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Healing Hormones
by Nina Boyce
Welcome to a space for real talk about all things menstrual health and fertility awareness method. It’s time we drop the stigma around our periods and start opening up about the beautiful complexity of the female body.Learn from myself, and top women’s health experts, as we bring awareness to topics often dismissed in mainstream media and wellness.Join us as we discuss birth control, hormonal imbalance, FAM, mental health, pregnancy/motherhood, and more - nothing is off limits.
Episodes
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155. Gratitude Through Growth: Catching Up with Sarah Beth Yoga
Today brings a very special episode of Healing Hormones as I welcome back Sarah Beth of Sarah Beth Yoga a long SIX years after her first appearance on the show. Back then, her little one was just a baby, our businesses were in dramatically different places, and of course – I hadn’t become a mama...
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154. Spotlighting Pregnancy (and Postpartum) Full-Body Wellness with Dr. Kayla Borchers
Today’s guest on Healing Hormones is Dr. Kayla Borchers. She is a physical therapist, prenatal and postpartum corrective exercise specialist, board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist, and a certified yoga teacher with a passion for helping active families thrive. She’s also here in…
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153. Using Tempdrop to Track Fertility Awareness Method with Mel Angus
Today, I am joined by Mel Angus from Tempdrop. She’s a certified fertility awareness educator and heads the brand’s customer support and user experience department. Tempdrop is basically the easiest way to track your basal body temperature – I recommend it to all of my clients. Don’t worry, we…
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152. Dr. Alyssa Dweck Takes Us to School on Low Estrogen Symptoms, PMS & More
Today on the show, I am talking to Dr. Alyssa Dweck, who is a practicing gynecologist and the chief medical officer of Bonafide Womens Health Supplements. An OB GYN for over twenty-five years with a special interest in menopausal health and training in female sexual health, she’s been all over TV...
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151. Be the Beginner: Understanding Your Limitless Self with Emily Pereira
Emily Pereira is an international retreat leader, yoga teacher, and women's coach who has, after 13 years of intensive and extensive spiritual training and exploration, amassed a treasure trove of astonishing wisdom practices – and a memoir that details it all. She's used her vast life and health...
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150. Back to Nature: Learning About Ayurvedic Healing with Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD
Today’s guest on Healing Hormones is Avanti Kumar-Singh, MD, a former ER doctor turned ayurvedic healer. Finding the ancient Indian medical practice after – you guessed it – experiencing her own health and wellness issues that traditional medicine could not address in a way that relieved her...
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149. Healing Our Relationship with Food & Cooking with Tamar Samuels MS, RD, CDN
Today’s guest is Tamar Samuels, a registered Dietitian Nutritionist, National Board Certified Health Coach, and the co-founder of Culina Health. In this episode, we talk a lot about how, when you're trying to heal the root cause of what's going on, whether it's gut issues, hormone health, thyroid...
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148. Honoring Our Cycle Through Sustainable Fitness with Courtney Babilya
Today on the show, I am talking to Courtney Babilya, who is a fitness nurse and mom of two on a mission to help women find their way out of diet culture, and back into their power, through sustainable fitness and cyclical living. We talk about her difficult rock bottom, complicated further by a...
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147. Your Most Common Fertility Awareness Questions Answered
Does this sound like you? You’re considering ditching birth control and finally starting Fertility Awareness Method … but you’re feeling totally stuck. On one hand, you’re so nervous to stop the pill because you’ve been on it more years than you can count, and on the other hand, you’re terrified…
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146. Apple Watch Series 8 vs. OURA Ring: Tracking Basal Body Temperature for Natural Birth Control
Many women who are looking towards natural birth control (aka Fertility Awareness Method) are curious about the rise in popularity of wearable thermometers. With a variety of temperature tracking devices out there, it poses the question: how do these new technologies compare in both ease and...
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145. Tricky Fertility Window? Understanding When It’s Open or Closed
We’ve all heard it online and all over social media – that you can only get pregnant during a five or six day window each month, aligning with the presence of your more fertile cervical mucus. But, what if your CM is here to party most of the month? Especially for those of us practicing Fertility...
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144. Metabolic Magic: Eat More & Train Less with Kitty Blomfield
My guest today, Kitty Blomfeld, is just like so many of us, having gone through a cycle of dieting, binging, and doing things she thought were good for her body (like heavily restrictive practices), but were actively hurting it. Her health and wellness travels brought her to weight training, and...
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143. How Does COVID Affect Hormonal Health in Women? with Dr. Jessica Drummond
Today’s well-informed guest on Healing Hormones is Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC (!). She is the founder and CEO of The Integrative Women's Health Institute and the author of Outsmart Endometriosis. Jessica’s worked with women on their chronic pelvic pain for more than twenty years, she...
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142. Learning About Hormone Sensitivity & Skin Care with Cheryl Woodman
Through her work as a scientist, award-winning skincare formulator, and acne expert – and her amazing blog, Honesty For Your Skin – Cheryl Woodman helps women who've tried everything under the sun to treat their acne and still feel stuck at rock bottom. She joins the show today to teach us about...
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141. Can You Grow It? Diet & Lifestyle Changes to Reduce Stress with Lahana Vigliano
My guest today, Lahana Vigliano, is the CEO of Nuvitru Wellness and a board-certified and holistic clinical nutritionist in Austin, TX. She’s here to answer all of our questions about stress – where does it come from, how can we reduce it, and what is it really doing in our bodies? She also asks...
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140. Tracking Your Cycle While Using the Copper IUD
Today, we’re talking about the Copper IUD. There are so many questions about this hormone-free birth control product. And luckily, there’s tons of research on it. Let’s talk about how it's used, risks, and of course, effectiveness. How long does it stay in? How does it affect our FAM practice?…
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139. Ritualizing Our Cycles with Maddie Miles
Maddie Miles is a fellow podcaster in the hormone space, hosting “peace. love. hormones. By The Maddie Miles” since 2020. She joins the show today to talk about her personal health journey battling the negative effects of antibiotics, birth control pills, lyme disease, and anorexia. In and out of...
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138. Gaining Confidence in the Kitchen with Cassy Joy Garcia
Cassy Joy Garcia is a New York Times bestselling author and the creative force behind popular wellness editorial site, Fed + Fit. Her mission is to make cooking more manageable, especially for moms – which is why I am personally so excited to share this one with you. Once she had her first child,...
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137. Coconuts and Kettlebells: Nourish Your Mind & Body with Noelle Tarr
My amazing guest today, Noelle Tarr, is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP), an NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer, author, and all-around badass. She’s worked in the industry for more than seventeen years and is open to admitting she’s made every mistake in the book – which is why she’s so...
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136. What is Functional Dentistry? Ask the Dentist! with Dr. Mark Burhenne
By now, you’ve heard of the gut biome and how critical those little bacteria are in supporting your overall wellbeing. Well, today, Dr. Mark Burhenne joins me to dive into even further detail with one specific, important, and very famous, part of our digestive system – our mouth! It’s about so…
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135. Red Light Therapy & the Mighty Mitochondria with Dr. Mike Belkowski
Dr. Mike Belkowski is my guest today. He’s a physical therapist by trade and is passionate about providing his patients with the most effective treatment techniques – most notably, he’s a big proponent of red light therapy, launching BioLight in 2019. We get into the teeny tiny detail in this one…
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134. Her Story: Ending the Shame Around Birth Control Breakup with Brooke Schattner
Brooke Schattner was on the pill since she was 16 – nearly a decade – and today she’s sharing her journey to leaving the pill behind and transitioning her way to FAM. Like so many women, Brooke got on the pill because it was just “the thing to do” in your teens. There wasn’t a real reason behind…
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133. Busted Myths & Proven Benefits: Exploring Castor Oil with Dr. Sherri McKnight of Queen of the Thrones
Dr. Sherri McKnight of Queen of the Thrones joins me to find the truth about castor oil, a hotly debated method for relieving inflammation and pain that goes back hundreds (even thousands!) of years. We talk about its many benefits, bust a few myths, and walk you through proper therapeutic use...
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132. Transitioning Off Birth Control Safely with Kelsie Anderson
Today I am chatting with my friend, and queen birth control expert, Kelsie Anderson of @bunsinbalance! Kelsie is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who works with women to help them navigate hormone imbalances through diet and lifestyle changes. She is particularly dedicated to…
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131. Getting to the Root of Whole Body Health with Corinne Angelica
Corinne Angelica is the sister I never had. You may find yourself listening to this and wondering “Why is Nina talking to herself?” But I haven’t lost it! Today, I’m talking with Corinne, a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist who helps women regulate their period, manage PCOS, transition off...
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130. PCOS 101: Different Types & How to Support Your Body with Dr. Danielle Desroche
PCOS is such a common diagnosis for women these days and can impact our lives in a number of ways. Still, getting a diagnosis can be stressful, leading women to wonder what they can do to support their bodies and their hormones. Dr. Danielle Desroche is a licensed naturopathic doctor specializing...
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129. Holistically Support Your Body & Hormones with Herbs with Rachelle Robinett
One of the problems with synthetic hormones is how easily they can knock our body off course and tip our hormonal balance in the wrong direction. But what if you could take something natural that supports your body’s ability to create hormones with a low risk of unwanted side effects or...
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128. Her Story: How This Doula Went From IUD to FAM with Kat Kirk-Holmes
Kat Kirk-Holmes is a student in my LUNA course. She is a flight attendant and doula in the Columbus area and, after five years, she’s had her IUD taken out. Before that, it was the pill for about ten years. She is now managing to prevent pregnancy through the fertility awareness method (FAM). She...
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127. All About Phexxi, the Hormone-Free Birth Control with Saundra Pelletier
I have been getting so many questions about Phexxi, the first and only hormone-free prescription birth control gel that you can control. I’ve done my own independent research on it, but wanted to have a conversation with someone from the company to tell us more about it. So, in this episode, we...
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126. The Fight for Period Equity with Dr. Tricia Callender
When we don’t have access to products and information regarding our basic biological needs, it holds us back in a number of ways in life. Dr. Tricia Callender has 15 years of experience promoting equity, policy, and behavior change, including in her current position as Head of Diversity at Thinx...
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125. A Deep Dive Into Postpartum Recovery with Patricia Ladis
This week we’re welcoming back Patricia Ladis, a licensed physical therapist and author of “The Wise Woman's Guide to Your Healthiest Pregnancy and Birth.” We’ve talked about supporting your body during pregnancy and briefly dipped into postpartum in past episodes, but there’s so much left to…
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124. Fitness and Hormone Balance with Alex Redmond
Alex Redmond is the CEO of Biz Fit Academy, an online fitness coaching company aimed at helping busy, ambitious women achieve their fitness goals in a healthy, sustainable way. When she noticed some physical changes going on after quitting birth control, she suspected her hormones were out of...
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123. Tips to Support Your Liver & Gut Health
As I approach a year postpartum and adjust to life after endometriosis surgery, I’ve been noticing shifts happening in my diet and my life. Pregnancy affects everyone in different ways, but one thing is always the case: Your hormone levels soar. For some that feels amazing, but for others, it can...
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122. Finding Creative Fulfillment Without the Mom Guilt with Anastasia Gentry
Anastasia Gentry is an Etsy shop owner, passive income preacher, and single mom of one four-year-old with another little one on the way. She helps busy moms (or any other boss babes) build and launch their passive income Etsy business in just one weekend. She left her soul-sucking 9-to-5 job to...
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121. Her Story: Courtney’s Birth Control & Fertility Awareness Journey
If you’re thinking about making a change in your life, it can be so helpful to hear what others have gone through making that same change. I’ve decided to start this new series where I highlight women sharing their stories of coming off of birth control and starting the fertility awareness method...
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120. Curbing the Harm of Environmental Toxins & Hormone Disrupters with Dr. Jenna Hua
Dr. Jenna Hua is the founder and CEO of Million Marker, a health tech startup that provides on-demand body toxicity tests and gives personalized product and diet recommendations based on your results to improve your chance of conception. Dr. Hua is passionate about the environment, public health,...
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119. Four Tips for Having the Birth Control Talk With Your OBGYN
Your OBGYN is supposed to be your ally when it comes to your health. Yet, for so many, we leave the gynecologist’s office feeling confused, frazzled, and overlooked. Maybe you’re feeling pressured to choose a pharmaceutical birth control when you really wanted to go with the fertility awareness...
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Healing Hormones Hits: Learning to Honor + Trust Your Natural Cycle with Jessica Victoria
We’re revisiting one of our most popular episodes with Jessica Victoria, where we had an amazing conversation about learning how to honor and trust your natural cycle. Jessica Victoria has such a similar philosophy to me when it comes to women’s hormone health and fertility. She is a holistic...
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118. Making the Transition from Birth Control to Fertility Awareness Method with Hannah Matluck
Hannah Matluck is a previous private client of mine, and she’s been a trusted voice in the health, wellness, and hormone space as a health coach and hosts her own podcast, The V Hive. She has a unique perspective on fertility awareness method (FAM) and she’s still discovering how little we are...
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117. Manifesting Your Fertility Goals into Reality with Kelsey Aida
Kelsey Aida is a next-generation thought leader who’s helped hundreds of thousands of people own their power and win at life through her inspirational blog. She’s the author of #ActuallyICan, a book all about mastering the art of self-affirmation to bring about incredible results. Her latest…
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116. Supporting Endometriosis Through Diet & Lifestyle with Cindy Dabrowska
This week we’re talking all about endometriosis! Cindy Dabrowska struggled with it in her own life for years. After deciding enough was enough, she began trying everything she could to lessen her symptoms and get her endo under control. She found that making a series of diet and lifestyle changes...
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115. The Last Menstrual Pad You’ll Ever Need with Isabel Aagaard
Isabel Aagaard is the co-founder and designer at LastObject, a reusable products company on a mission to make zero waste the standard. They make several impressive products, but we’re going to be focusing mostly on LastPad, a reusable menstrual pad that recently raised $384,972 on KickStarter. We...
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114. Exploring In Vitro Fertilization & A Unique Fertility Journey with Jamie Mendell
Jamie Mendell is a life coach and business mentor who helps women transcend their inner blocks on their way to stepping up to juicy next-level versions of themselves, their businesses, and their lives. But in this conversation, we’re setting aside business to talk about fertility. She went…
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113. An Intuitive Energy Reading for the First Half of 2022 with Kate Van Horn
Kate Van Horn is an intuitive tarot reader and psychic. We have all had a wild past few years, so I thought it would be a good idea to give ourselves a taste of what’s to come. Kate is the perfect person to help us sink into our own intuitive guidance. She goes into an energy reading for the…
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112. Understanding the Vagina Better with Dr. Nicole E. Williams
Let’s talk about vaginas! If you listen to this podcast, there’s a pretty good chance you have one. To help us go into detail and bust the myths you have heard growing up, I’m joined by Dr. Nicole Williams. She’s a board certified gynecologist, hormone specialist, and the author of “This is How…
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111. Navigating the Transition Off Birth Control with Kaely McDevitt
One of the most requested topics I get is transitioning off of birth control and the IUD. So many people have questions about the pill and what it’s doing to the body. In order to get the full picture on the topic, I’ve brought in an expert on the subject, Kaely McDevitt. She’s a registered...
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110. Afraid of Starting Fertility Awareness Method? Start here!
The choice to get off of hormonal birth control or IUD is a big one, and with it can come a lot of fear. The fear of not wanting to get pregnant, or how your body will react, or any number of other concerns. But for whatever reason, you’ve decided to try a new method, and if fertility awareness...
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109. A Deep Dive into PCOS Symptoms & Non-Restrictive Strategies with Melissa Groves Azzaro
While many of our past guests have had PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) as a part of their story, we haven’t dedicated an entire episode to it, yet. PCOS is way more common than we think, and there are so many women out there struggling with this form of hormonal imbalance. Luckily, Melissa…
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108. Learn to Read Your Body’s Signals with Laura Robson
Read Your Body is my absolute favorite app for using the Fertility Awareness Method – I use it myself, as well as recommend it to all of my charters and clients. To talk more about this amazing resource, Laura Robson joins us to dive deep into the app. She’s a cycle charter, certified fertility...
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107. Taking One Step at a Time Towards the Life You Want with Regan Walsh
Regan Walsh is a life coach and best-selling author of Heart Boss. The stories she tells carry lessons that all of us can resonate with and find value in. As the VP of Programming at Renegade Accelerator, she focuses on helping women who are over-programmed and underwhelmed to reclaim their lives…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to a space for real talk about all things menstrual health and fertility awareness method. It’s time we drop the stigma around our periods and start opening up about the beautiful complexity of the female body.Learn from myself, and top women’s health experts, as we bring awareness to topics often dismissed in mainstream media and wellness.Join us as we discuss birth control, hormonal imbalance, FAM, mental health, pregnancy/motherhood, and more - nothing is off limits.
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Nina Boyce
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Welcome to a space for real talk about all things menstrual health and fertility awareness method. It’s time we drop the stigma around our periods and start opening up about the beautiful complexity of the female body.Learn from myself, and top women’s health experts, as we bring awareness to...
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