Ready for the solutions? In Part 2 of my conversation with Dawn Strength, certified integrative nutrition health coach, we move beyond why your body feels different into how to support it naturally.

We cover: ✅ The discovery & repair phases for gut healing ✅ How to identify and remove inflammatory foods ✅ Supplements & foods that support gut lining and hormone balance ✅ Nutritional guidelines for protein, healthy fats, and carbs ✅ How cycle syncing and metabolic flexibility can help you feel energized again

If you’re ready to shift from frustration to empowerment, this episode will give you the practical tools you need to feel like yourself again.

Dawn Strengths Bio:

Dawn Strength is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach (INHC) with over four years of experience guiding clients to transform their health using a personalized, root-cause approach. With a background in science and sustainability—holding both a B.S. in Environmental Studies and an M.S. in Sustainability from Slippery Rock University—Dawn blends evidence-based strategies with holistic, lifestyle-centered care. Dawn currently works at Freedom Integrative Wellness, a Functional and Integrative Medicine Clinic in Fort Mill where she is the Health Coach. She also is a board member for ReSET, an organization that empowers youth to recognize, manage, and grow through mental health challenges.

Her journey into health coaching was deeply personal. After autoimmune and gut health challenges abruptly ended her collegiate soccer career, Dawn became passionate about the healing power of food, mindset, and nervous system regulation. Today, she helps clients uncover and address the root causes of chronic symptoms through a unique approach that integrates functional nutrition, movement, stress resilience, and whole-person support.

Before coaching, Dawn spent over a decade in corporate sustainability and green building design, with a focus on non-toxic living and indoor environmental health—perspectives that still influence her work.

Dawn lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina, with her husband, two sons, and their dog. Outside of coaching, you’ll find her hiking, practicing yoga, gardening, or cheering at flag football and ninja warrior competitions.

Dawn is passionate about helping others reclaim vibrant health from the inside out—one sustainable habit at a time.

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Are you feeling frustrated with stubborn weight gain, cravings, fatigue, or mood swings—even though you’re “doing all the right things”? You’re not alone.

In this first part of my conversation with Dawn Strength, certified integrative nutrition health coach, we unpack what’s really happening in perimenopause and beyond, including:

• How estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone shift over time
• What cortisol really does to your body under stress
• How insulin resistance affects your metabolism and fat storage
• Why the same workouts and diets no longer give the same results

Your body isn’t working against you—it’s just asking for a new kind of support. Start here to understand the why behind the changes you’re feeling, and in Episode 10 which releases August 13, we’ll dive into the how to feel better again.

What does it really mean to manifest the life you desire—and how do you start? In this inspiring episode of Women’s Wellness Authority, Diana sits down with life coach and educator Katy Kerschner to talk about the courage it takes to ask for more, live unapologetically, and align with your true path. Together, they unpack the power of mindset, the importance of community, and why small intentional steps can spark big transformation.

Katy shares her journey from classroom teacher to holistic coach, and Diana reflects on her own leap into a life more aligned with family, freedom, and purpose. Whether you’re ready for a career shift, personal growth, or a spiritual reset, this episode reminds you that the life you’re dreaming of isn’t just possible—it’s already calling you forward.

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Katy Kerschner Bio:

Katy Kerschner is the founder of Harmony. Balance. Wellness. She is a proud mother, wellness practitioner, public schools educator, yoga instructor, life coach, retreat host, global activist and nutritional guide. She holds a 200 hour teaching certificate from Saraswati’s Yoga Joint, a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a Minor in dance, Master’s Degree in Education and is certified in Reiki, Raindrop Technique, Applied Vitaflex and Emotional Release.
A word from Katy about her love of yoga and healing:
“Since I was 16, yoga and movement have been what keep me healthiest; physically, mentally, and spiritually, and the more I connect with people, the greater my passion is to give the gift of wellness to others. My personal yoga and wellness practices have been my guide throughout my adult life, as I explore a myriad of healing modalities to best serve my clients, physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.”

How to access Katy:

https://www.instagram.com/katy.kerschner/