I am delighted to have Magdalena Wszelaki in this episode; she is a women’s hormone expert, the best selling author of a fantastic book: Cooking for Hormone Balance, and she curates some brilliant videos on her website Hormone Balance.com. 

 

 In this thoughtful episode, we talk about her own journey with her health, coming from years of suffering from severe estrogen dominance and hashimoto's thyroiditis. Magdalena shares her knowledge and experience for you to begin to understand more about your own body’s signs and symptoms, learn how to choose your food, supplements, hygiene and cleaning products to support the main body functions directly related to your hormone balance.

 

Here are the main themes we addressed in this amazing episode:

• ● Magdalena talks about being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s.
• ● Traumatic events trigger disease manifestation.
• ● Timeline therapy to find the root causes.
• ● How you can lower the inflammation in your body.
• ● Elimination diet is a great starting point.
• ● The spiritual and emotional connection.
• ● What is Estrogen Dominance?
• ● Manifestations of Estrogen Dominance.
• ● Bisphenols are highly toxic and are everywhere.
• ● Learning how to live cleanly.
• ● Helping your two internal systems responsible for metabolizing estrogen: digestion and liver.
• ● Bitters promote healthy liver function and help regulate bowel movements.
• ● Genetic predisposition.
• ● New program: The Estrogen Reset.
• I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did and that it helped you realize that by understanding your body, you can feel really good, no matter your genetic predisposition. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
• You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or visiting jennpike.com/episode39.
• Learn more about Magdalena Wszelaki: 
• Magdalena Wszelaki is a published author with Harper Collin (Cooking for Hormone Balance), a Certified Holistic Health Coach accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She received her education from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. She is currently training with the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism to become a Clinical Herbalist. Before getting into the health arena, she had a long, fast-paced career as a strategic planner for the advertising powerhouse called WPP in both Asia and the US, working on Fortune 100 brands. Magdalena is also a regular Vipassana (insightful) meditation practitioner and a Level II Reiki healer (a form of energy healing).
• Visit Magdalena Wszelaki ́s website
• Cooking for Balance 
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• To register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones and more, please join the waitlist at jennpike.com/thehormoneproject
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• Quotes: 
• “Your hormones are the last thing that fails.”
• “Within 3 to 6 months from a traumatic event a lot of diseases manifest.”
• “An elimination diet is a great starting point to reduce inflammation.”
• “If supplementation and diet are not working for you, look deeper into the spiritual and emotional connection.”
• “The more variety of gut bacteria you have, the less predisposition you have to develop estrogen problems.”
• “Incorporate bitter foods to help your liver produce bile.”
• “The liver loves bitters.”
• “Bitters promote healthy liver function and help regulate bowel movements.”
• “If you understand your body, you can really feel good, no matter your genetic predisposition.”
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• Additional Information About Jenn:
• Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium and Juice Plus.
• Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.