Welcome back to The Simplicity Sessions, I'm delighted that you’ve joined us today. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project and the creator of the women's revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project.

 

Robyn Srigley aka The Hormone Diva joins me on the podcast today. Robyn is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner guiding women to balance hormones, build healthy menstrual cycles and create strong metabolisms. Robyn’s own experience with PCOS and hypothyroidism jumpstarted her passion for supporting women to reverse their symptoms naturally, build confidence and live life on their own terms.

 

Robyn tells Jenn about her experience with navigating the after effects of getting off birth control and being diagnosed with PCOS and hypothyroidism. She discusses how nutrition is a critical role in being healthy and how a healthy reproductive system is a great sign of health whether you are trying to get pregnant or not. 

 

You can find links to Robyn Srigley, as well as social / websites below in the ‘Connect with us’ section of the show notes. You will also find below linked info about our partners and recommended products to try.

 

If you have a question for me and my team, send it on over to [email protected] or via Instagram at @jennpike and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice. 

Here are the main topics of today’s episode:

• Robyn’s PCOS diagnosis
• Robyn’s DIY journey to recovery 
• How low carb diets can affect your body
• Reproductive health is a sign of women’s health
• Eat for the right nutrients
• Do the Dutch test at the right time
• When to know you are ovulating

 

 

Connect with Robyn Srigley

 

Website: http://www.thehormonediva.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehormonediva

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

Free Email Series: https://thehormonediva.ck.page/1fdc076968

 

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Online work with Jenn: 

 

Register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more via the following link www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

 

Sign up for The Synced Program to learn how to tune your body to the lunar cycle and acquire a multidisciplinary approach to balance your body in less than 30 minutes a day! 

 

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/ 

 

To learn more about the products mentioned in this episode, visit the link i’ve shared on my Instagram @jennpike. There you can discover where you can purchase these products and how you can start to make them part of your everyday simplicity approach. 

 

Learn more about the products I recommend and some of our amazing partners 

 

• Skin Essence Organics is Canadian-founded, organic, non-GMO, not animal-tested- this company is one that we love and have around the house. There are certain products from Skin Essence that I used in my skin care that I adores in Question 1 during the episode. Fresh is a product that is like nutrition for your skin as it helps remove the impurities, even makeup, from your skin without hurting it. I pump a dime-sized amount in my hand, add a little water, and then massage all in my skin everywhere, even down my neck.  Fresh is antioxidant rich and used to tone and clarify skin, which helps with your breakouts because it helps maintain your skin’s natural pH balance.
• For a toner I use a mixture of Doterra oils and add Frankincense, helichrysum, lavender, and geranium in a spritz bottle for my face. 
• I roll a little bit of Emortel and Frankincense roller Baum anywhere where I might have any scars from previous breakouts or wrinkles. 
• Finally I apple a light oil from Skin Essence that is called light or soothe or Rose hip. 
• If it’s your first time ordering from Skin Essence, use my code JENNPIKE20 for 20% off. Use code JENNPIKE15 at check out and save 15% off your order for every order after that. 
• Saint Francis Herb Farm provides some of the products for treating Poison Ivy that my son got the other week. I used two different things: 1) Vitamin E cream, which its good to have in any home that has kids or anyone that works with their hands where there is a chance to get scraped or have small cuts; and 2) Rose Hip Oil was added to an Amber bottle where I added eucalyptus, peppermint, lavender, and frankincense (5 drops of each oil in a 30 mL bottle of Rose Hip oil. I put this on my son morning and night and it made such a huge difference. 
• Another tip of treating Poison Ivy is ice packs. A couple of velcro ice packs placed in the areas that were really itchy decreased the itching helped a great deal. You can use the code JENNPIKE15 at check out and save 15% off your order.
• doTERRA oils are used to answer the last question in today’s episode: What do I use to freshen my laundry. First of all, I don’t use fabric softener or Downy sheets was they are carcinogens, respiratory triggers, and skin irritants. They are also loaded with Reno estrogens, which impact your endocrine system.
• I do use dryer balls made of wool from GoodJuju. Use code JENNPIKE at check out and save 10% off your first order. I combine the dryer balls with deTERRA essential oils. I love lemon, grapefruit, wild orange, or lavender. I pop those in there and it makes the clothes smell fresh.  

 

Quotes

 

• “what they offered me was. Go back on birth control, lose weight. Take Metformin. I decided I didn't want to do any of that. I was at a healthy weight. I should say that I was not overweight by any means. I did not need to lose weight, but that's one of their kind of blanket, pieces of advice that they'll give. And so I decided to start my own journey of trying to heal this naturally.”
• “And my periods started to come more often. From 60 days to like 45 days, 35 days. And I was getting them every like 28 to 32 days. It took some time. I'm not saying this happened overnight by any means, but this was over the period of like a year or two. And it was that focus on creating safety in my body physically, as well as mentally, emotionally that made those changes.”
• “You said that this is how reproduction is actually happening in our body, whether you want to get pregnant or not. And here's what we're not taught as women you obviating and having the ability to conceive is not just about procreation. It is actually a marker of your longevity of health.”
• “are you just focusing on convenience? With your food or are you actually trying to find the stuff that's most nutrient dense? And sometimes that goes against the grain of like, um, you know, protein shakes for breakfast every day, or like meal replacement, bars and stuff like that. Like, those things have their place, right?…how can we switch that into something that's maybe equally as convenient, but has like a lot more nutrient density.”
• “…so many women are like, Oh, I don't eat breakfast because I'm just not hungry yet. So I don't eat, but if you don't give your body that consistent fuel, then it's going to go into that fight or flight mode…”

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Additional Information About Jenn:

Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star, and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium, and Juice Plus.

Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.