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May 29, 2023 • 37min

290: How Lyme Disease & Its Co-Infections Impact Hormones with Dr. Jaban Moore

Dr. Jaban Moore is a Doctor of Chiropractic who works virtually with clients through functional medicine protocols to assist them in overcoming chronic health conditions and symptoms. He specializes in Lyme disease, Lyme co-infections, PANS/PANDAS, autism, parasitic infections, environmental toxicities, and mitochondrial support.In this episode, we talk about Dr. Jaban’s struggle with Lyme disease, how you can learn to interpret the messages your hormones are sending you, what makes Lyme disease so problematic, why it’s crucial to address the underlying factors triggering your symptoms, what to do if you think you may have Lyme disease, and so much more!If you've been struggling with chronic health conditions or symptoms and are looking for answers, this episode could be a game-changer. To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/how-lyme-disease-its-co-infections-impact-hormones-dr-jaban-moore/.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.comMentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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May 22, 2023 • 1h 2min

289: Causes and Treatments for Premature Ovarian Insufficiency with Dr. Mandy Leonhardt

Dr. Mandy Leonhardt is a fully qualified and GMC-registered GP. She is particularly interested in women’s health, nutrition, and healthy aging, and her ongoing professional development reflects this passion. She offers a private clinic specializing in the holistic assessment and individualized treatment of hormonal imbalances at every stage of a woman’s life: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), Perimenopause, and Menopause. She aims to give women the best evidence-based, personally tailored advice about treatment options for hormonal imbalances and healthy aging.In this episode, Dr. Mandy and I dive into a condition called premature ovarian insufficiency, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency or premature ovarian failure. Dr. Mandy sheds light on what POI is, why it’s so underdiagnosed, the causes of this condition, why POI is hard to treat, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/causes-and-treatments-for-premature-ovarian-insufficiency-with-dr-mandy-leonhardt/.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.comMentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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May 15, 2023 • 42min

288: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Pelvic Healthcare with Lindsey Vestal

Lindsey Vestal is an occupational therapist with a special interest in pelvic health. She founded the first in-home pelvic health practice in NYC run by OT, the Functional Pelvis. She teaches OTs how to become rock-star pelvic floor therapists. Lindsey is a pioneer in pelvic health and has dedicated her career to helping individuals. In this episode, Lindsey and I talk about how occupational therapy supports people, her insights into the importance of a holistic approach to pelvic health, what it looks like to receive trauma-informed care, why practitioners in this field need to be knowledgeable and empathetic, how you can find the right pelvic floor therapist for you, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/a-trauma-informed-approach-to-pelvic-healthcare-lindsey-vestal/.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.comMentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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May 8, 2023 • 43min

287: Cycle Tracking for Tweens & Teens with Teena

Holly Grigg-Spall is a well-known author and researcher in women's health whose work has inspired many to question the pharmaceutical industry's approach to birth control. Holly is the author of the cult hit Sweetening the Pill: Or How We Got Hooked On Hormonal Birth Control. The book was released in 2013 and has since become an underground phenomenon. She is also a producer on a feature documentary, The Business of Birth Control, inspired by Sweetening the Pill, directed by Abby Epstein, and executive produced by Ricki Lake.In this episode, I’m talking to Holly about Teena (https://myteena.com/), an easy-to-use cycle-tracking device that empowers young girls to understand their bodies better. We discuss why cycle tracking is essential for tweens and teens, why most of what’s on the market today isn’t suitable for this age group, how Teena is helping to fill the gap left by sex education classes, the long-term impact of supporting and empowering young girls about their menstrual cycles, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/cycle-tracking-for-tweens-teens-with-teena-holly-grigg-spall/.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.comMentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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May 1, 2023 • 49min

286: Does Everyone with Endometriosis Need Surgery?

Katie Edmonds is a Nutritional Therapist, Paleo Autoimmune Certified Coach, creator of the popular blog Heal Endo, and author of the 4-Week Endometriosis Diet Plan and Heal Endo: An Anti-inflammatory Approach to Healing from Endometriosis. After putting her endometriosis into remission, something she never knew was possible, Katie has developed education and offerings around a research-backed diet and lifestyle shown to help heal the chronic inflammation and immune dysfunction that those with endometriosis experience.In this episode, Katie and I talk about her experience of “unraveling by endo,” how she put her endometriosis into complete clinical remission, why endo is so misunderstood, why surgery isn’t a viable option for most people with endo, how you can start to support your immune system and improve your symptoms, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/does-everyone-with-endometriosis-need-surgery-katie-edmonds/.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.comMentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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Dec 26, 2022 • 36min

285: Advanced Cervical Cancer Testing That Could Save Your Life with Catherine Dezynski

Catherine Dezynski is a licensed certified nurse midwife and women’s health nurse practitioner. Her clinical areas of expertise include family planning, colposcopy, office-based gynecology, and labor management. Catherine is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH), and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP). Catherine is also a medical science liaison for BD, a global medical technology company and the creator of advanced cervical cancer screening tests. In this episode, we talk about why cervical cancer is underdiagnosed, shocking statistics on the rates of diagnosis and death, how the testing innovations at BD help women prevent cervical cancer before it starts, why HPV testing is recommended alongside Pap smears, what you need to know about the HPV vaccine, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/advanced-cervical-cancer-testing-that-could-save-your-life-catherine-dezynski/.This episode is brought to you by Knix. Visit Knix.com to shop for period underwear and more.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.com Mentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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Dec 19, 2022 • 42min

284: The State of Emergency of Black Women’s Health with Coach Gessie Thompson

Coach Gessie Thompson is a fibroids survivor turned Health Activist and Founder of the online wellness platform TheDeToxNow.com. She works with celebrities and everyday women daily to eliminate the health equity gap by educating and empowering BIPOC women and families with resources, detoxes, herbal supplements, programs, coaching, and a community support system that helps their bodies heal and prevent inflammatory conditions such as Fibroids, diabetes, high blood pressure, infertility and more. In this episode, Gessie and I talk about the deeply ingrained medical bias against black women, how women of color are frequently dismissed by medical professionals, the shocking new study highlighting the toxicity of hair relaxers, why black and brown women have disproportionately high exposure to environmental toxins, the ongoing fight for reproductive justice, Gessie’s commitment to empowering women with the information and tools to have the best possible outcome, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/the-state-of-emergency-of-black-womens-health-gessie-thompson/.This episode is brought to you by Knix. Visit Knix.com to shop for period underwear and more.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.com Mentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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Dec 12, 2022 • 46min

283: How Your Thyroid Affects Your Cycles & Fertility with Sandra Sharpe

Sandra Sharpe is a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach who focuses on the gut and hormone connection and helps women restore hormone balance through a root cause approach. Through her health obstacles with gut and hormonal imbalances, debilitating PMS, chronic migraines, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and thyroid cancer, Sandra realized that there were massive gaps in the women's health space. After years of educating herself about these topics and getting the answers she needed, her mission is to help women worldwide finally get the education, support, and tools they've always needed.In this episode, we talk about why women need to be proactive about our thyroid health, how the thyroid connects with almost every period-related problem and impacts fertility, symptoms of thyroid imbalance, what you need to know about thyroid testing, how you can start to improve your thyroid health without being overwhelmed, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/how-your-thyroid-affects-your-cycles-fertility-sandra-sharpe/.This episode is brought to you by Knix. Visit Knix.com to shop for period underwear and more.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.com Mentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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Dec 5, 2022 • 47min

282: Female Hormones and Feminine Psychology with Mari Dickerson

Mari Dickerson is an integrative coach and psychotherapist specializing in women's health, trauma, and spirituality. She holds a master's degree in clinical social work from NYU and has worked in the mental health and healing field for over ten years. As a multi-passionate healer, Mari has training in yoga, meditation, reiki, psychoanalysis, addiction treatment, EMDR and women's health and hormones. In her work with women, Mari integrates the basics of menstrual health and body literacy with trauma work and supportive coaching to help female clients reduce symptoms, get in touch with their intuition, and find their feminine power. In this episode, we talk about how Mari first made the connection between hormones and psychology, why she takes a very different approach from traditional mental health therapy, the history of hysteria and its connection to patriarchal oppression, bridging the gap between the mental health and health coaching fields, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/female-hormones-and-feminine-psychology-mari-dickerson/.This episode is brought to you by Knix. Visit Knix.com to shop for period underwear and more.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.com Mentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective
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Nov 28, 2022 • 48min

281: Women, Hormones & Alcohol with Brooke Scheller

Brooke Scheller is a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition and Certified Nutrition Specialist in New York City. She specializes in using nutrition and functional medicine practices to help change your relationship with alcohol, heal your body from the damages of long-term drinking, and address chronic health concerns that overlap with regular alcohol use. She is the founder of the Functional Sobriety Network and is currently authoring a book that will be published in late 2023. This is the first time I’ve dedicated a show to the effects of alcohol on our bodies and our hormones, and it’s about time! Brooke is so knowledgeable, and she seriously delivers the goods. In this episode, we talk about Brooke’s evolving relationship with alcohol, cultural messaging around women and alcohol, how alcohol invades our mental space through the media, peer pressure around drinking, the physiological impact of alcohol, how alcohol leads to hormone imbalances, getting support and accountability on your sober-curious journey, and so much more!To learn more, visit https://nicolejardim.com/podcasts/women-hormones-alcohol-brooke-scheller/.This episode is brought to you by Knix. Visit Knix.com to shop for period underwear and more.Podcast Production Support: Amazing Gains | https://listenerstoclients.com Mentioned in this episode:Join the Fix Your Period CollectiveAre you ready to transform your menstrual health? Get started with the Fix Your Period Collective by taking my new and improved period quiz, which will translate your responses into a personalized period dashboard that gives you all the answers and solutions you've ever wanted for your cycle and hormone problems. Get started at https://fixyourperiod.com/quiz/.FYP Collective

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