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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107. Taking One Step at a Time Towards the Life You Want with Regan Walsh
November 22, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 56.2 MBRegan Walsh is a life coach and best-selling author of Heart Boss. The stories she tells carry lessons that all of us can resonate with and find value in. As the VP of Programming at Renegade Accelerator, she focuses on helping women who are over-programmed and underwhelmed to reclaim their lives – both personally and professionally. We’re all running on this hamster wheel but we aren’t sure what we’re doing or why we feel so dissatisfied. Regan helps us get to the root of why that is, and m...
106. A Therapist’s Guide to Postpartum Depression, Anxiety & Overwhelm with Tiffani Rose-Wilhelm
November 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBToday’s episode is very near and dear to my heart because I am speaking with my personal therapist, Tiffani Rose-Wilhelm. She is an independently certified social worker, lactation counselor, and certified perinatal mental health coach. She has been an incredible part of my postpartum journey. There are many women out there who are willing to open up about mental health, and it’s so important that we do! Tiffani shares what women should look out for when it comes to anxiety, depression, or j...
105. Lifestyle Habits to Support Hormonal Health + Fertility with Kiara Orbe
November 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBKiara Orbe is a functional fertility nutritionist and the founder of Kiara Marie Wellness. She’s all about working with women to build sustainable lifestyle routines and nutritional habits that support a healthy hormonal balance. She went from being a victim to her health to making a powerful ally of her body by taking her wellbeing into her own hands, and now she helps other women do the same. We talk about the lifestyle habits that affect our health and fertility, how to release stress and...
104. Postpartum Hair Loss + Recovery, Nutrition + Self-Care with Lily Nichols
November 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBLily Nichols has a passion for prenatal nutrition, and it shows! She’s been on the podcast previously to give us the ins and outs of prenatal nutrition, with her work being research-focused, thorough, and critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She’s the co-founder of the Women’s Health Nutrition Academy and the author of two books that have helped tens of thousands of mamas and babies all over the world. We go into the science behind what happens after baby arrives, specifically postpartum...
103. Rebuilding Your Body After Birth with Amy White
October 26, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 44 MBPostpartum body repair is part of the childbirth process no one prepares you for. So many moms ignore it altogether and scramble to the spin class the minute they get the OK from their OB. Yet, if you’re anything like me, jumping back into working out can feel like your organs will flip flop onto the yoga mat. There’s a voice inside your head whispering, “Something doesn’t feel right.” I decided to listen to that voice, and turned to today’s guest: pilates instructor, pre and post-natal care...
102. A Sneak Peek Inside LUNA: Reclaim Your Cycle
October 18, 2021 11:00 - 10 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this special episode, I’m going to give you a sneak peek into my LUNA: Reclaim Your Cycle course. You’ll hear why I felt so passionate about making this course, what you’ll learn from it, and how to harness the power of your cycle – plus all the bonuses included! We Chat About: Why I’m so passionate about FAM The seven modules included in the course What to expect from the course Resources: Sign up for LUNA: Reclaim Your Cycle Connect With Me: Join my two free webinars: FAM for B...
101. Breaking the Baby Formula Stigma with Mallory Whitmore, The Formula Mom
October 11, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 59.2 MBMallory Whitmore is a mom of two, educator, advocate, and certified infant feeding tech. She’s the face behind The Formula Mom, an online platform that helps new parents make informed, confident, and supportive infant feeding decisions without all the guilt and shame. We rarely hear information about baby formula, despite the fact that 75% of babies are formula-fed. Mallory Whitmore felt shame around having to feed her child formula, and frustration around the lack of resources out there. Sh...
100. Supporting Conception: How to Increase Fertile Cervical Mucus
October 04, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 22.1 MBAs a fertility awareness educator, cervical mucus is always on my mind – as weird as that may sound! It’s an important bodily function, and, today, I want to talk about the role it plays in conception. Without producing enough (or the right kind of) CM, it’s going to be difficult to conceive. I’m going to share why it’s so important, how to make sure you’re checking accurately, and touch on five research-backed ways to improve CM production. We Chat About: Why cervical mucus is so importan...
99. Making Magic & Demystifying Woo-Woo Self-Care with Dani Sage
September 27, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 61.1 MBThings are about to get mystical! Dani Sage joins us. A modern mystic, tarot reader, and Head Witch of the Good Vibes Hive, a boutique salon where self-care meets spirituality, Dani is a firm believer that ritual and metaphysical tools should be easily accessible to the masses, and spends her days demystifying the world of woo-woo through tarot readings, educational workshops, her signature Find Your Divine workshops, and human design. When it comes to women's health, we focus on nutrition a...
98. Fertility Awareness Method for Irregular Cycles, Postpartum, and More
September 13, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 27.2 MBAs you know, I’m a big fan of the fertility awareness method! As a certified instructor, I get a lot of questions about how to use FAM if you have an inconsistent cycle, whether due to PCOS, irregular periods, or you’re postpartum. It can be a challenge using FAM during periods of inconsistent cycles, but it is still so incredibly valuable. I’m going to share how to make it work during these periods, as well as answer some other common questions: how to use fertility awareness with or withou...
97. Healing Hormones Hits – Supporting Our Metabolism: A New Look at Hormone Healing with Jessica Ash
August 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBNote: I’m working on creating some incredible new episodes for the podcast. In the meantime, here’s one of our most popular episodes with Jessica Ash! Jessica Ash is a functional nutritionist who coaches and educates women on all things hormones, primarily working with women who’ve struggled with PCOS and thyroid issues, teaching them how to nourish their bodies and master their metabolism. We have these blanket statements of what we should do or what we should cut out of our diet, and it d...
96. Balance Your Hormones and Diet + Master Your Minerals with Amanda Montalvo
August 24, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 60.4 MBToday, we’re welcoming back registered dietitian Amanda Montalvo! We’ve been working together for a while now – from when she helped me on my own hormonal journey, to various collaborations, and even just sharing resources. She helps women get to the root of their hormone imbalances so they can have healthy menstrual cycles. She started her nutritional education following the traditional route, but after dealing with her own health problems when getting off of hormonal birth control, she qui...
95. A Gynecologist Answers Your Questions About Reproductive Health with Dr. Kenosha Gleaton
August 16, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes - 54.3 MBDr. Kenosha Gleaton is board certified in gynecology and obstetrics and the Medical Director of Natalist. She received her MD from MUSC and completed her residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. There are so many women who feel unheard or uncared for when they step into their gynecologist’s office. Dr. Gleaton’s approach is open-minded, science-backed, and blends proven research with a trust in women’s experiences. We talk about infertility struggles, different forms of birth ...
94. An Honest Conversation About Life After Pregnancy with Kristen Jacob & Alexis Joseph
August 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBWe’re going to get open and honest about what it’s like being a new mom, with two other mothers who are going through it right now. Kristen Jacob, returning after recently on the podcast, is a pediatric sleep consultant, newborn care specialist, and lactation consultant in training. Alexis Joseph is a dietitian, nutrition consultant, and the founder of Hummusapien, a multifaceted food, wellness, and lifestyle brand. She’s also the co-founder of Alchemy in Columbus, Ohio. We’re talking all...
93. Put a Cup in It: The Ins & Outs of Menstrual Cups with Amanda Hearn
August 02, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 42.7 MBThere’s a number of period products that have had a stigma around them for quite some time, and menstrual cups are definitely up there. Many people are interested in using the cup but they're afraid because we just don’t know much about them. Amanda Hearn, the founder of Put A Cup In It, is going to share her expertise with us on all things sustainable period products. We’re going to discuss the ins and outs of putting a cup in, taking it out, how much it holds, how to keep it clean, how to ...
92. The History of Black Midwifery with Aiyana Davison
July 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBMidwives provide an amazing service, but many people don’t understand all that they do, or why they would want to work with one. Aiyana Davison is a certified nurse midwife and women’s health nurse practitioner. She currently practices in Southern California, where she passionately sheds light on the inequalities that exist within healthcare, addressing the crisis that Black women face in the US, the provision of quality care for all individuals and families, and the preservation of the leg...
91. Finding Balance in Pregnancy, Motherhood, Health + Life with Meg Langston
July 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBMeg Langston is a nutritional therapy practitioner and restorative wellness practitioner. She works with women to help restore their metabolic health in order to recover from hormone imbalances, restore periods, and cure digestive dysfunction. She has one little boy and is currently pregnant. We talk about giving yourself a ton of grace during your pregnancy and motherhood journey. When you’re in the wellness space and interested in holistic health, you can wind up putting a lot of pressure ...
90. Trust in Your Self-Worth + Get Curious with Mollie Birney
July 12, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 57.8 MBIt’s time to get curious! Mollie Birney is a clinical coach with therapeutic roots. She provides mental health minded life coaching to high-achieving professionals who are seeking efficient, authentic transitions and behavioral change. With years of experience as a therapist and with inpatient, residential, and outpatient treatment programs, she brings a unique, clinical perspective to the coaching world. We dive into questioning our thought patterns: are they true or not? It’s time to rethi...
89. Supporting Your Child for Better Sleep, with Kristen Jacob
July 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBKristen Jacob is a pediatric sleep consultant, newborn care specialist, and lactation consultant in training. She works with children ages 0-5 and helps them learn to love sleep. She helps families all across the country teach their children to fall asleep and stay asleep independently – the dream of any parent. Sleep is so important – for parents AND children – and that’s why Kristen’s advice is so important for all the new moms out there. We Chat About: How Kristen got interested in slee...
Healing Hormones Hits: Supercharge Your Fertility with The Primemester Protocol with Dr. Cleopatra
June 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBNote: I have some amazing interviews lined up, but they aren’t ready yet! Instead of a new episode, we’re going to revisit one of the most popular episodes of “Healing Hormones” with Dr. Cleopatra. Enjoy! Dr. Cleopatra Kamperveen is a scientist and university professor who specializes in reproductive health and the transference of health from parents to children. Her personal story of growing up without a mother and feeling like she was meant to do something in her life with that experience...
88. Five Steps to Begin Fertility Awareness Method
June 21, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 18.7 MBYou all know I’m a big proponent of the fertility awareness method as a form of natural birth control or conception. I’ve received a lot of questions from listeners and I wanted to address them all here, on the show. There are five main things people need to know to get started, whether on your own, in a group program, or with a coach or instructor. You’ll want to have these things in place to be ready. We Chat About: How birth control disrupts your fertile clues Measuring your basal body...
87. Navigating the Challenges of Motherhood
June 14, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 48 MBIt’s hard to go into situations without expectations. Even when we know that expectations are rarely going to be met or happen exactly as we had imagined, even when we tell ourselves to expect the unexpected, it can be difficult to handle it with grace. It’s been so helpful for me to hear from other women and other mothers about their real journeys and realizing that we all go through similar experiences. That’s why I’m going to share some of the highs and lows of my own motherhood journey ...
86. Learning Fertility Awareness Method
June 07, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 8.88 MBI’m back from maternity leave! In this episode I’m sharing a few of the ways we can work together this summer and I’m also giving you details on the group fertility awareness program launching on June 23. Plus, a sneak peek into next week’s episode on my first 8 weeks of mamahood ;) We Chat About: Private hormone coaching The next round of the group fertility awareness program A sneak peek into my motherhood journey Resources: Sign-up for the group FAM program on June 23 Book a free...
85. Non-Toxic Living for Mother & Baby with Yasmine Moussa
May 31, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 58.3 MBThere’s so much information out there about everything from what products to use in the bath to how to do laundry and what strollers to use. It can be overwhelming. Yasmine Moussa is the founder of The Gentle Nursery, an evidence-based mom blog about wellness, gentle baby care, and non-toxic living for moms and babies. She’s also the founder of Biomeology Probiotics for mom and baby — and we’ve all heard how important gut health is by now. We talk about finding the right products for you and...
84. Navigating Pelvic Pain + Hormone Imbalance with Hannah Matluck
May 24, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 62.4 MBHannah Matluck is the founder, producer, and host of The V Hive, a podcast about women’s intimate health. She’s also a certified holistic health and wellness coach. She launched her podcast as a result of her own experiences, battling chronic pelvic pain. After learning how to navigate these complicated challenges, she discovered how common pelvic pain is and, yet, how uncommonly it’s discussed. This made her determined to shine a light on the experiences of countless women, as well as openi...
83. Boost Your Sex Drive + Sync Your Cycle with Dr. Stephanie Estima
May 17, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 63.8 MBDr. Stephanie Estima is an expert in female metabolism with a special interest in functional neurology, brain metabolism, and how we can use nutrition to sync our menstrual cycle. We want to harness the power of our cycle to feel our absolute best. We have a conversation about how wise the body is, how we can use nutrition and movement, and how we can supercharge our sex drive. We also dive into the science of the menstrual cycle, estrogen, testosterone, liver detoxing, and more. We Chat A...
82. Making Mindfulness Accessible & Joy-Filled with Ashley Wray
May 03, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 56.5 MBAshley Wray is the founder and CEO of Mala Collective, a company that works with artisans in Asia — from Bali, to India, to Nepal — creating products supporting mindfulness and meditation practices. After a serendipitous meeting in Bali sparked an obsession with mindfulness, Ashley founded Mala Collective in 2011. She has taken meditation training all over the world and works to make meditation more accessible and fun for everyone. We talk about finding your purpose, how we can make meditati...
81. The Benefits of Having a Doula with Simi Botic
April 26, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 58.6 MBSimi Botic is a Certified Holistic Health and Anti-Diet Coach, author, barre instructor, and doula. She’s coached and supported women all over the world in her work, but after her own experience with childbirth, she became interested in the idea of supporting other women during that process as a doula. In this conversation, she shares the stories of her children’s births, how they were different, and how a doula made the experience better. She also talks about what to expect when giving birt...
80. Welcoming Giavanna Marie: My Live Birthing Diary
April 19, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MBThis is a very special episode! I am going to share my real experience going through labor and the birthing process. I wanted to capture the raw and authentic thoughts and emotions that take place from one week before the baby’s due date right up to the moment she’s born. I hope that hearing my mindset before, during, and after childbirth, how I react when things don’t go as planned, and everything else that comes up, gives you a fresh perspective that just doesn’t get seen when we’re talkin...
79. Demystifying Prenatal Nutrition, with Ryann Kipping
April 15, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 64.5 MBWe’re going to talk all about prenatal nutrition! Ryann Kipping is a clinically trained registered dietitian nutritionist, certified lactation educator, and the author of “The Feel-Good Pregnancy Cookbook.” Ryann is also the founder of The Prenatal Nutritionist, a virtual nutrition private practice that focuses on preparing women for pregnancy and conquering nutrition during and after pregnancy. In this conversation, she answers your questions and mine about supplements, caffeine, go-to food...
78. Boobs, Babies, & Breastfeeding, with Bri Taggart
April 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBBri Taggart is a registered nurse, lactation consultant, childbirth educator, and certified instructor of infant massage. She’s the mother of three kids — so she knows firsthand how rocky the road to parenthood can be! It’s her life’s mission to make that road as smooth as possible for new parents and moms-to-be. She answers so many questions about breastfeeding that I know you’re going to get so much value out of. We Chat About: Why women aren’t learning how to breastfeed What products y...
77. Honoring the Ebb & Flow of Your Natural Cycles, with Claire Baker
March 29, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBClaire Baker is a sought-after period coach, author, speaker, and natural fertility teacher. For nearly a decade now she’s taught thousands of people how to live in harmony with their menstrual cycle instead of against it. She believes menstrual cycle awareness is the missing link in people’s wellbeing, empowerment, and creativity. We get deep into the menstrual cycle, the phases, the moon cycle, and the seasons. You can learn to live intuitively with your cyclic nature and harness your femi...
76. The Power of Self-Healing & Reiki | with Kelsey Patel
March 22, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 65.3 MBKelsey Patel is an author, reiki master, motivational speaker, meditation teacher, and host of the Magik Vibes podcast. She shows up fully in every space that she can, but she’s always doing the same thing: reminding others — and their bodies — that we are all our own best healers. We talk about releasing our fear, being worthy of health and success, connecting to our intuition and soul, and the many practices we can use to do that. We also touch on reiki and our experience using it in our l...
75. Hypnobirthing & Meditation for Pregnancy, Postpartum, & Beyond | with Nathalie Walton
March 15, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 56.6 MBNathalie Walton is the CEO of Expectful, a meditation app that I’ve personally used throughout my pregnancy and recommended to anyone looking to conceive, who is currently pregnant or going through the post-partum process. Meditation is such a potent tool for preparing for birth, the actual birthing process, and throughout motherhood. Nathalie chats with us about the benefits of meditation, hypnobirthing, her own experience going through stress during her pregnancy, stumbling upon Expectful,...
74. Have More by Doing Less | with Kate Northrup
March 08, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 62.1 MBKate Northrup is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, and mother who’s created a multimedia educational platform that reaches hundreds of thousands of people globally. Her mission is a commitment to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out — because far too many women are pushing themselves without listening to their bodies and they feel trapped in the need to do more in order to feel valuable. This is a beautiful conversation about finding va...
73. Supporting a Healthy Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum | with Patricia Ladis
March 01, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 62.5 MBPatricia Ladis is a licensed physical therapist and author of “The Wise Woman’s Guide to Your Healthiest Pregnancy and Birth.” She’s the founder of WiseBody physical therapy and previously co-founded the KIMA Center for Physiotherapy & Wellness, one of New York City’s most highly regarded PT and wellness centers. She is also co-founder of The First 1000 Days of Wellness, a global educational platform for practitioners, spas, and consumers to promote perinatal wellness and prevent non-communi...
72. Ditching Diets & Discovering Your Inner Authority | with Morgan Michelle
February 22, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 66.7 MBMorgan Michele is a certified health coach and personal trainer who helps women heal their gut and realign their hormones, without caving into the traditional diet/exercise rhetoric so many of us have been disillusioned with. Her healing journey was by no means linear, and so many of you will relate to her battle with SIBO, PCOS, and endometriosis. After years of being poked, prodded, and tested every which way, she decided to tune into her intuition to guide her back to recovery. I hope ...
71. Owning Childbirth Your Way | with April Davis
February 15, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBApril Davis is a compelling speaker, creative consultant, visual artist, and wordsmith who is featured in magazines, websites, podcasts, and on stage sharing her wisdom, humor, and knowledge as the creator of The Vagina Blog and The Vagina Blog Podcast. She is refreshingly open and honest about many seemingly-taboo topics around women’s health: Vaginas, birth, postpartum, pregnancy, and more. Her passion and drive have created an entire community around female body health, and she empowers w...
70. The Fear of Getting Off Birth Control
February 08, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBThere are so many reasons why women could be choosing to get off of birth control, but with that decision comes a lot of fear around the possible side effects on your body. On top of that, we’re prescribing the pill earlier and earlier in an effort to mask or get rid of challenging period symptoms. So when we get off the pill, are all of those symptoms going to come back? How your body reacts to this change is going to vary, but I’m going to break down how you can prepare for whatever happen...
69. The Importance of Progesterone + Your Fertility | with Amy Beckley
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBAmy Beckley is the founder and inventor of Proov, the first FDA-cleared test to confirm successful ovulation at home. If you’re not sure if you’re not having healthy ovulation and you need to confirm it, these tests are fantastic. Amy developed Proov after her own struggles with recurrent miscarriages and infertility before going through IVF to have her first son, who is now 10 years old. She realized that, although she was ovulating, she just wasn’t making enough progesterone for conception...
68. Supporting the Mind + Body Through Your 3rd Trimester
January 25, 2021 11:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBI’ve recently entered my 3rd trimester, and I wanted to give some updates on how things are going. I’m experiencing new symptoms, and with that I’m starting to bring more into my life to support and balance out those symptoms. If you’re trying to get pregnant or currently pregnant, the things that I share are tools and resources that I find personally helpful, so feel free to take what feels useful to you. If you would like to reach out for advice, you can get in touch with me on Instagram @...
67. Finding Support on your Fertility + Motherhood Journey | with Emily Watson
January 18, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBEmily Watson is the founder of MyNestwell, an online platform that connects new, expecting, and hopeful new moms to trusted wellness professionals both locally and virtually. Emily herself is the mom of a rainbow girl, and this is what inspired her to start MyNestwell. After hitting rock bottom in her own motherhood journey—going through IVF and fertility treatment—she realized that there needs to be a space where women can go to get the resources and support they need in all areas of mother...
66. Timing Up Conception & Tracking Your Fertile Window
January 11, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBI’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about improving your chances to conceive and how to track your cycles effectively. I wanted to focus on the best things to do when you’re trying to conceive, and more specifically what we can do to time up conception and some of the tools I use with my clients to help us track our cycle and become as precise as possible around ovulation. I also offer some tips on how to naturally increase your level of fertile cervical mucus which will help with ov...
65. Care For Your Mind, Heal Your Body | with Victoria Albina
January 04, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBVictoria Albina is a certified life coach and breathwork meditation guide with a passion for helping women realize that they are their own best healers. Her work focuses on helping women break free from codependency, perfectionism, people pleasing so that they can reclaim their joy. There’s so much beyond nutrition and supplementation that we don’t even consider when it comes to healing our body and our hormones, but our thoughts have such an effect on our body. We Chat About: The role our...
64. Astrology, New Transitions, + 2021 Insights | with Ambi Kavanagh
December 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBAmbi Kavanagh is the founder of Alchemy with Ambi, where she does a number of things in service of creating positive change in people’s lives. We talk about a number of things including motherhood, work-life balance, energy work, spirituality, astrology, and so much more. She’s the perfect person to have these conversations with because over the last decade she’s studied with spiritual teachers and visited holy sites across the world, undertaking training and taking certifications which have...
63. Women’s Bodies Are Amazing, Pregnant or Not | with Jessica Kapusta
December 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBJessica Kapusta is a good friend of mine and recipe creator and food stylist for natural food brands who has a passion for health, wellness, and empowering women. She recently started a new venture, John & Jane’s Sauces, where she makes sauces, dressings, and condiments that are free of the most common allergens. She took her personal experience and put all of her heart and soul into these sauces! She’s also recently released a cookbook that can teach you how to make these sauces at home, as...
62. The Do’s + Don’ts of Working Out While Pregnant | with Taylor Merritt
December 14, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBTaylor Merritt is a personal trainer, an educator, and the founder of Sweaty as a Mother. She joins us to talk about movement and fitness within pregnancy. There’s a lot of information out there, both good and bad, and it’s hard to separate the two, so sometimes you just need to hear from someone who knows what they’re talking about. Before her first pregnancy, she thought her knowledge as a trainer would be fine to practice during pregnancy, but she ended up causing health issues and making...
61. Making the Choice to be Kid-Free & Having Agency Over Your Body | with Emma Criswell
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWe’ve talked a lot about pregnancy and fertility on this podcast before, but there’s a whole segment out there that doesn’t get discussed as much: The child-free-by-choice women. Emma Criswell knew from a very young age that she did not want to have children. She’s a marketing executive out of Columbus, Ohio, but she spent her 20’s in New York City advocating for agency over her body and making her own decisions. After nine doctors and 14 years, she was finally able to get the elective steri...
60. Reiki for Hormone Balance + Fertility | with Violet Hategan
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBViolet Hategan is a psychic medium, Reiki master, and intuitive healer. She has an incredibly diverse toolset in her practice, from numerology, tarot, oracle, and more. We’ve talked about reiki before, but Violet is fascinating in that she specializes in reiki for infertility, pregnancy, and birthing, as well as hormonal balance. I love that her practice contains so many different aspects, and it makes her have a really unique voice in this space. We Chat About: How Violet got started doin...
59. Overcoming Anxiety + Finding Support | With Anne Brady
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBToday on the podcast we are talking all about anxiety! Anxiety is so tied to our hormonal health, along with many other factors, so I am so glad we are chatting about this subject on the pod. Anxiety was really the catalyst for me getting into this work. I am so passionate about mental health and how nutrition, hormones, lifestyle, and energy work ALL play an integral role. This is why I am excited to have Anne Brady on the show today. Anne is a social worker and business owner with a priva...