What the HORMONES

Endometriosis affects roughly 10% of women globally and can take 4-11 years to diagnosis from the onset of symptoms. For women suffering with endometriosis it is both physically painful and emotionally exhausting. In today’s conversation with Britt Joannides, we discuss her experience of discovering she had endometriosis and her journey into managing this diagnosis. We also dive in to how she disc...

Has anyone ever really explained to you why you need a pap smear? Or what your pap test results mean? Or what your treatment options are for pap tests that show abnormal cells? In today’s conversation we dive deep into everything women should know about cervical health - from pap tests, to the truth on HPV, to options of helping the body heal from cervical dysplasia. This conversation with Dr. Kat...

As many of you know, I stepped away for the hustle and bustle of life over the summer months. I was on a quest to rest my body and re-establish balance in my hectic life as a mom and business owner. As women we can take on the roles of wearing so many hats that we end up losing ourselves in being everything to everyone…or at least this is how I was feeling. Over the past 3 months, I took a break f...

Raise your hand if you have ever hit a rough patch in life where motivation and drive have been sucked out of every cell of your body! In today’s episode I share my own journey of navigating deep rest and surrendering to stillness in order to fuel my creativity and find new inspiration. I am not talking about taking a day or two off, but rather listen to my body and slowing down for what has turne...

When women gather, healing happens! Wild Roses Festival is a prime example of this. Each year I leave the festival with a new sense of the healing that I am meant to do. I shed a layer of my old self in order for a new, more aware self to be birth. This year I had the extra bonus of staying with two friends at the event, which allowed for rich conversations and debriefs every night and today I hav...

Want to talk about big impact? Learning about the Cycle Archetypes was a game changer for me back in 2018. I attended a training with Miranda Gray - Womb Blessing Attunements: Female Awakening - that I thought was about how to give a womb healing session to my fertility clients, to only learn the most impactful sacred teachings that changed my life forever (and turns out it had nothing to do with...

Lauren LaRose is a modern day witch - a certified herbalist, sacred feminine wisdom keeper and ceremonial space holder. Her gift is bringing women together in community to help them remember who they are so that they can come home to themselves. Healing the sacred feminine and the sisterhood wound is at the core of Lauren’s vision as the founder of the Wild Roses Festival. In this episode, Lauren...

Have you ever been excited because your inner summer (ovulation phase) is about to begin and all you can think of is how good you are going to feel, to then only feeling like a complete mess because you are overwhelmed and exhausted? Let me introduce you to Ovulation Overwhelm! (Yes, it is a really thing) It is true, ovulation is labeled as our phase where we feel our best, but this heightened ene...

I think most of us women at some point have wished for the day where we no longer had to suffer through our bleed days…but what happens when that joke amongst girlfriends turns into a really life decision? In the US, 1 in 3 women will undergo a hysterectomy in her lifetime (Dr. Aviva Romm in Hormone Intelligence). In some cases this is a life or death choice, like it was for Robyn Birkin. A hyster...

With so much information out there on how to cycle-sync your workouts, exercising for physical health and the latest workout trends, it can feel a bit overwhelming to know what you should be doing, especially as a woman. With infertility, hormone imbalance conditions, and aging we are often left confused after trying to decipher what truly will help us stay healthy. This week Dr. Botsford join us...

Infertility, endometriosis, and kinky fallopian tubes are just a few of the many topics that Kathryn Bregman and myself touch on in this inspiring and sometimes humorous conversation. The truth is infertility effects 1 in 6 women and it can be one of the hardest diagnosis to receive. In fact studies have shown that the stress of being on the fertility journey is equivalent to the same level of str...

Chronic illness, regardless of the diagnosis, can feel like a life sentence to feeling unwell. Not only does one feel the effects on their physical health, but the emotional toll, the worry, the uncertainty and the isolation can all play into amplifying a deteriorating lifestyle. In today’s episode we hear Jenny’s story of being crippled by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in her 20’s and her road to reco...

This week I am pretty excited to have Kate Northrup on the podcast, where we cover some pretty interesting topics. I personally have been in Kate’s programs (Origin & Relaxed Money) for 2 years now and her work has helped me amplify my life through deepening my relationship with my body - physically, mentally, and emotionally. She has taught how to regulate my nervous system, how to heal my st...

I don’t know about you, but menopause was never something marked as a beautiful time in a women’s life. What I heard of it from my mom and my aunt’s was a time of transition filled with uncomfortable side effects and resentment. It’s no wonder why so many women dread getting older. On the podcast today, we have Jesse Schewchuk joining us to share her story of entering menopause at 42 and her inten...

Goddess Spirituality, the ancient feminine, and the essence of the priestess are not topics that are openly discussed. For many these practices and teachings have been tabooed or labeled with a stigma, which makes them topics feared to explore openly. This week on the podcast Aly Wilkins joins me to share her wisdom on the ancient feminine and her journey of walking the path as a priestess. She sh...

Let’s be honest, receiving the news of an official diagnosis can be incredibly scary and life altering. It can put us in a spiral of fear and questioning our future. I know this because more than once (in fact at least 8 times) I have received such news. Over the years of my many health scares, I have learned so much about myself. About the stories I carry in my body, how I hold and process fear,...

Parenting toddlers can be filled with equal parts of joy and lying on the playroom floor in complete overwhelm. Unfortunately toddlers do not come with an instruction manual, but there amazing people out there like Tara who are helping parents navigate through these years with connection and memories. Tara Vellella is a behavior analyst, toddler parent coach and mom to 3. She has over 13 years exp...

Period shame is a real thing! So many of us women feel shame around bleeding and feel guilt for needing rest and downtime during our Inner Winter. Why is this? Why do we fight against what our body needs? In today’s episode, we are diving deep into this conversation. We explore what is period shame, how this is a wound created by the systems we live in, and what we can do about it. The time is now...

It is true what they say…you must put your own air mask on first before you can help others. As multi-tasking mom’s who feel like they need to be on all the time for all those in their family, this can feel like a foreign concept. For the first time in 10 years I said goodbye to my family and jumped on a plane for a solo / girlfriend trip to Miami. I knew this time was needed, but how needed was a...

If you have worked with me in my Fertility or Menstrual Cycle Coaching Programs, you know how much I love incorporating nervous system regulating tools. They are quick exercises we can do that require little effort and provide a big punch of results to our physical health, mental health, and emotional health. In this week’s episode we have Colleen Jorgensen join us to really explain what is the ne...

I have been there! Wishing for the day that I no longer had a period. Going on birth control so my period would stop. Hating “being HORMONAL.” Sound familiar? In today’s episode I am going to dive in why you may want to start giving those hormones a big hug and strategically find ways to keep them near by for as long as possible. In this episode I chat about: What is the hormonal cocktail that is...

Burnout - today’s #1 struggle for most modern women and definitely for almost every working mom. It’s the endless running around, deadlines, predicting needs, and trying to shape shift into multiple different things that keeps us exhausted, overwhelmed and just not enjoying our life. Sound familiar? In today’s episode I am going to share with you my top 5 tips on how you can reduce your stress and...

When a health crisis hits we usually take one of two roads, we take the path of being consumed by fear or we radically change our lives and take control of our own healing. This week, Angela Dechaine shares her story of being diagnosed with breast cancer and her journey of coming back into a life filled with vitality as she got quiet and intimate with her body to ask the hard questions. Her messag...

What a great way to kick off a New Year with an inspiring and entertaining conversation on the workplace, our cycle and how the heck do we find more balance! I am so excited to have Ellen Hooper back again on the podcast as her and I try to figure out how to create a more balanced work life in a modern and demanding world. In this conversation we explore the principles that each of us have incorpo...

Hannah Brown is back and in this conversation we have a deep, honest and open chat about how we each have normalized our menstrual cycle in the home. Two different homes, two different countries, two different sets of trial and error, but the main theme stays the same - getting everyone involved…that means the men and younger boys in the home too. In this episode we will share our thoughts on how...