The Simplicity Sessions

Dr. Jolene Brighten is a Leading Expert in Post-Birth Control Syndrome & Hormonal Birth Control Related Problems. She's a women's health naturopathic medical doctor, practicing physician, author and speaker. Dr. Jolene helps women who are looking to ditch synthetic birth control and balance their hormones, as well as those want to stay on birth control without long term consequences. She is consid...

Asha is an Indigenous Medicine Woman, Spiritual Mentor and Healer who believes that all healing is possible when we remember who we are. She has had a private healing practice for the past 15 years and has helped thousands of people come back to wholeness, health and self love. Through ceremony, healing circles, mentorship and other medicine ways, Asha has held spaces for women to see their gifts...

Joy McCarthy is a Holistic Nutritionist and founder of JoyousHealth.com, an award-winning blog focused on healthy living. She is a two-time bestselling author of Joyous Health and Joyous Detox, a World Gourmand Cookbook Award recipient. Her third book, The Joyous Cookbook, comes out in 2019. A trusted nutrition expert, Joy has been featured in hundreds of publications both online and in print from...

Women's cycles are a superpower that can be tapped into, if you know when, how, and what to do. Cycles also go through different phases that must be understood and respected.     Today on the podcast I'm interviewing Megan from Zesty Ginger. Megan talks about the nutritional approach she uses for women with hormonal imbalances, and how, in her experience, intermittent fasting and keto diet are not...

The fact that PMS is so common doesn't make it normal. Many women are being medicated to alleviate their PMS symptoms when there are natural ways to tackle the discomfort.   Listen to this episode if you want to know : ● What is PMS?   ● What are the symptoms of PMS? ● What can you change in your lifestyle to bring relief in your system? ● Why birth control pills do not work. There are many reason...

Julie Daniluk RHN is a leading nutritionist and the co-host of Healthy Gourmet, a reality cooking show on OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network). For twelve years, she was a co-operative owner and the Chief in store Nutritionist for one of Canada's largest health food stores, The Big Carrot Natural Food Market.   In this episode, Julie shares her knowledge about inflammation and how to reverse inflammato...

This New Year's episode is a special one that aims to help you pinpoint your goals and intentions for 2019 the right way. Grab your pen and paper, and prepare a "Soul soothing" drink (find the recipe below) to really synch-in with what this episode is about.   New year's resolutions bring great expectations that usually don't last long and leave us with a feeling of failure, coming hand in hand wi...

Dr. Carrie Jones is a naturopathic doctor and a medical director for Precision Analytical, which is the company that handles all the dutch hormone testing that is run for women in the hormone project and through my practice.   Listen to this episode to unwrap knowledge about the work of hormones in your body, stress connection, estrogen and androgen dominance and the impact on your thyroid. Take y...

This is the second part of two episodes where we'll take a deep dive into your thyroid health. In episode 12 I talked about all about your adrenal health and how its function has a direct effect on your thyroid.   Tune into this episode (which is part two) to discover what your thyroid gland actually is, what it does, and where it's located. We will also dive into the signs and symptoms of an unde...

Today I will start a series of two episodes were I will talk about thyroid and adrenal health. This topic will be split into two, so you can really understand the content and go over it as much as needed.   Unfortunately, the signs the adrenals give us are usually dismissed, we tend to think it is "normal" since we have always felt this way. These symptoms can be: ● Low energy. ● Exhaustion (menta...

I prepared this mini-episode filled with strategies and tips to help you in this time of the year where it is easy to feel overwhelmed with meals, shopping, and tight schedules. Even though these weeks are full of joy, parties and gatherings it still feels like a lot! It is also a great time to reset, not yourself, but lifestyle changes that can help you be more grounded and in touch with yourself...

There is a common belief that the perfect meal plan is going to bring all the changes that we need in our lives, unfortunately I have to tell you it does not work this way, it is not the golden nugget! The key is to educate yourself about what healthy actually is, and be able to identify in different scenarios what are your best options for your meals. This way you can flow in your daily life with...

Rachel Molenda is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Emotional Eating Coach, who helps women heal their relationship with food and their body by breaking free from dieting, rigid rules and discovering the power of intuitive eating and eating #RealAssFood.   Rachel shares her personal struggle with food that started at 8th grade and evolved as an eating disorder. Rachel was very critical with he...

Samantha Gladish, RHN is a Nutritionist and Holistic Life Coach, she dedicates her time to help women achieve more powerful, holistic, purpose driven lives.   When Samantha started to feel different, she paid attention to the signs her body was giving her and started to explore her health more deeply. She was finally diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto. She decided to do somethin...

Today episode includes our first guest, which is also one of my best friends, Dr. Laura Foster. Dr. Laura has been an inspired Chiropractor for over 20 years and along the way she has coached and led retreats, workshops and group gatherings that have allowed her to tap into her gift of helping others find their truth and greatest sense of self.   During this episode Dr. Laura engages into a though...

This episode is all about estrogen dominance, its definition, the different symptoms it causes and how it works. I will offer some guidelines about how you can clear and detoxify to move out the excess estrogen in your body.   Don't get me wrong, estrogen is a wonderful hormone, the excess of it is the problem and nowadays there is a lot of extra estrogen entering to our bodies from the environmen...

This episode is about the history of a woman's body. The webinar that I am sharing is about hormones and birth control awareness. Lots of women have asked me different questions and this is the way I found to reach you all in one space, this conversation among women is for us to break the barriers that are making us feel alone and ashamed. Many different symptoms begin after stopping birth control...

Today I am sharing one of my Instagram posts about the topic of Hormonal Acne since it got such an amazing response from my audience. This episode is all about treating and healing skin when it sends us signs that something is wrong. Here is my personal story, I battled for over 8 years with acne, now I have clear skin, but believe me it wasn't always like this. I started dealing with very bad acn...

The root of who you are is in your digestive system, your gut, your microbiome. If you want to understand your health you need to start with your gut, by asking the right questions, and listening to the messages your body is giving you. The entire digestive system works like an orchestra, to break down the food that we consume and to absorb the nutrients in it and remove the waste out of the syste...

I am often asked: why simplicity? I think we end up teaching what we ourselves need the most! I was driving myself crazy with a nonstop schedule for many years, more exactly until I became a mother. You realize at that point, that your schedule is not your own anymore, and neither is your time.   The guilt came, and I just felt like running away! How can I shift this? Simplicity was the answer. No...

I am a passion led holistic living Mama on a Mission to help other women create the health, body and life they dream of. I have been working in the health and wellness industry for the last 21 years specializing in exercise physiology, holistic nutrition, women's health and hormones. I am the best-selling author or The Simplicity Project, The Simplicity Kitchen and host of Simplicity TV on Youtube...