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IS THIS NORMAL? Understanding birth control, PCOS, ways to improve your hormone health and what we didn't learn in sex ed with Dr. Jolene Brighten (REPLAY)
Jill and Jenna sit down with a dream guest, Dr. Jolene Brighten, a board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and prominent leader in women’s medicine to discuss her book "Is this Normal?" They dive deep into the topics of birth control, women's hormones, PCOS, how to eat to support your cycle, what to do if you have painful periods, sex education and more.
Topics:
- Why gut health is so important for hormone health
- How to stop taking birth control if you want to
- What is PCOS and how to tell if you have it
- Painful periods, period health and transition off birth control
- Prostaglandins and endometriosis
- About Dr. Brighten's new book & why she wrote it
- The shame around feminine genitalia
- A candid conversation around period shame
- Disinformation on fertility awareness
- Mood side effects of the pill
- How the pill can impact your mental health
- The importance of being your own health advocate
- How women’s medicine is changing
- More about Dr. Brighten's book
Order Dr. Brighten's Book "Is This Normal?"
Dr. Brighten's Website
Follow Dr. Brighten on Instagram
Follow the Gut Talk Girls on social:
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By Jill and Jenna
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Jill and Jenna sit down with a dream guest, Dr. Jolene Brighten, a board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and prominent leader in women’s medicine to discuss her book "Is this Normal?" They dive deep into the topics of birth control, women's hormones, PCOS, how to eat to support your cycle, what to do if you have painful periods, sex education and more.
Topics:
- Why gut health is so important for hormone health
- How to stop taking birth control if you want to
- What is PCOS and how to tell if you have it
- Painful periods, period health and transition off birth control
- Prostaglandins and endometriosis
- About Dr. Brighten's new book & why she wrote it
- The shame around feminine genitalia
- A candid conversation around period shame
- Disinformation on fertility awareness
- Mood side effects of the pill
- How the pill can impact your mental health
- The importance of being your own health advocate
- How women’s medicine is changing
- More about Dr. Brighten's book
Order Dr. Brighten's Book "Is This Normal?"
Dr. Brighten's Website
Follow Dr. Brighten on Instagram
Follow the Gut Talk Girls on social:
Tiktok
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