GUT TALK with Jill & Jenna

IS THIS NORMAL? Understanding birth control, ways to improve your hormone health and what we didn't learn in sex ed with Dr. Jolene Brighten


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Jill and Jenna sit down with their dream guest, Dr. Jolene Brighten, a board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and prominent leader in women’s medicine to discuss her new book "Is this Normal?" They dive deep into the topics of birth control, women's hormones, how to eat to support your cycle, what to do if you have painful periods, sex education and more.

Timestamps:

Why gut health is so important for hormone health 4:37

How to stop taking birth control if you want to 7:39

What is PCOS and how to tell if you have it 14:12

Painful periods, period health and transition off birth control 17:57

Prostaglandins and endometriosis 21:57

About Dr. Brighten's new book 27:34

The shame around feminine genitalia 31:29

A candid conversation around period shame 35:12

Disinformation on fertility awareness 42:16

Mood side effects of the pill 45:33

How the pill can impact your mental health 48:50

The importance of being your own health advocate 56:24

How women’s medicine is changing 59:00

More about the new book 1:02:00


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