Healing Hormones
319 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 110 ratingsWelcome to a space for real talk about all things menstrual health and fertility awareness method. It’s time we drop the stigma around our periods and start opening up about the beautiful complexity of the female body.
Learn from myself, and top women’s health experts, as we bring awareness to topics often dismissed in mainstream media and wellness.
Join us as we discuss birth control, hormonal imbalance, FAM, mental health, pregnancy/motherhood, and more - nothing is off limits.
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155. Gratitude Through Growth: Catching Up with Sarah Beth Yoga
December 05, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBToday brings a very special episode of Healing Hormones as I welcome back Sarah Beth of Sarah Beth Yoga a long SIX years after her first appearance on the show. Back then, her little one was just a baby, our businesses were in dramatically different places, and of course – I hadn’t become a mama yet myself. We share a really warm and expansive conversation as we connect dots from the past and look at where our progress might take us in the future. Sarah gets super personal in this one, tell...
154. Spotlighting Pregnancy (and Postpartum) Full-Body Wellness with Dr. Kayla Borchers
November 28, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBToday’s guest on Healing Hormones is Dr. Kayla Borchers. She is a physical therapist, prenatal and postpartum corrective exercise specialist, board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist, and a certified yoga teacher with a passion for helping active families thrive. She’s also here in Columbus, Ohio, which was such an exciting discovery! We talk about her new boutique pelvic floor physical therapy practice, work/life/parenting balance, managing chronic pain, and so much more. Pregnancy o...
153. Using Tempdrop to Track Fertility Awareness Method with Mel Angus
November 16, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBToday, I am joined by Mel Angus from Tempdrop. She’s a certified fertility awareness educator and heads the brand’s customer support and user experience department. Tempdrop is basically the easiest way to track your basal body temperature – I recommend it to all of my clients. Don’t worry, we get into how, why, and all the techy details in this one. And if you’re interested in getting your own Tempdrop device, you can visit tempdrop.com and use the code NINA12 for 12% off! We Chat About: ...
152. Dr. Alyssa Dweck Takes Us to School on Low Estrogen Symptoms, PMS & More
November 07, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBToday on the show, I am talking to Dr. Alyssa Dweck, who is a practicing gynecologist and the chief medical officer of Bonafide Womens Health Supplements. An OB GYN for over twenty-five years with a special interest in menopausal health and training in female sexual health, she’s been all over TV and magazines as a top expert in her field. We talk a lot about low estrogen symptoms – what if you're experiencing these symptoms in your thirties? What do you need to be aware of when you're head...
151. Be the Beginner: Understanding Your Limitless Self with Emily Pereira
October 24, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBEmily Pereira is an international retreat leader, yoga teacher, and women's coach who has, after 13 years of intensive and extensive spiritual training and exploration, amassed a treasure trove of astonishing wisdom practices – and a memoir that details it all. She's used her vast life and health experiences – from a painful drawn out diagnosis, to a surprise breakup, revealing plant medicine ceremonies, a deep dive into cellular regeneration, and so much more – to heal her own story and tr...
150. Back to Nature: Learning About Ayurvedic Healing with Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD
October 17, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBToday’s guest on Healing Hormones is Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD, a former ER doctor turned ayurvedic healer. Finding the ancient Indian medical practice after – you guessed it – experiencing her own health and wellness issues that traditional medicine could not address in a way that relieved her symptoms, she knew there had to be a better way. Ayurveda relies on a natural approach to physical and mental health; getting closer to nature is the goal. In this conversation, she gives us very practi...
149. Healing Our Relationship with Food & Cooking with Tamar Samuels MS, RD, CDN
October 03, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBToday’s guest is Tamar Samuels, a registered Dietitian Nutritionist, National Board Certified Health Coach, and the co-founder of Culina Health. In this episode, we talk a lot about how, when you're trying to heal the root cause of what's going on, whether it's gut issues, hormone health, thyroid disorders – really, whatever it is – it can cause us to have a lot of disordered eating tendencies and black-and-white thinking that actually ends up doing a lot more harm than good. We talk about ...
148. Honoring Our Cycle Through Sustainable Fitness with Courtney Babilya
September 26, 2022 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBToday on the show, I am talking to Courtney Babilya, who is a fitness nurse and mom of two on a mission to help women find their way out of diet culture, and back into their power, through sustainable fitness and cyclical living. We talk about her difficult rock bottom, complicated further by a misdiagnosis of bipolar syndrome and some challenging reactions to the medications she was prescribed. Constantly fighting her own body with overtraining and an eating disorder, something had to chan...
147. Your Most Common Fertility Awareness Questions Answered
September 19, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBDoes this sound like you? You’re considering ditching birth control and finally starting Fertility Awareness Method … but you’re feeling totally stuck. On one hand, you’re so nervous to stop the pill because you’ve been on it more years than you can count, and on the other hand, you’re terrified of getting pregnant. It feels so paralyzing! I hear these fears a lot and you’re absolutely not alone. The best way to ease the fear of transitioning to FAM (aka natural birth control) is to become...
146. Apple Watch Series 8 vs. OURA Ring: Tracking Basal Body Temperature for Natural Birth Control
September 12, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBMany women who are looking towards natural birth control (aka Fertility Awareness Method) are curious about the rise in popularity of wearable thermometers. With a variety of temperature tracking devices out there, it poses the question: how do these new technologies compare in both ease and accuracy? These are important questions to ask when choosing a thermometer for natural birth control accuracy! Recently, there have been two big advancements in wearable thermometers for natural birth c...
145. Tricky Fertility Window? Understanding When It’s Open or Closed
September 05, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe’ve all heard it online and all over social media – that you can only get pregnant during a five or six day window each month, aligning with the presence of your more fertile cervical mucus. But, what if your CM is here to party most of the month? Especially for those of us practicing Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), the risks in not knowing for sure are huge. In this solo episode, I break down this issue, why such black-and-white advice actually doesn’t apply to the incredible range o...
144. Metabolic Magic: Eat More & Train Less with Kitty Blomfield
August 29, 2022 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBMy guest today, Kitty Blomfeld, is just like so many of us, having gone through a cycle of dieting, binging, and doing things she thought were good for her body (like heavily restrictive practices), but were actively hurting it. Her health and wellness travels brought her to weight training, and then everything changed. Through regimented eating and training routines, Kitty got truly healthy. Now, she shares her learnings through NuStrength, her online program coaching women on how to get h...
143. How Does COVID Affect Hormonal Health in Women? with Dr. Jessica Drummond
August 22, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBToday’s well-informed guest on Healing Hormones is Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC (!). She is the founder and CEO of The Integrative Women's Health Institute and the author of Outsmart Endometriosis. Jessica’s worked with women on their chronic pelvic pain for more than twenty years, she facilitates educational programs for women health professionals in more than 60 countries globally, and leads virtual wellness programs for people with endometriosis. It’s safe to say that Jessica...
142. Learning About Hormone Sensitivity & Skin Care with Cheryl Woodman
August 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBThrough her work as a scientist, award-winning skincare formulator, and acne expert – and her amazing blog, Honesty For Your Skin – Cheryl Woodman helps women who've tried everything under the sun to treat their acne and still feel stuck at rock bottom. She joins the show today to teach us about skin care that leads to healthy, happy, clear skin you can feel comfortable and confident in. Who doesn't want that? We break down the science behind it all, how our diets impact our skin (remembe...
141. Can You Grow It? Diet & Lifestyle Changes to Reduce Stress with Lahana Vigliano
August 08, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBMy guest today, Lahana Vigliano, is the CEO of Nuvitru Wellness and a board-certified and holistic clinical nutritionist in Austin, TX. She’s here to answer all of our questions about stress – where does it come from, how can we reduce it, and what is it really doing in our bodies? She also asks some of her own – teaching us to question our food choices, what’s actually in your control, and what isn’t? It’s time to get honest with ourselves, and shame is not invited to the party. Our bodie...
140. Tracking Your Cycle While Using the Copper IUD
August 01, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBToday, we’re talking about the Copper IUD. There are so many questions about this hormone-free birth control product. And luckily, there’s tons of research on it. Let’s talk about how it's used, risks, and of course, effectiveness. How long does it stay in? How does it affect our FAM practice? And, isn’t copper toxic? This episode isn't intended to scare anybody from the Copper IUD. At the end of the day you should feel empowered to choose the form of birth control that is right for you. Y...
139. Ritualizing Our Cycles with Maddie Miles
July 25, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBMaddie Miles is a fellow podcaster in the hormone space, hosting “peace. love. hormones. By The Maddie Miles” since 2020. She joins the show today to talk about her personal health journey battling the negative effects of antibiotics, birth control pills, lyme disease, and anorexia. In and out of programs for eight long years, we talk about Maddie’s eventual wakeup call experience overseas which flipped the switch in her mind that it was time to get better. Since then, she’s been a learnin...
138. Gaining Confidence in the Kitchen with Cassy Joy Garcia
July 18, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBCassy Joy Garcia is a New York Times bestselling author and the creative force behind popular wellness editorial site, Fed + Fit. Her mission is to make cooking more manageable, especially for moms – which is why I am personally so excited to share this one with you. Once she had her first child, Cassy was looking for ways to still eat healthy but take out some of the work from cooking. This led her to develop the “cook once” method for meal prep, a genius time saving concept that she’s wri...
137. Coconuts and Kettlebells: Nourish Your Mind & Body with Noelle Tarr
July 11, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBMy amazing guest today, Noelle Tarr, is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP), an NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer, author, and all-around badass. She’s worked in the industry for more than seventeen years and is open to admitting she’s made every mistake in the book – which is why she’s so dedicated to helping others on their body and overall wellness journeys. We talk about body image, its role in how we grow up thinking of ourselves, and what dieting culture does and (mostly) does not...
136. What is Functional Dentistry? Ask the Dentist! with Dr. Mark Burhenne
July 04, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBBy now, you’ve heard of the gut biome and how critical those little bacteria are in supporting your overall wellbeing. Well, today, Dr. Mark Burhenne joins me to dive into even further detail with one specific, important, and very famous, part of our digestive system – our mouth! It’s about so much more than bad breath and coffee stains, although we cover the importance of the small stuff too. The truth is that oral health is directly involved in six-to-seven out of ten major chronic diseas...
135. Red Light Therapy & the Mighty Mitochondria with Dr. Mike Belkowski
June 27, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBDr. Mike Belkowski is my guest today. He’s a physical therapist by trade and is passionate about providing his patients with the most effective treatment techniques – most notably, he’s a big proponent of red light therapy, launching BioLight in 2019. We get into the teeny tiny detail in this one – down to the cellular level! Dr. Belkowski teaches us that our mitochondria react differently to different hues of light and that they’re in every single cell, producing 95% of the energy in our b...
134. Her Story: Ending the Shame Around Birth Control Breakup with Brooke Schattner
June 20, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBBrooke Schattner was on the pill since she was 16 – nearly a decade – and today she’s sharing her journey to leaving the pill behind and transitioning her way to FAM. Like so many women, Brooke got on the pill because it was just “the thing to do” in your teens. There wasn’t a real reason behind it at first, and she never had a deep discussion with her parents or doctors on what the pill meant, and if it was the right choice for her body. After years of symptoms and side effects, she’s deci...
133. Busted Myths & Proven Benefits: Exploring Castor Oil with Dr. Sherri McKnight of Queen of the Thrones
June 06, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBDr. Sherri McKnight of Queen of the Thrones joins me to find the truth about castor oil, a hotly debated method for relieving inflammation and pain that goes back hundreds (even thousands!) of years. We talk about its many benefits, bust a few myths, and walk you through proper therapeutic use while highlighting the amazing easy-to-use oil packs by Queen of the Thrones. Of course – we make sure to bring it all back to fertility and hormone health, as castor oil packs can help you have less ...
132. Transitioning Off Birth Control Safely with Kelsie Anderson
May 30, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBToday I am chatting with my friend, and queen birth control expert, Kelsie Anderson of @bunsinbalance! Kelsie is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who works with women to help them navigate hormone imbalances through diet and lifestyle changes. She is particularly dedicated to educating women on how to effectively support their bodies while on birth control, when transitioning off, and/or post-birth control. Which is exactly what we are talking about in today’s episode.We also h...
131. Getting to the Root of Whole Body Health with Corinne Angelica
May 23, 2022 11:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBCorinne Angelica is the sister I never had. You may find yourself listening to this and wondering “Why is Nina talking to herself?” But I haven’t lost it! Today, I’m talking with Corinne, a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist who helps women regulate their period, manage PCOS, transition off birth control, and boost fertility by targeting the root cause of their imbalances and treating it naturally with nutrition and lifestyle shifts. We align so much in our missions and messages, and yet ...
130. PCOS 101: Different Types & How to Support Your Body with Dr. Danielle Desroche
May 16, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBPCOS is such a common diagnosis for women these days and can impact our lives in a number of ways. Still, getting a diagnosis can be stressful, leading women to wonder what they can do to support their bodies and their hormones. Dr. Danielle Desroche is a licensed naturopathic doctor specializing in PCOS, fertility, and thyroid health. Her goal is to discover and address the root cause of symptoms while also restoring the body so it can function optimally. We talk about the different kinds o...
129. Holistically Support Your Body & Hormones with Herbs with Rachelle Robinett
May 09, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBOne of the problems with synthetic hormones is how easily they can knock our body off course and tip our hormonal balance in the wrong direction. But what if you could take something natural that supports your body’s ability to create hormones with a low risk of unwanted side effects or complications? That’s what we talk about today with Rachelle Robinett, the founder of Supernatural, a shop and educational platform for herbal medicine. Herbs can be used to holistically support the body, w...
128. Her Story: How This Doula Went From IUD to FAM with Kat Kirk-Holmes
May 02, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBKat Kirk-Holmes is a student in my LUNA course. She is a flight attendant and doula in the Columbus area and, after five years, she’s had her IUD taken out. Before that, it was the pill for about ten years. She is now managing to prevent pregnancy through the fertility awareness method (FAM). She shares her story of getting off birth control, the emotional and physical journey between starting it fifteen years ago to today, what made her decide to switch to natural methods, and her experien...
127. All About Phexxi, the Hormone-Free Birth Control with Saundra Pelletier
April 25, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBI have been getting so many questions about Phexxi, the first and only hormone-free prescription birth control gel that you can control. I’ve done my own independent research on it, but wanted to have a conversation with someone from the company to tell us more about it. So, in this episode, we head right to the top and hear from Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem Biosciences, the makers of Phexxi. She’s passionate about her product and what they’ve created, and you’ll see why. She answers all...
126. The Fight for Period Equity with Dr. Tricia Callender
April 18, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBWhen we don’t have access to products and information regarding our basic biological needs, it holds us back in a number of ways in life. Dr. Tricia Callender has 15 years of experience promoting equity, policy, and behavior change, including in her current position as Head of Diversity at Thinx Inc. She’s also built, directed, and executed the Addressing Inequalities Network Alliance (AINA), the largest and most successful online consultation in the United Nations history, featuring six-th...
125. A Deep Dive Into Postpartum Recovery with Patricia Ladis
April 11, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBThis week we’re welcoming back Patricia Ladis, a licensed physical therapist and author of “The Wise Woman's Guide to Your Healthiest Pregnancy and Birth.” We’ve talked about supporting your body during pregnancy and briefly dipped into postpartum in past episodes, but there’s so much left to cover in that period of life that we dive deeper into. It’s never too late to work on the foundations of your body, and it is so important to get this right. We Chat About: Postpartum recovery journe...
124. Fitness and Hormone Balance with Alex Redmond
April 04, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBAlex Redmond is the CEO of Biz Fit Academy, an online fitness coaching company aimed at helping busy, ambitious women achieve their fitness goals in a healthy, sustainable way. When she noticed some physical changes going on after quitting birth control, she suspected her hormones were out of balance. We dive into how she found out what was happening, what changes she made to her diet and lifestyle to improve them, and how she’s learning to cope with those changes. We Chat About: When Alex...
123. Tips to Support Your Liver & Gut Health
March 28, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBAs I approach a year postpartum and adjust to life after endometriosis surgery, I’ve been noticing shifts happening in my diet and my life. Pregnancy affects everyone in different ways, but one thing is always the case: Your hormone levels soar. For some that feels amazing, but for others, it can create a lot of issues. And any sudden change to our hormones is going to put stress on the liver. On top of that there’s all the medication you may be taking that, while it can be necessary at the ...
122. Finding Creative Fulfillment Without the Mom Guilt with Anastasia Gentry
March 21, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBAnastasia Gentry is an Etsy shop owner, passive income preacher, and single mom of one four-year-old with another little one on the way. She helps busy moms (or any other boss babes) build and launch their passive income Etsy business in just one weekend. She left her soul-sucking 9-to-5 job to start a photography business, but when her first son was born, her priorities completely changed. She wanted to find a way to keep making money while spending less time actively working in her busine...
121. Her Story: Courtney’s Birth Control & Fertility Awareness Journey
March 14, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBIf you’re thinking about making a change in your life, it can be so helpful to hear what others have gone through making that same change. I’ve decided to start this new series where I highlight women sharing their stories of coming off of birth control and starting the fertility awareness method (FAM) so you can hear firsthand what it’s like. We talk about when hormonal birth control makes sense and when it’s time to explore other options, making the transition, and how FAM affects all area...
120. Curbing the Harm of Environmental Toxins & Hormone Disrupters with Dr. Jenna Hua
March 07, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBDr. Jenna Hua is the founder and CEO of Million Marker, a health tech startup that provides on-demand body toxicity tests and gives personalized product and diet recommendations based on your results to improve your chance of conception. Dr. Hua is passionate about the environment, public health, and all things food. In this conversation, we zoom in on environmental toxins, how they act as unseen hormone disruptors, and the ways you can start making small changes in your lifestyle to get c...
119. Four Tips for Having the Birth Control Talk With Your OBGYN
February 28, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBYour OBGYN is supposed to be your ally when it comes to your health. Yet, for so many, we leave the gynecologist’s office feeling confused, frazzled, and overlooked. Maybe you’re feeling pressured to choose a pharmaceutical birth control when you really wanted to go with the fertility awareness method. Maybe it feels like your doctor doesn’t have confidence in your personal decisions or understanding of the situation. Whatever it is, in this episode, I share four tips to help you feel more c...
119. Healing Hormones Hits: Learning to Honor + Trust Your Natural Cycle with Jessica Victoria
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBWe’re revisiting one of our most popular episodes with Jessica Victoria, where we had an amazing conversation about learning how to honor and trust your natural cycle. Jessica Victoria has such a similar philosophy to me when it comes to women’s hormone health and fertility. She is a holistic nutrition practitioner and women’s health and hormones coach, and like many people that get into the field, her interest in hormone health started with her own health issues and realizing the potential s...
Healing Hormones Hits: Learning to Honor + Trust Your Natural Cycle with Jessica Victoria
February 23, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBWe’re revisiting one of our most popular episodes with Jessica Victoria, where we had an amazing conversation about learning how to honor and trust your natural cycle. Jessica Victoria has such a similar philosophy to me when it comes to women’s hormone health and fertility. She is a holistic nutrition practitioner and women’s health and hormones coach, and like many people that get into the field, her interest in hormone health started with her own health issues and realizing the potential...
118. Making the Transition from Birth Control to Fertility Awareness Method with Hannah Matluck
February 14, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBHannah Matluck is a previous private client of mine, and she’s been a trusted voice in the health, wellness, and hormone space as a health coach and hosts her own podcast, The V Hive. She has a unique perspective on fertility awareness method (FAM) and she’s still discovering how little we are taught about our bodies growing up. She shares the story of how she transitioned off of birth control, as well as her experience with FAM so far, her initial fears and what she thinks of them now, ho...
117. Manifesting Your Fertility Goals into Reality with Kelsey Aida
February 07, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBKelsey Aida is a next-generation thought leader who’s helped hundreds of thousands of people own their power and win at life through her inspirational blog. She’s the author of #ActuallyICan, a book all about mastering the art of self-affirmation to bring about incredible results. Her latest book, Letters to the Universe, is a guide to helping you figure out what you want in life and, more importantly, how to ask the universe for it in a way that truly manifests your goals. Of course, we als...
116. Supporting Endometriosis Through Diet & Lifestyle with Cindy Dabrowska
January 31, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBThis week we’re talking all about endometriosis! Cindy Dabrowska struggled with it in her own life for years. After deciding enough was enough, she began trying everything she could to lessen her symptoms and get her endo under control. She found that making a series of diet and lifestyle changes worked wonders for her health and happiness, and then went to nutrition school to become a registered dietitian. She shares her story and talks all about the different approaches to living with and...
115. The Last Menstrual Pad You’ll Ever Need with Isabel Aagaard
January 24, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIsabel Aagaard is the co-founder and designer at LastObject, a reusable products company on a mission to make zero waste the standard. They make several impressive products, but we’re going to be focusing mostly on LastPad, a reusable menstrual pad that recently raised $384,972 on KickStarter. We talk all about Isabel’s work and the inspiration behind creating durable, reusable products – and, of course, how a reusable menstrual pad actually works! We Chat About: What inspired LastObject ...
114. Exploring In Vitro Fertilization & A Unique Fertility Journey with Jamie Mendell
January 17, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBJamie Mendell is a life coach and business mentor who helps women transcend their inner blocks on their way to stepping up to juicy next-level versions of themselves, their businesses, and their lives. But in this conversation, we’re setting aside business to talk about fertility. She went through her own journey trying to conceive and is currently twenty-six weeks pregnant. We talk about her fertility struggles, openly and honestly, and her experience with In vitro fertilization, as we norm...
113. An Intuitive Energy Reading for the First Half of 2022 with Kate Van Horn
January 10, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBKate Van Horn is an intuitive tarot reader and psychic. We have all had a wild past few years, so I thought it would be a good idea to give ourselves a taste of what’s to come. Kate is the perfect person to help us sink into our own intuitive guidance. She goes into an energy reading for the first six months of 2022, helping us realize what to expect so that we can take full advantage of what the universe has to offer. Give yourself some time to sink into this, get comfortable, and apply it...
112. Understanding the Vagina Better with Dr. Nicole E. Williams
January 03, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBLet’s talk about vaginas! If you listen to this podcast, there’s a pretty good chance you have one. To help us go into detail and bust the myths you have heard growing up, I’m joined by Dr. Nicole Williams. She’s a board certified gynecologist, hormone specialist, and the author of “This is How You Vagina.” We talk all about what your vagina should look like, smell like, the hair situation, and the attraction between you and your partner. And don’t miss the three secrets to having a healthy ...
111. Navigating the Transition Off Birth Control with Kaely McDevitt
December 20, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 42.4 MBOne of the most requested topics I get is transitioning off of birth control and the IUD. So many people have questions about the pill and what it’s doing to the body. In order to get the full picture on the topic, I’ve brought in an expert on the subject, Kaely McDevitt. She’s a registered dietitian specializing in women’s health, and she owns a virtual practice where she and her team help clients overcome digestive issues through personalized nutrition. There’s so much we aren’t taught a...
110. Afraid of Starting Fertility Awareness Method? Start here!
December 13, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 22.5 MBThe choice to get off of hormonal birth control or IUD is a big one, and with it can come a lot of fear. The fear of not wanting to get pregnant, or how your body will react, or any number of other concerns. But for whatever reason, you’ve decided to try a new method, and if fertility awareness method is the one for you, then it’s time to start addressing some of the concerns that may be coming up for you regarding that switch. We Chat About: Why you might be afraid to try FAM The differe...
109. A Deep Dive into PCOS Symptoms & Non-Restrictive Strategies with Melissa Groves Azzaro
December 06, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutes - 55 MBWhile many of our past guests have had PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) as a part of their story, we haven’t dedicated an entire episode to it, yet. PCOS is way more common than we think, and there are so many women out there struggling with this form of hormonal imbalance. Luckily, Melissa Groves Azzaro is the perfect expert to talk us through it. She’s a registered, licensed, and integrative dietitian who helps busy women with hormonal imbalances regain their periods and get pregnant natur...
108. Learn to Read Your Body’s Signals with Laura Robson
November 29, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 49.8 MBRead Your Body is my absolute favorite app for using the Fertility Awareness Method – I use it myself, as well as recommend it to all of my charters and clients. To talk more about this amazing resource, Laura Robson joins us to dive deep into the app. She’s a cycle charter, certified fertility awareness educator, and the facilitator of the Body Literacy Collective, the non-profit organization behind the Read Your Body app. She’s the best person to talk to on why this app is so powerful and ...