Today I’m talking to Nicole Jardim, a Certified Women’s Health Coach, aka The Period Girl. Nicole and I discuss amenorrhea — the absence of menstruation and some of the possible causes, hormone testing, nutrition and lifestyle changes to help promote ovulation and regulate your period.
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What we discussed:
- How Nicole’s own period and birth control experience led her to become the Period Girl
- What is amenorrhea and some of the possible causes
- The effects of internal and external stress on your menstrual cycle
- Why getting enough calories and nutrition is key for menstrual health
- Which hormones you’re going to want to get tested if you have amenorrhea
- Diet and lifestyle changes that will support ovulation and help your period return
- Aligning with the moon cycle to promote regularity
- How exercise helps and hinders our hormonal health
- Your period and key supplements after hormonal birth control
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Resources mentioned in this episode:
The effect of antibiotics on your period
Episode 21 – What does a normal period look like with Dr Lara Briden
Seed cycling
f.lux
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