Christina Valenzuela, who is a certified instructor in the Boston Cross Check method of Natural Family Planning, shares insights into the patterns of energy, mood, and social personality that women experience throughout the monthly menstrual cycle. She shares tips on how to use this cyclical energy pattern to our advantage, and red flags for when symptoms deserve medical investigation. She also shared these resources:

Dr. Lara Briden
https://www.larabriden.com
The Hormone Repair Manual
The Period Repair Manual

Megan Faller
https://thealignedcycle.com
The Aligned Cycle

Christina Valenzuela
https://www.pearlandthistle.com/#/
Cycle Prep curriculum

Telehealth through My Catholic Doctor
https://mycatholicdoctor.com

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
https://thefifthvitalsignbook.com
The Fifth Vital Sign

Dr. Elisabeth Raith-Paula
https://second.wiki/wiki/elisabeth_raith-paula
What's Going on in my Body

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Melissa Hennessy, a health coach and new mother, discusses being diagnosed with interstitial cystitis, a painful bladder and pelvic condition. She shares her health journey from getting a diagnosis to advocating for treatment and the quality of life she has now thanks to pelvic floor physical therapy and dietary changes. She also dives deep into how this diagnosis impacted her sense of self and her dreams for the future. This is an incredibly vulnerable and honest conversation about pelvic pain, pain during sex, self-advocacy, resilience, and hope. Here are some resources she wants to share:
UofL physicians of Urogynocology: https://uoflhealth.org/locations/uofl-physicians-urogynecology/
Dunn physical therapy: dunnptky.com/index.html

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Introducing Femammal, the new podcast dedicated to holding space for women to explore what it means to live well in our bodies. We will look for the joy in our experience of being female mammals through frank interviews with women about our bodies, life cycles, communities, and families.

Here is the article mentioned in the show, which is how this podcast came about: "Catholics Need Better Conversations about Women's Health. Here are Three Places to Start"

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