The Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast

Learn more here: https://thehasociety.com/restore-live Make 2026 the year you fix your fertility The Restore Your Fertility Program Get your period back, optimize it and get pregnant Starts January 19th, 2026 “I’ve already made a TON of changes…so um…hello? WHERE IS MY PERIOD?!” We get how frustrating it is to feel like you’re doing the most and still not making progress. The changes you’ve alread...

Maggie’s recovery story will resonate with runners and women who learned to equate control, performance, and worth with staying small. After years of restriction, being told she was “healthy,” and struggling to maintain cycles while trying to conceive, Maggie realized recovery required more than willpower. Through the Restore Program, coaching, and community inside The HA Society, she learned to l...

Julia never felt “skinny enough,” grew up in a health-conscious home, and lost her period after only a few cycles as a teen. Like many women, she tried to DIY her recovery until she realized that HA recovery wasn’t just physical… it was deeply mental. In this episode, Julia shares what it was like to get support via coaching, stop overriding her body, trust extreme hunger and fatigue, and accept t...

In this episode, Lydia shares her recovery story and the moments of courage it took to break long standing patterns around food, exercise, and control. After years of disordered eating, inconsistent cycles, and being told she was pre-menopausal, Lydia struggled to accept that HA could apply to her, especially since she didn’t relate to the “typical” HA story. Skeptical but encouraged by her husban...

In this episode, Dani sits down with her client Sara to share her journey from feeling like a “unicorn” who doubted recovery would ever work for her, to getting her period back and becoming pregnant just months later. Sara opens up about the fear, hesitation, and resistance she felt in the beginning, especially around weight gain, and how those emotions showed up as she moved from our Bootcamp int...

In this episode, Patricia shares a recovery story so many women will see themselves in. She began with a PCOS diagnosis and followed the typical low-fat, low-carb protocol, only to slip deeper into HA. Even though she wasn’t “overexercising” in the traditional sense, her naturally active city lifestyle kept her body in a constant state of output. Inside our Restore Your Fertility Program, Patricia...

In this episode, Heather continues her journey of recovery, diving deeper into the specific steps she took to restore her missing period and rebuild her health. She shares the practical strategies, mindset shifts, and lessons learned along the way, giving listeners a clear roadmap for navigating recovery from HA. This is part 2 of a 2-part series. Trigger warning: Discussion includes periods, horm...

In this episode, Heather shares her journey of finding hope and healing after a severe eating disorder. She opens up about the realities of recovery, the mindset shifts that made lasting change possible, and the deeper freedom that comes with reconnecting to your body. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Trigger warning : numbers, calories, talk of eating disorders and weights are discussed here. P...

Sometimes a beautiful lady with hypothalamic amenorrhea has so many questions to ask me and I just can't get to them all at once... but I will save them up and do it eventually! Petra is recovered her missing period but things are still a little whacky and confusing for her. So today I try to answer her lingering questions. Jool Wellness https://joolwellness.com Join The HA Society http://theh...

Claudia’s story will hit home if you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right in recovery but your period still isn’t coming back. Like so many of us, Claudia started by “just trying to be healthy”, eating cleaner, working out more, cutting carbs, and following what everyone around her said was good for her. Early signs of recovery came, but her period didn’t, until she realized one big thi...

Today I wanted to talk about signs and symptoms that are actually pretty normal and expected for early hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery. When you first go in to recovery a bunch of stuff is likely to happen and it's normal to think some of it is a bit weird or concerning... good news it probably isn't. Join The HA Society http://thehasociety.com/join Work 1:1 with us to get your period bac...

In this episode, Ashley sits down with Samantha, her Restore Your Fertility client, to talk about how recovery transformed her relationship with herself. From growing up as a dancer to facing pressure to be thin for her wedding and “bounce back” after pregnancy, Samantha spent years chasing perfection and approval. What started as restriction for control turned into health challenges and burnout....

Today I answer listener Q&A's with a few underlying themes: - does my short height make a difference for how much I need to eat to get my period back? - My step count is above 5k, 10k, 11k and 13k. Enjoy! Jool Wellness - Use HASOCIETY for 12% off https://joolwellness.com Join The HA Society http://thehasociety.com/join Work 1:1 with us to get your period back http://thehasociety.com/coachi...

Nina spent 5–6 years stuck in hypothalamic amenorrhea, convinced she was the “healthiest” she’d ever been. What started as clean eating and exercise quickly turned into control, fear, and denial—excusing behaviors she thought made her thrive. Deep down, she was terrified to let go… but eventually, she did. In this episode, Nina shares how body image struggles, fear of losing control, and years of...

Today Ashley and Dani talk about one of the future avenues of HA coaching, which is the introduction of GLP-1 shots into the market and the use of HRT as both a weight loss and recovery "tool". We also touch on the rise of "early menopause" and how this is actually HA in disguise... keeping recovery coaches in business. Holistic HA Practitioner Certification: https://holistichaprac...

In this episode, Carin—host of Is It Hot or Just Me? —joins Ashley to share her personal journey from entrepreneurship to navigating menopause. She opens up about how she realized she was in perimenopause and the unexpected parallels between perimenopause and hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA). If you’re curious about the overlap between these two experiences and what they can teach us about women’s hea...

In this episode, Dani sits down with Holly as she opens up about her HA recovery journey. From growing up insecure and that manifesting into the high-achiever, to controlling food and exercise in college, Holly shares how she lost her period and was repeatedly dismissed by doctors because she was a normal BMI and didn’t “look skinny enough.” She talks about the hard reality of letting go of her fi...

Abby Lowe and Mishi Garcia — The HA Society coaches – share their why and reasons behind not only choosing to become HA recovery coaches, but what a day in that life looks like. They share their experience using the Holistic HA Practitioner Certification as a path to getting their dream careers in motion. Take The HHAP Coach Training https://holistichapractitioner.com/coachtraining Learn about the...

In this episode, Mishi sits down with her Restore Your Fertility client Maren to share a powerful story of resilience and transformation. After years of pushing her body, the loss of a fallopian tube, and living in a deep deficit, Maren was left struggling with debilitating eczema and no period. Desperate to feel better and be present with her family, she faced the fears of weight gain and leaned...

In this episode, Ashley is joined by her client Bethany, who shares how losing her period became the wake-up call that led her back to true health and spiritual alignment. She opens up about surrendering to recovery by eating more, resting, and trusting the unknown...even when it felt uncomfortable. Through that journey, Bethany learned to embrace discomfort and now applies that resilience to ever...

In this episode I am giving you the audio from two YouTube Q&A's I did. Visit us on YouTube for the originals https://youtube.com/c/danisheriff Q&A 1: I answer listener questions from people who are new to the world of hypothalamic amenorrhea and are trying to understand why they have a missing period, what they can do to bring their period back and how to keep it! Q&A 2: Short cyc...

In this episode, Dani sits down with Abby, one of our newest HA Society coaches, for a fresh Q&A session. Together they tackle big topics like accepting weight gain in recovery, reframing body image struggles, and understanding how low progesterone impacts your health. Jool Wellness - Use HASOCIETY for 12% off https://joolwellness.com Join The HA Society http://thehasociety.com/join Work 1:1 w...

In this episode, Julia Jarriel shares her recovery journey, one marked by slow, steady progress that challenged her patience, but ultimately taught her that she isn't in control. As someone who was highly active and fueled well above 2,500 calories, Julia’s story reminds us that losing a period doesn't always look like "under-eating" and recovering it isn’t always fast, even when y...

It's possible to menstruate and have an awesome cycle without making it your life's dedicated mission. Today I will tell you the 8 ways I make this happen and I hope you'll take some of these on for yourself. Check out Stop Being Perfect Jool Wellness: https://www.joolwellness.com/ Discount Code: HASOCIETY Join The HA Society http://thehasociety.com/join Work 1:1 with us to get your pe...

Bethany thought she had done recovery “right” the first time. But when HA came back, so did the doubt, fear, and frustration, especially when she considered herself “healthy” by all standards. In this episode, Bethany shares her raw and honest story of battling food obsession, navigating recovery in a new season of life (post-marriage), and how support from the HA Society helped her finally find f...