Luce Brett is the charming and hilarious author of the book PMSL: Or How I Literally Pissed Myself Laughing and Survived the Last Taboo to Tell the Tale . She started writing about women's health, bodies, and taboo after the birth of her second baby. Like many women born in an analog age, her sex and body education was a combined effort - she learned about her nether regions from magazines, other peoples' big sisters, and Tampax leaflets. Luce hopes to draw attention to the unspoken, sometimes f...
Dec 14, 2020•42 min•Ep. 192
I am super excited to have Dr. Fiona Bethea and Jhon Velasco on the podcast to discuss bleeding disorders because I’ve never discussed this topic on the show and, in my experience, bleeding disorders are often overlooked underlying causes of heavy and long periods. Unfortunately, in more cases than not, women with these symptoms are offered a birth control pill or hormonal IUD to stop the heavy periods and long bouts of bleeding, without further investigation. Dr. Fiona Bethea is a Health Scient...
Dec 07, 2020•39 min•Ep. 191
Dr. Cleopatra Kamperveen is the Fertility Strategist and Executive Director of The Fertility & Pregnancy Institute. She is a scientist and university professor who pioneered the field of fertility biohacking and creating superbabies. Her Primemester Protocol harnesses the magical and powerful window of opportunity before pregnancy when we literally have the power to change the quality and expression of the genes that we pass down to our children and grandchildren to create superbabies. In th...
Nov 30, 2020•43 min•Ep. 190
Dr. Jennifer Mercier is the creator of Mercier Therapy, deep pelvic visceral manipulation that will help to bring about better organ mobility and restore overall blood flow so that optimal pelvic organ function can return. This therapy is paramount in helping women with pelvic pain, fertility problems, and pretty much any pelvic-related condition you can imagine. In this episode, we talk about Jennifer's journey with endometriosis, how she went from treating herself to developing Mercier therapy...
Nov 23, 2020•37 min•Ep. 189
Marina Ollero is a women's sexuality coach and the founder of In a Woman's Body, a global platform & movement created for women who want to feel empowered and connected to our bodies through learning about female sexuality. Marina hopes that by building hidden knowledge about female sexuality and creating empathic & supportive spaces for women to talk about their sexual experiences we can empower women in our bodies, and through it end the sexual harassment in the world. In this episode,...
Nov 16, 2020•30 min•Ep. 188
Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal & infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural complexities of motherhood. She is also the founder of Irth, a new app to address bias in maternity & infant care. In this episode, Kimberly and I talk about how she awakened to the inequalities in maternal and infant healthca...
Nov 09, 2020•40 min•Ep. 187
Laura Wershler is a sexual and reproductive health advocate, writer, and speaker with thirty years of experience working and volunteering for pro-choice organizations in Canada. For the last decade, she has focused on menstrual cycle advocacy, supported by her membership and volunteer work with the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. Laura is a fierce advocate for body literacy - in fact, she coined the term - and supporter of all menstruators enjoying regular ovulatory cycles to support their...
Nov 02, 2020•35 min•Ep. 186
Dr. Anna Cabeca is an internationally-acclaimed menopause and sexual health expert, global speaker, and pioneering promoter of women’s health. She is Emory University-trained and triple board-certified in gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine and anti-aging and regenerative medicine, and is the author of The Hormone Fix , a diet and holistic lifestyle program for menopausal women and Keto-Green 16 . In this episode, we talk about why sooner is better when it comes to healing our menstr...
Oct 26, 2020•30 min•Ep. 185
Katie Hess is a flower alchemist, author of Flowerevolution, and founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world’s leading floral apothecaries. She travels in search of rare flowers with the healing qualities most needed by today’s world, from the forests of British Columbia to sacred sites in India, rainforests in Costa Rica, hot springs in Iceland, and the jungles of Taiwan. Katie captures the lifeforce and activating potential of flowers and translates it into an accessible method to bring more happine...
Oct 19, 2020•40 min•Ep. 184
Alexandra Pope is the co-founder of Red School and the co-author of the iconic and hugely celebrated book, Wild Power: discover the magic of the menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power. Together with her colleague and co-author, Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, she is pioneering the newly emerging field of menstruality, creating a new lexicon and approach to women’s health and wellbeing; creativity and leadership; and spiritual life based on the power of our menstruality consciousness. This ...
Oct 12, 2020•43 min•Ep. 183
Dr. Felice Gersh is a multi-award-winning physician with dual board certifications in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine and the Founder and Director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, a practice that provides comprehensive health care for women by combining the best evidence-based therapies from conventional, naturopathic, and holistic medicine. She's also the best selling author of PCOS SOS and the PCOS SOS Fertility Fast Track. I'm so excited to talk with Felice today and tap into her w...
Oct 05, 2020•46 min•Ep. 182
Ellie Thomas is a Holistic Nutrition Consultant & Transformational Coach who provides support to her clients as they overcome the mental, emotional, and physical health barriers that are holding them back from living a life they always imagined for themselves. She believes that stabilizing and nourishing the body allows us to visit and heal deeper aspects of our being, and that true health goes beyond the food. In this episode, we talk about something that I believe all women need to hear, w...
Jun 29, 2020•41 min•Ep. 181
Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and monitoring overall health. She is also the author of the incredible book, The Fifth Vital Sign, a heavily researched book in which she presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization. In this episode, we talk about why it’s important to understand the...
Jun 22, 2020•42 min•Ep. 180
Talia Pollock is a plant-based chef and health and empowerment coach. She is also the author of the book Party In Your Plants , which contains 100+ plant-based recipes and problem-solving strategies to help you eat healthier without hating your life. In this episode, we talk about how you can fit plants into your life without stress, why social situations are often the biggest roadblock to healthy eating, how your body communicates with you about your unique needs, why there is no one-size-fits-...
Jun 15, 2020•39 min•Ep. 179
Period Preacher, Lucy Peach, is an award-winning West Australian folk singer with a parallel career in sexual health. With science, stories and songs she wants to empower women, girls and anyone who menstruates one period at a time. She has toured her theatre show My Greatest Period Ever around Australia with her live illustrator husband to sold-out audiences and now is excited to release a cycle soundtrack and accompanying book, Period Queen. In this episode, we talk about how understanding the...
Jun 08, 2020•26 min•Ep. 178
Vienna Farlow is a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner and the founder of The Cuntsultant, Your Vagina’s Consultant. She is a fertility awareness educator, teaching how to avoid or achieve pregnancy naturally to gain a deeper understanding of total body health through the menstrual cycle. Vienna’s work focuses on demystifying the female body, body literacy, and teaching women and people with vaginas ways to connect with their bodies. She believes that all female-bodied people should be emp...
Jun 01, 2020•28 min•Ep. 177
Vashti Kanahele is a certified Integrative Women’s Health coach and environmental toxins educator. Vashti is a Lyme and Hashimoto’s warrior and enjoys working with women with breast implant illness, autoimmune disease, Lyme disease, and women in perimenopause. In this episode, we talk about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), the benefits over conventional hormone replacement therapy, the importance of testing your hormone levels, why you shouldn’t take a DIY approach to hormone re...
May 25, 2020•24 min•Ep. 176
Christine Garvin, MA, NE, is a Whole Health Coach based in Asheville, NC. She weaves together her personal health journey - including a fibroid surgery that went terribly wrong - with her training in holistic health, nutrition, and hormones to help women heal their gut and achieve hormonal balance. In this episode, we talk about how fibroids develop, the non-surgical route Christine recommends for shrinking your fibroids and reduce your symptoms, the connection between fibroids and your hormones...
May 18, 2020•28 min•Ep. 175
It’s fair to say that the subject of poop, and especially girls and women and pooping, is a little taboo. I don’t know about you, but this topic was extremely embarrassing for me to talk about for a very long time. As a teenager living in gut health hell, I was too embarrassed to use the bathroom at school and instead tried to suffer through it until I got home. No way would I risk someone being in the stall next to me hearing what was happening! On top of the social issues, keeping poops as a d...
May 11, 2020•18 min•Ep. 174
Female bodies are cyclical by nature, producing varying quantities of hormones at different points in our monthly menstrual cycle. These hormone fluctuations create four distinct phases of your cycle. Learning about and embracing your internal cyclical nature is one of the most powerful and effective ways to maximize your true potential in all areas of life. Our periods don’t have to hold us back, even when we assume they will. It’s your unique cycle and you will need to learn to observe it, und...
May 04, 2020•27 min•Ep. 173
Jenny Sansouci is a Brooklyn-based certified health coach, author, and creator of the wellness blog Healthy Crush, where she's been writing since 2008. She's a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has been trained by functional medicine doctor Frank Lipman, MD in New York City. Jenny's book, The Rebel's Apothecary , is a science-based and supportive guide that will enhance the lives of anyone living with pain, anxiety, depression, a weakened immune system, insomnia, and more. ...
Apr 27, 2020•42 min•Ep. 172
Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition and exercise. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and unapologetically critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is the author of two bestselling books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes . In this episode, we talk about the role of nutrition plays in fertility, the problems with mainstream...
Apr 20, 2020•29 min•Ep. 171
Why should you track your cycle? Does it make sense to start tracking while we’re going through such a stressful time? What if your period is missing or irregular? If you’ve been listening to my April solo series, you’ll now have a good idea of what’s normal for your cycle and what to do if you’re experiencing an irregular period. Cycle tracking is the next step in getting acquainted with your menstrual cycle and attaining period literacy. Quantifying things about your cycle through tracking wil...
Apr 13, 2020•35 min•Ep. 170
What if you have no idea when your next period will show up? If your period comes every few weeks, every few months, or some combination of the two, then you have an irregular period and you’re not alone. Worrying about when your next period will make an appearance is something that no one is interested in. In this April solo series, I’m sharing on topics related to periods and hormones that have been the most problematic for so many of my readers, followers, and listeners over the years and in ...
Apr 06, 2020•33 min•Ep. 169
Many of us are chronically inflamed due to our diet and the stress in our lives. Many of us have conditions that have not been diagnosed. But what I think is most exciting is the fact that we can do a lot about it. The first step is getting to know what's normal and what's not and that’s what we’re covering in this episode. This episode is a little different from the usual – I’m going solo! For the month of April, I’m so excited to take a deep dive into the period and hormone-related topics that...
Mar 30, 2020•32 min•Ep. 168
Mike Gaskins is a media writer/producer who began his journey as a women’s health advocate after a world-renowned physician lied to him about birth control side effects. This chance encounter triggered a passion for research that led Mike to discover many shocking levels of deceit and misinformation surrounding these potent drugs. He is passionate about exposing the very real dangers of hormonal birth control and his new book, In the Name of The Pill explores the dubious nature of both the histo...
Mar 16, 2020•27 min
Christa Biegler is an award-winning dietitian nutritionist, online educator, and host of The Less Stressed Life podcast. She specializes in gut health-related issues, such as IBS and IBD, eczema, fatigue and auto-immune conditions in private practice and she is the creator of The Less Stressed Approach to Eczema and Fast Track to Fabulous Food as Medicine programs. In this episode, we talk about how to distinguish between food allergies and sensitivities, why it’s important to identify where foo...
Mar 02, 2020•28 min•Ep. 166
Denell Nawrocki is the founder of Cervical Wellness, an education platform for women's health and wellness. Since 2010, Denell has done extensive study in the fields of health, healing, personal transformation, indigenous wisdom, plant medicine, and history. All of this culminates in her mission to lead people to be in a loving relationship with their bodies. Her upcoming book Informed, Aware, Empowered: A Self-Guided Journey to Clear Paps reveals a straightforward and individual-centered approa...
Feb 17, 2020•31 min•Ep. 165
Farrar Duro is a board-certified acupuncture physician who practices reproductive acupuncture and functional medicine. After overcoming her struggles with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis using a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and other natural methods, she founded The PCOS Revolution Academy™. This path led her to pursue advanced pregnancy training in the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy™ and publication of her first book, The Smart Couple's Guide to ...
Feb 03, 2020•26 min•Ep. 164
Ali Shapiro is the creator of Truce with Food , host of the top-ranked podcast Insatiable , a holistic nutritionist, integrated health expert, and rebel with a serious cause. She created her Truce with Food method while in graduate school where she drew from her decade-plus of working with real-life clients and her healing journey from having cancer as a teenager. In this episode, we talk about Ali’s unusual journey to getting pregnant at 40, the surprising IVF statistic when you’re in your 40s,...
Jan 20, 2020•31 min•Ep. 163
