Food Freedom and Fertility Podcast

Welcome to a very special episode of the Food Freedom and Fertility Podcast! Sophia talks in depth about her most recent birth story! This is a heartfilled, faith-based, all around amazing story you will NOT want to miss especially if you have been following Sophia's trying to conceive journey. Sophia chats about her mindset entering her third trimester, the tests and interventions she had done an...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat about what YOU should work on before you start an IVF cycle.  IVF is a serious consideration to bring a baby into your arms and if you are going to undergo the stress both financially and on your body it is important to prepare your body as best as you can to have that positive outcome.    Both...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia speak with Stone Jamison on the fertility benefits of reverse dieting.  Stone Jameson is a registered dietitian with four years of experience in nutrition care. She spent two years working in inpatient eating disorder treatment and now works in outpatient nutrition focusing on general health, wellnes...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Sophia Pavia speaks with Dr. Valenson with Fibroid Institute Houston.  Dr. Valenson is a specialist in vascular and interventional procedures, focusing on providing personalized, outpatient care for uterine fibroids. Fibroids are very common. As many as 3 out of 4 women will develop fibroids during their lifetimes. Most are unaware t...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson speaks with Patience Axmann and shares a very special song dedicated to her and all TTC warriors! Patience is a singer, songwriter, wife and mother, entrepreneur and currently lives in Wichita Kansas. Since she knew how to talk she has been telling stories. Through words, photography, film, and most recently through m...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat with Natalie Crawford, MD.  Natalie is a double board certified fertility doctor and the author of The Fertility Formula and currently resides in Austin Texas.  Unlike many physicians, Natalie has a whole body approach to medicine – fusing lifestyle and functional medicine with science backed facts to help pe...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat about trying to conceive while being scared.  Whether you are scared to start the process of getting healthy enough to try and conceive, scared to give medicine a try to help you get that positive pregnancy test, scared after a traumatic loss or scared after a traumatic birth this episode is for you! Sophia a...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat with Dr. Katie Wood!  Dr. Katie Wood is a Doctor of Pharmacy and Holistic Fertility Practitioner who has naturally resolved her own fertility issues along with countless couples who were otherwise told getting pregnant "could never happen." Caitlin, Sophia and Dr. Katie chat all about over the counter medicat...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson has Natalie Kovarik on to talk all about the beef and dairy industry. Natalie is a 4th generation cattle rancher turned social entrepreneur who weaves western & urban living to feature agriculture in a unique & alluring fashion. She is the dynamic co-host of the popular podcast Discover Ag & has carved out a niche for...

Welcome to another episode of our summer season! Host Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with the CEO of Tempdrop Michael Vardi.  In this episode Caitlin and Sophia break down how Tempdrop helps women track their cycle, how it helps their clients track their cycles and how Tempdrop can help women who want to avoid getting pregnant while working on their fertility goals.  This episode is perfect...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson has Kristin Brogaard with Path Fertility. Kristin Brogaard, PhD is Co-founder and CSO of Path Fertility, a division of Inherent Biosciences, a molecular diagnostics company at the intersection of epigenetics and AI. Dr. Brogaard is an experienced molecular biologist, study director, and operations manager for early st...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat with Ashley Koff.  Ashley Koff is the founder of The Better Nutrition Program (BNP), has spent over 25 years dedicated to creating resources that simplify nutrition and help people live healthier, more fulfilling lives. She also has the privilege of serving as the Nutrition Director for UC-Irvine's Susan Samu...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat all about New Year goals and becoming your most fertile self in 2026! This episode is a fun episode if you are wanting to make small improvements that add up and make a big impact on your fertility! Caitlin chats about what goals she is holding herself accountable for and what goals she has for her business,...

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin and Sophia chat with Phylicia Masonheimer. Phylicia is an author, speaker, and founder of Every Woman a Theologian. This episode is a great update and insight into Phylicia's life! She talks about her journey to having another baby, her faith, her community and how she got from struggling with secondary infertility, working w...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Dr. Victoria Maizes . Dr. Victoria Maizes is the Founding Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Arizona.   Internationally recognized as a leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes is c...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Dr. Ann Shippy. Dr. Ann Shippy uses cutting-edge science, innovative testing, research and genetic information to determine and address the root causes of health issues – not simply treat the symptoms of illness. She approaches each patient as a whole person, and forms a therapeutic p...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Gabriela Rosa. Gabriela Rosa created a fertility program studied at Harvard, reviewed by experts, and presented in scientific forums. She founded the first tele-health integrative medicine fertility clinic, which provides precision diagnostics, effective treatment, and personalized em...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Liane Moccia. Liane Moccia (RH)AHG is a Registered Clinical Herbalist specializing in fertility and preconception planning. She is the author of  The Herbal Fertility Handbook: Holistic Strategies to Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant.  Liane's own infertility diagnosis led her...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Kendall Vanderslice. Kendall is a baker and writer whose best thinking occurs as she works dough between her hands; She scribbles down thoughts on pieces of parchment dusted in flour, until she can parse them out later before her keyboard. When she embarked on a career as a pastry che...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson speaks with Jessica Field about grief and infertility. Jessica Field is a spiritually-integrated life coach. She has worked in case management and counseling for the abused and unhoused, in spiritual care at hospitals and at Canyon Ranch, and in ministry for youth and families.  Caitlin and Jessica have an in d...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin and Sophia chat about the purpose of this podcast and why they stray away from controversial fertility and political topics. When the podcast first launched it was at the beginning stages of the COVID pandemic. With shutdowns in place, vaccine pressure, isolation and mandatory work from home orders it was a difficult t...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin and Sophia chat in depth about Caitlin choosing to take a GLP-1. GLP-1's are growing in popularity around the country for being a medication to help aid weight loss. Sometimes called glucagon-like peptide-1 and is a naturally occurring hormone that helps regulate blood sugar, one's appetite and help digestion.  The med...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin and Sophia chat in depth about Hypothalamic amenorrhea  or called HA. HA is a condition when menstruation stops due to a dysfunction in the hypothalamus. This can be from undereating and working out too much.  Caitlin said within her practice she sees a lot of PCOS clients who were diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syn...

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin and Sophia break down different Basal Body Temperature (BBT) charts! Tracking your BBT can be such an important tool when trying to conceive. It not only gives you information on when the best time to have sex with your partner but if problems arise with conceiving you have valuable information to give to a provider wh...

Welcome to tour season 5 opener episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Caitlin and Sophia start the episode off with a very hot topic... FIBER!  Fiber has been making its way around the social media algorithm, rightfully so, because of its fertility benefits for a high fiber diet. Both Caitlin and Sophia chat about the importance of getting enough fiber into your diet and break down how to do it...