Truth & Fertility

Starting a new year's resolution to track your cycle? Maybe you've been thinking about it for a while but overwhelmed on where to start? This is your guide. I outline the three types of fertility charting methods, what biomarkers you'd track with each one, and the best method to start with. Response article from Natural Womanhood: https://naturalwomanhood.org/maha-natural-family-planni...

‼️This episode contains some graphic information on miscarriage. Listener discretion advised. Miscarriages can sometimes feel dismissed and many women don't have the space to grieve their loss. In this episode, we talk about grief after miscarriage, offering practical support for the days following loss, guidance for healing from trauma, and gentle ways to move forward while honoring the babie...

FEMM Health is not only a top cycle tracking app, but a route of Restorative Reproductive Medicine to understand the root cause of cycle irregularities and restore your hormones from the ground up. When you download the app, you unlock a world of understanding how to chart your fertility, what red flags to look for when identifying hormone imbalances, and connection to FEMM-trained doctors to walk...

Shannon Leach was a collegiate soccer player, Boston marathon runner, and overall active woman who lost her period as a junior in college. Most doctors said "you're an athlete, that's just what happens." After 20 years of hypothalamic amenorrhea (aka no periods), infertility, and tanked hormones, she finally found healing. She had her first period just a few months ago, and she&#...

If you are completely confused about the whole "egg quality" conversation, this is the episode for you. Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a Fertility Awareness Educator, best selling author, and the popular host of the Fertility Friday Podcast. Today we dive into the difference between egg quality vs. quantity, what hormones can tell you about your egg reserve, and why this is a crucial conversat...

Dr. Sarah Bartel is a Catholic sex and marriage coach who is dedicated to helping Catholic married women have good, fun, awesome, holy, amazing sex! We get into the nitty gritty of what a healthy sex life looks like and common problems women experience. Sarah is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to improving intimacy in your marriage and speaking into the details of how to have better sex with y...

Merlot Fogarty is a second year law student in Washington DC and spreading the word on true, root-cause medicine for women's health. She outlines Trump's current plan to address infertility in the United States and why IVF will not solve the crisis. We dive into how advocates for restorative reproductive medicine are effectively changing policy on women's health for the better. 📸 @mer...

Want to go deeper into what your cycle irregularities are saying about the state of your OVERALL health? Today I chat with Jamie Rathjen, cohost of the Hormone Genius Podcast and founder of Fiat Institute, about what other hormones play a role in menstrual cycle health. We don't just talk about estrogen and progesterone . We deep dive into how other hormones (like CORTISOL) affect your body&#3...

I'm coming to you LIVE at the SEEK Conference January 1-5, 2026 at the Denver location. In my talk called The Untold Truth About Your Health and Hormones , I'll dive into reproductive anatomy, hormones, why the pill is bad medicine, and what you can do instead to heal your menstrual cycle. 👉Register for SEEK: https://seek.focus.org/ 📈If you're ready to start charting your cycle, sign...

Rita Johnson is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Creighton FertilityCare Practitioner, and the founder of Divine Mercy Nutritional Care. On today's episode, she and I chat about healing the root causes of hormonal imbalances with food and lifestyle, addressing common menstrual cycle concerns with a wholistic approach. Rita also gives us her real-life menu for healthy eating!! Connect with R...

When you hear the word "gut", do you think functional health, good nutrition, and the microbiome? Or are you like me, where you think "why is everybody talking about this thing called a GUT??". Today is Gut Health 101. Sophie Shepherd, a Functional Health Practitioner and founder of SHE Talks Health, lets me pick her brain about the gut, how to keep your gut healthy, and your g...

Theology of the Body is "the good news of love, sex, marriage, and the body". I firmly believe that when we understand our body (fertility) better, we become better spouses, parents, friends, people. Today I chat with Michael and Rachel Villanueva to discuss family planning in the lens of Theology of the Body. When is it a good time to avoid pregnancy? When is it a good time to achieve?...

Today I sit with Tori Black of Fruitful Fertility Co to discuss how to heal infertility when other doctors have deemed it "unexplained". Tori utilizes HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis) testing to look at mineral ratios that could be causing infertility. She also strives to understand her client's emotional state to be a vessel of healing the nervous system. We also talk about faith...

Many couples facing infertility are told that IVF is their only option to achieve pregnancy. Mainstream medicine has even glorified IVF as THE answer to help couples hold that desperately desired baby in their arms. However, not many people talk about the trauma that comes with the IVF process, nor the lasting effects and moral dilemmas couples face on the other side of the IVF process. Today I ch...

As an extreme response of the sexual revolution, purity culture can also bring harmful views of sex, including that it is bad, dirty, or that the body should not be talked about until you say "I do". Today, Emma shares her experience of how learning about her body and menstrual cycle brought greater intimacy in her marriage and how we can help the next generation have a correct and sacre...

This conversation with Emily Appeldorn is one that you DO NOT want to miss. Stories like hers fuel my strong conviction for a better option for women's health than the one offered by mainstream medicine. Her story from "unexplained" infertility, finding answers through NaProTechnology, and finally holding the babies she longed for gave me so much hope for the future of women's he...

Today I have the privilege of chatting with two of my coworkers/friends who both have a passion for real women's reproductive health and medicine. We talk about why they practice medicine without birth control, the alternative medicine they use (and why it's a better option than contraceptives), and what it was like going through school with an anti-contraception mindset. __________ LEARN HOW TO C...

Today I chat with Anne Marie Williams, host of the Postpartum On Purpose Podcast, to bring light to something that so many postpartum moms experience but are terrified to acknowledge. Intrusive thoughts, scary thoughts that are persistent, consistent, and insistent, can make us scared of our own selves, afraid to be alone with our thoughts, and bring us to question our own character and goodness....

Dr. Emily Jurschak is a pelvic floor physical therapist who treats women of all ages for a wide range of pelvic floor issues. Today, we chat specifically about two topics 1) painful sex and 2) healing postpartum. She lays out what the pelvic floor even is, the types of issues you may be experiencing involving your pelvic floor, and how physical therapy can help you solve them. Fiat Physical Therap...

NFP/FABMs are usually sold to us with images of couples laughing and holding hands, not arms folded with gritted teeth. However, those that are seasoned in practicing natural fertility methods know the struggle. But. That doesn't mean the struggle is not worth it! Today I walk through a few practical tips for the fertile and infertile times and how to stay connected to your husband through it...

Today I am being real and honest about the making of this podcast, my passion behind it, and why I think its important to say the words "cervical mucus" at least once in every episode... If you are enjoying this podcast and want to share in the mission of teaching every.single.woman in the world about her body, please share this show with a friend (and leave a 5 star review too!). Christ...

*BE SURE TO LISTEN TO THE END FOR A SPECIAL (UNPROMPTED) MESSAGE FROM MY KIDDOS* Today I share with you my journey through postpartum depression: how I identified it, got help, and healed. I experienced PPD with ALL THREE of my kids, each one being a different experience. I hope this shines light into your own journey of PPD, giving you a sense of solidarity and hope. Thanks for listening! _______...

In this 3 part series, I lay out a talk I gave a few months back to a group of young adult women about how your hormones affect your dating life. Much of the talk was based on the book "This is Your Brain on Birth Control" by Sarah E. Hill, PhD. The three parts include: Understanding your anatomy & hormones How your hormones affect your dating life How the pill disrupts your dating l...

In this 3 part series, I lay out a talk I gave a few months back to a group of young adult women about how your hormones affect your dating life. Much of the talk was based on the book "This is Your Brain on Birth Control" by Sarah E. Hill, PhD. The three parts include: Understanding your anatomy & hormones How your hormones affect your dating life How the pill disrupts your dating l...

In this 3 part series, I lay out a talk I gave a few months back to a group of young adult women about how your hormones affect your dating life. Much of the talk was based on the book "This is Your Brain on Birth Control" by Sarah E. Hill, PhD. The three parts include: Understanding your anatomy & hormones How your hormones affect your dating life How the pill disrupts your dating l...