Oct 9, 2024 | Endo Lifestyle, Endometriosis, Healthy Hormones, Podcast
Listen Now In today’s episode, we’re diving deep into progesterone and endometriosis—a crucial hormone for your body. Last week, we talked about its partner hormone, estrogen, so if you missed that episode, I highly recommend checking it out first. It’ll give you a...
Sep 18, 2024 | Endo Lifestyle, Endometriosis, Podcast
Listen Now In this episode, I’m joined by my good friend and fellow nutritional therapy practitioner, Molly Sellers. We’ve shared quite the journey together—both professionally and personally—and today, Molly is here to share her inspiring story. As a women’s...
Jun 6, 2024 | Blog post, Endo Lifestyle, Endo Nutrition, Endometriosis
One question that I hear often from women with endometriosis is, “ will endometriosis cause weight gain?” The simple answer is no. Endometriosis does not directly cause weight gain. However, my approach as a functional nutritionist is to view the body as an...
Apr 17, 2024 | Endometriosis, Fertility, Podcast
Listen Now In today’s episode, we continue our Infertility Awareness series by diving into the world of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine with Allison Locke, an Acupuncturist and integrative health practitioner. Allison, who is also an endo warrior, offers...
Mar 20, 2024 | Birth Control, Endometriosis, Fertility, Podcast
Listen Now In today’s episode I’m thrilled to be joined by Crystal Felice, a former Pharmacist who’s now a functional practitioner. Today, we’re delving into a crucial topic: birth control. So many of us are introduced to the pill at a young...
Mar 6, 2024 | Endometriosis, Gut Health, Podcast
Listen Now Today, I’m thrilled to dive into one of my favorite topics: gut health! You might be thinking, how is this related to endometriosis? Well, gut health is crucial for both the progression, healing, and managing endometriosis. Endo is not just a...
Feb 7, 2024 | Endo Nutrition, Endometriosis, Fertility, PCOS, Podcast
Listen Now In this week’s episode of the Endo Belly Girl Podcast, we’re thrilled to have Aditi Guha, a PCOS nutritionist, joining us. We’ll be delving into the world of PCOS – what it is, how it affects your hormones and fertility, and most...
Jan 31, 2024 | Endo Lifestyle, Endo Nutrition, Endometriosis, Podcast
Listen Now Welcome back to The Endo Belly Girl Podcast, the sanctuary where we delve into all things endometriosis and how they affect our lives. In today’s episode, I tackle a topic that has huge impacts on your hormones and endo: blood sugar. So grab your...
Jan 24, 2024 | Endo Lifestyle, Endometriosis, Healthy Hormones, Period Problems, Podcast, Supplements
Listen Now In today’s episode, I sit down with the insightful herbalist and integrative health coach, Audrey Gerber, to explore the body’s natural rhythms and the powerful role of herbs in supporting hormonal health and balance. Audrey brings to light her...
Oct 11, 2023 | Endometriosis, Podcast
Listen Now Let’s face it, endometriosis is…well…complicated. In simple terms, it is a disease where tissue similar to the endometrial lining in your uterus grows outside of your uterus. This causes symptoms like pain, fatigue, digestive distress, and...
Jul 31, 2023 | Blog post, Endometriosis, Fertility, Healthy Hormones, Healthy lifestyle, Period Problems
When I first was diagnosed with endometriosis, I was told by my doctor that the only options to manage it were medication and IVF so that I could get pregnant. Feeling like this was my only option, I agreed. The medications used to “treat” endometriosis block...
Jul 5, 2023 | Blog post, Endometriosis, Gut Health
Today we are going to take a deep dive into the microbiome-endometriosis link. Although it is not often talked about, there have actually been quite a few studies on this connection. Let’s unpack all of that information so you can have a better understanding of how...
May 3, 2023 | Blog post, Endo Pain, Uncategorized
Period pain is something that has become so normalized in our society. I remember as a teenage girl when I started having severe period pain and even nausea that it felt like I was generally brushed off by society because it is just “part of being a woman.” So...
Apr 12, 2023 | Blog post, Endo Pain, Endometriosis
What exactly are endometriosis flares? Basically, they are periods of time when pain and other symptoms worsen. These are the moments when it feels like your uterus is on fire or wrapped in barbed wire or like you are just going to explode from the inside out....
Apr 4, 2023 | Blog post, Endo Lifestyle, Endometriosis
Welcome back to part 2 of our series on toxins and endometriosis! Last week in part 1 we learned what items in your kitchen to watch out for that may be exposing you to toxic chemicals that can disrupt your hormones. Today we are going to move into how to detoxify...
Mar 28, 2023 | Blog post, Endo Lifestyle, Fertility
Here’s the thing. Life is messy. It’s complicated. Cleaning it up can be a challenge, but I am here to guide you and make it simple! When it comes to working to heal your body with endometriosis, toxins are an important piece of the puzzle. Life is full of toxic...
Nov 15, 2022 | Birth Control, Blog post, Endometriosis, Fertility
As much as we would like to believe it since it is such a simple solution, birth control doesn’t “fix” endo. I can’t tell you how often I hear stories like these. A woman walks into her doctor’s office, tells them that she is experiencing pain, hormonal symptoms,...
Nov 1, 2022 | Blog post, Endo Nutrition, Endometriosis
As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, I get this question a lot. What are the best foods for endometriosis? At the end of the day the answer of exactly which foods are best for YOU can be more complex. Different people have different food sensitivities. People also...
Sep 6, 2022 | Blog post, PCOS, Period Problems
PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, affects around 1 in 10 of reproductive-age women. That comes out to an estimated 5 million women in the United States alone! PCOS comes with a host of uncomfortable symptoms and unfortunately is so often approached in the medical...
Sep 1, 2022 | Blog post, Endometriosis, Period Problems
When we think of endometriosis, we tend to think of it as a gynecological disease affecting the female reproductive system. However, multiple studies have shown that around 90% of women with endometriosis also have digestive problems. In fact, one of the reasons it...