Holistic Women's Health | hormones, endometriosis, PCOS, birth control pill, cycle syncing and more

Topics covered:

- reasons why you're not ovulating

- natural birth control (Fertility Awareness Method)

- supplements + nutrition + lifestyle to support ovulation

Want to achieve your health goals in 2024?

Wondering why your hair is falling out? Could be:

• Hormonal issues like PCOS
• Not enough nutritious foods
• Digestion issues - IBS, celiac disease
• Insulin resistance
• Thyroid issues
• Stress
• Postpartum
• Trauma
• Medications
• Alopecia, androgenic alopecia
• Rapid weight gain or loss
• Inflammation in your scalp from psoriasis, fungal infection, seborrheic dermatitis, etc.
• Serious illness 
• Fad diets
• Heavy metal toxicity
• Parasites

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Becca is a certified mindset and life transformation coach, an NLP practitioner and the host of There She Glows podcast. Becca's mission is to help women create unshakeable confidence, step into their power and take up the space they deserve.

Episode highlights:

- Shadow Work

- Build confidence & sexuality back after your partner betrayed your trust

- Balancing confidence vs cockiness

- Get over fear of success

- What to do if you’ve been feeling misaligned

- How to give main character energy & be super magnetic

- Why you should do the hard things

- Get over fear of not being liked

- Feeling worthy again

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Kel is a mindset, life transformation, & empowerment coach for women. She is also a speaker, author, and host of the Dear Dumb Bitch, podcast

Episode highlights:

- Leaving a toxic relationship

- Finding yourself

- How your relationship with yourself impacts every aspect of your life, from your career to your relationships

- Learn to love yourself & develop a healthy relationship with yourself

- Signs of an unhealthy relationship

- How to feel worthy

- Learn to trust again

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Adaptogens:

- Eleuthero

- Schisandra

- Rhodiola

- Cordyceps

- Lion’s mane

- Ashwagandha

- Maca

- Pine pollen

- Ginseng

- Amla

- Cordyceps

- Astragalus

- He Shou Wu

- Holy Basil

- Goji berries

Brands:

• Four sigmatic

• Moon juice

• Organifi

• Sun Potion 

Books:

• Healing adaptogens by Tero Isokauppila

• Super Powders by Katrine Van Wyk

• Ritual Wellness Adaptogens by Adriana Ayales

• The complete guide to Adaptogens by Agatha Noveille

• Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism by Donald Yance

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Carrie Levine is the founder of Whole Woman Health, and author of Whole Woman Health: A Guide to Creating Wellness for Any Age and Stage. As a certified nurse midwife and an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner, Carrie evaluates and treats most common women’s health concerns, incorporating gynecology and functional medicine.

Episode highlights:

- Combining functional medicine + women's health

- Health doesn't have to be expensive

- How to trust your intuition when it comes to your health

- How trauma impacts gut health

- Why you need to embrace your beautiful, messy life

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Becca is a certified mindset and life transformation coach, an NLP practitioner and the host of There She Glows podcast. Becca's mission is to help women create unshakeable confidence, step into their power and take up the space they deserve.

Episode highlights:

-How to leave your job & define what success means to you

-Get to know who you actually are

-Learn tips for shadow work

-What is dark feminine & light feminine

-How we can use both in life & business

-Things we can do for confidence right now

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Episode highlights:

-The benefits of holistic + conventional medicine

-Tools for stress

-Morning + night routine of a wellness entrepreneur

-Wellness tech

-Advice for entrepreneurs

-The future of integrative medicine

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Episode highlights:

-Research from Andrew Huberman's podcast

-How alcohol affects your brain, gut, liver, sleep & hormones

-What to order at the bar or buy from the store

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Kate & Alex talk about how to live your life to the fullest.

Episode highlights:

-How to feel alive & love your life

-Meditation can be in the things we do every day

-How to use death as a motivator & not let it weigh you down

-How to let go of health anxiety & death anxiety

-How to make that big scary decision

-Free & easy things we can do every day to feel alive

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In this episode, Brittany & Alex break down inflammation, why it might be the reason for you gut & hormone issues + tips to bring down inflammation.

We talk about:

-What exactly is inflammation + how to know if you have it

-How it impacts our gut and mental health

-Foods to eat and foods to avoid

-How certain medications affect gut health and inflammation like Advil, Tylenol, antibiotics

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Learn how to seed cycle to support your hormones!

Day 1-14 (if period) OR New Moon (if irregular/no period):

• 1 Tbsp flaxseeds
• 1 Tbsp pumpkin seeds

Day 15-next period OR Full Moon (if irregular/no period):

• 1 Tbsp sesame seeds
• 1 Tbsp sunflower seeds

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In this episode we talk about hypnosis, how you can use it to heal your inner child and become the best version of yourself.

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In this episode you'll learn all about reasons why your period is missing post BC, how to get your period back + what supplements to take.

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Brooke is the CEO and Founder of The Bloom Method. A cutting edge fitness methodology rooted in a desire to empower women before, during, and after pregnancy. She is a Prenatal and Postnatal Exercise Specialist, Core Rehabilitation Specialist and Prenatal and Postnatal Holistic Health Coach. 

Brooke believes that the transformation into motherhood is where we truly ignite our real strength and that in this, all women deserve to have access to safe + effective workouts geared towards whichever stage of motherhood they're in.

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Baltimore-based Dominiece Clifton is a certified yoga instructor, and breathwork and meditation facilitator on a mission to enhance overall emotional education and well-being through body-centered approaches to healing.

She is the founder of Move And Still™, a mission-driven company dedicated to employee wellness, and Nourish Wellness Collective™, a hybrid wellness community for women entrepreneurs and working professionals. 

Her first book on this exact subject, Hold Space To Heal: Seven Somatic Approaches to Help You Release, Reconnect, and Remember Your Power is set to be published in the summer of 2023.

Episode Highlights:

- breathwork vs meditation

- how often we should practice breathwork & when we see benefits

- the importance of community healing practice, access & representation

- & so much more!

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Krishna is a licensed acupuncturist, certified holistic health coach, psych-k facilitator, pranayama breathwork guide, and somatic practitioner who has guided over 26k patients and clients to their health and wellness goals for the last 20 years. She currently specializes in subconscious transformation and the nervous system.

Episode Highlights:

- conscious vs subconscious mind

- subconscious transformation

- healing our mind & body through subconscious transformation

- & so much more!

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Thank you for celebrating 100 episodes with me! 🎉

Episode Highlights:

- My fav podcasts

- My fav books for health + women's health

- Guest's favourite books

- My fav period & health apps

- Health modalities

- Functional testing

- Nutrition education

- & so much more!

Sam is a Canadian women's health & fitness coach, currently residing in Mexico! She has been working in the health & fitness industry since early 2017 after her own personal life transformation and absolutely loves helping women transform their lives through weight training, balanced nutrition habits and creating healthy, sustainable lifestyle shifts.

Episode Highlights:

- How to fit in fitness when you don't have time

- Reverse dieting 

- How to start taking action 

- Overcome mental & emotional barriers keeping you from achieving your goals

- Finding your why

- & so much more!

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Dr. Lana Butner is a board certified naturopathic doctor & licensed acupuncturist treating patients in the Greater New York Area, guiding them towards a healthy life, mind and body. She helps uncover root causes of health and wellness issues, and creates holistic, naturopathic health plans to treat a range of issues in gut health, skin conditions, women’s health, autoimmunity, the nervous system and more.

Episode Highlights:

- Stress & burnout

- Adrenal fatigue

- Adrenal cocktails

- Shamanic healers 

- Somatic Breathwork

- Morning routines to decrease stress

- & so much more!

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Holly has a Bachelor of science in Exercise Physiology and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She’s the author of the Women’s Health book Lift to Get Lean, and a regular contributor to Shape, Prevention, Women’s Health, SELF, BuzzFeed, and LIVESTRONG. With 30 years of experience in the field, Shape magazine named Holly a “Top Trainers to Follow”. She has worked with Karlie Kloss, Adrian Grenier, Howard Stern, Petra Ecclestone, Billy Crystal, Carole Radziwill, and even presidential candidate. 

Episode Highlights:

- How Holly got to where she is right now

- Where to start on your fitness journey

- The benefits of strength training

- How women should be eating and exercising different than men

- How to overcome gym intimidation

- & so much more!

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In this episode you'll learn all about Lucky Girl Syndrome, how it's different than toxic positivity, the science behind why it actually works and some affirmations to start practicing to experience LGS for yourself. 

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Suzanne Monroe is the Founder of The International Association of Wellness Professionals (IAWP) and Director of the Holistic Wellness Coach Certification and Training Program. After experiencing career burnout in conjunction with a familial health crisis, Suzanne had a wake-up moment that led her to discover her passion for holistic wellness and her purpose of helping others. Now, she aims to help people reawaken their purpose and find a career they love. She’s also the author of Live Well Dream Big: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming Your Best Self & Living Life On Your Own Terms and the podcast host of Live Well Dream Big.

Episode Highlights:

- Suzanne's transition from a corporate job to entrepreneurship 

- The line between chronic stress & burnout

- How to take risks and make room for new opportunities

- Where the future of career education is going

- & so much more!

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Dr. Juli Kramer is a certified qigong, meditation, and TCM beauty secrets instructor. She holds a diploma in Chinese Medicine Nutritional Therapy and multiple certificates in Chinese medicine and face reading. Juli also has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Counseling Psychology.

Episode Highlights:

- Concepts of qigong (pronounced “chi gong") and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

- How qigong can help to support and balance hormones and menstrual issues

- How our emotions impact our organ systems

- & so much more!

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Dr. Peter Kozlowski uses a broad array of tools to find the source of the body's dysfunction: he takes the time to listen to his patients and plots their history on a timeline, considering what makes them unique and co-creating with them a truly individualized care plan.

Episode Highlights:

- The connection between toxins and hormones

- What sort of toxins we encounter on a daily basis

- 7 common hormone imbalances in the human body

- Steps you can take right now to support your hormones and detox organs

- & so much more!

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Lori is a fitness trainer, yoga teacher and Corporate America Survivor. She noticed the same hustle culture burning high achievers out at work is rampant in the fitness industry. She authored the Goal Getting Journal and teaches Holistic Fitness classes to help high performers get their goals without burning out.

Episode Highlights:

- What is holistic fitness

- How detrimental the hustle culture is in fitness

- Why it's easier to hate ourselves into losing weight

- Micro habits

- Self love

- Body positivity

- & so much more!

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In this episode you'll learn my top 10 tips on how to finally balance your hormones this year!

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Faye is an Integrative Health Coach, women's health expert, and founder of Golden Holistic Wellness. She studied at the Institute for Integrative nutrition and helps women balance their hormones, heal their gut, and improve their mental health so they can feel energized, nourished, and aligned.

Episode Highlights:

- How stress impacts our gut health and hormones

- Gut health & mental health

- How the food we eat impacts our mental health

- How alcohol, caffeine and sugar impact our mental health, gut and hormones

- Tips for cravings

- The biggest reasons that are holding people back

- Small changes you can implement that will make a big impact in your health

- & so much more!

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Sarah is a certified and award-winning coach, writer, speaker and “shmealer” (a shame healer) whose life’s work is devoted to helping humans heal the guilt, shame, and experiences from the past that prevent them from moving forward and experiencing a greater and richer quality of life that’s possible.

Whether you’re here to improve your confidence, economics, self-esteem, relationships, success, health, intimacy, or overall wellbeing, Sarah believes that the quality of each can be strengthened based on the amount of personal history one is willing and ready to leave behind. At its core, her work is about helping you release what’s no longer serving you so you can finally move forward once and for all.

Episode Highlights:

- Difference between guilt & shame

- How guilt and shame manifests in the body

- Healing our inner child

- What to do if someone is not serving you

- Why some people feel unfulfilled when they finally achieve their dream job/career/life

- How to set boundaries

- & so much more!

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In this episode Alex talks with Caroline Sabbah. Caroline is a functional nutritionist and a functional medicine practitioner. She works as what she defines as a functional Womenologist with a focus on functional Womenology combining Functional Genomics (genetics/DNA) and Coaching for Women's Health and Well-Being from the inside out.

Episode Highlights:

- Difference between genetics, genomics & epigenetics

- Why genetic testing is important

- What our genes can reveal about ourselves

- What can impact our genes

- How our genes can impact our hormones, weight, performance, mental health, etc.

- & so much more!

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In this episode Alex talks with Jass Stupak. Jass is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner who specializes in bloating, parasites & anti-fungal cleansing.

Episode Highlights:

- Signs & symptoms of candida overgrowth

- Tests for candida & parasites 

- The candida diet 

- The relationship between candida & parasites

- Where to start

- Foods that fight candida overgrowth 

- & so much more!

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In this episode Alex talks with Caralyn Hale. Caralyn is a Registered Holistic Nutrition Practitioner and Acne Expert. As a holistic skin coach, she empowers her clients to clear acne by listening to their bodies and making tweaks to their lifestyle, skincare routine, supplement regime, and mindset and nutrition rituals.

Episode Highlights:

- Caralyn's personal health story recovering from acne

- Acne post birth control pill 

- Caralyn's thoughts on accutane

- Where to start

- Scars & hyperpigmentation

- & so much more!

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In this episode you'll learn about how to tune into your body and cycle sync your workouts to your menstrual cycle. 

Episode Highlights:

 - Infradian rhythm vs Circadian  rhythm

- Cycle syncing is for everyone

- Understanding the 4 phases

- When to do which types of workouts

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In this episode you'll learn about why your symptoms of fatigue and exhaustion may be low iron (aka iron deficiency anemia). 

Episode Highlights:

- What causes low iron

- Signs & symptoms 

- The best & worst supplements to take for iron

- Blood building herbs

- High iron foods

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In this episode of the Holistic Women's Health podcast, Alex talks with Christine Garvin. Christine is a Functional Health Coach based in Asheville, North Carolina. She weaves together her personal health journey – including a fibroid surgery that nearly killed her – with her training in functional health, nutrition, and hormones to help women heal their gut and achieve hormonal balance. She has been featured in Health, Shape, Parade Magazine, and MSN. She is the host of the podcast, Hormonally Speaking, works with clients all over the world, and offers group programs for gut healing and hormone health.

Episode Highlights:

- Christine's personal health story about a fibroid surgery that nearly killed her

- What uterine fibroids are 

- Who gets fibroids

- The difference between fibroids & cysts

- The emotional/mental/spiritual connection to fibroids

- DUTCH test for fibroids

- When to get surgery for fibroids 

- & more!

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