Womb Led Woman Podcast

If you're raising a child who will menstruate someday or is currently menstruating, this one's for you! It can be scary when they start asking you questions about their bodies that you yourself didn't get many answers to when you were there age. That's why Megan created Body Talk Basics, an amazing community of women on Instagram @bodytalkbasics where she talks a lot about our bodies and how to support girls as they grow up, as well as her online course for moms and daughters to take together that is all about puberty and body development.  We discuss: Megan's time as a middle school teacher and what inspired her to create this online course for mothers and daughters What she saw was lacking in terms of health education for girls in middle school When is it appropriate to start talking to your daughter about periods? How can we prepare and support our daughter for when she has her first bleed? What to do if your teen is not wanting to talk to you about periods or health Demystifying teen emotions and hormones How to help your teen make good nutritional choices even when you're not around Connect with Megan: Get the course: https://www.bodytalkbasics.com/ Join the community: @bodytalkbasics Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

Ashley Edith is on a mission to normalize womb wisdom and yoni steaming. Her path in this lifestyle started because she suffered painful and debilitating periods that left her fainting, nauseous and calling in sick frequently. Her path to healing eventually led her to a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor, who opened up her eyes to natural, holistic healing. She now helps other women heal through yoni steaming and offline and online gatherings. We discuss: Her path from a high-paying corporate job and being known as the "office witch", to naturally healing her chronic illnesses and getting certified in yoni steaming How she is raising her 2 year old daughter, with womb wisdom  How does she plan to introduce her daughter to steaming and celebrate her first bleed? What is yoni steaming and what are the benefits? The fascinating connection between the womb and the throat/jaw Practices you can do to open up the throat and relax the yoni The connection between the womb and the colon Ashley's favorite way to clear her colon to support her womb health Embodiment looks different for everyone Why it's important for women to gather Connect with Ashley: Instagram: @steamaqueen Guides and women's circles: https://linktr.ee/steamaqueen Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

A missing period is not normal. It is an indication of an underlying issue, and a condition that affects your long term health. And despite what your doctor may have told you, the root cause is definitely NOT fixed by taking birth control! Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, which is when your period goes missing for several months, IS something that can be treated with diet and lifestyle changes (even if you're a professional athlete!) Lindsey Lusson is Registered Dietitian who specializes in disordered eating and infertility. You might know her as food.freedom.fertility on IG, where she educates about Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) or period loss related to over exercise and under eating. She has helped over 100 women recover natural cycles, get pregnant, and heal their relationship with food and exercise along the way. We discuss: Lindsey's personal journey with period loss, recovery, and three healthy pregnancies! What is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea What are the signs and symptoms of HA (besides a missing period) How the diets we've been led to believe are "healthy" (like Keto, Intermittent Fasting, Vegan/Vegetarian, Low Carb, Low Fat, etc.) are actually not healthy for women and can lead to HA and lack of ovulation Why taking birth control doesn't actually solve HA or bring back a missing period Why it's so important for your health to get your period every month Is HA always only associated with being too thin, or can you be overweight with HA? What are the long term health consequences from missing your period and not producing enough hormones How to know if you're eating enough Is it possible to be a professional athlete and still maintain a healthy period? How to deal with constant, obsessive thoughts around food and healthy eating Connect with Lindsey: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility Food Freedom Fertility Podcast: HA Recovery and Beyond Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

Oftentimes the pushback I hear about the Fertility Awareness Method is that it's unrealistic because you have to remain abstinent during the days you are fertile if you want to avoid pregnancy. But that doesn't have to mean NO sex or orgasms! There are plenty of fun, safe, orgasmic activities you can do by yourself or with your partner during your fertile window to avoid pregnancy and still experience lots of pleasure. To talk about what these are, I brought on Cat Lygate, Sex & Pleasure Educator, Female Empowerment Coach, and Founder of UnGIRL. UnGIRL is an amazing platform on Instagram (over 59K!) that educates everyone about sex and pleasure in an inclusive, empowering way. There's also a blog, workshops, and courses on her website. We discuss: Non-penetrative (aka no sperm in the vagina) sex activities you can do during your fertile window to have fun without the fear! Sex toys and tips for beginners How to start a conversation with your partner about wanting to try new things in the bedroom Our thoughts on guys who refuse to wear condoms or take any part in pregnancy prevention Connect with Cat: Instagram Website Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

The average woman is exposed to 168 unique chemicals a day, from every day products like cosmetics, perfume, personal care products, cleaning products, what's in our food and water, and more. Several of these chemicals are known carcinogens, and many of them have never actually been tested for safety in humans. And we wonder why so many women AND men struggle with infertility and hormone imbalance issues, and other chronic diseases? These chemicals we're exposed to daily have a major impact. But our bodies are resilient and there ARE things we can do to reduce our toxic load. That's why I brought on Nika Lawrie, a Multi-Certified Functional and Integrative Nutrition Practitioner, a Consumer Health and Sustainability Consultant specializing in Environmental Toxins, and CEO of Moringa Health + Wellness, LLC a 360° fully immersive brand designed to help support, educate, and counsel women preparing for pregnancy, pregnant, and post-pregnancy mothers to feel great while raising healthy and environmentally conscious children from day one. We discuss: Mind blowing facts and statistics about toxins in our every day products What does the "generally regarded as safe" label actually mean? How companies get away with hiding a ton of chemicals in our food and products How these toxins disrupt the function of our hormones and lead to things like infertility and fibroids What are some initial steps we can take to start to reduce our exposure to these toxins? Tools and resources you can use to find clean products Resources Mentioned: Yuka- Food and Cosmetic Scanner Think Dirty app Environmental Working Group Healthy Living App Toxin free condoms Connect with Nika: www.nikalawrie.com Clean products shop Conscious Living Podcast Instagram Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

What does inability to lose weight, struggling to get pregnant, PMS/period pain, and lack of motivation around exercise all have in common? You're not working out in a way that supports your physiology as a woman! The way we've been brought up to lose weight, gain weight, maintain weight, and work out all supports the MALE body and has been applied to us as "small men." But we're not small men. Our hormones and metabolism changes throughout the phases of our menstrual cycle, and if you're not adapting your movement to support each phase, it leads to the problems mentioned above. So I brought on Laura Torbett, the Creator of the Lunae Collective, a roadmap of phasic workouts for menstruators. Laura is a movement enthusiast whose mission supports women from menarche to menopause with cycle-friendly movement practices.  We discuss: The benefits of cycle syncing your exercise The science behind how syncing your movement with your cycle helps reduce PMS and period pain Can it help you lose weight? Why most of what we've been taught about exercise (and working out fasted!) is SO wrong for the female body How to workout for each phase of your cycle and how to fuel yourself Why workouts over 30min can lead to weight GAIN for women How to prep and take care of your body for longer workouts More about Lunae Collective to take the guess work out of working out with your cycle! Connect with Laura: Explore the Lunae roadmap of workouts by signing up for a free trial of the monthly membership, and as a listener of the Wombology podcast, your first month is on us! Enter offer code WOMBOLOGY at checkout to get an additional 30 days on top of your 14-day free trial. Choose from a variety of movement modalities including yoga, resistance training, barre, pilates, HIIT, and cardio with beginner and low impact options available to meet you wherever you are on the journey to your health and fitness goals. Website Instagram Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

When it comes to preventing pregnancy and releasing undesired pregnancies, we have more options than we've been led to believe. Options that have been erased by the patriarchy but that our matriarchal ancestors knew well. In this conversation, we offer these other options of how you can have agency over your own body regardless of what the government decides, or what your doctor tells you is the only way. We're talking about radical body literacy, and employing herbal allies to aid in the prevention and release of pregnancy. Qiddist Ashe is a medicine woman and female health educator who holds space for transformation as we cultivate the inner and outer resources we need to live fully in our power. She is the founder and creatrix of The Womb Room, an online community for female health & spiritual sovereignty. Informed by her maternal lineage of Ethiopian midwives and her own work in authentic midwifery, functional health, herbalism, somatics, and spiritual sovereignty, Qiddist merges the science and the spirit of female health, orienting to all the ways we can reclaim agency and responsibility for our bodies and our lives. We discuss: What sovereignty means in regards to our wombs and bodies The difference between true reproductive freedom/choice, and the artificial freedom we've been supposedly "given" by authorities The differences between how hormonal contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, and plant allies work in the body to prevent pregnancy The difference between implantation and conception: you don't get pregnant immediately once sperm fertilizes an egg You got sperm in your vagina..you don't want to be pregnant..what do you do? An example protocol with herbal allies The importance of cultivating a relationship with herbs rather than "taking" them like a pill, and how to do this Initial steps you can take to cultivate reproductive sovereignty Resources Mentioned: Lindsay's episode about Fertility Awareness Method Robin Rose Bennette: Queen Anne's Lace (also known as Wild Carrot) Molly Dutton Kenney Herb Farm Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) tincture Work with Qiddist: Instagram The Womb Room Membership Sovereign Womban Year-Long Container application Sovereign Cycles 10 Week Program for Practitioners Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

Cycle Syncing is the practice of tailoring your nutrition, fitness, lifestyle to the four phases of your menstrual cycle. Why would you do that? It helps reduce symptoms of PMS and period pain, improves your overall quality of life, improves your productivity and energy, and helps strengthen your communication and intimacy with those around you..just to name a few benefits! I brought on Nicole Bendayan, Cycle Syncing Nutritionist and Menstrual Health Educator to break down cycle syncing for us. We cover: What exactly is cycle syncing and the benefits? What happens when you DON'T align your life with your cycle? Who is cycle syncing for..can you do it if you're on birth control, or if you have PCOS, irregular cycles, or amenorrhea?  What are the four phases of the menstrual cycle and what's going on hormonally in each phase What are the five different types of PMS Nutrition tips for each phase to help reduce PMS and period pain Tips of easing into cycle syncing so it's not overwhelming Connect with Nicole: Instagram TikTok The Sync Society Academy Sync'd Supplements Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

I know, we usually talk about periods, hormones and wombs around here, so you might be wondering..investing?! What's going on Dana.  Only 2% of all venture capital funding for start ups in 2021 went to female-founded start-ups...even less so in the women's health (femtech) and sextech space. That means less products and services made by women and minorities, for women and minorities are being brought to market. Many women have the money to invest, but lack the knowledge or confidence to do so. So our solution here is to provide more women and minorities with education and resources to learn more about investing so they can use their dollars to create huge impact and change. I'm joined by Carli Sapir, Founding Partner of Amboy Street Ventures, a fund that invests in Women's Health Technology and Sexual Health Technology start ups. She is also the Founder of the Female Founded Club (FFC), a global platform that introduces VC investors to high-quality female founded startups.  We talk about: Breaking down jargon in the investing space..what the heck is "seed funding" and "venture capitalist" and "angel investor"? Why is there so little funding in female founders? Why are there so few female investors and female fund managers? Carli's path from engineering to running an investment fund Carli's own health struggles that led to her passion in femtech and sextech What it's like to be one of the very few female fund managers in the nation What's the benefit of investing in for-profit businesses as opposed to non-profits What's the minimum you need to be an angel investor..do you have to be a millionaire? What are the risks and rewards of being an angel investor? A few cool start ups Carli's fund invested in Resources for your own further research Resources: Carli's blog: Amboy Street Ventures Blog AngelList: You must be an accredited angel investor Sophia Women: A financial education platform for women to learn about money and investing You can also check out KickStarter and see if there are any businesses or projects you want to support there Free Courses & Podcast about finances & wealth: The Clever Girls Know Connect with Carli: LinkedIn Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.

With the Supreme Court decision on whether or not to overturn Roe v. Wade looming, and more and more women becoming aware of the serious negative consequences for birth control on health and fertility, many are left wondering, but how can I avoid pregnancy?! Enter- The Fertility Awareness Method. This is a completely hormone-free method of birth control that has no side effects AND helps you to actually LEARN about your body. It is backed by scientific research studies demonstrating it is 99.4% effective at preventing unwanted pregnancy with typical use- that's more than the Pill, which is 93%!  So if you're thinking about transitioning off your medical birth control method, or desiring to become more in tune with your body, tune in as Womb Cycle Guide and Fertility Awareness Method Educator Lindsay Sara breaks down all things FAM with us. PLEASE NOTE: This conversation does not substitute for working 1-1 with a certified Fertility Awareness Educator. Please do not attempt to use this as a birth control method without proper training.  We discuss: Lindsay's personal story with Endometriosis and how she found FAM What the Fertility Awareness Method is and the different kinds A breakdown of which biomarkers to track and tips for tracking Why you should use FAM even if you're not trying to get pregnant or worried about getting pregnant Can people with PCOS and irregular cycles use FAM? The many benefits of FAM beyond just avoiding pregnancy or conceiving Common mistakes to avoid when using FAM Tools and resources Lindsay uses for herself and her clients for tracking Resources Mentioned: Read Your Body app Temp Drop wearable temperature tracker Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler Work with Lindsay: Use this link to sign up for her Fearless Fertility Awareness course and use the code DANA10 for 10% off! Instagram TikTok: @flowwithyourflow Podcast: Wombspace Follow womb.ology and join the bi-monthly email newsletter for more womb wisdom and cyclical living education. Become part of the movement to transition off of birth control, reclaim your cyclical body, and reconnect with your womb inside The Cyclical Sisterhood membership. Receive 10% off with code PODCAST.