Fertility Freedom

Ashlyn Smith is the founder of ELM Endocrinology & Lifestyle Medicine and a board-certified Physician Associate with 15 years of experience in hormone and metabolic health. As a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional and Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of PAs, she specializes in a root-cause, whole-person approach—helping patients optimize hormones, metabolic health, and fertility through lifestyle-first care.

Key points:

• The 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine
• How to make sustainable change that actually works
• Tangible ways to support your sleep
• How to combine lifestyle medicine and testing for insulin resistance to see what's working in real time

Connect with Ashlyn:

• Website: Elm Endocrinology and Lifestyle Medicine
• Instagram: elm.pac
• Free 15 Minute Hormone Health Consultation

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Meet our clinic operation support, Maddy! Maddy comes from a background in corporate marketing and operations where she is sought after for bringing structure to vision in a way that feels human, intuitive, and supportive. Within our clinic, she is creating systems, flow, and a curated experience for our clients.

Maddy is also a student of Ayurvedic medicine, inspired by her own journey of stepping out of the corporate rat race and returning home to her body.

Today she shares Ayurvedic wisdom through the lens of fertility and how we can lean into the energy of the Spring Equinox to send messages of safety to our body.

Connect with Maddy:

• Instagram: theredthread.collective
• TikTok: theredthread.collective
• Save 50% of Maddy's Ayurvedic Foundations Guide with code fertility50

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Join Haley for a deep dive into insulin resistance:

• What's happening on a physiological level?
• How does this impact fertility?
• Common symptoms
• Blood work markers to look out for
• Nutrition, lifestyle, and supplements to help reverse it

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Holly Leever is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, Arvigo abdominal massage therapist and Fertility Awareness Method educator, guiding women optimize their menstrual cycles and their fertility.

She also has a powerful story of recovering from anorexia, hypothalamic amenorrhea and conceiving her daughter that she shares with us in this episode. If you aren't in a place to listen to stories surrouding eating disorders, please skip.

Holly founded her practice, Rosebud Wellness, in 2014 and works with clients locally in Ojai, CA and virtually all over the world.

Listen to Haley's story on Holly's podcast, Womb Wisdom

• Episode 173: Anovulatory Cycles and the HA Spectrum

Connect with Holly:

• rosebudwellness.com
• Instagram: rosebud_wellness
• Free 35 Minute Traning: Cycle Charting for Conception Success

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Join me as I walk through a real client case that highlights how chronic inflammation, gut dysfunction, and hormone metabolism can quietly interfere with fertility.

This client has been trying to conceive for over a year without ever conceiving.

We explore:

• What hs-CRP actually tells us (and what it doesn't)
• How gut dysbiosis can drive systemic inflammation
• Why estrogen metabolism can shift under oxidative stress
• And why fertility depends on the body feeling safe and supported

This is an educational case study focused on patterns, not guarantees — and a reminder that fertility doesn't start with forcing hormones, but with improving the environment they operate in.

Fertility doesn't start in the ovaries, it starts in the environment.

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Join Haley as she makes her case for why looking at your gut may make the most sense if you're in the middle of an unexplained fertility journey.

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Join Haley on a thought exploration on if it's in your best interest to pause trying to conceive and ultimately slow down to speed up.

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Join Haley for an exploration on mindset and energy shifts that may support your fertility journey, especially this holiday season (extracted from recent conversations with clients).

Support from Haley:

• Fertility Freedom: book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Join Haley to answer the question what to do if you've been trying to conceive for two years with suspected low sperm count.

Key points:

• Review on timing sex for conception (and what not to do)
• Priority labs to rule out
• Where to start with low sperm parameters
• How functional labs can help when everything else is ruled out

Resources mentioned:

• Book: Real Food for Fertility by Lily Nichols & Lisa Hendrickon-Jack
• FullWell Supplements - link to save 20% on your first order

Support from Haley:

• Save $500 on Fertility Freedom through the end of 2025 (5 spots availalbe): book a free Discovery Call to get started

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Dr. Angela Potter is an integrative fertility doctor, nutritionist and leading expert in PCOS. She is the creator of the PCOS Fertility Protocol. This proven protocol helps women with an individualized approach to get regular periods, consistent ovulation and the best chance at getting pregnant. Dr. Potter is also a speaker and has shared the stage with various CEO's and global thought-leaders from corporations like Google, Microsoft and Headspace. She has also been been featured on ABC, CBS and NBC.

Key Points:

• What's required to get a PCOS diagnosis?
• The 4 types of PCOS
• What to do about it

Connect with Dr. Potter:

• Website: drangelapotter.com
• Instagram: drangelapotter
• Free PCOS Fertility Breakthrough Session

Connect with Haley:

• Email: [email protected]
• Newsletter: Health & Her
• Instagram: haleysmith.hfc
• TikTok: haleysmith.hfc
• Website: holisticfertilityclinic.co
• Free Guide: Top 5 Foundational Supplements for Optimal Fertility

Disclaimer: Information provided on this channel is for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided on this channel for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided on this podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a practitioner-client relationship between you and Haley Smith or any guest on this show. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.