The Period Party

Dr. Nicole Huffman is a naturopathic medical doctor and she loves helping people with their hormones, autoimmune diseases, thyroid conditions, and fertility. She believes the body has the ability to heal itself given the correct personalized treatment plan and after restoring the basic determinants of health. Dr. Nicole has had multiple personal experiences with mold toxicity and in this episode,...

Tamara Wilder is the founder of IUD Awareness and an admin of the IUD Side Effects Support Group on Facebook. After her body reacted very poorly to getting a Paragard copper IUD inserted in 2014, Tamara went in search of answers after her doctor repeatedly assured her that all of her strange and worsening symptoms could not be related to the IUD. Upon removal of the IUD, some of her symptoms went...

Dr. Leigha Saunders is a naturopathic doctor obsessed with all things sleep. She is the creator of The Sleep Fix, the program that helps women uncover the real (often hormonal) reasons they're not sleeping so they can fix it! Dr. Leigha maintains a private practice with a special interest in helping busy women gain energy, balance their moods, regulate hormones and sleep deep. Dr. Leigha is on a m...

Stacy T. Sims, Ph. D., is an applied researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur in human performance, specifically sex differences in training, nutrition, and environmental conditions. During Stacy’s tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into consumer products and a science-based layperson's book, ROAR, written to explain sex differences in training and nutrition a...

Today’s episode covers a topic that is hardly ever talked about in the mainstream: miscarriage and abortion and how they affect a person’s physical health and hormones as well as their emotional health. I’m joined by Samantha Zipporah, a fertility, sex, and cycle educator, author, and activist with over 20 years of experience. Samantha is devoted to breaking the spells of oppression in reproductiv...

Kira Sutherland is an Australian Naturopath and Sports Nutritionist with more than 25 years in clinical practice. She divides her time between clients, lecturing at the undergraduate level, and mentoring practitioners of complementary medicine in the application of holistic sports nutrition. Known for her vibrant, straightforward teaching style, Kira’s focus is to empower and educate at a level wh...

Chella Quint is a Brooklyn-born, UK-based designer, writer, and performer. She coined the phrase ‘period positive’ in 2006 and founded #periodpositive to use humor and joy to challenge menstrual taboos, and find long-term solutions to period poverty. Chella is a leading expert on menstruation education and the author of Own Your Period for young people and Be Period Positive for adults. She create...

It’s fair to say that the subject of poop, and especially girls and women and pooping, is a little taboo. I don’t know about you, but this topic was extremely embarrassing for me to talk about for a very long time. As a teenager living in gut health hell, I was too embarrassed to use the bathroom at school and instead tried to suffer through it until I got home. No way would I risk someone being i...

Female bodies are cyclical by nature, producing varying quantities of hormones at different points in our monthly menstrual cycle. These hormone fluctuations create four distinct phases of your cycle. Learning about and embracing your internal cyclical nature is one of the most powerful and effective ways to maximize your true potential in all areas of life. Our periods don’t have to hold us back,...

Carly, Alaina, and Julie Beyar are the Founders of Balanced Beyars Health and the Power of Periodization program. They are three sisters who went from being overactive collegiate soccer players to self-proclaimed "Hormone Hype Girls" and women's health educators. They are on a mission to get you hyped about predictable periods and living in alignment with the four phases of your cycle. Their ultim...

Abby Epstein and Ricki Lake’s award-winning, critically acclaimed documentary The Business of Being Born debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007. With over 5 million views, an online community of over 100,000, and more than 10 million press imprints, it is often hailed as the “must-see” film among mothers-to-be. Looking at the complex relationship of hormonal contraception to women’s health a...

We are in a very unique moment in history where we are between two paradigms and the answer lies in you. - Nadia Munla Nadia Munla is an Embodiment & Intimacy Coach who helps visionaries reach embodied expression in their love and leadership. She is the creator of Embody by Nadia™, an embodiment method that has helped thousands of women reconnect to their pleasure, power, and play. Nadia’s cor...

Dr. Jordan Robertson is a Naturopathic Doctor, author and podcaster who is taking women's health research and making it more accessible for the everyday woman. Her mission is to create confident women's health consumers and help women learn to take care of themselves and their families with the best research in integrative and conventional medicine.   In this episode, we talk about common misconce...

Tara Ghosh is an Arvigo® Therapist and wellness expert passionate about empowering people with periods to feel strong whatever season of their life they are in. Tara works with people 1:1 all over the world, as well as running Period Positive workshops for tweens and a 5-week course Embrace Your Cyclical Power for those in their 30s and 40s. In this episode, Tara and I talk about what to expect wi...

“You are the CEO of your health.” - Danielle Kepics Danielle Kepics is a family practice physician assistant and previously trained master's level mental health therapist. Danielle has a strong passion for integrating the health of mind, body, and soul into her medical practice. Over the years through both personal and professional experiences, she has noticed major gaps in how the conventional he...

You have to become a trailblazer for your body and your life. This week we're going back to basics and looking at how we can take control of our lives with a deeper understanding of our cycles and how hormone fluctuations impact how we should move and nourish our bodies. I'm joined by Jenn Pike, a Functional Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, and the bestselling author of The Simplicity Pr...

Around 1 in 8 women in the US will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the US and while we shouldn't be only talking about breast cancer one month out of the year, Dr. Carol Lourie joins me on today's episode to share strategies for prevention and integrative healthcare options for those who have been diagnosed. Dr. Carol Lourie is a dedicated pract...

Dr. Natalie Underberg is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and the founder of The PCOS Doc. With a doctorate of Chiropractic and advanced training through the Institute of Functional Medicine, Natalie is a leader in the women’s health space. She has helped hundreds of women reverse the symptoms of their PCOS and get pregnant naturally through her group program, The PCOS Collective, and her 1 on 1...

Dr. Stephanie is a doctor of chiropractic with a special interest in metabolism, body composition, functional neurology, and female physiology. Stephanie is the author of The Betty Body and her life’s passion and mission is blending modern science with ancient wisdom to empower women’s health and healing. In this episode, we talk about why how Stephanie’s fitness magazine cover is a big deal as a...

Talking to kids about periods can feel like navigating a minefield. But whether you choose to bring it up or avoid it altogether, your kids are going to learn about them. In this episode, Nikki Tajiri joins me to talk about communicating with kids about periods and how you can create a period-positive environment for your children. Nikki Tajiri is the author of She Dreams When She Bleeds: Poems Ab...

Living and working in alignment with your menstrual cycle is life-changing. This episode is so special because I am talking to Iris Verstappen, a star participant in my last apprenticeship program, which has now transformed into my Women's Hormone Health Certification Program. Iris has mastered the practice of syncing her life and her cycle and she’s here to share how it can help you to work smart...

Dr. Shawn Tassone is a holistic OBGYN and the first physician in the United States to be double board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and by the American Board of Integrative Medicine. He also has a Ph. D. in mind-body medicine and he’s the author of the Hormone Balance Bible . Just mentioning the term ”hormone imbalance” is enough to stir up a lot of controversy with women’s health experts...

I’m a big fan of blood sugar testing and this summer I spent a month using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) from a great company called Nutrisense. It actually changed my life. The CGM let me accurately see what’s going on 24/7 and it was a major step up from the traditional finger-prick method. Today I’m sharing my experience with using the CGM and the co-founder of Nutrisense, Kara Collier, is...

Basic dietary changes are step one to feeling better, no matter the condition or symptoms you have. Everything comes from the same root cause: lack of the right nutrients, too many problematic foods, and being in a chronic stress state which will make your body act out. There’s always a reason and your body doesn’t lie. In this episode, I’m thrilled to be sharing more about the foundational princi...

Between writing Fix Your Period, putting it out into the world, moving twice, and months spent as a nomad after the pandemic nixed our plans to move back to NYC in March of 2020, the past couple of years have been immensely stressful for me. I feel like I’m only now emerging from the burnout of this past year. In the midst of all that, I hadn’t been to see an OBGYN for almost three years and after...