Making Your Health a Priority and Cycle Syncing for Women w/ Jessie Lockhart

Today we have Jessie on the podcast and before we dive in, let's hear her response to a couple rapid-fire questions:

 Q1. What was the first thing you did this morning?
A1. Besides getting up to pee... haha. I tongue scrape.

Q2. What is your go-to Karaoke anthem?
A2. Shania Twain - I grew up on her!

Q3. If you could eat one food every day, what would it be?
A2. Pizza!

Now, let's dive into the episode! Jessie is a holistic fitness coach and certified personal trainer. She helps entrepreneurial women prioritize their health by working with their bodies instead of against them. She got into this work through her own journey in this space.

Jessie describes holistic health as widening the lens and creating a larger perspective. It's important to not just look at exercise and nutrition - these things are so customized to each individual. To start she shares that mindset is the key. If you want to change habits, you have to accept that change is uncomfortable.

Next, blood sugar regulation is so important. Consistent glucose spikes can lead to so many unwanted things within our bodies.

Some of the red flags that might come up when we're heading down a path that doesn't serve us physically, emotionally, etc. might be if you aren't being validated in how you are feeling. Just because we try to normalize things doesn't mean it's supposed to happen. When we become aware of something we can make a change.

 We need to remember that we permanently live in our bodies and we have to advocate for ourselves - it's important to be heard and understood even by someone in a professional field.

The difference between men and women is something we cover because so often we lump them together. The male hormonal cycle is 24 hours long, but for women, we have a 28-day cycle. Jessie goes into each phase of our cycle and how each of them works and what happens within our body during each phase.

One of the key takeaways is that we need to honor our body in each cycle and that might mean slowing down and allowing ourselves to rest. While other times we might feel more creative and social. Going to the gym and doing the same workout every day isn't necessarily what is best.

There are ways to track your phases, besides just your menstrual phase aka when we bleed. Jessie describes what we can physically look for in order to help us track and stay in tune with our bodies. She recommends using In the Flo app to track. Our bodies can tell us so much when we lean in.

A lot of women think the only way to avoid pregnancy or heal symptoms they are experiencing is with birth control but Jessies explains the other options we can take that empower us to be in control should you decide birth control is not for you.

Jessie shares how important nutrition is to supporting our hormone health and how making changes there can actually help us heal from the inside.

This episode touched on so much and we will definitely have Jessie back on future episodes! You can connect with her using the links below.

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