Charting Toward Intimacy

Christina of Pearl and Thistle joins us to talk about her program Cycle Prep for girls preparing for their first cycles and periods. We discuss why basic fertility awareness isn't a part of normal sex ed when young girls learn about their periods for the first time and what we can do about that!Find Christina:https://www.pearlandthistle.com/https://www.instagram.com/pearlandthistle/___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

When we teach that sex is reserved for marriage we need to actually teach WHY. When we just shove abstinence down the throats of teens and don't actually talk about sex and how great it is and what it is for, then we're doing a huge disservice. So. what can we do about it?___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

I am joined by Nora Pope, retired Naturopathic Doctor and Dr. Jessica Liu, Naturopathic Doctor to discuss those questions around the health care field and why fertility awareness isn't more know! So many links because we talked about so much!Nora and Dr. Jessica's course for healthcare professionals: https://www.fertilityce.com/Ina May Gaskin: https://inamay.com/The Fifth Vital Sign Book by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack on AmazonMarguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP at Georgetown University___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

I'll keep it short an sweet here: a few reasons why you need to learn a fertility awareness based method and NFP in general from an instructor and not a book. ___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

The buzz word of 2020 probably (right alongside of pivot). But what really is self care? And why the heck are we talking about it on a podcast about NFP? Julia Hogan, LCPC joins us for this conversation in defining self care and how it fits in with cycles and fertility awareness!Find out more about Julia here: https://www.juliamariehogan.com/___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

Why NFP and not some other form of contraception? Why does the Church allow NFP and not the pill? Hands up if you've heard these questions before! We dive into some accessible answers to these questions and more in this week's episode. ___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

We're joined by Johnna Wilford to talk about working out during our cycles! This episode is definitely more tailored to our female listeners as we're talking about how a woman might specifically feel during workouts at different times of her cycle and how she can optimize working out!Connect with Johnna at https://www.instagram.com/johnnawilford_/___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

We're discussing changing methods and how to assess if the method you are using right now is right for you!If you're looking to figure out which method is best for you check out my method match options: https://ellenholloway.com/matching-you-with-a-method/Episode questions:How do I feel overall about NFP? Am I empowered, angry, overwhelmed, too busy to do it well, etc.?Do I feel confident in charting my signs?Am I understanding the rules to my method? Does it feel like there are too many rules? Too few?Am I understanding how to interpret the biomarkers I am charting?Have I had an unintended pregnancy? Have I recently gone through (or are going through) a change like pregnancy, childbirth, acute stress, perimenopause? And do I feel like my method is serving me well through this change?Do I have very few available days during my cycle?Do I feel overwhelmed with charting? ___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

Joe and Janessa Nufable join us to share their NFP journey in the last episode of our Advent Series. Both Joe and Janessa have been on episodes on the podcast, but we brought them back to do an episode together! This is the 4th episode in our advent series, if you haven't listened to all of the episodes, go back and look for NFP brings HOPE, Making PEACE with NFP, and Finding JOY in NFP in addition to this episode. We also have a very exciting announcement when Charting Toward Intimacy is back on January 4th 2021! Happy rest of the Advent Season and Merry Christmas. ___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses

My husband Kurt joins me and we share our NFP journey! The joys, the trials, the months on end of abstinence...gloves are off and the whole story is shared. Need a good book to read about Sex within your marriage? We loved reading Holy Sex! by Gregory Popcak ___________________________________ Did we mention a book on this week's episode? Click here for our recommended books! Reach out at instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/ or email us at ellen@vinesinfullbloom.comReady to improve your sex life and take it to the next level? Check out our courses: vinesinfullbloom.com/courses