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!

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207: Why It's So Hard For Women To Get A Diagnosis and Treatment with Georgie Kovacs Apr 12, 2021

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Georgie Kovacs is the founder of Fempower Health, the go-to resource serving women, their providers, and companies looking to build/improve on products for women. She also hosts the Fempower Health Podcast, where she interviews experts to help women better understand how to navigate their health both day-to-day and in partnership with their providers. Her mission is to minimize the years many take to seek proper diagnosis and treatment. If you've ever been in a position where you feel you need to fight to be heard or have spent an exorbitant amount of time trying to get a diagnosis, this episode is for you! In this episode, we talk about what Georgie learned on her fertility journey, why it takes women so long to receive a proper diagnosis, the problem with quick-fix solutions, why doctors aren't all equally capable, what you can do to improve your experience when seeking answers about your health, positive changes in the women's health space, and so much more!

To learn more about Georgie Kovacs, visit the show notes.

206: How To Achieve Weight Loss With PCOS with Tallene and Sirak Kalaygian Apr 05, 2021

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Today I'm joined by Tallene and Sirak Kalaygian, the founders of PCOS Weight Loss.

Tallene is a PCOS Weight Loss registered dietitian and after she was diagnosed at age 18, she was left scared and confused without much information or guidance from her practitioner. She discovered that eliminating gluten and dairy was a huge key to living healthier with PCOS and, together with her husband Sirak, developed a program meant to make living with the diagnosis easier to both understand and embrace.

Sirak is a PCOS Personal Trainer and a strong supporter of women struggling with PCOS. He has taken his skills as an engineer and applied his creative genius to editing and producing the content within the PCOS Weight Loss membership and social media channels. Together with Tallene, he co-hosts the A Cyster and Her Mister podcast and brings a light-hearted and understanding approach to PCOS management.

In this episode, we talk about Tallene's experience with PCOS, why reversing your PCOS symptoms requires a full body and lifestyle approach, how changing your workout style can help your PCOS symptoms, why a gluten-free and dairy-free approach works, figuring out your carb tolerance, and so much more. There are so many great takeaways in this episode. I hope you enjoy it!

To learn more about Tallene and Sirak Kalaygian, visit the show notes.

205: What Are Bioidentical Hormones and How To Use Them with Brie Wieselman Mar 29, 2021

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Brie Wieselman is a hormone balance and gut health specialist and is the clinical director of her online/virtual Functional Medicine Clinic where she and her practitioners work with women around the world. One of Brie's areas of expertise is in helping people with digestive problems such as IBS, parasitic infections, Candida overgrowth, and SIBO to rebuild a bulletproof microbiome. Today we're focusing on bioidentical hormones and this is a super enlightening episode with a ton of really useful information for anyone seeking out hormone replacement therapy as a solution. In this episode, we talk about what bioidentical hormones are, the advantages of bioidentical hormones over synthetic hormones, the conditions where bioidentical hormone replacement can be effective, how to take bioidentical hormones, and so much more!

To learn more about Brie Wieselman, visit the show notes.

204: When It's Not Just Endo - The Connection Between SIBO, IBS, IC and Endometriosis with Jessica Duffin Mar 22, 2021

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Jessica Duffin is a certified women's health coach who specializes in endometriosis and small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Through her blog, podcast, and coaching she empowers people all over the world to live and thrive with endometriosis and its associated conditions using nutrition and holistic lifestyle changes. In this episode, we talk about why you don't just have to live with your endometriosis symptoms, the connection between SIBO and endometriosis, the conditions that often show up alongside endometriosis, how an anti-inflammatory diet can help you, and so much more!

To learn more about Jessica Duffin, visit the show notes.

PP #203: Overcoming Estrogen Dominance with Magdalena Wszelaki Mar 15, 2021

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Magdalena Wszelaki is the founder of Hormones Balance, a thriving online community dedicated to helping women balance hormones naturally. Magdalena is a nutrition coach, certified herbalist, and author of Overcoming Estrogen Dominance, which we're talking about today. She's got a long history of hormonal challenges that led to total burnout and estrogen dominance. Today she lives a symptom-free life and teaches women how to find their sacred hormonal balance. In this episode, we talk about what estrogen dominance is, Magdalena's history of period problems and experience with estrogen dominance, the surprising symptoms of estrogen dominance, Magdalena's top tips for supporting your body and taking control of your hormones, and so much more!

To learn more about Magdalena Wszelaki, visit the show notes.

PP #202: Causes of Sexual Pain & What To Do About It with Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus Mar 08, 2021

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Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is the founder and director of Maze Women's Sexual Health, the largest independent women's sexual health center in the US. A Licensed Clinical Social worker, with a master's in public health, a master's degree in social work, a master's degree in Jewish studies, and a PhD in Human Sexuality, she has developed and overseen the treatment of thousands of women ranging in age from 18–81 over the past 20 years. Dr. Bat Sheva's new book, Sex Points, is available now. In this episode, Dr. Bat Sheva and I talk about my experience with painful sex when I was on the pill, the different types of sexual pain and what causes them, how she treats her patients with incredible success, what she learned from doing her PhD thesis on women's use of vibrators, and so much more!

To learn more about Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, visit the show notes.

PP #201: Are you dying to be a good mother? with Heather Chauvin Mar 01, 2021

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This episode is a little different because we're not talking about hormones or periods specifically, but we're coming at them from a more indirect place. Today we're joined by my longtime friend, Heather Chauvin, a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women conquer their fears and become leaders at work and home.

Heather is the author of Dying To Be A Good Mother and I can tell you right now, this book is not just for moms but for all women. She details her experience of surviving stage 4 cancer, and how it was her cancer diagnosis that woke her up to a powerful truth - that her perpetual self-sacrificing was literally killing her. In this episode, we talk about Heather's unusual response to her cancer diagnosis, how many women's perpetual self-sacrifice is rooted in "not-enoughness", why it's crucial to learn to trust yourself, the unrealistic expectations parents have set for themselves, how you can use energetic time management to improve your life, and so much more!

To learn more about Heather Chauvin, visit the show notes.

PP #200: Hormone Repair for Women Over 40 with Dr. Lara Briden Feb 22, 2021

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Dr. Lara Briden is a naturopathic doctor and author of the bestselling book, Period Repair Manual, and her newest book, Hormone Repair Manual, which is particularly helpful for women and menstruators in perimenopause.

Dr. Lara has a strong science background and more than twenty years with patients and works to provide solutions for conditions such as PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, and perimenopause. She is also a passionate communicator about alternatives to hormonal birth control.

In this episode we dig into important topics like what exactly is perimenopause, and when does it begin, along with what are the actual symptoms of this phase of the menstrual life cycle. We also delve into hormone replacement therapy do's and don'ts as well as the stigma attached to aging female bodies in our society. I learned so much in this interview and I think you will too!

To learn more about Dr. Lara Briden, visit the show notes.

PP #199: How & Why Black Women Are Disproportionately Affected by Fibroids with Coach Gessie Thompson Feb 15, 2021

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Coach Gessie Thompson, is a fibroids survivor and founder of TheDeToxNow.com, where she educates women on how to address inflammatory conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, and more through lifestyle medicine. Coach Gessie has had remarkable results with her clients who have fibroids and it all stems from her harrowing experience of multiple fibroid surgeries and a very high-risk pregnancy. In this episode, we talk about her turbulent journey with fibroids and fertility, the main triggers for fibroids and how they show up in our lives, how Black women are disproportionately affected by fibroids, why radical self-care is essential, learning to listen to your body, and so much more!

To learn more about Coach Gessie Thompson, visit the show notes.

PP #198: Endometriosis 101 with Cindy Dabrowska Feb 08, 2021

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Cindy Dabrowska is a registered dietitian, Master of Applied Nutrition, endowarrior, and founder of "The Supportive Endo RD". She is passionate about supporting endowarriors - who much like herself, have said "enough is enough'' to debilitating, life-altering symptoms of endometriosis. Cindy has not only dramatically improved her own symptoms, but she's supported countless women in her nutrition counseling practice through a functional medicine root-cause approach to endometriosis. In this episode, we talk about taking a whole-body approach to endometriosis, how Cindy has transformed her period and endometriosis symptoms over the years, common symptoms of endometriosis, how your gut health plays a critical role in managing endometriosis, using food and nutrition to support your body with endometriosis, and so much more!

To learn more about Cindy Dabrowska, visit the show notes.

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