Beauty Momme

Want your doctor to actually help you? Stop leaving out the weird stuff. 👇🏼 You need to know this before your next appointment.

One of the biggest parts of patient advocacy is actually telling your doctor what is changing in your body, even the symptoms that seem random, embarrassing or completely unrelated.

I talk about p**p. It’s a sh*tty conversation, but you gotta have it. 💩 😉

✨ Changes in your sleep
✨ Gut health, bloating, constipation, diarrhea or changes in digestion
✨ Period changes or other hormone health symptoms
✨ Mood swings, anxiety or irritability
✨ Fatigue or changes in your energy
✨ Headaches, dizziness or brain fog
✨ Changes in your skin, hair or nails
✨ Mucus, congestion or anything that suddenly feels off
✨ Changes in appetite, cravings or weight
✨ Pain, tenderness or discomfort
✨ Libido or vaginal health changes
✨ Stress and what is happening emotionally
✨ New medications, supplements or treatments
✨ Anything that feels different from YOUR normal

Your doctor or practitioner only knows what you tell them. Sometimes that one random health symptom you almost leave out is exactly what helps connect the dots.

Be open. Ask questions. Advocate for yourself, and if your doctor does not listen to you, find another doctor. You should never have to convince someone to listen when you are talking about your own body.

Save this before your next appointment. 🤍

🇳🇿 “Kia ora” 🌀 means good health, and in perimenopause, collagen is something I pay a lot more attention to.

Oxtail is naturally rich in connective tissue, and when it’s slow braised, that collagen breaks down into gelatin, giving you that rich, silky texture.

NEW ZEALAND BRAISED OXTAIL

🥩 4 lbs sliced oxtail
🍋 Juice of ½ lemon
🧄 3 cloves fresh garlic, crushed
🧂 2 Tbsp Himalayan pink salt
🌿 1 tsp sumac
🌿 2 Tbsp parsley
🥑 Mariannes Harvest Avocado oil, enough to coat the bottom of the pot
🧅 1 medium white onion
🥕 2 large carrots
🌱 ½ bunch celery
🍅 2 Tbsp organic tomato paste
🥣 1 box BONAFIDE PROVISIONS chicken bone broth
💧 Filtered water as needed

HOW TO MAKE IT

🥩 Marinate the oxtail with lemon juice, garlic, salt, sumac and parsley.

🔥 Coat the bottom of a Dutch oven with avocado oil. Sear the oxtail on every side until beautifully browned, then remove it from the pot and set aside.

🥕 Add the onion, carrots and celery directly into the same pot and sauté for about 5 minutes.

🍅 Add the tomato paste and bone broth and stir well.

🥩 Place the oxtail back into the pot. If the liquid doesn’t quite cover the meat, add a little filtered water.

⏲️ Cover and braise at 350°F for 2½ hours.

✨ Remove the lid and braise for another 30 minutes, allowing the broth to reduce into a rich sauce and the oxtail to become fall apart tender.

NUTRITION | approx. per serving
Makes about 8 servings

🔥 ~400 calories
💪 ~35g protein
🥩 Collagen rich connective tissue
🩸 Iron + B12
✨ Zinc

One of those meals that tastes like pure comfort food while giving you a serious dose of protein and nutrients I’m especially mindful of during perimenopause.

Save this one for your next slow cooked Sunday. 🇳🇿🤍