The Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast

Sam Kellgren, women's health coach (who talks a LOT about HA) helps me answer some listener questions! In this episode we answer these questions and cover these topics: - How to do you talk to your doctors and health care practitioners about HA - Experience and symptoms while trying to convince during recovery? - Slowing down, changing your life and finding what works for you - How do you gain...

Claudia Vidor is a nutrition and dietetic clinician who specializes in HA, pregnancy and postpartum. In this episode we go down a few rabbit holes, talking about: -Women of "mature maternal age (i.e 35+) and having HA after having your first child (this makes so much sense!) -Getting your period back after 10-15 years without it. -The reason why having more than 1 "why" (reason to reco...

Kacy is a fellow HA'er with a story about HA recovery, miscarriage and always getting up and trying again. In todays episode, Kacy talks about her history with the pill, diet and exercise and trying to conceive. She also shares her positive perspective on miscarriage and plenty of wise lessons along the way. I hope you enjoy! LEARN ABOUT KACY http://instagram.com/kc_mindbodysoul Join The HA So...

It's bonus episode time! And we're talking about CrossFit! Don't worry, we're not knocking on CrossFit, I used to do it and really enjoyed it. Sometimes I still work that style into my programming if I feel like it. In this episode I'm talking about WHY hypothalamic amenorrhea is so prominent in the CrossFit community to help you make sense of it all. I go through all of the po...

Lindsay Lusson joins me today for a chat all things HA. Lindsey has her own practice helping women with HA get their periods back and often works with women who are trying to get pregnant. She shares her story (she got her period back after only 2 weeks all in) and then we talk about what we see is common amongst women with HA. Enjoy! I'm keen to hear what you guys think about this one, her fa...

Kim Bilyk's story is actually a little different – in fact, I want to trigger warn you that, for some people who are trying really hard to give up exercise and fitness ideals, it could be not the right time. Coach and bikini competitor Kim shares with us how she recovered from HA without having to quit competition all together. I think it's important to share different stories and I want y...

Meredith and I were connected through a friend and I am SO thankful for that because this episode is one of my favorites. Meredith has her own story of HA, healing and now, helping others do the same. She's the host of The Hye Life podcast and her and I just jammed out on so many aspects of recovery. This episode takes a special look into the overall amazing life enhancements you can get when...

I LOVED this conversation with doctors and dance professionals Nicky Keay and Stephanie Potreck. These busy ladies work both in practice with dancers and alongside dance companies such as the Irish and Australian Ballet to ensure the health of dancers is a priority. They recently conducted and released a study about the prominence of HA in the dance community and it's root cause and we talk ab...

My wonderful friend, Meg Doll joined me for a candid Q&A session on HA. We answer a lot of questions, with just a few being: -How do you not lose hope?! -When did you know it was time to start working with HA(ers)? -Intuitive eating for HA? -How do you enroll your partner in this experience? I hope you ladies love it! Dani & Meg See more from Meg Doll: http://instagram.com/iammegdoll Join...

Welcoming back the shows favorite Nutritional Therapy Practitioner: Laura Lyons! She is breaking down these two questions for us this week: 1. Why is breaking the fast (having breakfast) and frequent intake of food important? Why is intermittent fasting not recommended from women with hypothalamic amenorrhea? 2. Everything you need to know about the different types of testing: blood VS dutch VS HT...

Welcome to chat number 2 with Nicky Chapman. A few episodes ago we released a chat that I recorder with Nicky while she was in the depths of her HA recovery. Today, she's back to share her recovery story and the very fun story of how she just skipped the period stage altogether and went straight to her surprise pregnancy! That's right, she never got a bleed! GREEN CHEF - Get $80 off and FR...

Hey guys - I have a fun one for ya! On today's episode of The HA Podcast I have HA Society member Erica Cohen on to tell you her story of how she got HA, what she did to reverse that situation ASAP and then embark on operation make-a-baby immediately after. Erica was 35 years old so she felt like her time was now or never and she actually walks us through her HA recovery protocol and then her...

I'm always preaching that just because you get your period back doesn't mean your period is optimal. Understanding what to look for in ovulation, cycle length and the different phases of the cycle is just as important. That's why I'm SO excited and honored to have had Lisa Hendrickson-Jack on the show. You actually may not know who Lisa is if you've had HA for a while because L...

Chlo Hodgkinson is BACK for another Q&A! First we talk about over-stretching ourselves and then we cover: - How did you gradually introduce exercise again? -How much do you add each week? - Do you have any advice on sharing and discussing recovery when newly dating and making new friends? - Dealing with bad body image days? -How to deal with the little bit of doubt about the process working fo...

Renee McGregor is a FORCE inside of the women's sports community. If you don't know her...well, now you do. She is basically one of the most well respected, accomplished people in the world of keeping-athletes-healthy-in-sport and I died of joy when she agreed to be on the show this week. In this episode Renee shares with us what she has seen regarding female athletes trying to get their p...

"HA is so much more nuanced than just eating more and exercising less" Holly Dunn On today's episode of The HA Podcast, Holly Dunn takes us deeper into what's actually happening in our body and brain when we have HA. This is a really refreshing take on the subject, talking brain function, stress, being a high-functioning, success-driven woman in society and how all of the factors c...

Let's talk about Thanksgiving...and the holiday season in general! I asked the gals on Instagram how they’re feeling about Thanksgiving coming up while trying to recover – or keep a recovered – period. A number of women were looking forward to the season because having many other people around them also eating liberally can be helpful. A number of other women however – about 50% – had some con...

This week we don't really talk about Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, we talk about body image. Rachel Major, the artist behind Rachel Jean Designs is one incredible woman. We met through Instagram when we realized that our art subject matters were so connected. So much so that we actually drew some of the EXACT same things. On this episode we talk about how it feels to go from trying to fit the '...

Kaely McDevitt is back! She's a registered dietician and friend of the show! She was amazing and answered a bunch of your listener questions! Such as... how much magnesium is a good amount to take? which macros are most important for recovery? fats VS carbs. Carbs and ovulation? I'm eating enough, where is my period?! Is it really just calories in calories out? Is set point theory real? Ca...

Sam Kellgren and I had one of my FAVORITE HA chats so far. We drop so many truth bombs and have so many mic drop moments that I can't stress enough how much I want you to listen today! We were meant to do a Q&A together but couldn't stop talking so we didn't even get to the questions (don't worry, we're doing a part 2 to get to those questions). Sam shares her story of bein...

Leanne Matullo is a yoga therapist who had HA about 6 years ago. She was on the pill for close to a decade and when she came off to start a family with her husband...she had a feeling it wasn't going to be that simple. And it wasn't. When western modalities didn't work for Leanne, she started to look inwards. She realized that there was some unaddressed stress deep inside that she need...

Mollie Birney joins us AGAIN! This time, to do a Q&A on your biggest mental recovery roadblocks. This episode came about because Mollie is holding a 4 week group coaching program that I feel would be an incredible fit for you. Here are the questions she answered on the show! -How to get my recovery to be my number 1 goal and not my body? -How do you deal with essentially mourning the loss of w...

AHHH! This weeks episode of The HA Podcast is 12/10 relatable for SO many people. Ally is a fitness instructor who recovered from HA and was kind enough to share with me every nuance of her story. We talked about: -Eating so much peanut butter and dark chocolate that you think you're not really restricting Feeling like "there must be another way to recover..." -Having a lot of food rul...

On this episode of The Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast, Ali Macy, a nutrition and CrossFit coach with a Masters in Nutrition and Human Performance (amongst many other certifications) shares with us a very insightful look at working with women without destroying their hormones. This is actually a fantastic one to listen to if you: -work in the health coaching space -are interested in balancing the...

I'm joined (again) today by Ashley Smith! We're really good friends which you can tell by the way we bee bop around this conversation from tangent to tangent. We explain reverse dieting in the context of recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea and whether or not it's the right move for you. We also talk about taking recovery slower if that's what's right for you and just provid...