can teach you all about this) is not 12-16 days long, you normally can’t carry a pregnancy for more then a couple weeks.
I kept looking, trying, failing, and searching again.
However, eventually I found something that worked!
MY FIBROADENOMAS STARTED TO SHRINK, I GOT RID OF ALL MY OVARIAN CYSTS, NORMALIZED MY CYCLES...AND ACTUALLY HAD PAIN-FREE PERIODS!
I also now have a son and he is the cutest, happiest, most energetic kid ever!
Although, I should say that changing my lifestyle didn’t happen over night.
It was little changes here and there, reducing my toxic intake load bit by bit, and supporting my body in all the ways I could feel that it needed.
My body finally feels the way I want my body to feel!
So why didn’t I stop after fixing my plethora of issues? Well, that’s because I soon realized that this situation is not unique to me. And there are SO MANY WOMEN that are having hormonal issues of some sort or another.
SO, the only thing I could do is make this my mission. I became a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner so that I can share this far and wide.
I am empowering women by showing them how to support their bodies through proper nutrition to effectively balance their hormones.
By nourishing your body with loving foods, we can all live a life free of suffering and disease - or at least get meaningfully closer to this goal.
Disease, sickness, and pain are regrettably and unnecessarily so prevalent today. But we can kick its butt because our bodies were made to heal themselves!