Your Health. Your Questions. Answers You Can Understand.

Welcome to the TotalWellCoach Health and Wellness Library. Explore evidence-informed articles about healthy aging, nutrition, fatigue, sleep, metabolic health, emotional well-being, supplements, and understanding your health.

Written by Joyce Strong, RN, BSN, to help you become a more knowledgeable, confident participant in your own care.

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GLP-1 Support: Losing Weight Is Not the Same as Getting Healthy

Losing weight isn't the same as getting healthy. GLP-1 medications can help, but what about muscle loss, nutritional deficiencies, lifestyle habits, and weight regain? Joyce Strong, RN, shares seven nonnegotiables for protecting your health while taking a GLP-1—and why the number on the scale should never be your only measure of success.

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Your Body Usually Whispers Before It Screams

We’re very good at pushing through fatigue, stress, poor sleep and the feeling that something just isn’t right. But by the time the body starts yelling, it may have been whispering for quite a while. What if better health sometimes begins simply by paying attention?

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Magnesium Is Everywhere Right Now. Do You Actually Need It?

Magnesium is everywhere right now — for sleep, stress, muscle cramps and more. But do you actually need a supplement? Here’s how to think about magnesium intake, testing, different forms, dosage and what you’re actually trying to accomplish.

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