In this second part of our look back at the history of women’s health, we explore the history of estrogen and hormonal birth control as well as the crucial role progesterone plays in our physical and emotional health.

• How progesterone plays a very important role in channeling energy and focus
• How estrogen and progesterone work in harmony
• How hard it is to create progesterone vs. estrogen
• The danger of having estrogen without progesterone
• The isolation and marketing of synthetic estrogen
• The history hormonal birth control
• How hormonal birth control really works and the impact it has on the female body
• How to protect our progesterone

In this episode I mentioned:

• The Business of Birth Control 
• Brain to Uterus Connection
• Uterus and Memory 
• History of diethylstilbestrol (DES) in cattle 
• History of Estrogen 
• History of DES in women
• Effects of DES in women
• Estradiol valerate used to induce PCOS in rats
• Productions & Actions of Estrogens 
• Estrogen & Lack of Progesterone Makes Us Fat:
  • PubMed
  • Daily Mail
• Chamberlain-Kahn Act/The American Plan: 
  • History.com 
  • Chamberlain-Kahn Act 
• Women in Psychiatry

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We examine the double-edged sword of being in our feminine power and look back at key points in history that have deeply impacted female physiology, health, and hormones.

· How our physiology can work against us when it’s not in harmony

· Our great power and responsibility as deeply feeling, sensitive, intuitive beings.

· The four archetypes of survival and protection

· Hysteria and the deep misunderstanding of women’s emotions and hormones

· The discovery of PMS and using nourishment to alleviate symptoms

In this episode I mentioned:

· Documentary About Female Psychiatry “The Lobotomist” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lobotomist/

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Jessica Ash shares the characteristics of masculinity and femininity, and how these energies go far beyond gender and stereotypical gender roles. 

• What happens when masculine and feminine energy is in and out of balance
• The physiological cost of women living in masculine energy
• Resilience to stress in female vs. male physiology
• The difference between circadian vs. infradian rhythms 
• The different male and female archetypes

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This week I explore our complicated relationship with the female appetite from a cultural and physiological perspective. I walk through the demonization of appetite and women’s disassociation from their body’s needs as well as the important role appetite plays in hormones, regulating reproduction, and blood sugar.

• Why women are very sensitive to a state of undernourishment
• How we get addicted to survival hormones 
• How suppressing appetite can negatively impact your digestion
• How appetite is a powerful gauge for your energy state
• Why our appetite, cravings and emotions are deeply intertwined
• How to tune into your appetite and let it guide you to your deeper needs
• Why eating more frequently can help you reclaim your energy

In this episode I mentioned:

• Ghrelin: much more than a hunger hormone
• Variation of Leptin During Menstrual Cycle and Its Relation to the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal (HPG) Axis: A Systematic Review
• Adrenaline: insights into its metabolic roles in hypoglycaemia and diabetes

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A holistic and critical exploration of the “pro-metabolic diet” – what it is, what it’s not, where it came from, why so many people are drawn to it, and how some people have “hurt” themselves with it.  

• The Pro-metabolic Diet done right…. and oh so wrong
• Why dieting and seeing food this way inevitably hurts us
• Breaking the dieting cycle
• Why people look at diets to save them
• Why health is more complex than just eating a certain way and taking supplements
• Looking at influencer culture and social media and how unhealthy people approach food
• Bioenergetics as a philosophy

In this episode I mentioned:

Rare Earths Forbidden Cures by Joel D. Wallach*

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I do a deep dive into bioenergetics, and how understanding this concept allows you to redefine your experience and completely shift your perspective in how you approach your body and healing.

• Understanding what “Energy Begets Structure” means
• What is the metabolism? Why is it important?
• What is a hypo-metabolic state?
• Understanding the importance of nourishment through the lens of female biology & physiology
• What being undernourished can look like & feel like
• How to understand what’s going on at an energetic level
• How our energy is connected to our fertility and sexual expression
• Physical and emotional signs and symptoms that energy flow is poor

In this episode, I mentioned:

• Lambdoma, by Barbara Hero
• Ray Peat
• A study of the human energy field

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Welcome to the Fully Nourished® Podcast! In this first episode, you’ll meet me, Jessica Ash. I’m a functional nutritionist, integrative health coach, and creator of the popular online course, Fully Nourished®. To kick off the Fully Nourished® podcast, I share my vision for the podcast and dive deep into my own health story and personal journey. I also explore the importance of finding your personal nutrition philosophy in a health and wellness culture that pushes authoritarian thinking and dogmatic belief systems.

• My PCOS and autoimmune diagnosis and how it led me to this place
• Where I come from/my background
• How authoritarian structures and systems mess us up
• Why I think finding a nutrition philosophy is so important
• Guidance and focus in the modern landscape of information overload
• What is my nutrition philosophy now?

In this episode I mentioned: 

• Women Who Run with Wolves, by Clarissa Pincola Estes*
• Mastery, by Robert Green*

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The Fully Nourished® podcast, hosted by functional nutritionist and integrative health coach, Jessica Ash, is an evidence-based wellness podcast dedicated to empowering women with the tools and knowledge they need to tune into their body, understand their physiology, and truly nourish themselves inside and out.

Join Jessica as she explores the principles of bioenergetics and the unique needs of female physiology. Each week she shares her candid and thoughtful insights on women’s health, nutrition, mindset, body image, embracing the divine feminine, stress addiction, and more! In a world that is constantly wrapping everything in rules, restriction, shame, and fear, this podcast aims to help women let go of control and perfection, and learn to nurture their body with awareness and intentionality.

Think of each episode as your weekly coffee date with your BFF who is both your trusted ally and steadfast cheerleader as you both navigate your personal journey towards your strongest, most confident, and radiant self.

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