Living and working in alignment with your menstrual cycle is life-changing. This episode is so special because I am talking to Iris Verstappen, a star participant in my last apprenticeship program, which has now transformed into my Women's Hormone Health Certification Program. Iris has mastered the practice of syncing her life and her cycle and she’s here to share how it can help you to work smarter, not harder, whether you're an entrepreneur or working a 9 to 5. Iris Verstappen is a certified H...
Sep 27, 2021•36 min•Ep. 222
Dr. Shawn Tassone is a holistic OBGYN and the first physician in the United States to be double board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and by the American Board of Integrative Medicine. He also has a Ph.D. in mind-body medicine and he’s the author of the Hormone Balance Bible . Just mentioning the term ”hormone imbalance” is enough to stir up a lot of controversy with women’s health experts in the medical and coaching communities. Does it really exist? Why test your hormones when they’re c...
Sep 20, 2021•41 min•Ep. 221
I’m a big fan of blood sugar testing and this summer I spent a month using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) from a great company called Nutrisense. It actually changed my life. The CGM let me accurately see what’s going on 24/7 and it was a major step up from the traditional finger-prick method. Today I’m sharing my experience with using the CGM and the co-founder of Nutrisense, Kara Collier, is here to share everything we need to know about our blood sugar. Kara Collier is a Registered Dietit...
Sep 13, 2021•47 min•Ep. 220
Basic dietary changes are step one to feeling better, no matter the condition or symptoms you have. Everything comes from the same root cause: lack of the right nutrients, too many problematic foods, and being in a chronic stress state which will make your body act out. There’s always a reason and your body doesn’t lie. In this episode, I’m thrilled to be sharing more about the foundational principles of how to improve your hormonal health and menstrual cycles. I'm diving deep into carbohydrates...
Sep 08, 2021•51 min•Ep. 219
Between writing Fix Your Period, putting it out into the world, moving twice, and months spent as a nomad after the pandemic nixed our plans to move back to NYC in March of 2020, the past couple of years have been immensely stressful for me. I feel like I’m only now emerging from the burnout of this past year. In the midst of all that, I hadn’t been to see an OBGYN for almost three years and after doing some test kits with Let’s Get Checked, the results showed that my FSH and LH were high. Cue p...
Jun 28, 2021•32 min•Ep. 218
Dr. Stephanie Martin is a highly accomplished OBGYN and Medical Director and co-owner of Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics, LLC. She’s here today to break down iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia for us. This is such an important aspect of women’s health that is frequently overlooked, especially since testing iron levels isn’t a part of most women’s routine bloodwork. With one in five women of childbearing age having iron deficiency anemia, I’m encouraging you to check out GetIronInformed.c...
Jun 21, 2021•41 min•Ep. 217
Eliza Reynolds a best-selling author, speaker, and founder of Badass Girls. She’s spent the last 15 years creating space for preteen and teen girls to be their authentic selves and now offers online mentorship programs teaching emotional intelligence, embodiment, body literacy, and more for big-hearted preteen and teen girls who are tired of faking it at Badass Girls. In this episode, Eliza and I talk about why she became a mentor for preteens and teens, how we can break the negative stereotypes...
Jun 14, 2021•46 min•Ep. 216
Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo and Marcia A. Cole are two friends and former magazine and digital editors also known for their profound philanthropic work. Their latest venture is Fourth Phase, a company that provides beautifully curated gift boxes that deeply support the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of new mothers. The fourth trimester of a new mother's journey is one of the most critical phases of motherhood, yet across the world, women in the postpartum period are often neglected because ev...
Jun 07, 2021•47 min•Ep. 215
Dr. Leedia Riman is a dentist whose mission is to start a movement empowering and educating women and mothers about the importance of preventive oral health. She believes gynecology and dentistry should go hand in hand because hormonal changes have such a tremendous impact on every single transition of a woman’s oral health. Leedia practices biological dentistry, which means she utilizes some pretty amazing tools to preserve teeth and prevent systemic dental problems. In this episode, we talk ab...
May 31, 2021•49 min•Ep. 214
Dr. Saru Bala is a licensed naturopathic physician specializing in women's hormonal health. Having been through her own fair share of hormonal and gut issues, she knew there were more options than what she was presented with, and having to figure it out on her own was exhausting. Dr. Saru wanted to be able to educate other women on their bodies, what's normal, what isn't, and really be an advocate for them to know there are plenty of other options if what they're seeking now isn't working for th...
May 24, 2021•37 min•Ep. 213
April Summerford is a stage 4 endo survivor, health strategist, and credentialed coach. She is the founder of BeyondEndo.com which she started for women looking for community and sustainable solutions to pelvic pain and endometriosis. April has a unique way of breaking down the complexities of endometriosis, particularly the parts about getting a diagnosis and building a team to help you along the way. She has done it all and has a ton of great information to share with anyone who recognizes tha...
May 17, 2021•46 min•Ep. 212
Chloe Skerlak is a Justisse Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner and Certified Fertility Awareness Educator who is wildly passionate about the menstrual cycle! When she's not hosting fertility awareness charting circles, teaching charting online, or taking photos of cervixes, she facilitates Period Positivity Workshops for parents and pre-teens because she believes body literacy is for everyone and every age. This episode is the first one where we’re talking about teenagers and birth contro...
May 10, 2021•39 min•Ep. 211
Jessica Murnane is an author, speaker, and creative consultant. Her most recent book, Know Your Endo: An Empowering Guide To Health + Hope With Endometriosis is a straightforward guide to making endo more manageable. Jessica is a sought-after speaker and has spoken at Apple, SXSW, and Wanderlust, among others. In this episode, we talk about how disruptive endometriosis is to the lives of those who have the disease, how it affects mental health and what to do about that, why it’s important to rem...
May 03, 2021•40 min•Ep. 210
Dr. Mariza Snyder is a functional practitioner and women’s health expert, and a force in the women’s health space. She’s the author of eight books, including her latest The Essential Oils Menopause Solution, which focuses on solutions for women in perimenopause and menopause. For the past ten years, she has lectured at wellness centers, conferences, and corporations on hormone health, essential oils, nutrition, and detoxification. She has been featured on Dr. Oz, Oprah Magazine, MindBodyGreen, a...
Apr 26, 2021•44 min•Ep. 209
Sara Korzeniewski is a registered dietitian and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. She suffered from hormone and digestive symptoms for years with few recommendations for relief. Being in the wellness field she knew there had to be more going on and was determined to find a solution. She started studying functional medical nutrition therapy and through functional lab work, nutrition, and lifestyle was finally able to find long term answers to her symptoms. Now she and her team help fr...
Apr 19, 2021•37 min•Ep. 208
Georgie Kovacs is the founder of Fempower Health, the go-to resource serving women, their providers, and companies looking to build/improve on products for women. She also hosts the Fempower Health Podcast, where she interviews experts to help women better understand how to navigate their health both day-to-day and in partnership with their providers. Her mission is to minimize the years many take to seek proper diagnosis and treatment. If you’ve ever been in a position where you feel you need t...
Apr 12, 2021•36 min•Ep. 207
Today I’m joined by Tallene and Sirak Kalaygian, the founders of PCOS Weight Loss. Tallene is a PCOS Weight Loss registered dietitian and after she was diagnosed at age 18, she was left scared and confused without much information or guidance from her practitioner. She discovered that eliminating gluten and dairy was a huge key to living healthier with PCOS and, together with her husband Sirak, developed a program meant to make living with the diagnosis easier to both understand and embrace. Sir...
Apr 05, 2021•42 min•Ep. 206
Brie Wieselman is a hormone balance and gut health specialist and is the clinical director of her online/virtual Functional Medicine Clinic where she and her practitioners work with women around the world. One of Brie’s areas of expertise is in helping people with digestive problems such as IBS, parasitic infections, Candida overgrowth, and SIBO to rebuild a bulletproof microbiome. Today we’re focusing on bioidentical hormones and this is a super enlightening episode with a ton of really useful ...
Mar 29, 2021•37 min•Ep. 205
Jessica Duffin is a certified women’s health coach who specializes in endometriosis and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Through her blog, podcast, and coaching she empowers people all over the world to live and thrive with endometriosis and its associated conditions using nutrition and holistic lifestyle changes. In this episode, we talk about why you don’t just have to live with your endometriosis symptoms, the connection between SIBO and endometriosis, the conditions that often sh...
Mar 22, 2021•43 min•Ep. 204
Magdalena Wszelaki is the founder of Hormones Balance, a thriving online community dedicated to helping women balance hormones naturally. Magdalena is a nutrition coach, certified herbalist, and author of Overcoming Estrogen Dominance, which we’re talking about today. She’s got a long history of hormonal challenges that led to total burnout and estrogen dominance. Today she lives a symptom-free life and teaches women how to find their sacred hormonal balance. In this episode, we talk about what ...
Mar 15, 2021•39 min•Ep. 203
Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is the founder and director of Maze Women's Sexual Health, the largest independent women's sexual health center in the US. A Licensed Clinical Social worker, with a master's in public health, a master's degree in social work, a master's degree in Jewish studies, and a PhD in Human Sexuality, she has developed and overseen the treatment of thousands of women ranging in age from 18–81 over the past 20 years. Dr. Bat Sheva’s new book, Sex Points, is available now. In this episo...
Mar 08, 2021•34 min•Ep. 202
This episode is a little different because we’re not talking about hormones or periods specifically, but we’re coming at them from a more indirect place. Today we’re joined by my longtime friend, Heather Chauvin, a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and home. Heather is the author of Dying To Be A Good Mother and I can tell you right now, this book is not just for moms but for all women. She details her experience of surviving s...
Mar 01, 2021•37 min•Ep. 201
Dr. Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and author of the bestselling book, Period Repair Manual, and her newest book, Hormone Repair Manual, which is particularly helpful for women and menstruators in perimenopause. Dr. Lara has a strong science background and more than twenty years with patients and works to provide solutions for conditions such as PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, and perimenopause. She is also a passionate communicator about alternatives to hormonal birth control. In this episode w...
Feb 22, 2021•37 min•Ep. 200
Coach Gessie Thompson, is a fibroids survivor and founder of TheDeToxNow.com, where she educates women on how to address inflammatory conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, and more through lifestyle medicine. Coach Gessie has had remarkable results with her clients who have fibroids and it all stems from her harrowing experience of multiple fibroid surgeries and a very high-risk pregnancy. In this episode, we talk about her turbulent journey with fibroids and fertility, the ma...
Feb 15, 2021•40 min•Ep. 199
Cindy Dabrowska is a registered dietitian, Master of Applied Nutrition, endowarrior, and founder of "The Supportive Endo RD". She is passionate about supporting endowarriors - who much like herself, have said “enough is enough'' to debilitating, life-altering symptoms of endometriosis. Cindy has not only dramatically improved her own symptoms, but she’s supported countless women in her nutrition counseling practice through a functional medicine root-cause approach to endometriosis. In this episo...
Feb 08, 2021•37 min•Ep. 198
Dr. Heather Irobunda is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist currently practicing at NYC Health and Hospitals. Heather serves as the Medical Director for We Are Robyn, a service to connect new parents with specialists to find support for their unique parenthood journeys, and also serves as the Maternal Health advisor for Peloton, helping plan fitness content for pregnant and postpartum people. This episode was inspired by the hundreds of conversations I’ve had over the years about uncomfo...
Feb 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 197
Jennifer Racioppi is a certified Duke Integrative Medicine Health Coach, a holistic health counselor, a Positive Psychology coach, and an astrologer. Her popular private practice often has a waitlist due to high demand. Since 2017 Racioppi has written Well + Good's weekly Cosmic Health column. She's also served as the resident astrologer for Kate Northrup's membership site Origin, wrote regular horoscopes for Reebok, and has had her work featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, MindBodyGreen, Forbes, ...
Jan 25, 2021•44 min•Ep. 196
Dr. Quozette Valera (Dr. Q) is a licensed physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor dysfunction practicing in Los Angeles. Dr. Q is the creator of the comprehensive childbirth & postpartum education class: Birth & Beyond by Q, and she uses social media to spread pelvic health awareness and encourage people to make informed choices about their bodies by advocating for transparent sex education, bodily autonomy, and reproductive rights. I've been following Dr. Q on Instagram and I...
Jan 18, 2021•40 min•Ep. 195
Jenni Hulburt is a fitness coach and creator of The Workout Without Burnout Blueprint. She has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters degree in Exercise Science and Sport Psychology and she believes you can reach your goals without sacrificing your well-being, as you seek to embody what nature has always modeled. Jenni is here to bust some myths about exercise for women and tell us how to get more from our workouts and I’m so glad she's here to break it all down for us. In this episode, Jenni and I...
Jan 11, 2021•31 min•Ep. 194
Parijat Deshpande is a high-risk pregnancy specialist and somatic trauma professional who guides women to improve their pregnancy complications so they can reduce their risk of preterm birth. Her unique neurobiological approach has served so many women to manage pregnancy complications and reclaim a safety and trust in their bodies that they thought was eroded forever. Parijat is the author of the bestselling book Pregnancy Brain: A Mind-Body Approach to Stress Management During a High-Risk Preg...
Jan 04, 2021•34 min•Ep. 193
