You may have noticed over the last year that pilates has become quite the trend. In fact, in Atlanta, the number 1 term that was Google searched in 2022 was ‘pilates’. However, pilates has been around for longer than most people realize! In this episode, I’m chatting about the fascinating story of how pilates originated during WWI with a previous circus performer turned war nurse. I’ll also share a bit about my story with pilates, going from a teenager who hated it to owning my own pilates studio. Finally, I’ll bust some of the myths of pilates and talk about the benefits it has to offer!

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Postpartum can be a very vulnerable time for women and yet it seems to be the season women are most often forgot about. I’m joined today by guest, Samantha Gipson, a pilates instructor, to discuss what to expect postpartum and how to best support yourself. Samantha shares a bit about her birth story, her experience with nursing, and what postpartum looked like.

After delivering her baby boy in March 2022, Samantha struggled with nausea, extreme exhaustion, IBS, anxiety, and brain fog. Previous to becoming pregnant, Samantha also dealt with heavy periods and eczema.

We began working together when Samantha was 3 months postpartum and after diet changes and supportive supplements, Samantha has increased energy, better digestion, less anxiety, and lighter periods!

In this episode Samantha also talks about her experience of navigating doctors postpartum and being on Zoloft.

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Samantha’s business is a true manifestation of her passion to live a fulfilled life by means of health, community, fun, and balance. Samantha has been a fitness teacher since 2015 sharing not only her expertise on pilates, strength-training, and mobility but her wisdom on body-positivity and self-love through movement and nourishment.

Samantha Gipson Pilates offers a variety of training opportunities to match your lifestyle including private and group training classes, fitness and wellness retreats, as well as a Prenatal Program that takes you through Pilates mat class by trimester that Samantha filmed during her own pregnancy. With a specialized focus on pilates, strength training, mobility/fascia work, and high-intensity-interval-training (HIIT) you will leave these classes feeling strong, rejuvenated, and confident in what your body can do. It wouldn’t be a surprise if you left with some of Samantha’s body-positive and warm energy too!

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While we often think about how food, supplements, and exercise impact our hormones, it’s equally as important to consider how what we put on our body might be impacting hormone health.

As we head into summer and spend more time outside, it is key to consider if the sunscreen you are using is hormone-friendly. In today’s Friday Chats, I’ll be discussing what you need to know to choose the best sunscreen.

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Today I’m joined by Caitlin Sullivan, an IIN hormone health coach and fertility awareness educator, to discuss tracking cervical mucus. This often overlooked topic can provide profound insight into your health.

In this episode, we cover:

Besides being an IIN hormone health coach and fertility awareness educator, Caitlin Sullivan is also a Pilates instructor. Seeing a need for REAL reproductive health education, Caitlin created the Spring to Life Method in 2020 to share a hormone-supportive lifestyle featuring cycle syncing, low-impact exercise, whole food nutrition, and low-tox habits. Her goal is to promote feminine body independence by educating women on their menstrual cycles to help them love their bodies more and unleash their inner super power- their periods!

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Cortisol is most known as our stress hormone, but it is also important for blood sugar balance, metabolism regulation, inflammation control, and memory formation. Cortisol imbalance is very common in women who have gone through a prolonged period of stress. On today’s episode, I’m sharing 3 signs your cortisol may be imbalanced and contributing to your fatigue.

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In this episode, I’m joined with Dr. Cheney Daniel, a family chiropractor and doula who specializes in the pregnancy and pediatric population, to discuss what is and isn’t required during pregnancy and hospital births. There are often more choices than women are lead to believe.

We cover a wide range of topics including:

Dr. Cheney Daniel is a family chiropractor specializing in the pregnancy and pediatric populations! She cares for women before, during, and after their pregnancy journeys & as well as specialize in seeing children 0-18! While Dr. Daniel’s chiropractic office is open to everyone, pediatrics and pregnancy are close to her heart. Along with chiropractic, Dr. Daniel is a labor & delivery doula, creating a space for women to feel empowered during the birth process and help facilitate a great birth experience. She believes the birth process can be whatever the mother wants and believes they can achieve the mother and partner’s goals for their experience together! Dr. Daniel is an active member of the ICPA, which is the International Chiropractic Pediatric association, The Georgia Birth Network, and she is certified in the Webster Technique. If Dr. Daniel is not working, you can find her walking the Beltline with her husband, Evan and their daughter, Wren, catching a pilates class, or wine tasting with her best friends!

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It’s common to feel concern and worry about your health when traveling. We often fear that all our hard work might get thrown out the window. There is also the fear that going off of your routine will leave you feeling horrible and that you won’t easily recover. On today’s Friday Chats episode, I’m sharing 5 wellness tip for traveling. I’ll cover food, supplements, alcohol, exercise, and work boundaries. It’s possible to feel good while traveling and not worry about back tracking with your health goals!

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The college atmosphere can really work against a woman with PCOS (hello, stress, alcohol, and lack of sleep!). Today’s podcast guest, Jenna, has learned how to excel in college while also working toward healing her PCOS.

For Jenna, signs of PCOS began with weight struggles, cystic acne, insatiable hunger, and irregular periods in high school. As an athlete, she was told irregular periods were normal.

When we started working together in Spring of 2021 Jenna is now experiencing regular periods, no more bloating, better energy, and balanced hunger and moods.

In this episode, she tells the sweet story of how her dad was the one that figured out she was dealing with PCOS, the impact of college and Covid on her journey to healing, and how a big summer internship taught her the importance of managing stress for healthy hormones.

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✨ In celebration of Memorial Day this month, I have a special promotion for the PCOS Pregnancy Protocol when you sign up between May 25th and May 31st. Not only will you save $250 but you will also receive a bonus one-on-one 45 minute call at the end of the 6 week program. Sign up for the mailing list below for more information on when this exclusive promotion goes live!

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This Friday Chats episode is a rapid fire Q+A about all things PCOS Pregnancy Protocol! The questions in this episode include:

Tune in for the answers to these 10 most common questions from women considering the PCOS Pregnancy Protocol!

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When the dust settled after the end of Gillian’s dietetic internship, she realized she had been in survival mode and ignoring symptoms with her period for awhile. Now a registered dietician, she began to notice 55 day cycles, fatigue, mood swings, and horrible cramps.

She knew her period was a great source of information and that her symptoms were telling her something was off. Because her symptoms weren’t the traditional PCOS symptoms of weight gain and hair in unwanted places, she didn’t originally consider PCOS.

Through the PCOS Protocol, we began working together to help find answers to her tough, irregular periods.

In this episode, Gillian discusses all the changes that made a world of difference in her cycle, energy, and mood, including doing the Dutch test and implementing targeted supplements, getting her blood sugar in check, accountability from the protocol, and incorporating strength training.

Now Gillian experiences regular 32 day cycles with no PMS symptoms. She has renewed energy and life feels much brighter!

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✨ In celebration of Memorial Day this month, I have a special promotion for the PCOS Pregnancy Protocol when you sign up between May 25th and May 31st. Not only will you save $250 but you will also receive a bonus one-on-one 45 minute call at the end of the 6 week program. Sign up for the mailing list below for more information on when this exclusive promotion goes live!

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