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Episode 114: The Postpartum Revolution with Annie Hopkins, PT
“Once you birth a child, you’re always postpartum.”
In this episode we interview Annie Hopkins, who is a physical therapist and yoga teacher. She developed a passion for helping pregnant and post-partum people feel at home in their changing bodies and specializes in pelvic health. We talk about what that means, and how understanding pelvic health and redefining the postpartum “normal” plays a part in the Postpartum Revolution.
“When women understand their bodies, they get shit done.”
Episode 113: All Your Cortisol Questions Answered, Part 2
In this sequel to our last podcast, we continue the discussion and answer even more of your cortisol questions - like What is the Cortisol Awakening Response? What can you do for high or low cortisol? How can cortisol be activated and deactivated? We also cover some topics on why you should take the time to care for yourself, whether recovery from adrenal fatigue is possible, supplementation, and more. Tune in to have all of your cortisol questions answered!
Episode 112: All Your Cortisol Questions Answered, Part 1
This episode is one of a two part series on answering all of your cortisol questions. I have received so many questions and concerns regarding cortisol - what to do when its too high or too low, what affects your cortisol, how to balance and regulate your cortisol, and the list goes on. In part 1 we answer questions about cortisol + the gut, how to know if your cortisol is out of whack, cortisol testing, cortisol and hormones (including hypothalamic amenorrhea, fertility and birth control) and more.
Episode 89: Root Causes of Anxiety with Kaely RD
Kaely McDevitt is a registered dietician who focuses on women’s health and works heavily with the functional nutrition and functional medicine piece of this topic. Anxiety is the name of the game for today’s episode. The more I talk about anxiety, the more I realize people are struggling with it. Tune is as we discuss topics like the uptick in anxiety, nutrition to build neurotransmitters, brain health and mood, cyclical anxiety, and the first step to figuring out your anxiety triggers & root causes.
Episode 84: Healing Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) with Meg Doll
In today’s episode I sit down with Meg Doll, a friend of mine and a registered holistic nutritionist. Listen in as we discuss what is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA)?, How do you know if you have HA?, Causes of HA, steps to recover, exercise considerations, and much more.
Episode 83: Cortisol, DHEA & Adrenal Testing, Part 2
In the second half of this two-part episode I continue the conversation on Cortisol, DHEA + Adrenal Testing. If you have questions about cortisol, this episode is for you. I cover topics like the positive effects of cortisol, DHEA as the resiliency hormone, how to test for your cortisol and adrenal health, why your body might deactivate cortisol, and causes of adrenal fatigure.
Episode 82: Cortisol, DHEA & Adrenal Testing, Part 1
I received a lot of questions about adrenal fatigue and cortisol, so in the first half of this two-part episode, I help to answer those questions. Listen in to these cortisol and adrenal questions answered and more: Where do you start with gut issues? What are the signs of adrenal dysfunction?
Episode 72: Exercising with Adrenal Fatigue & Cortisol Dysregulation
Tune in as I discuss the main causes of stress in the body, the financial commitment of functional lab testing, why saying “just stress” does us a disservice, and the symptoms of Cortisol dysregulation/HPA dysfunction/adrenal fatigue.
Episode 70: Low Libido - What Your Sex Drive is Saying About Your Hormones
A healthy sex drive is mark of vitality and health. So if your libido is low, that could be an indication that something is going on with your mental or physical health, most often hormonal imbalance. In today’s podcast and blog, I answer a listener question: What’s up with my low Sex drive?! to get to the bottom of why your libido might be low.
Episode 66: Thyroid Health & Hashimoto’s with Dr. Becky Campbell
Dr. Becky Campbell is a board-certified doctor of natural medicine who specializes in Histamine Intolerance, Thyroid disease & Autoimmune disease. Listen in as I sit down with her to discuss thyroid health, thyroid testing, the #1 most effective thing you should do for your adrenals, Hashimoto’s, Low T3 Syndrome, HYPER-thyroidism, and more.
Episode 63: Strategies for Managing Burnout
This week I got to interview a therapist about the all-too-common burnout. Samantha Osborne shares root cause solutions & ways to make a lasting impact on your burnout. Listen in as we discuss the difference between burnout and stress, why our bodies weren’t designed for burnout, how to know when your stress load is HIGH, setting up boundaries and more.
Episode 61: Using Your Cycle to Plan Your Life - Menstruation, Ovulation & Tracking Hormones
“Every person on earth is here because of their mother’s menstrual cycle. It really makes you think: why don’t we have more reverence and appreciation for the it?”
In today’s episode I’m sitting down with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack of Fertility Friday. She is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator, a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner, and has a lot wisdom to share.
Episode 58: Women’s Hormones - Spotlight on PCOS & Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Interview with Registered Dietitian Kaely McDevitt to shed some light on two very common hormone disorders: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) which is the leading cause of infertility, and Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA), which results in loss of menstruation and ovulation.
Episode 48: Exploring Female Hormones & Birth Control with Dr. Jolene Brighten
In this episode, Dr. Jolene Brighten, a prominent leader in women’s medicine sits down with me to discuss: Post Birth Control Syndrome and why you should care, When your doctor doesn’t believe your story, When medicine borders on dogma, Why birth control is NOT “the pill for every female ill”, a brief history of birth control, vaginal pain & shame, how stress affects fertility, the best hormone, thyroid & adrenal tests and so much more.