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# 187: Addressing Racial Bias in Maternal Healthcare with Kimberly Seals Allers Nov 09, 2020

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Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal & infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural complexities of motherhood. She is also the founder of Irth, a new app to address bias in maternity & infant care. In this episode, Kimberly and I talk about how she awakened to the inequalities in maternal and infant healthcare, the scary reality of the impact of race on medical care, the racist history of the medical field, what she's doing to decode bias and create a better experience for Black and brown women, how white women can help to address the inequality in our medical system, and so much more. You are going to love this episode!

To learn more about Kimberly Seals Allers, visit the show notes.

PP# 186: Menstrual Suppression Is Not The Answer with Laura Wershler Nov 02, 2020

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Laura Wershler is a sexual and reproductive health advocate, writer, and speaker with thirty years of experience working and volunteering for pro-choice organizations in Canada. For the last decade, she has focused on menstrual cycle advocacy, supported by her membership and volunteer work with the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. Laura is a fierce advocate for body literacy - in fact, she coined the term - and supporter of all menstruators enjoying regular ovulatory cycles to support their overall health. In this episode, Laura and I talk about the protective power of our ovulatory cycles, how the misinformation around menstrual suppression makes it difficult for menstruators to make informed decisions, the big problem with the "pill for every female ill" mindset, why she feels positive about the direction menstrual cycle awareness is taking, and so much more. This episode is fire, enjoy!

To learn more about Laura Wershler, visit the show notes.

PP# 185: Going Keto for Menopause with Dr. Anna Cabeca Oct 26, 2020

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Dr. Anna Cabeca is an internationally-acclaimed menopause and sexual health expert, global speaker, and pioneering promoter of women's health. She is Emory University-trained and triple board-certified in gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine and anti-aging and regenerative medicine, and is the author of The Hormone Fix, a diet and holistic lifestyle program for menopausal women and Keto-Green 16. In this episode, we talk about why sooner is better when it comes to healing our menstrual cycles, the simple steps you can take to empower yourself and get in sync with your body, what makes Dr. Anna's approach to keto different, why Dr. Anna considers the shift to keto critical from peri-menopause onward, how menopause affects our gut health, and so much more!

To learn more about Dr. Anna Cabeca, visit the show notes.

PP# 184: Flower Essences for Problem-Free Periods with Katie Hess Oct 19, 2020

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Katie Hess is a flower alchemist, author of Flowerevolution, and founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world's leading floral apothecaries. She travels in search of rare flowers with the healing qualities most needed by today's world, from the forests of British Columbia to sacred sites in India, rainforests in Costa Rica, hot springs in Iceland, and the jungles of Taiwan. Katie captures the lifeforce and activating potential of flowers and translates it into an accessible method to bring more happiness into our daily lives. Whether it's hosting retreats, leading meditations, or her travels to find the planet's most powerful flowers, the essence of Katie's work is to awaken people to their own inner wisdom. In this episode, we talk about how flower essences help you plug into my inner wisdom, the transformational results Katie experienced with her clients, why flower essences are different from essential oils, the benefits of using flower essences to connect with the energy of nature, Katie's experience with using flower essences to go from painful to pain-free periods, how you can get started with flower essences, and so much more!

To learn more about Katie Hess, visit the show notes.

PP# 183: How To Actually Prepare for Menopause with Alexandra Pope Oct 12, 2020

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Alexandra Pope is the co-founder of Red School and the co-author of the iconic and hugely celebrated book, Wild Power: discover the magic of the menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power. Together with her colleague and co-author, Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, she is pioneering the newly emerging field of menstruality, creating a new lexicon and approach to women's health and wellbeing; creativity and leadership; and spiritual life based on the power of our menstruality consciousness. This is the second time we're having the amazing Alexandra Pope on the podcast and I'm so pumped to get into this discussion on menopause. In this episode, we talk about the problem with our cultural perception of menopause, how menopause fits into your menstrual lifecycle, Alexandra's experience with menopause, how you can start with menstrual cycle awareness, the work you can do to start to heal from burnout, and so much more!

To learn more about Alexandra Pope, visit the show notes.

PP# 182: Mind Blowing Facts about PCOS with Felice Gersh Oct 05, 2020

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Dr. Felice Gersh is a multi-award-winning physician with dual board certifications in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine and the Founder and Director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, a practice that provides comprehensive health care for women by combining the best evidence-based therapies from conventional, naturopathic, and holistic medicine. She's also the best selling author of PCOS SOS and the PCOS SOS Fertility Fast Track. I'm so excited to talk with Felice today and tap into her wisdom on the subject of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which has been around for at least 50,000 years. In this episode, we talk about how the modern world has impacted the presentation of PCOS, why it's actually an endocrine disorder (not a disease), common symptoms associated with PCOS, how it's misunderstood, the different types of PCOS, why birth control pills can be risky for women with PCOS, and so much more!

To learn more about Felice Gersh, visit the show notes.

PP# 181: How To Move Out of a Place of Helplessness & Hopelessness When It Comes To Our Health with Ellie Thomas Jun 29, 2020

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Ellie Thomas is a Holistic Nutrition Consultant & Transformational Coach who provides support to her clients as they overcome the mental, emotional, and physical health barriers that are holding them back from living a life they always imagined for themselves. She believes that stabilizing and nourishing the body allows us to visit and heal deeper aspects of our being, and that true health goes beyond the food.

In this episode, we talk about something that I believe all women need to hear, which is that often times we have a tendency to get stuck in a place of helplessness or victimhood when it comes to our health. Ellie shares the struggles she had with her health and how she ended up in a place of hopelessness and her journey to empowerment, the steps you can take to reframe how you think about your symptoms, how you can benefit from working with a coach, the cleansing power of your period, and so much more!

To learn more about Ellie Thomas, visit the show notes.

PP# 180: Barriers Women Face To Getting Adequate Care and How To Overcome Them with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Jun 22, 2020

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Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who teaches women to chart their menstrual cycles for natural birth control, conception, and monitoring overall health. She is also the author of the incredible book, The Fifth Vital Sign, a heavily researched book in which she presents an evidence-based approach to fertility awareness and menstrual cycle optimization.

In this episode, we talk about why it's important to understand the limitations of the medical system, the difference between functional medicine and allopathic medicine, why you are always the ultimate authority on your body, how to find a great healthcare provider, and so much more!

To learn more about Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, visit the show notes.

PP# 179: Party In My Plants with Talia Pollock Jun 15, 2020

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Talia Pollock is a plant-based chef and health and empowerment coach. She is also the author of the book Party In Your Plants, which contains 100+ plant-based recipes and problem-solving strategies to help you eat healthier without hating your life.

In this episode, we talk about how you can fit plants into your life without stress, why social situations are often the biggest roadblock to healthy eating, how your body communicates with you about your unique needs, why there is no one-size-fits-all diet that works, and so much more!

To learn more about Talia Pollock, visit the show notes.

PP# 178: Period Queen with Lucy Peach Jun 08, 2020

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Period Preacher, Lucy Peach, is an award-winning West Australian folk singer with a parallel career in sexual health. With science, stories and songs she wants to empower women, girls and anyone who menstruates one period at a time. She has toured her theatre show My Greatest Period Ever around Australia with her live illustrator husband to sold-out audiences and now is excited to release a cycle soundtrack and accompanying book, Period Queen.

In this episode, we talk about how understanding the phases of your cycle can improve your life, why ovulation should be the star of the cycle, why Lucy uses music and theatre to spread period positivity, and so much more!

To learn more about Lucy Peach, visit the show notes.

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