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# 177: Misconceptions about Birth Control and How that Impacts Our Reproductive/Sexual Choices with Vienna Farlow Jun 01, 2020

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Vienna Farlow is a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner and the founder of The Cuntsultant, Your Vagina's Consultant. She is a fertility awareness educator, teaching how to avoid or achieve pregnancy naturally to gain a deeper understanding of total body health through the menstrual cycle. Vienna's work focuses on demystifying the female body, body literacy, and teaching women and people with vaginas ways to connect with their bodies. She believes that all female-bodied people should be empowered to know more about their bodies and the way they work. She is passionate about reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ inclusion, full-spectrum care, abortion access, and provocation in the name of education.

In this episode, we talk about fertility awareness types of natural birth control, misconceptions about secular fertility awareness, the effectiveness of fertility awareness methods, the wide-reaching impact of the stigma around abortion, how Vienna supports women as an abortion doula, and so much more!

To learn more about Vienna Farlow, visit the show notes.

PP# 176: Why I Chose BHRT with Vashti Kanahele May 25, 2020

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Vashti Kanahele is a certified Integrative Women's Health coach and environmental toxins educator. Vashti is a Lyme and Hashimoto's warrior and enjoys working with women with breast implant illness, autoimmune disease, Lyme disease, and women in perimenopause.

In this episode, we talk about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), the benefits over conventional hormone replacement therapy, the importance of testing your hormone levels, why you shouldn't take a DIY approach to hormone replacement therapy, the symptoms and recommendations for breast implant illness and so much more!

To learn more about Vashti Kanahele, visit the show notes.

PP# 175: How to Address Fibroids and When to Go the Surgical Route with Christine Garvin May 18, 2020

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Christine Garvin, MA, NE, is a Whole Health Coach based in Asheville, NC. She weaves together her personal health journey - including a fibroid surgery that went terribly wrong - with her training in holistic health, nutrition, and hormones to help women heal their gut and achieve hormonal balance.

In this episode, we talk about how fibroids develop, the non-surgical route Christine recommends for shrinking your fibroids and reduce your symptoms, the connection between fibroids and your hormones, and so much more!

To learn more about Christine Garvin, visit the show notes.

PP# 174: Periods & Poops: How the Menstrual Cycle Affects the Digestive System with Nicole Jardim May 11, 2020

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It's fair to say that the subject of poop, and especially girls and women and pooping, is a little taboo.

I don't know about you, but this topic was extremely embarrassing for me to talk about for a very long time. As a teenager living in gut health hell, I was too embarrassed to use the bathroom at school and instead tried to suffer through it until I got home. No way would I risk someone being in the stall next to me hearing what was happening!

On top of the social issues, keeping poops as a don't ask-don't tell topic meant I had no idea that my digestive issues were linked to all my hormonal woes. Here's the thing - we have to talk about this stuff because just like periods, our digestive health tells us a lot about our bodies but we won't know when something is wrong if we don't even know what is normal, to begin with. Let's push through the discomfort and start talking.

The inspiration for this series is my first book, Fix Your Period, which arrived in the world on April 28th and is available now (with some incredible bonuses worth over $500!). During this time, I want to share super valuable information with you that is like a sneak peek into all the goodness in my book.

To learn more about Nicole's book, visit the show notes.

PP# 173:The Four Phases of the Menstrual Cycle May 04, 2020

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Female bodies are cyclical by nature, producing varying quantities of hormones at different points in our monthly menstrual cycle. These hormone fluctuations create four distinct phases of your cycle.

Learning about and embracing your internal cyclical nature is one of the most powerful and effective ways to maximize your true potential in all areas of life. Our periods don't have to hold us back, even when we assume they will. It's your unique cycle and you will need to learn to observe it, understand it, and work with it.

To learn more about Nicole's book, visit the show notes.

PP# 172: How to Use CBD for Your Menstrual Cycle with Jenny Sansouci Apr 27, 2020

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Jenny Sansouci is a Brooklyn-based certified health coach, author, and creator of the wellness blog Healthy Crush, where she's been writing since 2008. She's a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has been trained by functional medicine doctor Frank Lipman, MD in New York City. Jenny's book, The Rebel's Apothecary, is a science-based and supportive guide that will enhance the lives of anyone living with pain, anxiety, depression, a weakened immune system, insomnia, and more.

In this episode, we talk about our writing journeys, the role CBD and medicinal mushrooms have played in Jenny's father's journey with pancreatic cancer, how to choose the right CBD product for you, Jenny's top resources where you find out more about CBD, using CBD and medicinal mushrooms for PMS and PMDD symptoms, and so much more!

To learn more about Jenny Sansouci, visit the show notes.

PP# 171: Real Food for Conception & A Healthy Pregnancy with Lily Nichols Apr 20, 2020

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Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition and exercise. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and unapologetically critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is the author of two bestselling books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes.

In this episode, we talk about the role of nutrition plays in fertility, the problems with mainstream pregnancy diet advice, the nutrients that many pregnant women's diets lack, What you need to know about folate vs folic acid, nutrients which can reduce your risk of pregnancy complications, and so much more!

To learn more about Lily Nichols, visit the show notes.

PP# 170: How To Track Your Cycle To Know If & When You're Ovulating & When Your Period Will Arrive Apr 13, 2020

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Why should you track your cycle? Does it make sense to start tracking while we're going through such a stressful time? What if your period is missing or irregular? If you've been listening to my April solo series, you'll now have a good idea of what's normal for your cycle and what to do if you're experiencing an irregular period. Cycle tracking is the next step in getting acquainted with your menstrual cycle and attaining period literacy.

Quantifying things about your cycle through tracking will empower you to make more educated decisions about your health and wellness. There's a little bit of a learning curve when you're getting started but if I can do it, I promise you can too! In this episode, I'm breaking it all down.

The inspiration for this series is my first book, Fix Your Period, which will be out in the world on April 28th and is available now for pre-order (with some incredible bonuses worth over $600!). During this time, I want to share super valuable information with you that is like a sneak peek into all the goodness in my book.

To learn more about Nicole's book, visit the show notes.

PP# 169: Irregular Cycles, Their Causes and Solutions with Nicole Jardim Apr 06, 2020

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What if you have no idea when your next period will show up? If your period comes every few weeks, every few months, or some combination of the two, then you have an irregular period and you're not alone. Worrying about when your next period will make an appearance is something that no one is interested in.

In this April solo series, I'm sharing on topics related to periods and hormones that have been the most problematic for so many of my readers, followers, and listeners over the years and in this second episode, I'm talking about the possible causes for irregular periods and some basic solutions.

The inspiration for this series is my first book, Fix Your Period, which will be out in the world on April 28th and is available now for pre-order (with some incredible bonuses worth over $500!). During this time, I want to share super valuable information with you that is like a sneak peek into all the goodness in my book.

To learn more about Nicole's book, visit the show notes.

PP# 168: Periods & The Menstrual Cycle 101 with Nicole Jardim Mar 30, 2020

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Many of us are chronically inflamed due to our diet and the stress in our lives. Many of us have conditions that have not been diagnosed. But what I think is most exciting is the fact that we can do a lot about it. The first step is getting to know what's normal and what's not and that's what we're covering in this episode.

This episode is a little different from the usual – I'm going solo! For the month of April, I'm so excited to take a deep dive into the period and hormone-related topics that have been the most problematic for you over the years. In these solo episodes, we're going on a journey together and I'm answering your most pressing questions.

The inspiration for this season of solos is my first book, Fix Your Period, which will be out in the world on April 28th and is available now for pre-order (with some incredible bonuses worth over $500!). During this time, I want to give you practical and valuable information that will help move the needle on your health.

To learn more about Nicole's book, visit the show notes.

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