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Now displaying: February, 2021
Feb 26, 2021

Dani Sheriff is an Australian-Born, Austin based digital  illustrator, YouTuber and podcaster. She is the host of The Hypothalamic  Amenorrhea Podcast and founder of The HA Society – a podcast and online community for women who care about getting their periods. Her mission is to free up mental space for people who are caught up  in the diet-hard mindset so that they can do their life's greatest work.

In today’s episode we talk about some of the most common myths about HA (i.e. that it can only happen to women who are really skinny) and much more!

Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship Program!  We start the first week of March! For details and to apply now Click here to register now!

Topics discussed in today's episode:
  • Dani’s period history and birth control use
  • Dani’s personal diagnosis and experience with HA
  • Dani’s experience with telling her doctors about her missed periods
  • The effects of HA on ovulation and progesterone
  • Differences between women with PCOS and HA
  • Dani’s discovery between weight and HA
  • How all women’s bodies differ when it comes to weight loss and the effect on their menstrual cycle
  • The quality of food is more important than the amount of calories you consume
  • How the emotional component of HA is harder to correct than the diet
  • Advice for women who have extreme distortion of their body image

Connect with Dani:

You can connect with Dani on Instagram and on her website.

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Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!

Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors:

Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs

This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!

The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook

This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.

Feb 19, 2021

Women are not small men! Today I dive into the important topic: Decoding the MALE health influencer space! From intermittent fasting to magical “diets,” I’m diving into the controversy and sharing why your menstrual cycle should be your guide to navigating what’s right for YOU! I also get into why, from a professional standpoint, the menstrual cycle can be an integral part of helping your clients navigate this space.

Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship Program!  We start the first week of March! For details and to apply now Click here to register now!

Topics discussed in today's episode:
  • What inspired Lisa for decoding the male influencer space       

  • How men and women are different in their hormonal profiles

  • How we use the menstrual cycle as the great equalizer

  • Diet trends in today’s world and how they differ for men and women

  • What is intermittent fasting

  • How intermittent fasting can disrupt the menstrual cycle

  • What works best for women of reproductive age who want their cycles and hormones balanced

  • Signs that Intermittent Fasting may not be best for your body

  • Lisa’s belief there isn’t one type of diet for everyone for every point of their life

  • What women of reproductive age need may be different than the male influencer in the health space you are following

  • How looking at your chart will show if the diet you are following is working for you or not

  • How supplements are like diets and that no supplement will be made for every individual

  • How the cycle and charting over time can be useful from a practitioner perspective

Connect with Lisa:

You can connect with Lisa on FacebookTwitter, and on her website.

Resources mentioned:

Related podcasts & blog posts:

Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!

Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors:

Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs

This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!

The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook

This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.

Feb 12, 2021

Nora Pope is a Fertility Awareness advocate and looks forward to the day when all women attain fertility literacy and know when they are fertile. In 2020, Nora Pope co-founded Fertility Continuing Education, an organization that creates accredited post-graduate courses in the fields of fertility awareness, restorative fertility treatment and perinatal care for healthcare professionals.

Her publications include naturopathic treatments for epilepsy (Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Epilepsy), neurology, perinatal care, how to collaborate with other health care professionals, and cycle charting for several Naturopathic (“Day 21 No More: how to chart your cycle for the properly timed use of Progesterone HRT”, NDNR) and Midwifery publications Midwifery Today.)

She is a popular public speaker and, since 2003, Nora has been educating physicians, midwives, pharmacists, and health experts on the scientific use of natural medicines. At professional healthcare conferences, she has presented on drug-herb interactions, epilepsy, pregnancy, bio-identical progesterone HRT and fertility cycle charting.

And in today’s episode we talk about using the menstrual cycle as a vital sign for medical testing and much more!

If you’re wanting to learn even more, join us on Wednesday February 17th for a LIVE class all about incorporating fertility awareness into your professional practice! Follow this link to register today!

Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship Program!  We start the first week of March! For details and to apply now Click here to register now!

Topics discussed in today's episode:
  • What Nora is doing now in her career and what brought her to focus on combining charting with clinical practice

  • Challenges on teaching charting and fertility awareness for a medical professional

  • Nora’s charting and fertility awareness training experience and the benefits

  • How the additional part of Nora’s training changed her medical practice

  • How does charting help to identify progesterone issues or hormonal imbalances

  • Suggestions on how to get your progesterone levels back to normal

  • Ways to support the body to produce healthier follicles using the naturopathic approach

  • Different phases of the menstrual cycle using the acupuncture method

  • How epilepsy is related to the cycle

  • Importance of charting with a certified charting specialist

  • Importance of normal levels of progesterone

Connect with Nora:

You can connect with Nora on FacebookTwitter, Instagram and on her website.

Resources mentioned:

Related podcasts & blog posts:

 

Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!

Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors:

Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs

This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!

The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook

This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.

Feb 5, 2021

If you’re a women’s health professional and you’ve ever wondered how to incorporate fertility awareness into your practice, you’ll love today’s episode! Discover the most common challenges and misconceptions about adding fertility awareness charting support to your professional practice.

If you’re wanting to learn even more, join us on Wednesday February 17th for a LIVE class all about incorporating fertility awareness into your professional practice! Follow this link to register today!

Today’s episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship Program!  We start the first week of March! For details and to apply now Click here to register now!

Topics discussed in today's episode:
  • Challenges involved in incorporating Fertility Awareness Charting to your existing practice

  • There are very few programs designed for professionals to become knowledgeable on FAM charting

  • The time commitment to learning a new area of expertise

  • How healthcare professionals overestimate their ability to teach their clients in their practice

  • The amount of different charting methodologies, apps, resources and practices

  • The myth that there is only one Fertility Awareness Method

  • How having multiple ways to chart is a challenge for health care providers to interpret women’s cycles

  • Cervical mucus is one of the most challenging signs

  • Standardizing how women take their Basil Body temperature

  • How taking a person’s chart out of context can lead to jumping to conclusions

  • How important it is in understanding the Fifth Vital Sign

Connect with Lisa :

You can connect with Lisa on FacebookTwitter, and on her website.

Resources mentioned:

Related podcasts & blog posts:

Join the community! Find us in the Fertility Friday Facebook Group. Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts!

Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors:

Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs

This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now!

The Fertility Awareness Charting Workbook

This episode is sponsored by my new book the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting. Click here to buy now.

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