I'm so excited to welcome Sally Fallon-Morell to the Fertility Friday Podcast today! Sally is the founding President of the Weston Price Foundation. She is a strong advocate of nutrition and is the leading spokesperson for a return to nutrient-dense diets including raw milk, animal fats, organ meats, bone broths and lacto-fermented foods. Sally is the author of the best-selling cookbook Nourishing Traditions and The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care among others.
One of the important takeaways from this interview and all of Sally's work is that animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease, and optimum energy levels. Sally has been working tirelessly for many years to raise awareness about the importance of nutrition in overall health, fertility, and how important a role that nutrition plays in having healthy babies and a healthy pregnancy. Listen in to learn about what traditional cultures do to ensure that their babies are healthy, and what foods will improve your fertility and help you to have a healthy, happy, thriving baby!
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Connect with Sally!
You can connect with Sally on the Weston A Price Foundation website, on her own website New Trends Publishing, you can also connect with Sally on Facebook and Twitter.
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Amy has a unique background in traditional medicine and alternative health. She is a certified Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner and a practitioner of the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy. Amy has also completed the Access Intuition training with renowned channeler and Medical Intuitive Lori Wilson, as well as taken courses in therapeutic nutrition and supplements. Amy's background in traditional medicine and alternative health allows her to support her clients wherever they are on their journey. Amy and her sister Kim are the Red Tent Sisters. The Red Tent Sisters are based out of Toronto and the sisters have been working tirelessly for many years now to provide holistic solutions for women in the areas of natural birth control, pregnancy preparation and fertility support, sexuality and much more!
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Connect with Amy!
You can connect with Amy on her website redtentsisters.com via email: amy@redtentsisters.com, on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and you can listen to her Podcast here!
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Dr. Lara Briden is a Naturopathic Doctor who specializes in the area of hormonal health. She practices at the Sensible-Alternative Hormone Clinic in Sydney Australia. She is the founder of larabriden.com and her blog provides a wealth of information on topics including hormonal health, the birth control pill, PCOS, thyroid health, and period related health concerns. Dr. Briden studied Evolutionary Biology at the University of Calgary and went on to graduate from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). Her love of science and the natural world has informed the way that she practices medicine. In her own words:
The body wants to be healthy. So often, the best thing that we can do for health is to remove the obstacles that get in its way. - Dr. Lara Briden
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You can connect with Dr. Briden on her website larabriden.com, via email: lara@larabriden.com and on Facebook and Twitter:
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Jennifer is the CEO and co-founder of Groove, an awesome charting app for women to record their fertile signs if they’re using fertility awareness or if they just want to keep track of their monthly periods. Jennifer studied mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. She is a pioneer in the field of women’s health and quit her job as an engineer to pursue her vision. She is passionate about the intersection of healthcare and technology and is devoted to transforming the status quo. Not only did she create the awesome Groove charting app but she also wrote an e-book entitled The Cycle. The Cycle is a fantastic resource for anyone who is considering or already using the fertility awareness method, and we delve into her book in today’s episode!
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Connect with Jennifer!
You can connect with Jennifer on her website jenniferaldoretta.com, on the Groove website readytogroove.com, via email: howdy@readytogrove.com and on Facebook and Twitter:
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Allison is a Fertility Awareness Educator who has trained with Justisse Healthworks for Women to be a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner (HRHP). She has her Masters of Applied Science in the area of Sexual Health, and she has a passion for sexual health, fertility, and education in these areas!
In today's episode, we talk about how to use the Fertility Awareness Method when you're trying to conceive. We talk about the most important fertility sign to watch for, how to know when you ovulate, how to check for cervical mucus, and much more. You can listen to it here:
Connect with Allison!
Connect with Allison on her website: allisonmacbeth.com, and on Facebook and Twitter!
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Hannah has a passion for teaching women to interpret their fertile signs. She is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator who trained with Grace of the Moon, she has a wealth of knowledge in the field of Fertility Awareness and hormone health, and I am happy to have her on the show today!
In today's episode, we talk about using the Fertility Awareness Method to prevent pregnancy and how the Fertility Awareness Method can be used in conjunction with other forms of non-hormonal birth control methods such as condoms, withdrawal, and the diaphragm among others. We discuss how the Fertility Awareness Method can be the perfect birth control option for control freaks, and how being able to identify your fertile window can put the control back into your hands!
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Connect with Hannah!
You can connect with Hannah on her website: holistichormonalhealth.com on Facebook, and on Twitter:
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Rose is a Fertility Awareness Educator and a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner (HRHP) who has trained and specialized in the Justisse Method of cycle charting, and who has been charting her own cycles and teaching women how to chart their cycles for 16 years now. Justisse HRHPs are trained to identify and manage a broad spectrum of cycle variations and reproductive health problems that can be identified once a woman begins charting her cycles with the fertility awareness method.
If you didn't catch episode 2 of the Fertility Friday Podcast with Rose you can find it here. In episode 2 Rose and I did an intro to Fertility Awareness Method cycle charting.
In today's episode, we talk about how Fertility Awareness cycle charting is a window into your overall health. What to do if your cycles don't match the "perfect" charts you may have read about, how cycle irregularities may be an indication of certain health issues or hormonal imbalances, and some of the ways to address these issues if they come up once you start charting. You can listen to today's episode here:
Connect with Rose!
Get your free session with Rose here: http://goo.gl/forms/LwaT9Bxb1O
Connect with Rose on her website: betterovulatethannever.com, and on Facebook and Twitter!
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Rose is a Fertility Awareness Educator and a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner (HRHP) who has trained and specialized in the Justisse Method of cycle charting, and who has been charting her own cycles and teaching women how to chart their cycles for 16 years now. Justisse HRHPs are trained to identify and manage a broad spectrum of cycle variations and reproductive health problems that can be identified once a woman begins charting her cycles with the fertility awareness method.
Rose was one of my teachers when I first started learning to chart my cycles over 10 years ago and she was a huge inspiration to me along the way. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of Fertility Awareness, and in today's episode, we talk about the basics of charting your cycles using the Fertility Awareness Method. You can listen to today's episode here:
Make sure to check out the next episode that Rose and I recorded! In episode 3 we discussed how to identify menstrual irregularities through Fertility Awareness charting and some of the special charting considerations that come up when you start charting your cycles. You can find it here.
Connect with Rose!
Get your free session with Rose here: http://goo.gl/forms/LwaT9Bxb1O
Connect with Rose on her website: betterovulatethannever.com, on Facebook and Twitter!
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In part two of the first episode of the Fertility Friday Podcast, I discuss some of the most common myths and facts about the Fertility Awareness Method and fertility in general. You can listen to it here:
If you haven't had a chance to listen to part 1 you can find the show notes for part one here.
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It's here! The first episode of the Fertility Friday podcast has officially been released! You can listen to it here:
I decided to record the introduction in two parts, below are the show notes for part one and you can find the show notes for part two here.
Since this is the first episode I spend some time talking about my background in the area of fertility awareness and talking about the basics of how and why the Fertility Awareness Method works. In future episodes, I will be interviewing special guests who specialize in health and wellness often with a specialization in women's health, fertility and fertility awareness cycle charting.
Why start a podcast?
I have been actively using the fertility awareness method for over a decade now, and I have spent many years teaching women how to chart their cycles and interpret their fertile signs. The Fertility Awareness Method is an extremely effective method of birth control that is based on understanding that women are only fertile for a short window each cycle. Using the Fertility Awareness Method for birth control involves learning to identify your fertile window and then either using a barrier method (like a condom), abstaining from sexual contact, or engaging in sex that doesn't involve genital contact during that time.
After being taught from a young age that women are fertile all the time and that there are no "safe times" to have unprotected sex without having to worry about getting pregnant, I was surprised to learn that women are only fertile for a relatively short window each cycle that can be pinpointed by observing the 3 fertile signs (cervical mucus, shift in cervical position and basal body temperature). I discovered the fertility awareness method right around the time when I decided to stop taking the pill. I learned how to identify the days that I was fertile and the days that I wasn't, and I was able to use this knowledge to prevent pregnancy naturally and effectively without hormones.
From what I see, the myth that women are continuously fertile feeds right into the hormonal birth control industry. Hormonal birth control methods like the pill, the patch, the shot (depo), the NuvaRing, and the implant (Norplant) provide protection from pregnancy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Which is an important option to have, but I have to wonder if as many women would choose it if they knew that they are only fertile for about a week or so each cycle.
This is why I'm so passionate about this topic and so excited to share these conversations through podcasting! Regardless of what you do with the knowledge of how your body works, every woman should at least have the opportunity to learn how her fertility actually works. Our bodies are amazing!
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