Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health Professionals

Today Lisa shares a brand-new episode in her Pill Reality Series. In this episode Barbara shares her experience with a lesser-known side effect of the birth control pill: Gall bladder issues. Barbara is the second woman in the Pill Reality Series to share how the pill led her to have her gall bladder removed to prevent frequent (painful) gall bladder attacks. Today's episode is sponsored by the Fe...

In today's episode Lisa's client Sydney shares her IUD experience, and what lead her to switch from hormonal birth control to fertility awareness! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 10 week group coaching program! We start on October 4th! Will you be joining us? Click here  to register now! Topics discussed in today's episode: Sydney's menstrual cycle and birth co...

In today's episode Lisa's client Serrita shares her experience trying to conceive, and we discuss different ways to boost progesterone and optimize her chances of conception with fertility awareness! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 10 week group coaching program! We start on October 4th! Will you be joining us? Click here  to register now! Topics discussed in t...

In today's episode Lisa's client Maria shares her experience learning fertility awareness for birth control with irregular cycles. And, in case you missed it, "regular" cycles aren't required for using fertility awareness successfully! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Course.  The most in-depth and comprehensive online fertility awareness self-study...

Dr Lara Owen is an author, academic and consultant focused on the ideas and practices that surround menstruation. She holds a PhD on menstrual organization from Monash Business School in Australia and has been a Research Fellow on menstrual stigma and sustainability at the University of St Andrews in the UK. Lara's bestselling book, Her Blood Is Gold, investigated the influence of culture on menst...

Mike is a women's health advocate and author, who spent much of the past decade exploring the risks of birth control. He recently completed work on an expanded audio version of his shocking book, In the Name of the Pill. The new version continues his investigation into the dubious nature of both the history and science of birth control. It features new content on modern devices and some of the lit...

Today I am joined by Nicola Rinaldi, author of,  No Period. Now What ?  for her second interview on the podcast. Make sure to go back and listen to our first interview together in  Episode 141 . Today's episode focuses on the emotional aspects of hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA), whereas our first episode focused more on how to identify the condition, and identifying the difference between HA and PCOS...

You may already know Lara as the author of  Period Repair Manual  which we'll talk about more today. Lara  was one of my very first guests , and I'm excited to have her back on the show. In our first interview together we delved into what the pill is really doing to your hormones, and it has been one of my most popular episodes of the show, so if you missed it definitely  go back and listen to epi...

Amy is a certified health coach who specializes in working with women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). She is the author of  Healing PCOS , and she works with women who are frustrated and have lost all hope when the only solution their doctors offer is to lose weight, take a pill, and live with their symptoms. Amy founded  PCOS Diva  to offer women tools to help gain control of their PCOS an...

Dr. Fiona McCulloch ND, the founder, and owner of  White Lotus Integrative Medicine  has worked with thousands of people seeking better health over the past 15 years of her practice. She is committed to health education and advocacy, empowering her patients with the most current information on health topics and natural medicine therapies with a warm, empathic approach. In today's show, we talk abo...

In today's episode I dive into the difference between PCOS and HA. Two very different conditions with different presentations which are often confused with one another! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Course.  The most in-depth and comprehensive online fertility awareness self-study program available. Click here to join now! Topics discussed in tod...

Rosita Arvigo, is a Doctor of Naprapathy, ethnobotanist, spiritual healer, author of 8 books on traditional healing of Central America, and she is the founder of The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® & the Arvigo Institute. Donna Zubrod is a nationally certified, North Carolina Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist, a DONA certified Birth Doula, and a certified practitioner and teacher...

Founder and creator of Mercier Therapy, Jennifer Mercier has been in practice for over a decade and serves women with primary and secondary infertility, pelvic pain and surgical recovery. Most of the women that consult Dr. Mercier's expertise have been diagnosed with endometriosis, PCOS, scar tissue, fibroids, blocked tubes, premature ovarian failure, diminished ovarian reserve, advanced age, and...

Dr. Jessica Drummond is the CEO of The Integrative Women's Health Institute and author of Outsmart Endometriosis. She holds licenses in physical therapy and clinical nutrition and is a board certified health coach. She has 20 years of experience working with women with chronic pelvic pain, facilitates educational programs for women's health professionals in more than 60 countries globally, and lea...

In today's episode I discuss period pain. I go into the most common causes for period pain, and specific steps you can take to reduce and/or eliminate your pain starting today! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Course.  The most in-depth and comprehensive online fertility awareness self-study program available. Click here to join now! Topics discusse...

Stasha is The Period Coach, the bloody kind not the grammar kind. Founder of the Period Coaching School, certifying coaches to incorporate menstrual cycles in their work, and author of The Revolution Will Be Bloody, Stasha is also a dancer, cook, sword fighter, tai chi practicing, speaker, skateboarder, INTJ, foul mouthed, football loving, digital nomad. Basically, pinning her down is nearly impos...

Dr. Anna Cabeca, DO, OBGYN, FACOG, is triple-board certified and a fellow of gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She has special certifications in functional medicine, sexual health, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. When her own health took a troubling turn during menopause, she sought out the wisdom of healers around the world. S...

Expect A Miracle provides a gentle and effective hands-on site specific pelvic and abdominal therapy which helps women with issues such as infertility, sexual trauma and surgical recovery, and gastrointestinal issues. We also specialize in natural hormone balancing by using only the finest bio-identical hormones. Dr. Mercier has been in practice for over 20 years, is a published author, documentar...

Sarah and Matthew Bivens are the creators of Doing It At Home (DIAH), a platform for empowering home birth content and community. DIAH started in 2016 when they were pregnant with their first child and switched from a hospital birth to a home birth halfway through the pregnancy. Both balanced lifestyle coaches prior to becoming parents, Sarah and Matthew have taken their past coaching experience a...

I'm sharing some exciting news in today's podcast episode! Find out the top 10 ways I prepared for pregnancy. Today's episode is sponsored by Conceiving With Fertility Awareness . Discover how to optimize your chances of conceiving naturally using fertility awareness techniques in my free online course! From timing sex correctly to identifying fertility issues, this course has you covered! Click h...

Today's episode is all about cervical mucus (CM)! I get questions about cervical mucus nearly every day in my emails and DMs, so today I'm answering your top questions about CM. Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 10 week group coaching program!   We start on May 10th! Will you be joining us?   Click here  to register now! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertil...

Does coffee impact your hormones and your menstrual cycle? Should you have sex every other day to optimize your chances of conception? Find out in today's episode with Kahli! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 10 week group coaching program!   We start on May 10th! Will you be joining us?   Click here  to register now! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility...

If you've ever experienced painful sex, we take a deep dive into one of the common reasons why it happens, and several practical strategies for overcoming it! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 10 week group coaching program!   We start on May 10th! Will you be joining us? Click here   to register now! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Master...

If you're thinking about using the copper IUD, you'll want to tune into today's episode! Jennifer joins us to share her experience switching from the pill to the copper IUD. Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery LIVE 10 week group coaching program!   We start on May 10th! Will you be joining us? Click here   to register now! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility A...

Today's episode is all about boosting progesterone production, with a special focus on Seed Cycling. Nora Pope, FCP is a retired Naturopathic Doctor and Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner with a private practice in Toronto from 2002-19. She is a highly sought-after public speaker and since 2003, Nora Pope has educated physicians, midwives, pharmacists, and health experts on the scientific...