Thank you for your patience while I recovered from a cold over the past few weeks. I’m a firm believer that we get sick when we need it, and the recovery and downtime are exactly what I needed, but I’m on the road to recovery, and we are jumping back into our hormone series with a Q&A on Estrogen in today’s episode. The story of estrogen begins in the 1960s when hormonal birth control comes on the scene and has this big push encouraging women to supplement with estrogen to increase their fem...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Today, we continue our journey through the importance that our menstrual cycle claims in the spiritual facet of our lives. Not only does this cycle provide us with significant information about our health and our hormones, but it is also the key to evolving to a deeper level of understanding about our true selves and our connection with the divine. My guest today is Emily Sims, who works with women to understand the phases of their menstrual cycle and how it is the portal to spirituality and sel...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 48
The menstrual cycle is the fifth vital sign and gives us true insight and awareness into what’s going on within our bodies. It only makes sense that we should align our fitness and health goals with our cycles and mirror the life, death, and rebirth that our bodies experience each month. My guest this week is Kayla Brooks, founder of Flex Your Feminine. Her programs provide women with a transformational experience rooted in their feminine physiology. Progress is redefined in Kayla’s fitness prac...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 47
We are taking a deep dive into some of the questions that I got from an “Ask Me Anything About Progesterone” post I made on Instagram a couple of weeks ago, and it really ties into our last couple of episodes because of the role that Progesterone plays in the many cycles that we experience in our feminine physiology. In this episode: [00:46] Welcome back to The Fully Nourished Podcast! [04:45] What are the gifting organs? [09:12] What are the hormonal interactions of Progesterone? [11:39] The ma...
Sep 12, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 46
When discussing the menstrual cycle, we obviously have hormones that play roles in our bodies and in our cycles. However, we have to look at all these hormones as a unit and consider how they interact and impact each other to truly understand what’s happening within our bodies. We’ve lost touch with the history that coincides beautifully with the activity that happens in our bodies and how our cycles are so intertwined with our creator. The menstrual cycle is much like a breath, inhale, and exha...
Sep 05, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Our physical bodies are a direct reflection of our energetic rhythms, and that includes our menstrual cycles. This episode kicks off a series in which we will discuss the nuances of the menstrual cycle and its role in many areas of our lives. To truly understand the phases of our menstrual cycle, we have to first understand that it is way bigger than just a monthly cycle. Menstruation is linked to many cycles in life that operate within different rhythms. And what we often fail to realize is tha...
Aug 29, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 44
There is so much power in words and within our minds that we often overlook the core concepts that drive the change we desire to see in ourselves. To be able to tap into this power and these dynamics, we have to understand the masculine and feminine parts of our minds, and how they feed each other. The conscious and subconscious minds reflect the masculine and feminine parts of ourselves. The feminine is your subconscious mind, and the masculine is your conscious mind. The subconscious mind is i...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 43
There is a common theme that I see not only in the health and wellness space but all over the world, where women are striving for the moving goalposts of perfection. So many of us are trapped in the all or nothing mindset of perfection that we are missing the beauty of the gradients in our lives. When we are trapped in a perfectionist - or an all-or-nothing - mindset, it is a key indicator that we are facing some sort of dysregulation in our nervous systems. This is causing a constant survival s...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 42
The low-carb and no-carb audience has been on the scene for years now, and they’ve spread the unfair misconception that carbohydrates are bad for you. There are so many women who follow the advice of this crowd, causing them to reap the consequences of starving their bodies of the glucose that is so essential to our cellular functions. This episode today is full of so much great information surrounding the myths and fads on insulin sensitivity and carbohydrate intake. Tune in today to get some a...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Today, I’m bringing you the final episode in the Heresy Heals series and arguably one of the most touchy subjects in today’s society - asking questions and being a heretic concerning restrictive diets. There are so many diets that are on the rise, and subsequently the fall, that we are supposed to subscribe to as the next best thing for our health based on what the talking heads in the health and wellness space are telling us. In this episode: [01:50] We wrap up our Heresy Heals Series with epis...
Jul 18, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 40
This episode is focused on the relationships and community we find in other women and how these bonds have been damaged. In today’s society, most women are in a state of burnout or wearing a more masculine mask as a defense mechanism - neither of which provides a conducive environment for making and building relationships with other women. In this episode: [01:50] We continue our Heresy Heals Series with Part 3 today. [04:00] Our constant search for safety behind a masculine mask keeps us from b...
Jul 11, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 39
We continue our Heresy Heals series with Part 2 in this episode. We are deep diving into the roots of the word “Heresy,” and what it actually means and how it’s not as bad as the word has come to be understood. Ultimately, the root of heresy is finding your own way to the truth that is meant for you. Truth is not absolute, and we often forget that part of seeing the perspectives and truths of others is how we grow and expand as individuals. As women, we always carry our feminine energy, and I’m ...
Jul 04, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Nourishment goes so much deeper than just the food we eat. I’ve talked in my other episodes about how we can nourish ourselves on a deeper level to really step into our feminine radiance, and one of those ways that we haven’t explored is spiritual nourishment. Everyone will have a different experience on their journey for truth, but I wanted to share some of what I experienced when I decided to step back from organized religion and leave the church. When we are affiliated with specific religions...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Today’s episode is so interesting and so insightful with my guest, Libby Wescombe! Libby was born into and raised in a cult in Thailand. Around puberty, she began to ask questions and see that the teachings in the cult weren’t quite aligned with what she felt was true in the real world. At 21 she made the decision to leave and move to Australia. With very little tools for success in the real world, Libby struggled to rebuild her life, find work, buy food, all while navigating being a single mom....
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Detoxing has become such a marketing fad that I think we have lost the meaning and importance of the word and what it actually means for our bodies. In truth, the true ways to detox don’t revolve around a certain supplement or tea or product. Detox begins within. There are three main things you can be doing to support your body’s systems for detoxification and that is general nourishment with nutrient rich foods, regular bowel movements, and reducing stress. Tune in to this episode to hear more ...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Skincare is such an exhausting journey for women all over the world, and we are often left sifting through tons of products and wasted money only to find that nothing is really working for our skin. So what gives? In this episode, I’m speaking with Sara Sumic, molecular biologist, skincare specialist, and former acne sufferer, about why so many women are struggling to find the skincare routine that fits them and that the solution isn’t more skincare – it’s less. While we have tried to preserve a...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 34
My hair care journey has been exactly that, a journey. I’ve made so many mistakes when it comes to my hair, but I’ve finally found the right path to see growth and beauty both within my hair and myself. If you’re ready to start using your hair care routine as a way to give yourself space to breathe life and joy back into your body, then listen in! So often when we talk about our hair, we’re talking about what’s going wrong and how to fix it. Whether it’s having bad hair days, thinning, hair loss...
May 23, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 33
There has been a long developed stigma surrounding herbs and their uses in our lives. Common marketing surrounding herbal remedies is often stamped with confusing labels like, “Not FDA approved” and “If pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a physician.” What society has forgotten is that these herbs are the plants that our creator gave to us on this planet. They all have a purpose in our lives, from healing to beauty and everything in between—and they shouldn’t be considered dangerous if you are i...
May 16, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Media has always had the power to shape our outlook on life and even how we choose to behave. I recently rewatched Sex in the City and identified how it so wrongfully shaped the definition of femininity in the late '90s and early ‘00s, by portraying empowered women operating under the guise of masculine energy. Along with this, which arguably gave an extra boost to the feminist movement, we have a new spin on the definition of femininity that is coming from what is portrayed on social media betw...
May 09, 2024•48 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Today’s episode is jam packed with meaningful conversation surrounding the controversial topic of what it truly means to be a woman. It is no secret that society is desperately trying to erase what makes women different and unique, and my guest - Isabella Malbin - joins me in this episode to discuss all that is being stolen from us under the guise of transhumanism. The definition of a woman comes down to the physiology that sets us apart. As Isabella so clearly states, we are human first, then g...
May 02, 2024•58 min•Season 2Ep. 30
It’s finally here! I hope you are ready to peel back the layers of intermittent fasting and the misconceptions about it that have been plaguing female physiology and tricking us into starving ourselves. Buckle up because here we go! When we consider intermittent fasting, we see big forces at play in our metabolism. The truth is that women (or anyone, really) were not built to fast as a normal practice. The practice of fasting causes too much metabolic damage in our systems. There’s so much more ...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 29
I am so excited to share this episode with you! There are so many fad diets and health myths present in the health and wellness space. In my chat with Kaya today, we are going to go through many of the top health and wellness trends and discuss not just why they are not helpful to female physiology but how they are actually damaging our cells and our bodies. After struggling for most of her life with chronic illnesses that doctors were unable to find the root cause of, Kaya has finally discovere...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 28
I’m excited to dive into the insights and feedback of my podcast audience today! I love the collaborative community that this podcast nurtures, and thank you to all of my listeners who submit write-ins for feedback and questions to dive deeper into discovering your feminine radiance. One of the topics that came through that piqued my interest and that I thought warranted some discussion was fasting and how it doesn’t really work with female physiology. I could talk for an entire episode on this ...
Apr 11, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 27
When we explore female physiology and feminine energy, we are always confronted with how stress plays a role in both of these complex systems. We are often told that we must reduce our stress, but there may be more to it than that. Today, I speak with Jenna Hamm, an integrative trauma therapist who is doing amazing work through Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Nervous System Regulation. Her work is unique because she is shifting the perspective from reducing stress to how to become...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 26
As we constantly strive to find a state of regulation and resonance with our feminine energy, we are often presented with new information that may differ from what we have come to understand. In many circles, this new information could completely destroy the framework we have built, but in this episode, I’m here to encourage you that we can add layers of new information to our current knowledge without completely burning down our current framework. While there are plenty of frameworks out there ...
Mar 28, 2024•44 min•Season 2Ep. 25
I speak with Belinda Marie in this episode, and we discuss the roots of feminine energy and what it looks like in different situations and in different people. She has so much profound insight to share on the topic of Feminine energy. A big part of feminine healing and soft living is having the courage to shift in the face of misalignment. Feminine energy is based on the texture behind what we are doing and how it feels to do the actions we are doing, not so much the fruits that those actions re...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Welcome to the kickoff episode for Season Two of The Fully Nourished Podcast! There is so much that this season has in store and I’m excited to share it with you. This week we are prefacing season two with an episode that touches back on feminine energy, frames the female collective, and dives into some of the shifts we might be noticing. The health space has transitioned a lot in the last few years, and I think we are struggling to find direction in the mass of chaos that social media and the i...
Mar 14, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Season One was a deep dive into Female Physiology and its connection with Feminine Energy. I am excited to continue our work in peeling back the layers to find the way back to ourselves in Season Two of the Fully Nourished Podcast. We will continue to honor our hunger for more and nourish our bodies, minds, and spirits to become fully nourished. Connect with Jessica: Have Sunday tea with me! Sign-up for my Sunday newsletter where I share what’s on my brain from the nutritional to spiritual: http...
Mar 07, 2024•2 min
Last week I shared about my spiritual journey and when we left off, I was entrenched in my bitterness and overwhelming disappointment with the church. I had lost all trust in myself as well as in this institution that had been a huge part of my life. Which leads me to this week and the resources I’d promised to provide for how I dug myself out of that place. First of all, it took a while, but as my body and soul started to heal, I realized that God had never left me. God did not leave me when I ...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 22
I’m going to shoot it to you straight. I struggled with what I wanted to say for the next couple of episodes. I had this vague idea of a topic and it just felt wrong. So instead of going with it, I went with my gut and posted one of those “True or False” posts on Instagram. One of you wrote, “True or False: You used to be a Christian and now your beliefs are more New Age” and I think so many people were surprised when I said False. Throughout this season we’ve touched on my spiritual journey, bu...
Nov 14, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 21
