The Period Party

The Period Party, hosted by Nicole Jardim, is what happens when you get the world’s leading women’s health experts unscripted, uncensored, and on the air. Think of it as girl talk gone menstrual!

Latest Episodes:

PP# 117: What's a Pelvic Physical Therapist and Why You May Need One with Lindsey Vestal Sep 24, 2018

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Lindsey Vestal is the owner of The Functional Pelvis, a private practice specializing in pelvic floor therapy "house calls" for pre and postnatal women in New York City. She has dedicated her career to empowering women to find relief from conditions such as bowel and urinary incontinence, constipation, painful sex, pelvic pain, prolapse and pre and postnatal complications.

In this episode, we talk about the common symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, the truth about Kegels, how your bathroom habits affect your pelvic floor function, pelvic floor strengthening apps and devices, and so much more!

To learn more about Lindsey Vestal, visit the show notes.

PP# 116: How Clinical Gender Bias Actually Hurts Female Bodies with Meghan Cleary Sep 17, 2018

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Meghan Cleary is a writer, speaker, and patient advocate who focuses on clinical gender bias and its impact on women's health. She is also the founder of bad-periods.com, a website dedicated to shedding light on women's reproductive health care issues including endometriosis, fibroids, menstrual equity, and clinical gender bias.

In this episode, we talk about the impact of the "hormone-hysterectomy" highway on women's health care, why the most common treatments for endometriosis are often harmful, how the clinical gender bias directly results in physical harm to women, and so much more!

To learn more about Meghan Cleary, visit the show notes.

PP# 115: Contraception Deception with Dr. Shawn Tassone Sep 10, 2018

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Dr. Shawn Tassone is a board-certified OBGYN who also holds a Ph.D. in mind-body medicine. As an integrative health practitioner with over 20 years of practice, Dr. Tassone is a highly regarded patient advocate who believes that you should have an active role in your care. His work includes studies and publications on spirituality in medical care, whole foods to heal the human body, and integrative medicine.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of being informed before choosing birth control, the rarely discussed risks associated with common forms of contraception, the high risks associated with Essure and its removal, Dr. Tassone's top tips for supporting your health, and so much more!

To learn more about Dr. Shawn Tassone, visit the show notes.

PP# 114: From Postpartum to Peri-Menopause with Angelique Panagos Sep 03, 2018

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Angelique Panagos is a Registered Nutritional Therapist, author, presenter, speaker, and total foodie. She runs a busy private practice, specializing in hormonal health, stress management, weight management, and digestive wellness. Angelique is on a mission to educate women about hormones and help them solve hormonal imbalance.

In this episode, we talk about the impact of diet and lifestyle on your hormonal balance, how having children later in life impacts your hormones, why you should be thinking about fertility in your twenties, the impact of stress on belly fat, Angelique's secret weapons for good hormonal health, and so much more!

To learn more about Angelique Panagos, visit the show notes.

PP# 113: Sperm Health Really Matters with Keith Bell Aug 27, 2018

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Keith Bell is the founder and clinical director of Oriental Medicine Specialists and a board certified and licensed acupuncturist, certified professional doula and respected teacher. Keith uses his 20+ years of clinical experience in holistic health and fertility enhancement to help women and their partners successfully conceive and maintain healthy pregnancies.

In this episode, we talk about the importance of pre-conception care for men, the main factors that affect sperm health, the impact of men's health on their offspring, the relationship between good sex and sperm quality, how to increase male fertility and virility, and so much more!

To learn more about Keith Bell, visit the show notes.

PP# 112: How Family Systems and Traumas Affect Periods and Hormones with Natalie Berthold Ryan Aug 20, 2018

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Natalie Berthold Ryan is a Family Constellation Therapist who specializes in family-systemic therapy and works with trans-generational patterns to help you unlock what is holding you back in love, health, and finances. Natalie's work guides you through breaking the repeating patterns created by unresolved family traumas to help you move forward and thrive.

In this episode, we talk about the relationship between Family Constellation Therapy and epigenetics, how ancestral trauma can cause repeating patterns in your life, the most common types of trauma that affect women and their flow, why it's important to understand the link between those traumas, safety, and fear, how to start healing from trauma, and so much more!

To learn more about Natalie Berthold Ryan, visit the show notes.

PP# 111: All Things Pelvic! with Dr. Tayyaba Ahmed Aug 13, 2018

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Dr. Tayyaba Ahmed is an osteopathic physician who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also a contributing author to the textbook Pelvic Pain, Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a collaborator in the Northwell ROSE Study for endometriosis research.

In this episode, we talk about common causes and symptoms of pelvic pain, the relationship between endometriosis and pelvic pain, the issues surrounding endometriosis surgery, the impactful goal for the ROSE study, how you can participate in the ROSE study, and so much more!

To learn more about Dr. Tayyaba Ahmed, visit the show notes.

PP# 110: How Gender Bias in Medicine Leaves Women Dismissed and Misdiagnosed with Maya Dusenbery Aug 06, 2018

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Maya Dusenbery is an editor, journalist and author of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. She was the Editorial Director of Feministing.com, a fellow at Mother Jones magazine, a columnist at Pacific Standard and has written for several publications such as Slate and the New York Post.

In this episode, we talk about the massive knowledge gap in medical research for men versus women and how it contributes heavily to several issues from gender bias in the doctor's office to the experiential gap in treating women-only conditions like endometriosis. We also discuss how to navigate these gaps and biases, take control of your own health, and so much more!

To learn more about Maya Dusenbery, visit the show notes.

PP# 109: Dodging Energy Vampires with Dr. Christiane Northrup Jul 30, 2018

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Dr. Christiane Northrup is a board-certified OB/GYN physician, a visionary pioneer, and a leading authority in the field of women's health and wellness; which includes the unity of mind, body, emotions, and spirit. Internationally known for her empowering approach to women's health and wellness, Dr. Northrup teaches women how to thrive at every stage of life.

In this episode, we talk about the relationship between character disorders and energy vampires, why empaths are targeted by energy vampires, how empaths can protect themselves from falling for an energy vampire relationship, what to do if you realize you're already in a relationship with an energy vampire, and so much more!

To learn more about Dr. Christiane Northrup, visit the show notes.

PP# 108: Under-Eating and Its Connection to Hormone Problems with Laura Schoenfeld Jul 23, 2018

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Laura Schoenfeld is a Registered Dietitian trained in Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy with a nutrition philosophy developed from a combination of ancestral diets, principles of biochemistry, current research, and clinical experience. Laura's passion is for helping overstressed, over-trained, and undernourished women get back to better physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

In this episode, we talk about why you don't need a perfect diet to have good health, how the social media wellness industry is impacting women's approach to eating, common signs and symptoms of under-nutrition, the risks of switching to a "real food" diet, the relationship between eating well and having a healthy cycle and balanced hormones, and so much more!

To learn more about Laura Schoenfeld RD, visit the show notes.

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