Ein Podcast rund um die Themen Menstruation, Weiblichkeit & Naturverbundenheit, Selbstermächtigung und Leben im eigenen Rhythmus für mehr Wohlbefinden & Selbstliebe.
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How can menstrual cycle awareness and conscious menopause enhance your health, creativity and leadership? That's the question we'll explore together in the Menstruality Podcast, brought to you by Red School, where we’re training the menstruality leaders of the future. Your host, Sophie Jane Hardy will be joined often by Red School’s founders, Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, as well as pioneering thought leaders, troublemakers and culture-shifters to discover how you can unashamedly ...
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Welcome to the Are You Menstrual Podcast with your host, Amanda, a women’s health dietitian. In this podcast, Amanda helps you navigate the confusing world of women’s hormones and teach you how to have healthy periods. Each week will be diving into a different topic on women’s health and sharing our perspective using nutrition, female physiology, and metabolic health. The goal is to help you wade through conflicting health information and empower you on your healing journey. We hope you enjo ...
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A podcast about my start up Ellani☔️ House Rules: 1) No Clapping, way too stimulating and what have we achieved? WorldPeace? Preservation of Life? Financial Freedom for all?Ending slavery Nope! So there’s real work to be done humanity. 2) THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY!: This straight up autonomy given to me from the Lord of the Worlds Who has complete sovereignty over everything! If you’re offended by words, I’m offended by lies, bloodshed, poop, DeMoCracy, feminism, all the isms, culture, black m ...
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181. The Spiritual Power of our Wombs and Menstrual Cycles (Usha Anandi)
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We live in a world where we so often feel that we need to live like men, work like men, and push ourselves like men in order to be valued. When the truth is that we are more-or-less twenty eight different women each month, and there is immense power and magic in this innate ebb and flow. As our guest today, Usha Anandi, the Founder of Womben Wellne…
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180. How Your Cycle Can Help You Realise Your 2025 Visions (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Happy New Year! Today we’re back with our first live episode of 2025, and we’re trying out something new and fun - we hope you love it: a ‘power card’ reading for the year to come. Our theme for today is how menstrual cycle awareness can help us all to tap into our visions and dreams for the coming year, and how the daily practice of checking in wi…
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179. How to Begin the Year, and Everything Else, with Cycle Awareness - Replay (Sjanie & Alexandra)
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As we enter 2025, we explore what menstrual cycle awareness can teach us about how to begin things well. This is an episode we recorded a couple of years ago, when we were each navigating a bumpy beginning to the year, and we used this as a lens to explore how the deep intelligence within the cycle is guides us through life’s highs and lows. Whethe…
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178. How to End the Year, and Everything Else, with Cycle Awareness - Replay (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Today we’re sharing a conversation we had a couple of years back at the close of the year and it’s all about what cycle awareness can teach us about all of life’s endings; the smaller, more surface level ones like the end of the year we have coming up, and the bigger more profound ones, like ending relationships, moving house, all the way to the de…
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177. How Inner Winter Awakens Feminine Leadership - Replay (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Today we’re sharing one of our most popular episodes from the archives - to tune into the outer winter here in the northern hemisphere… it’s all about how the inner winter of the menstrual cycle awakens feminine leadership… So the thing that originally inspired this conversation was that Sjanie’s period came very early the month before we spoke. Sh…
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176. Why We’re Taking a Sabbatical - and How You Can Too! (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Guided by the wisdom of deep rest at menstruation, Alexandra and Sjanie do a 'Big Bleed' retreat for Red School every year, a kind of short sabbatical. Even though Red School is a big eco-system, with a community of 1000s of people and a whole team taking care of many different pieces, they take the bold leadership move of pressing pause on it all,…
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175. How Chinese Medicine Can Support You in Perimenopause (Kris Gonzalez)
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In Chinese Medicine, life progresses in seven-year cycles for female bodies, and each of these phases correlates to one of the five elements; water, wood, fire, earth and metal. Today Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Kris Gonzalez describes what it means for us to move from the earth element in our 30s to the metal element in our 40s, and what this t…
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Dynamic Infant Movement For Baby Reflux with Emily Swann
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In this episode, we dive into part two of the baby reflux series with Emily Swann, a nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Emily shares her personal journey as a mom navigating silent reflux with her daughter and how it inspired her to integrate holistic practices like bodywork and nutrition into her approach to infa…
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174. The Future is Menstrual (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Today we’d love to invite you to dream with us for a moment… Imagine we could look ahead twenty years, to a world which fully honours the power and magic of the menstrual cycle and menopause… a world where the menstrual taboo has lifted fully, and the menstrual cycle is honoured as the sacred source of life for us humans. As you may well know, ther…
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173. Cycle Awareness and Ending Violence Against Women & Girls (Tamsin Fagan)
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Menstrual cycle awareness has the capacity to create meaningful change in all areas of life, and today we’re exploring an aspect of our collective human experience which isn’t talked about enough... In a couple of days, it will be the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and today our guest is Tamsin Fagan who has been d…
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Morgenflow für weniger PMS und mehr Gelassenheit
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Wie verbringe ich meinen Morgen, wenn ich gerade viel Stress habe und was hilft mir, wenn ich schon mit wirren Gedanken und einem unguten Gefühl aufwache? In dieser Folge teile ich mit euch meinen momentanen Morgenflow und welche kleinen Gewohnheiten bei mir für mehr innere Ruhe, entspannte Tage vor den Tagen und Ordnung im Kopf sorgen. (Aufnahme v…
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Getting To The Root Of Baby Reflux with Therese Dansby
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In today's episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with Therese Dansby, a registered nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). We dive deep into the world of infant reflux, discussing everything from symptoms and challenges to alternative therapies and personal experiences. Therese shared her wealth of knowledge on topi…
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172. How Cycle Awareness Grows Your Intuition (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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In a world that can overly prioritise the linear and rational, so many of us long to connect with and express our instinctive, intuitive knowing, and today we’re exploring how the practice of menstrual cycle awareness can help us to hone the art of intuitive living. Alexandra and Sjanie unpack how the first half of the cycle has an outer-focused th…
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Iodine Series Part 2: How To Use Iodine To Support Healing
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It’s time for part 2 of our iodine series. If you haven’t listened to the previous episode on what iodine does in the body, why it’s so important, and how to test your levels, I recommend starting there. Today I will be covering who iodine may be a good fit for, considerations when supplementing, and long term use of iodine. As always, this podcast…
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171. Mothering, Matrescence and Perimenopause (Amy Taylor Kabbaz)
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What do we do when we’re experiencing significant changes physically, emotionally and spiritually in the years running up to menopause, all we want to do is run far, far away, but we still have kids at home who need our care and support? This question is coming up a lot in our community and that’s why I’m so grateful to be talking with Matrescence …
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Iodine Series Part 1: Iodine Basics
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We are kicking off our iodine series and starting with our first episode on the basics of iodine, what it does, how we use it in the body, how it impacts women’s health, and then we will get into how to assess your iodine status. Next week, in part two, I will get into how to utilize iodine for support on your healing journey. As always, this podca…
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170. How the Five Phases of Menopause Transform your Relationships (Autumn Saunders)
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Through their decades of sitting with women and people undergoing the menopause initiation, Alexandra and Sjanie have seen that no part of your life remains untouched by menopause, including your relationships with your loved ones and community. Everything needs to undergo a shift, however subtle, as you move into a greater sense of authority with …
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In this episode, I am focusing on mineral shifts that happen during pregnancy, mineral needs that increase, as well as highlighting minerals that I often get asked about when it comes to pregnancy. As always, this episode is for educational purposes only. Please make sure you talk with your provider before making any changes. I cover: Natural fluct…
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169. How we Become a Force of Nature in Menopause (Dr Danielle Arabena)
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Menopause, and the years running up to it, can be a time of real challenge and transformation. Without wise guidance and a framework to understand what’s happening, we can be left feeling lost, alone and crazy. Luckily, there are those who can serve as guides, like our guest today, Dr Danielle Arabena, who brings her extensive experience as a medic…
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In this episode I’m going to talk about business and motherhood, which is something I talk about in my stories sometimes and have gotten a lot of requests for a full podcast episode with thoughts. I have so many thoughts, so I’m going to try to keep this organized and easy to listen to. Here’s what I plan to cover: My outlook on choosing to have a …
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168. How Conscious Menopause Can Change the World (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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It’s world menopause month, and we’re continuing the menopause conversation we began two weeks ago, where we explored how to navigate the dark night of the soul of the menopause process (it’s episode 166), and we’re continuing by looking at the powers that the menopause initiation can awaken in us, if we refuse to abandon ourselves during this betr…
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How To Get Started Supporting Your Minerals
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In today's episode, we're diving deep into the intricate world of mineral balance and its pivotal role in women's health. I explore how factors like diet, stress, and lifestyle impact our body's crucial "spark plugs" (minerals) which in turn affect our digestion, hormones, and overall well-being. I also share simple, sustainable lifestyle changes t…
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167. How to Mother Ourselves Through Menopause (Chameli Gad)
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Today on the podcast we’re exploring how menopause can be an initiation into greater self-love, self-compassion and self-mothering. This is our third conversation with Chameli Gad, the founder of Awakening Women. Each year she’s come back here to generously share her menopause process, which unfolded throughout the pandemic and included the death o…
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Mastering Menopause with Maria and Kristin
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In this episode, I welcome back Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps from Wise and Well, their women’s health and hormone education practice, to dive deep into the complexities of menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and the modern health challenges women face. Kristin Johnson, JD, BCHN FNTP is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition through the …
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166. How to Navigate the Menopause Dark Night of The Soul (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Many of us are turning up at menopause stressed, exhausted, overworked and under-nourished, often managing multiple care and work roles simultaneously. And then we hit the “death” moment of the menopause initiatory death and rebirth process. The challenges of the menopause initiation can often be compounded by key relationships ending, bereavement,…
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165. How to Make the World Love Periods (Jane Bennett)
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What do you do when you’ve discovered the incredible power of menstrual cycle awareness, and you’re keen to share it with your loved ones, colleagues and community, but whenever you try to talk about it, you receive reactions that range from disinterest to disgust? The truth is that menstrual shame is real, it is pervasive and overcoming it is a ke…
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164. How Cycle Awareness Helps Us to Follow Our Callings (Grace Winteringham)
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Menstrual Cycle Awareness gives us a direct line to our deep selves, to what we’re here for and what we most deeply love. As Alexandra and Sjanie say in Wild Power: “The journey to realizing your Calling, or purpose, is made possible by the process of initiation, which is encoded in your menstrual cycle. Initiatory change happens through the archet…
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163. How to Show Up For Big Things on Day One of Your Cycle (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Have you ever had to show up in a big way on day one of your cycle and felt exposed, then - like me - totally exhausted afterwards? Today we’re exploring how menstrual cycle awareness can help you step up when you’re on your period; whether you have to do a big presentation at work, a speech at your best friend’s wedding, host a PTA meeting, or be …
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162. The Connection Between Food and Menstrual Cycle Health (Lisa Hendrickson-Jack)
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Are you (or your friends or the people you work with) struggling with menstrual health challenges like irregular cycles, spotting or heavy bleeding, menstrual pain, PCOS and intense mood changes in the premenstrual phase? Would you love to understand how you could work with food and dietary shifts to create menstrual health? Our guest today is Lisa…
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161. The Power of Premenstrual Truth Telling (Maya Luna)
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Have you ever noticed that your intuitive sense of knowing is heightened when you are premenstrual? Today we’re exploring the radical honesty that can be invoked in inner autumn, asking the question: what if our unadulterated, fierce, premenstrual truth speaking is actually exactly the medicine our world needs at this time? My guest is Maya Luna, a…
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160. What Black Cyclical Wisdom can Teach us About Hope, Peace and Belonging (Dr Cre Dye)
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Today we’re exploring Black cyclical wisdom through the lens of the life story of an extraordinary woman who left a profound legacy of cyclical heart and body intelligence, with Dr Cre Dye, who serves as the Menstruality Justice and Inclusion Educator at Red School. Dr. Cre has served her local, national, and international communities with heart, m…
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159. How to Meet the Challenges of Inner Summer (Q+A with Alexandra & Sjanie)
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How do you feel about inner summer, or the ovulatory phase of the cycle? For many in our community, it’s the easiest and most joyful part of the cycle, but many also find it to be challenging and confronting. Today Alexandra and Sjnaie respond to your questions about inner summer and ovulation, including; how to approach physical symptoms around ov…
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158. How Yoni Mapping Can Support Your Cycle Awareness Practice (Jules Alma)
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For a decade, our guest, birth doula, menstrual coach Jules Alma has been mapping her Yoni. It’s soothed and regulated her nervous system, healed her pain during sex and brings her back to her centre. She even uses it after she has attended a birth to regulate after all the beauty and intensity of the experience. Yoni is the sanskrit word referring…
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157. How to do a Big Bleed Retreat (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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As you may know, we often talk about the amazing powers available to us when we’re able to rest at menstruation. But in a world that likes to see us active 24/7, how do we create the time and space to truly fulfill this glorious potential? Well, Alexandra and Sjanie have a remedy they call The Big Bleed. Essentially, this means giving yourself a on…
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156. How we Practice Cycle Awareness as a Couple (Lucy Peach and Richard Berney)
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How can you practice cycle awareness in your relationship? We get asked this question all the time, so we’re especially grateful to our guests today, Lucy Peach and Richard Berney for being willing to invite us right into the heart of their cycle-aware relationship. Lucy Peach is a period preacher, author, and folksinger. She’s a graduate of our Me…
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In this episode, I am joined by Taylor Goldberg to discuss all things hypermobility. This is a diagnosis that I have seen in an increasing number of clients, so I’m excited to have Taylor on and educate more on the topic. We previously discussed hypermobility in the two MCAS episodes with Michelle Shapiro. I’ll link them below! Taylor is a Chiropra…
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155. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Healing Pelvic Pain (Dr Peta Wright)
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24% of women and people who bleed in the UK suffer from chronic pelvic pain, it’s 1 in 5 in Australia where our guest today, gynecologist Dr Peta Wright lives and works. Dr Peta wrote her book Healing Pelvic Pain: transforming the trauma of period pain, endometriosis and chronic pelvic distress to explore a wide range of treatments which often aren…
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In this episode, I’m answering a common question I get from this community and that is how can we prepare our bodies for perimenopause and beyond. I’ll be breaking down how to figure out when your transition may start and what areas you want to consider focusing on. As always, I’m a dietitian but I’m not your dietitian. Please discuss any changes y…
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154. From PMDD to Power and Ending Menstrual Suffering (Kate Shepherd Cohen)
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For many of us, the inner autumn can be a provocative, messy and painful part of the menstrual cycle, where old traumas and wounds can surface, and for some this becomes deeply debilitating and disruptive. Our guest today, Menstrual Cycle Support founder Kate Shepherd Cohen, shares generously about her personal experience of PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dys…
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MCAS, POTS, & Hypermobility Part 2 with Michelle Shapiro, RD
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We are back with part two with Michelle Shapiro! After our initial discussion in the last episode about how these conditions relate to one another, today we are diving into conventional treatments and functional approaches for MCAS, POTS, and hypermobility. Michelle and I discuss why jumping straight to restrictive diets might not be the best long-…
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153. What Could Your Menstruality Career Look Like? (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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Speaking about the menstrual cycle and menopause is becoming less and less taboo. You can see it everywhere you look; Instagram is wonderfully full of women teaching cycle tracking for health and fertility. Our recent podcast guest Dr Lara Owen is busy co-creating international menstrual and workplace policies. You can buy menstrual cups in superma…
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MCAS, POTS, & Hypermobility Part 1 with Michelle Shapiro, RD
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Today, Michelle Shapiro joins me again for another episode! Michelle is an integrative and functional registered dietitian who has helped over 1,000 clients reverse their anxiety, heal longstanding gut issues and immune issues, and approach their weight in a loving way. Together, we discuss the complex world of long Covid, mast cell activation synd…
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152. Menstruation and Menopause in the Workplace (Dr Lara Owen)
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Today we’re delighted to welcome one of the original menstruality trailblazers, Dr Lara Owen back to the podcast. We’re exploring a topic which comes up regularly in the Red School community - how to practice menstrual cycle awareness and conscious menopause at work, and how to create workplaces which honour our cyclical needs, particularly during …
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In this episode, I’m going through some of the most helpful areas to focus on for an enjoyable postpartum season with your new baby. Before I dig in, I want to acknowledge that there are many times when things happen that make our postpartum experience less enjoyable that are completely out of our control. I also think we can recover and heal from …
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151. Cyclical Wisdom for Heartbreak, Devastation and Rebirth (Sara Avant Stover)
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In February 2016 our guest today, author and teacher Sara Avant Stover was coming out of a season of intense creativity and output and was preparing to enter into a cycle of rest and recovery, when one evening she received shattering news. Her former fiance came home one evening and confessed that he had been cheating on her, with many people, for …
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In this episode, I am sharing my second daughter, Amaia’s birth story. I will also be answering questions this community submitted on IG! This is my birth experience and I will say, I had a beautiful birth at home, it could not have gone better. My first birth was very painful, I thought about giving up multiple times, and had a lot of fear in the …
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150. The Inner Autumn Powers that Awaken in our 40s (Alexandra & Sjanie)
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As with your early years of cycling, your later years of cycling are a transitional time. Your 20s and 30s are all about discovering your rhythm and firming up your sense of self. But from your 40s onwards, the focus begins to shift. Subtly, you start to feel that you're stepping up to a bigger game. It's as though the clock on your life is now tic…
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In this episode, I am sharing my career's journey from traditional dietetics to specializing in women's health, as well as how my own health challenges sparked a passion for holistic approaches. I discuss how I am choosing to balance life as an entrepreneur, mother, and my social media presence, along with my favorite lab tests and my favorite reso…
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149. How to Move from Toxic Productivity to Honouring your Natural Rhythms (Tamu Thomas)
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Do you catch yourself measuring your worth by how much you do, and how much what you do benefits others? If you do, you’re not alone. And, as our guest today, Tamu Thomas, says - it’s not your fault. In her groundbreaking new book, Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity, Tamu challenges the societal norms that glorify relentles…
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In this episode, I am going to break down our 1:1 healing framework and dig into what we think are the most important areas to focus on when healing and what we specifically do with our 1:1 clients. As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. I am a dietitian but I’m not your dietitian, so please make sure you discuss any changes wi…
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