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Lindsey Vestal owns The Functional Pelvis, a private practice specializing in pelvic floor therapy. She's dedicated to empowering women to find relief from conditions such as bowel/urinary incontinence, painful sex, pelvic pain, prolapse, and pre and postnatal complications. In this episode, we talk about the common symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, the truth about Kegels, how your bathroom ha...

Meghan Cleary is a writer, speaker, and patient advocate who focuses on clinical gender bias and its impact on women's health. She is dedicated to shedding light on women’s reproductive health care issues including endometriosis, and clinical gender bias. In this episode, we talk about the impact of the “hormone-hysterectomy highway" on women’s health, why the most common treatments for endometrio...

Dr. Shawn Tassone is a board-certified OBGYN who also holds a Ph. D. in mind-body medicine. Dr. Tassone believes that you should have an active role in your care. In this episode, we talk about the importance of being informed before choosing birth control, the rarely discussed risks associated with common forms of contraception, the high risks associated with Essure and its removal, Dr. Tassone’s...

Angelique Panagos is a Registered Nutritional Therapist, author, speaker, and total foodie. Angelique is on a mission to educate women about hormones and help them solve hormonal imbalance. In this episode, we talk about the impact of diet and lifestyle on your hormonal balance, how having children later in life impacts your hormones, why you should be thinking about fertility in your twenties, th...

Keith Bell is the founder and clinical director of Oriental Medicine Specialists and a board certified and licensed acupuncturist and certified professional doula. Keith uses his experience in holistic health and fertility enhancement to help women and their partners successfully conceive and maintain healthy pregnancies. In this episode, we talk about the main factors that affect sperm health, th...

Natalie Berthold Ryan is a Family Constellation Therapist who specializes in family-systemic therapy. Natalie’s work guides you through breaking the repeating patterns created by unresolved family traumas to help you move forward and thrive. In this episode, we talk about how ancestral trauma can cause repeating patterns in your life, the most common types of trauma that affect women and their flo...

Dr. Tayyaba Ahmed is an osteopathic physician who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also a contributing author to the textbook Pelvic Pain, and a collaborator in the Northwell ROSE Study. In this episode, we talk about common causes and symptoms of pelvic pain, the relationship between endometriosis and pelvic pain, the issues surrounding endometriosis surgery, the...

Maya Dusenbery is an editor, journalist and author of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. In this episode, we talk about the knowledge gap in medical research for men vs women and how it contributes heavily to several issues from gender bias in the doctor’s office to the experiential gap in treating women-only conditions like...

Dr. Christiane Northrup is a board-certified OB/GYN physician and a leading authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. Internationally known for her empowering approach to women’s health and wellness, Dr. Northrup teaches women how to thrive at every stage of life. In this episode, we talk about why empaths are targeted by energy vampires, how empaths can protect themselves from an ene...

Laura Schoenfeld is a Registered Dietitian trained in Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy. Laura’s passion is for helping overstressed, over-trained, and undernourished women get back to better physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. In this episode, we talk about why you don’t need a perfect diet to have good health, how the wellness industry is impacting women’s approach to eating, c...

Aimee Raupp is a women’s health and wellness expert, author, acupuncturist, and herbalist who is on a mission to educate and inspire women while improving their vitality, celebrating their beauty and guiding them to reconnect to the presence of their optimal health. In this episode, we talk about what thriving health looks like, why you shouldn’t assume your health issues are the norm, the link be...

Dr. Aumatma Shah is a Naturopathic Doctor with a specialty in fertility, pregnancy, and post-partum. She is also the best-selling author of Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making. In this episode, we talk about how the egg freezing process works, the hidden costs that are involved with freezing your eggs, Dr. Shah’s top tips for preserving your fertility naturally, t...

Melissa Kathryn is a nutritionist and weight loss expert. Through her holistic weight loss and lifestyle practice, Melissa helps women free themselves from dieting and emotional eating, and making peace with their bodies so they thrive in life in a body they love. In this episode, we talk about how cultural messages impacts girls from a young age, the connection between your diet and a healthy cyc...

Kate Powe is an online Naturopath who supports women with endometriosis, PCOS, thyroid health, mood, fatigue, and methylation issues and aims to educate and empower women in making the wisest health and treatment choices for themselves, be that natural, medical, or both. In this episode, we talk about the importance of self-education and owning your diagnosis, the main symptoms and causes of adeno...

Angela Heap is a Nutritional Therapist and leading fertility nutrition expert. Angela supports couples on their fertility journey and uses many functional diagnostic tools to support her work; including focusing heavily on testing and genetics as the key that opens the lock to infertility. In this episode, we talk about genetics and the connection to fertility, what it means to be MTHFR positive a...

Robyn Youkilis is a Health Coach, speaker, and leading expert in holistic digestive health. Robyn’s coaching practice, Your Healthiest You, helps clients shed physical and emotional weight with straightforward, yet supportive, coaching style. She is also the author of Go with Your Gut and Thin from Within. In this episode, we discuss how you can live from your gut when you first heal your gut, why...

Heba Shaheed is the co-founder and CEO of The Pelvic Expert; a digital wellbeing platform specializing in maternal, menstrual, and hormone health. In this episode, we’ll be discussing why surgery alone is not enough when treating endometriosis, the biological reasons endometriosis is so painful, the fertility factors that come into play when experiencing endometriosis and considering surgery, how...

Dana B. Myers is an author, sex and relationships expert, and the founder of Booty Parlor. Dana helps women reclaim the power of their sensuality and sexual satisfaction through her coaching, workshops, program, and books; the second of which, The Mommy Mojo Makeover, has just been published. In this episode, Dana talks about what your mojo is and how it relates to your sexuality, the causes and e...

Dr. Rachna Patel has been practicing in the area of medical marijuana for over 5 years and has treated thousands of patients using a step-by-step process for specific medical conditions. In this episode, we’re getting real about medical marijuana; including using medical marijuana to help with period pain, whether it’s safe to use during pregnancy, how it can be used without having to smoke it, th...

Karly Nuttall has been a Licensed Midwife since 2005, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner since 2016, and is Certified in Vaginal Steam Therapy. She has a private practice in San Diego, California and co-hosts the Birth Kweens podcast. In this episode, we’re discussing what you should know about postpartum sex; including why you shouldn’t have sex for 4-10 weeks after giving birth, how...

Dr. Alvin Danenberg is a Periodontist who is revolutionizing the treatment of gum disease with the use of ancestral nutrition and a laser-based protocol known as LANAP. He is also the author of Crazy Good Living. In the second part of our interview with Dr. Al, we learn why we actually need some dental plaque, how pregnancy and menopause impact your gum health, the many roles raw honey can serve w...

Dr. Alvin Danenberg is a Periodontist who is revolutionizing the treatment of gum disease with the use of ancestral nutrition and a laser-based protocol known as LANAP. He is also the author of Crazy Good Living. In this episode, we learn how Dr. Al got into ancestral nutrition, how poor gut can cause chronic bleeding of the gums and several other issues in the mouth, why you should not use an ant...

Dr. Brianne Grogan is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, certified Women’s Health and Nutrition Coach, and the creator of FemFusion Fitness where she teaches core and pelvic floor friendly fitness. She is also the author of Lady Bits: Understand Your Body, Elevate Your Health, and Reclaim Your Spark Naturally. In this episode, we talk about why women should consider their pelvic floor when exercising,...

Shawna Kaminski is a fitness professional who’s been in the industry for over 25 years and has a Bachelor’s degree in both Kinesiology and Education. She’s also the #1 bestselling author of Lose Your Menopause Belly. In this episode, we’re talking about how to lose your menopause belly; including the truth behind the common misconception that menopause causes your metabolism to drop, why cardio ex...

Dr. Shawn Tassone is an OBGYN, author, speaker, and patient advocate whose main belief is that we should be an ACTIVE patient with a PASSIVE physician; meaning we need to learn how to care for ourselves by learning as much as we can about our bodies and health. In this episode, we’re talking about female sterilization, the controversial Essure device, and loads of other questions you’ve always wan...