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Here’s a secret – there is one single thing that I miss about being on the pill, and it’s how damn clear my skin was!

 

Like our teenage years aren’t angsty enough without having to experience the highs and lows of breakouts too. But once we make it to the other side of puberty, not all of us emerge with clear skin. Our hormones like to remind us who’s boss and often around ovulation or our periods, a few fresh spots will emerge.

 

In this episode, I’m breaking down how to manage your skin as you transition off hormonal birth control. We’ll cover how to identify the underlying cause of your acne and what to do about it.

 

Acne is a sign that your hormones happy, and there’s only so much that topical creams and lotions can do to help! 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• What to expect from your skin when you come off the pill
• How to identify the underlying cause of your acne
• Your skin as an organ and how to show it love
• 4 steps to manage breakouts

 

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Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

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Read the accompanying blog post HERE

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FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

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Truthbomb: Your phone doesn’t know when you’re fertile.

 

I seem to have developed quite the reputation for being anti-app. I’m not necessarily anti-app, but I am anti-crappy apps and it seems that there are a lot of them out there.

 

The internet is completely flooded with period and ovulation tracking apps that claim to help you to monitor your menstrual cycle and your fertile window. Here’s the bad news – most of them are nothing more than a high-tech version of the rhythm method. 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

•  Why I’ll always be a pen and paper girl, and why I’m anti-crappy-apps
• When your tracking app can be super helpful, and when to delete it
• My app recommendation (because I know you’re going to ask!)

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Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

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I get it, you’re already trying to remember to drink enough water, exercise every day, text everyone back, be a good friend, partner, mother, sister, employee…phew, it’s a lot. The last thing you could possibly add to your plate is complicated tracking and charting system. Every. Single. Day.

 

Fertility awareness and charting has a reputation for being time-consuming, overwhelming and just another thing on our never-ending to-do lists, and so many women are missing out on this incredible knowledge as a result!

 

In this episode, I’m going to walk you through exactly how I track my menstrual cycle and my body’s natural fertile signs every day. I’m doing it as I go about my day and I don’t have to add in a single thing to my day to get all the information I need. 

 

And I do it in under 5 minutes. 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• The 3 main fertile signs and what they can tell you about your fertile window
• How to chart your fertile signs in under 5 minutes

 

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

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Contrary to what we’re all told, hormonal contraceptives are not the only effective option for birth control. If you’ve decided to finally ditch the hormones forever, or if you’re contemplating taking the leap, you’ll still need to know how to manage your fertile window if abstinence isn’t your thing.

 

Contraception can be used during the learning phase of fertility awareness and charting, when you’re still learning about your body’s unique menstrual cycle, and on wonky days when you’re just not sure (they happen to everyone!).

 

So forget what you were told in sex ed, I’m breaking down for you the most effective contraceptive options for managing your fertile window that are 100% hormone-free. 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

•  If you want to have sex during your fertile window, you’ll need a back up!
• How effective is the Fertility Awareness Method on its own?
• Why you might still need to keep some condoms in your purse
• Withdrawal – is it as risky as its reputation suggests?
• Diaphragm – the forgotten one
• Copper IUD (yes it’s hormone-free)

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Send us a text

We spend the majority of our lives actively avoiding pregnancy, so when the time finally arrives that you actually want to make a baby, it’s important to plan ahead.

 

If you’re someone who finds herself saying “I’ll get healthy when I’m pregnant”, this episode is for you because you really do need to start making healthy lifestyle changes before you get pregnant – 3 months to be exact.

 

Why 3 months? It takes 90 days for an egg to mature inside the follicles in the ovary before it is released at ovulation. For the boys, it takes 3 months for sperm cells to fully mature. By making lifestyle changes in the 3 months before actively trying to conceive, you’re making sure that your man has a stock of healthy, high quality mature sperm and that you’re creating the healthiest possible environment that encourages a fertilised egg to implant and develop into your baby. 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• Why you need to plan ahead
• What to talk about with your doctor
• How to eliminate your exposure to potential nasties
• Essential nutrients for pre-conception to include in your diet before pregnancy (and one in particular that will give him high quality, fast-swimming sperm)
• Why creating a regular exercise habit now will serve you and your baby through your pregnancy and beyond

 

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Send us a text

As soon as we ovulate, the body starts to prepare for a potential pregnancy. Month after month, our menstrual cycle creates the perfect conditions for an egg to be fertilised so that when a long-awaited pregnancy finally occurs, you can get to work straight away growing your baby – long before you even know you’re pregnant.

 

In this episode, you’ll learn when the best possible time is to take a pregnancy test in order to get an accurate result. I’ll share the earliest signs of pregnancy to look out for as well as how to survive the two-week wait between ovulation and your next expected period. 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• The early signs of pregnancy (and why charting will get you answers faster)
• When to take a pregnancy test and get an accurate result
• False negatives and false positives – and why they happen
• Staying sane during the two-week wait

 

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Send us a text

When I look back, I cringe at how little I knew about my body. 

 

When I started to wonder if there was another way to avoid unplanned pregnancy without the artificial hormones, everyone gave me the same cynical answers – Yes, but you’d be crazy to actually rely on them for birth control!

 

I call BS.

 

By taking just a couple of minutes a day to tune in to your body, you can use a method of birth control that is equally as effective as the Pill and condoms. 

 

No side effects, no artificial hormones, no prescriptions, no awkward supermarket visits. 

 

This knowledge will help you to know exactly when you are and aren’t fertile. 

 

Not only does this knowledge help you to avoid pregnancy, it also allows you to maximise your chances of conceiving naturally and, according to the research, in half the time! 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• How I discovered Fertility Awareness and learnt the truth about natural birth control
• Why I know exactly when I’m fertile (and when I’m not)
• My secrets to identifying underlying problems before they get worse
• Why confidence in your body changes everything about your life (beyond your fertility)

 

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Send us a text

Caffeine is the world’s most popular drug. 

 

If you’re one of those women who can’t function until you’ve guzzled your morning cup of coffee, caffeine might be doing more to your body than just giving you a quick energy boost.

 

If you’re currently pregnant or preparing for pregnancy, you’ve probably heard that coffee is on the naughty list. But is this reputation deserved? 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• How caffeine affects your body systems (especially your reproductive organs)
• Should caffeine be included in a pre-conception or pregnancy diet?
• Where is caffeine hiding?
• How bad is caffeine for your fertility (and his sperm)?
• Should you cut out coffee when trying to conceive?

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

________________ 

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Send us a text

A xenoestrogen is a type of endocrine disruptor that has an oestrogen-like effect on the body and a significant effect on your fertility.

We know that oestrogen is a key hormone for a healthy menstrual cycle, but when xenoestrogens enter our bodies they block oestrogen receptors so they can’t do their job.

The body thinks there’s not enough oestrogen available and begins to produce more. This will increase the total amount of oestrogen in our bodies and cause oestrogen dominance.

Xenoestrogens don’t break down, they’re stored in our fat cells and a build up over time can lead to breast cancer, obesity, infertility, miscarriage, endometriosis, early onset puberty and diabetes.

In this episode of The Mana Women's Wellness Podcast, I'm diving deep into the common household items that contain xenoestrogens and hormone disruptors. 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• Hormone disruptors and xenoestrogens and why they are everywhere!
• Common household items to replace immediately.
• Where to start?
• How to reduce your exposure and protect your fertility.

 

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.

Send us a text

We’ve all been there once or twice. We wake up thinking we’re going to get our period. But it doesn’t come. 

 

We wake up the next day. Still no period. 

 

Then we start to panic. 

 

We do some backwards maths and work out if we might be pregnant. We start frantically Googling and cursing our bodies for messing with our heads. 

 

In this episode, I’m going to save you from that long fall down the Google rabbit-hole and share with you the top reasons why your period might be late. And none of them mean you’re pregnant. 

 

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

• How your body keeps your sex hormones balanced and functioning.
• Why stress throws your hormones off-balance.
• Why your weight and body fat impacts your menstrual cycle.
• PCOS and irregular cycles.
• Menopause.

 

 ________________ 

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
 @fertilityco

The podcast is taking a break in 2024 while I'm on maternity leave, but there are still heaps of ways you can learn about your fertility and cycle!

Links to all resources are below 👇

If you want one on one support on your fertility journey, you can join the waitlist to work with me privately when I return from leave HERE.

TEMPDROP
TempDrop's wearable sensor and accompanying charting app brings the full fertility tracking solution right to your phone. Wear the sensor on your upper arm during sleep and then sync to the charting app whenever it's convenient for you!

Get an extra 10% off with code AFFERTILITYCO

Support the show

Read the accompanying blog post HERE

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @fertilityco

Whenever you're ready, here's a few ways I can help you!

FREE MINI-COURSE: Find Your Fertile Window

Maximise your chances of pregnancy with absolute and unshakeable confidence that you've got your timing perfectly right.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: The Collective

Need someone to hold your hand and keep you sane during your two-week wait? Sick of your ovulation obsession? Tired of testing "just in case"?

Of course you are! You’re already cycle-savvy and you know that timing is everything. So let’s spend these next two weeks together and switch your focus to expert guidance, daily distractions, and personalised podcast picks. Consider this your fast-track to fertility confidence … delivered straight to your inbox!

SIGNATURE COURSE: Fertility School

The proven, step-by-step method to track your cycle in just 5 minutes a day — So you’ll finally know the precise days to try for a baby.