Earth Body Podcast

Cycle Sessions is a series featuring real voices navigating the lived experience of reproductive health.

Today, we’re talking with Kara Duval, founder of Range, about her experience with endometriosis and adenomyosis.

KEY MOMENTS:

- What led Kara to suspect endo

- How Kara's doctor provided support

- Kara's journey to surgery

- Setting boundaries with providers before surgery

-"Dancing with pain" in the moment with movement

- The importance of pleasure & “more!” as medicine

- On cycle tracking as a resource for dialoguing with the body in the present tense

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy.

To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

Today, we’re talking about cycle literacy and the nervous system with birthworker, Craniosacral therapist + reproductive health educator Kate Hopkins.

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

IG: @helloearthbody

To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

You did the work (months of daily temps and mucus checks!) and your provider glanced at it for four seconds.

This episode is a tactical, step-by-step guide to fixing that: how to build a one-page chart summary a provider can read in under 30 seconds, how to open the conversation so it doesn’t get waved off, exact scripts for asking specific, answerable questions, and what to do if you still don’t get traction.

Not medical advice (!!!) - this is a communication guide for turning your charting data into a productive conversation with the people who can actually act on it.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy. To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

Discussing anxiety + burnout in women over 35 with Clinical Herbalist and Holistic Nutritionist Carley Nadine.

Mentioned in this episode: The Estrogen-Histamine Connection with Dr. Sam Murphy

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

IG: @helloearthbody

To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

If you’re relying on “textbook” averages even though you don’t have a “textbook cycle” - that may not be accurate enough for you.

In this episode we break down the myth of Cycle 14 and why that mismatch throws off calendar-based predictions - and how cycle charting can help.

Studies cited:

“Real-life insights on menstrual cycles and ovulation using big data”

“Monitoring the menstrual cycle: Comparison of urinary and serum reproductive hormones referenced to true ovulation”

Fertility After 35: a free private podcast for evidence-based guidance + support about fertility after 35

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy. To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

Today, we’re discussing how attuning to our cycles allows us to learn to live with grief with menstrual literacy educator Ines Tielas.

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

IG: @helloearthbody

To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

After years of teaching people to chart their cycles, some patterns show up again and again (big shout out to the first confirmed ovulation). This episode gets into the the breakthroughs, the surprises, and what this work has taught me about body literacy + self-trust.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy. To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

Today, we’re talking about the transition from “mother-in-waiting” to “woman-without-children” with researcher Karen Abi-Karam.

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

IG: @helloearthbody

To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

Thinking about charting your cycle but not sure it’s worth it? In this episode, I get into the biggest objections I hear most often from people before they start (the time commitment, the fear of “messing it up,” if it’s actually effective, what happens after six weeks, etc.).

Plus: enrollment for my cycle charting course is open now and closing soon - details in the show notes if you’re ready to stop thinking about charting and actually learn it.

My charting course Natural Birth Control is now open for enrollment!

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy. To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.

Discussing "hormonophobia" + online cycle syncing recommendations research with Dr. Emily Pfender, PhD.

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Earth Body offers online classes & resources to support body literacy.

Start charting today for free with my free private podcast Charting 101

IG: @helloearthbody

To subscribe to our newsletter, check out our upcoming classes, and more, visit us online at HelloEarthBody.com.

Theme song is by Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

All content is provided for general informational purposes only. It not medical advice, and should not be construed as such.