Haus of Vagina Podcast

Chrissy is a wife, mother to 3, licensed therapist and embodiment coach living in San Diego, CA. Through her own healing journey through trauma Chrissy has found freedom from anxiety and panic attacks and is now living a more embodied and authentic life. Chrissy is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and creative career coach, and podcast host of Sure, Babe Podcast in Southern California.

I ask Chrissy:

How did you decide to go into therapy, specifically Marriage and Family Therapy?

What's your favorite population you work with?

What is purity culture and why is it problematic?

What is female embodiment and how is it so helpful in the treatment of trauma?

Why is working through your trauma so important?

What is the best part of doing therapy for you?

What is the next best step in our post-COVID world?

Find her at chrissypowers.com

Come to college with me! This week I'm interviewing 2 of my favorite professors, starting with Dr Meng, my Marriage and Family Therapy Professor.

I ask Dr Meng

What are you couples struggling with?

What are couples struggling with sexually?

How do we talk to our partners about sex?

What advice do you have for a couple with mismatched libidos?

How do we teach our kids about sex?

You may not menstruate, but how do periods go at your house?

Dr Sarah Bell is one of my professors at Utah Tech. Dr Bell has extensively studied:

- Dimensions of women’s sexual health and well-being, including sexual desire, sexual pleasure, and orgasm.

- The influence of social and sexual norms on women’s sexuality and sexual pleasure.

- How specific sexual contexts, such as hook ups, influence women’s sexual pleasure and sexual health.

- Use of mixed-methods designs, both qualitative and quantitative, to study women’s sexuality using a phenomenological approach.

I ask Dr Bell:

How she got started in all of this.

We talk about feminism, the waves and how this affects us.

We talk about where we're going as feminists

We talk about the orgasm gap and female pleasure.

What is female orgasmic disorder?

What else do we need to know about female pleasure?

Ashley Cobb is the millennial microphone for people of color seeking ultimate pleasure and sexual liberation. Ashley, “your favorite friend in filth” is dedicated to bringing the conversation of Black Sexuality to the forefront, and across generational lines.

Ashley is a sexpert, blogger, and influencer known for her fun, down to earth and practical commentary that's been featured in top media outlets to include Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Self Magazine, Women's Health, Black Love Doc, Shape, and many more. She's also the sex advice columnist for Madame Noire.

​Ashley is the creator of the digital news platform, Gossip and Gasms, which has been coined "The Shade Room of Sex." She also co-hosts a sexuality-centered podcast, "Hoe And Tell" that features real-life sex stories from strangers.

I ask Ashley:

How did you get into blogging about sex?

What is "normal?"

What are some of the most common questions you get or common topics you cover?

Let's talk about orgasms...

How can we get more familiar with what we like and our own anatomy?

How can we own our sexuality?

How can we talk to our kids about sex?

Where can we find you?

www.sexwithashley.com

IG: @sexwithashley

Dr. Williams is a board-certified gynecologic surgeon and founder of the Gynecology Institute of Chicago. Growing up in East St. Louis, Illinois, she always knew she wanted to make an impact in the world, especially helping women. Dr. Williams is dedicated to international mission work and travels to third world countries regularly, providing much needed surgeries to women in need. Her world travel experiences and core belief in “giving back” has not only shaped her medical practice, but her entire life. She specializes in fibroids, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, female sexual dysfunction, menopause, pelvic pain, female incontinence and prolapse. Dr. Williams resides in Chicago and enjoys playing piano and writing short stories and poetry.

I ask Dr Williams:

To tell us all about herself and how she became a doctor.

Let's talk about your new book, This is How You Vagina: All About Your Vajayjay and Why You Probably Shouldn't Call it That.

Let's talk about menopause, what do we need to know?

What kind of maintenance does a vagina actually need? What is normal?

Instagram: @gynecologyinstitute @drnicolelife

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GynecologyInstituteOfChicago/

www.thisishowyouvagina.com

Kate Morton is a registered dietitian and owner and founder of Funk It Wellness. After years of struggling with the many life-altering side effects of birth control, she decided enough was enough. She wanted to embrace her period and learn about her cycle. After stopping birth control her period decided to ghost me for 6 months which really freaked her out! When it finally did return, it was horrific. Ear-to-ear hormonal acne, thinning hair, cramps so bad I couldn’t go to work, and intense mood swings. After doing tons of research and looking for food-based approaches to menstrual health (putting her dietitian degree to good use) she was introduced to seed cycling. TBH she didn’t believe it would work but she was desperate. After 3 months her acne, cramps and mood had done a total 360 and she knew she had to share that method with other menstruators! Her goal is to make Funk It a safe nutrition-backed space for anyone struggling with hormone imbalance so we can honor our cycles and bodies.

I ask Kate:

How did you get into what you're doing?

We talk about the need for fiber in hormone balancing.

We talk about the harmful effects of hormonal birth control and being pro-knowledge, not anti-birth control.

Let's unpack misogyny in medicine.

Let's talk about how our nutrition affects our hormones and PMS.

Let's talk about detoxing naturally, for free (drink some water and eat some fiber).

How can I get started with seed cycling and how does it work?

Where can we find you?

https://funkitwellness.com/

https://www.instagram.com/funk.it.wellness/

Jill Blakeway is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM), a licensed and board-certified acupuncturist (LAc), and a clinical herbalist practicing energy healing for over 20 years. Jill founded the Yinova Center in NYC in 1999 and acts as Clinic Director. Blakeway is the co-author of Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility, the author of Sex Again: Recharging your Libido, and recently published her third book Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing. She traveled the world for two years for her book, Energy Medicine, interviewing and apprenticing with top scientists and energy healers to explain the science behind energy healing. Jill was the first acupuncturist to ever give a TEDTalk, at TEDGlobal in 2012. To learn more, please visit www.yinovacenter.com.

Tell us about how you got into Traditional Chinese Medicine.

What is the difference between Western and Eastern Medicine?

Is there a balance between Western and Eastern Medicine?

Let's talk about the benefits of having a support group while navigating fertility issues.

Let's talk about your multiple books - Sex Again, Energy Medicine and Making Babies.

How can we balance our own energy and chi?

Where can we find you?

https://www.yinovacenter.com/

https://www.yinovacenter.com/fertility-coaching-with-dr-jill-blakeway/

https://www.yinovacenter.com/team/jill-blakeway/

Dr. Jordan Robertson is a Naturopathic Doctor, the host of the Women’s Health Unplugged Podcast and a women’s health author. She published a book on miscarriage and recurrent pregnancy loss titled Carrying to Term: How to get pregnant, stay pregnant and carry a healthy baby to term (Amazon 2020). Her passion for women’s health began when she experienced three consecutive miscarriages in her final year of schooling. She turned her personal experience and her background in medical research into a springboard to support women in their own health journeys. She’s known for her relentless search for the best quality evidence in integrative medicine and her willingness to stand up for women as they pursue their health goals. Her passion is to educate and empower women to understand their health and how to care for themselves from PMS to menopause.

I ask Dr Robertson:

How did you get into naturopathic medicine?

We talk about the differences between western medicine and naturopathic medicine.

We've "normalized" a lot of female pain, what can we do to resolve this?

How can we work with our menstrual cycle instead of fighting it?

How do our hormones affect our mental health?

Let's talk about perimenopause...

Let's talk about PCOS and Endometriosis...

Where can we find you?

Instagram: www.instagram.com/drjordannd and https://twc.clarityhealthburlington.ca/hormones-101-lmgwqgen2p which is my hormones 101 free e-book.

In 2019 Shuari founded Moraka Menstrual Cups, an initiative to raise awareness of period poverty and provide a cost-effective, hygienic, sustainable and affordable alternative to disposable period products. Shuari has worked with The Period Place, Endo Warriors Aotearoa, BOP Pride, Tautoko Mai Sexual Harm Support, Waipua Hauora, The Tauranga Women's Refuge, Lions, and Rotary Clubs to spread awareness and donate cups to people in the community. She won the 2019 YES Entrepreneur of the Year for the Bay of Plenty and in 2020 Moraka Menstrual Cups was runner up for BOP Business of the Year. She has been a finalist for the Girls in Business award and a YES community award. The Victoria University Feminist Organization and Women's Collective have invited Shuari to work alongside them plus she puts energy into educating people about period poverty through socials and her podcast Once Upon a Feminist - all while studying Politics and Criminology at Victoria University.

I ask Shuari:

How did you get started in all of this?

Why is education about menstrual cups so important?

How does switching to reusable products impact the health of the globe?

How does a cup work?

How do you clean a menstrual cup?

What makes Moraka menstrual cups unique?

How old do you need to be to use a menstrual cup?

https://www.morakamenstrualcups.com/

@moraka_menstrual_cups

Bobbi Giudicelli is a serial entrepreneur whose journey from severe eating disorders to Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) food choices brought her to co-found, with her oldest son, her latest venture. Read The ingredients offers the cleanest full-meal (breakfast/lunch), baked and packaged products on the market. After struggling with food issues for so many years, she is passionate about sharing her journey with others who struggle in their relationship with food. That was the origin of Read The Ingredients, and that was the motivation to write and publish "Freedom From A Toxic Relationship With Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back."

I ask Bobbi:

About her story that lead her to writing her book and starting Read the Ingredients.

How did you transition from an eating disorder to having a healthy relationship with food?

What would you say to someone that is currently working through eating disorder recovery?

What is actually more important than dieting...

www.rtifoods.com

www.foodfreedomadvocate.com

IG: @readtheingredients

@foodfreedomadvocate

email: [email protected]