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The Fifth Vital Sign with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Apr 21, 2020

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Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner, and author of The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility.

I help health conscious women discover the connection between their menstrual cycles and their overall health, so they can ditch hormonal birth control forever. Our education system has failed to teach us about our fertility, so I'm here to empower you to take control of your fertility and your life.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

Lisa's passion about fertility awareness
What a vital sign is
What your menstrual cycle has to do with your health
Your Fifth Vital Sign book
How contraceptives affect fertility
Postpartum charting
Healthy menstrual cycle length

If you're interested in becoming the Queen of your fertility, Lisa's Fertility Friday podcast is for you. Lisa's mission is to help you take control of your fertility (and your life), so dive into her world at FertilityFriday.com

Oh, and if you're trying to conceive, Lisa has a free resource for you! Click here --> FertilityFriday.com/TTC

Reproductive Rights with Loretta Ross Apr 14, 2020

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Loretta J. Ross is a nationally-recognized trainer on using the transformative power of Reproductive Justice to build a Human Rights movement that includes everyone. Ms. Ross is an expert on women's issues, hate groups, racism and intolerance, human rights, and violence against women. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this affects social change and service delivery in all movements.

Ross has appeared on CNN, BET, "Lead Story," "Good Morning America," "The Donahue Show," "Democracy Now," "Oprah Winfrey Radio Network," and "The Charlie Rose Show." She is a member of the Women's Media Center's Progressive Women's Voices. More information is available on the Makers: Women Who Make America video at http://www.makers.com/loretta-ross.

Ms. Loretta is a rape survivor, was forced to raise a child born of incest, and she is also a survivor of sterilization abuse. She is a model of how to survive and thrive despite the traumas that disproportionately affect low-income women of color. She serves as a consultant for Smith College, collecting oral histories of feminists of color for the Sophia Smith Collection which also contains her personal archives (see https://www.smith.edu/library/libs/ssc/pwv/pwv-ross.html). She is a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law degree awarded in 2003 from Arcadia University and a second honorary doctorate degree awarded from Smith College in 2013.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

Loretta's work as a Reproductive Justice Activist
White Supremacy in the Age of Trump Class
Birth justice
SisterSong.net
Social media
Her upcoming book: Calling in the Calling Our Culture
Building a united rights movement
Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Rights book
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction book
Radical Reproductive Justice book
Activism

The best way to reach this wonderful woman is by visiting LorettaRoss.com.

Doulas: The Heart of Change and Inclusion with Gina Giordano Apr 07, 2020

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Gina Giordano is a doula and a creator. Originally from Miami Florida, she grew up in a close family unit. As the oldest of five children, she was taught how to support and nurture at a very young age. After studying fine arts in college, she moved to New York City where she was introduced to the idea of doula work. Just after one training her passion for working in pregnancy, childbirth and beyond was ignited. In 2005 she started a business, offering birth and postpartum doula services and education to families. Through her work she learned how to offer compassionate, dignified care for ALL families during childbirth and the postpartum time, no matter their choices. She also saw a need for more doulas. Driven to serve that need she co-founded DTI with her long time friend and business partner Tara Brooke. By working as the creative director of DTI, Gina's mission is to bring awareness to all birth and reproductive options through innovative and curated design. She is the mother to two wild girls, married to her lifelong sweetheart and lives in Austin, TX.

Doula Trainings International
Gina's path to become birth doula & postpartum doula
Tara Brook
Gender neutral births
Reproductive health
Fertility
Born into This Non-Profit

Instagram: @doulatrainingsint

Website: DoulaTrainingsInternational.com

Instagram: @BornintoThis.co

Website: WeAreBornintoThis.com

Instagram: @GinaGiordano

Postpartum healing with Catherine Middlebrooks Mar 31, 2020

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Going Diaper-Free with Amanda Thomas Mar 24, 2020

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Amanda Thomas is a certified Elimination Communication (EC) coach and consultant for Go Diaper Free. She teaches parents how to potty train their kids without using diapers. Or, at least using fewer diapers!

In this episode, you'll hear about:

Natural infant pottying
Go Diaper Free
Elimination Communication (EC)
Potty Training without diapers
Bamboo - Eco-friendly diapers
Top Hat Potty
Environmental factors of going diaper-free
Saving money
EC Classes in DC
One-on-one EC Classes

Amanda's giving away a Top Hat Potty & free 30-minute consultation! Head over to Instagram for details. While you're at it, follow Amanda on Instagram here: @diaperfreedc.

Your Story is Your Strength with Rachel Nusbaum Mar 17, 2020

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Sometimes big, life-changing events happen. They leave you feeling bruised and a lot less like the person you know you are in your soul. You divide your life into the before and after. You wonder how to make sense of it and how to move on as a new version of yourself. At 18 weeks pregnant with her second child, she was thrust unwillingly into the dizzying world of pediatric cardiology. She was faced with enormous life or death decisions about the tiny being inside of me, his heart the size of a grape. Crafting and sharing that story of survival (listen to it here!) planted the seed for what has become her creative business, Orchid Story. Trained as a genetic counselor, Rachel Nusbaum looks for places in the world where science, writing, and healing meet together in a pretty Venn diagram. In this episode, you'll hear about:

How Rachel started Orchid Story
Her son was diagnosed with congenital heart disease
Story Corps Podcast
Narrative identity
Birth story
Sanctuary online program
1:1 VIP Coaching
Workshops with Rachel
The Orchid Story Podcast: Healing Through Personal Narrative

The best place to dive into Rachel's story (and how you can write your own) is on her site. Follow her for more writing therapy on Instagram and Facebook. She says, "Your story is your strength."

COVID 19, Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding with Aviva Romm, MD Mar 13, 2020

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Dr. Aviva Romm is a midwife, herbalist, and Yale-trained MD, Board Certified in Family Medicine with Obstetrics, who has been bridging the best of traditional medicine with good science for over three decades. Her focus is on what she calls our total health ecology, utilizing medicine to identify and reverse the root causes of chronic health conditions, particularly hormonal problems in women and common children's health problems. She is considered one of the world's leaders in botanical medicine and is the author of 7 books on natural medicine, including the textbook, Botanical Medicine for Women's Health (Elsevier) and The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution (Harper One). Dr. Romm is the author of the integrative medicine curriculum for the Yale Internal Medicine and Pediatric Residencies, is on numerous scientific advisory and editorial boards, and is a widely sought after and highly engaging speaker. Her online programs for women are wildly popular and successful, helping women take back their health, affordably, and innovative professional programs are educating the next generation of health practitioners. Her non-profit organization, DharmaMoms, provides funding for midwifery education and salaries in high risk obstetric, low resource communities. Dr. Romm lives and practices medicine in the Berkshires and New York City. You can learn how to study with Aviva here: https://avivaromm.com/online-courses In this episode, you'll hear about:

Natural Pregnancy Book
Nutritional supplements & botanical remedies
Natural Healthy Babies & Children Book
Natural Health After Birth Book
The resurgence of midwifery & home births
How coronavirus impacts pregnancy
Emotional support for anxiety about COVID-19
John Hopkin's Map for COVID-19
Informed consent & the power of being informed

Learn more about Aviva's great books and online courses on her website here. Find her on Instagram and Facebook for her day-to-day updates.

How to Have a Luxurious Pregnancy with HeHe Stewart Mar 10, 2020

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Tranquility by HeHe is a Maternity Concierge, Doula, and Birthing Service in the Boston area. Their mission is to provide high quality, holistic, individualized doula services to Boston families in an empowering and nurturing environment. They take their doula services above and beyond prenatal, birth, and postpartum support by managing all of the "time-sucking" things such as creating your baby registry, planning your baby shower, and researching top-quality baby essentials.

HeHe's Motto: "Choose what's right for your body, your baby, and your family. I'll support you in that choice."

In this episode, you'll hear about:

Tranquility by He He Stewart Concierge Services
The Birth Lounge Podcast
Birth Lounge
Birth trauma
Communicate openly with your healthcare provider
Induction methods
Birth stories
Guide to Childbirth book
Birth plan

HeHe's got your back and your birth plan wishes at heart. Learn more about doula work at TranquilitybyHehe.com.

If you're outside the Boston area, The Birth Lounge is a great option to work with HeHe virtually. It's designed for women who want to make educated decisions along the journey of pregnancy and birth. Save $5/month to your membership to The Birth Lounge with code: nurture5

HeHe LOVES Instagram, so if you have an account, she spends all day in her stories and DM's! Find her here.

Take Back Your Health with Robin Shirley Mar 03, 2020

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Robin Shirley, CHHC, is the Founding President of Take Back Your Health Int'l, a company that hosts internationally attended health conferences and retreats across the U.S. She speaks, consults, and writes about The Take Back Your Health Lifestyle and how to reduce the symptoms of chronic illness.

She has spoken for the University of Virginia Cardiovascular Center, The Arthritis Foundation, Arthritis Introspective, Match.com, The Take Back Your Health Conference and Yogasmoga.

Robin grew up with out-of-control systemic inflammation, which her doctors labeled as Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Lyme Disease. At 23 years old, Robin was on track to file for disability and give up on her dream to run her own hospitality company.

After 17 years of experimentation, research and education, she has personally experienced the power of a therapeutic healthy lifestyle on reducing pain and inflammation. Robin is finally free from pharmaceuticals and running the company of her dreams.

Robin is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and a member of the American Board of Drugless Practitioners.

After coaching hundreds of patients with Chronic Lyme Disease, Autoimmune Disease, and Depression through her nutrition protocol, Robin launched Chronic Lyme Nutrition, a therapeutic nutrition protocol that teaches Chronic Lyme patients how to eat to reduce inflammation and depression, increase energy and strengthen the immune system.

She writes and posts about the Take Back Your Health Lifestyle on www.ClubTBYH.com

In this episode, you'll hear about:

Lyme Disease
Elimination Diet
Take Back Your Health Event in D.C.
Pregnancy
Probiotic foods
Sweet treats (without refined sugar)
Join Robin's newsletter
Pregnancy hormones
Be clear when asking for what you want

Robin said you're welcome to email her directly at info [at] clubtbyh [dot] com. I look forward to reading her newsletters. You're always welcome at the Take Back Your Health community.

Get in the Flo with Alisa Vitti Feb 25, 2020

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Alisa made history on the Dr. Oz Show when she discussed menstruation on national TV. She showed them how to 'read' your menstrual blood (using mashed fruit as props) to determine if you have hormonal imbalances. You can see the video here.

She also spoke about hormones, neurochemistry, feminine energy, entrepreneurship, and success at TEDx, Talks@Google, Summit Series Outside, Hay House, WIE Symposium, and SHE Summit.

While she's super science-minded, Alisa has been known to drop F-bombs on stage. You'll find her doing rituals on the new and full moon, and she wears tight, black dresses with colorful aprons in her kitchen — all with her baby girl on her hip and her Italian grandmother's olive-wood spoon in hand.

Alisa built FLO Living as a virtual online health center to help women solve their hormonal symptoms from anywhere in the world. I published a book called WomanCode, which has been in the Top 50 bestselling women's health books of all time since it was published.

Here's a breakdown of our chat:

WomanCode book
Alisa's hormonal breakdown
FloLiving.com - Modern Menstrual Healthcare
How to optimize your fertility
Your period is your 5th vital sign (What is it trying to tell you?)
In the Flow book

Alissa invites you to get support for your hormones and fertility at FloLiving.com. Once you read her new book, In the Flo, you won't be able to put it down. See what bonuses you can get with the book at IntheFloBook.com. Sync with Alissa's IG flow here.