Let's Talk, Period.

Hellooooo gorgeous ones, and welcome back for another ep of Let's Talk, Period. Today’s episode is with Kristy Chong, the founder and CEO of Modibodi®. Modibodi® is a revolutionary high-tech leak-proof underwear brand that empowers bodies of all ages, shapes and sizes to live a better life. Kristy is a mum on a mission, fash-tech entrepreneur and social advocate for women’s, men’s and non-binary health issues and rights. Beyond selling leak-proof apparel that empowers people's lives, Kristy is committed to empowering all bodies, no matter their socio-economic status, championing a more sustainable world, helping to end period poverty, and normalising conversations around all bodies and leaks. Kristy and Modibodi® live and breathe these core pillars and actively support causes and organisations that champion these values.

In this chat we talk on:

• Kristy’s experiences around periods growing up
• How she identified a gap in the market that was period underwear, and why no one was touching it.
• What made her make the jump from PR guru to ash-tech entrepreneur.
• How Modibodi® has evolved since launching in 2013
• What sets Modibodi® apart from other period underwear brands.
• The Give a Pair Program and what impact this has been able to create
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with Kristy, and want more Modibodi® you can find them on Instagram @modibodi and you can shop their incredible range at www.modibodi.com. If you want to keep updated with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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Hello beautiful people this week on Let's Talk, Period. hear from the lovely Chloe, Jas and Nat who are the founders of Bare Self. Bare Self is a wellness brand for women, encouraging self love and self care and through their new product Her Chocolate. This Brand was created by two sisters Chloe and Jas along with their Aunty Nat. They love helping real women live happier, healthier lives through wellness, and taking time for yourself.

In this chat we talk on:

• The girls must haves in their toolkits
• Their experiences with periods and pain
• How the idea for Bare Self came about and what it’s like working with your family
• The process of developing a chocolate with health benefits and making it taste good
• What the biggest challenge has been since starting the business
• When the girls feel the most self love
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with Chloe, Jas and Nat and want more from them you can find Bare Self on Instagram @bareself.official and you can shop their incredible range of Her Chocolates at www.bareself.com.au. If you want to keep updated with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling).

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Happy Wednesday lovelies and get ready for another ep of Let's Talk, Period! Today's episode is with the incredible founders of The Spoonie Society, Helene and Dom!

Dominique and Helene are very familiar with the suffering and stigma that is associated with having a chronic illness as they both suffer from Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. ⁠Dominique was diagnosed with Endometriosis in July of 2019 via laparoscopy & endometrial excision. She has since undergone multiple procedures in order to obtain the best quality of life. Helene was also diagnosed with Endometriosis in August of 2018 and has since been diagnosed with PCOS and Adenomyosis. Helene has also undergone multiple surgeries & procedures including a ketamine infusion and nerve blockers.

Dominique and Helene met through social media only just last year, after sharing their experiences with Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. It was then that The Spoonie Society was born! With Dom’s entrepreneurial spirit and marketing insight, and Helene’s knowledge around fashion design The Spoonie Society has just gone from strength to strength in the mere months that they’ve been running. Together Dominique and Helene hope that through The Spoonie Society, chronic illness sufferers will find their voice and help gain awareness on chronic illnesses.

In this chat we talk on:

• Helene and Dom’s journeys to diagnosis with endo, adeno + pcos
• Advice for people who are navigating getting a diagnosis
• What is the spoon theory?
• How did the idea for The Spoonie Society come about?
• How it feels to go viral on tiktok with your business
• What is the hardest thing about having a chronic illness?
• Advice for dating and relationships with chronic illnesses?
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with the Helene and Dom, and want more from them you can find The Spoonie Society @thespooniesocietyau and you can shop their incredible range curated for those with chronic illnesses at thespooniesociety.com.au. If you want to keep updated with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau

Thank you so much to our sponsors for today's episode, Pelvi. To shop their range of leak proof underwear and menstrual cups and make the switch to reusables, use our code LETSTALK at checkout for 30% of your order! Head to www.pelvi.com for more details.

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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Welcome back for another episode lovely people or hello if you're new here! Today's episode is with the powerhouse duo, Aussie/American best friends turned biz partners, Caroline and Annie, founders of Flossy! They dreamt up Flossy while sitting on the beach discussing our shared (and all-too-seedy) experiences buying sex toys. After talking to many other women about sex, pleasure and buying sex toys, they realised they weren't alone. Why is it that with something as important and integral to our wellbeing, leaves us feeling shameful, uninformed, and overwhelmed?

Flossy is all about bringing you pleasure in its most shame-free form. They believe that pleasure is a fundamental part of sexual health and wellbeing... a narrative that starts with feeling *good* about purchasing pleasure products.

By normalising the buying experience for intimacy-related items, pleasure becomes seen as normal, healthy, and nothing to be ashamed of. Flossy is your GO-TO for purchasing curated, high-quality products designed *specifically* for people with vulvas.

In this chat we talk on:

• How Annie and Caroline met and became best friends
• Caroline and Annie’s experiences around sex and masturbation, and learning to be comfortable speaking about both
• Sexual wellness and pleasure, and why women have been left out of this narrative for so long
• How flossy came about and what sets it a part from other businesses in the sexual wellness industry
• Caroline and Annie’s topic picks for those who experience painful sex
• What they would like to see change in the sexual wellness space and what is coming up next for flossy!

If you loved our chat with Annie and Caroline and want more from them you can find Flossy on Instagram @feelflossy or shop their amazing range of vibes here! If you want to keep up with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening, tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out and helps us grow our community!

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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Happy Wednesday (oops it's actually Thursday #techdramas) lovelies! Today's episode is with the bright and knowledgeable Dr Maddy Walker! Dr Maddy is a qualified Acupuncturist, registered with AACMA and AHPRA. She believes that the healing abilities of Chinese Medicine are unique, just like every patient who walks through the door. She is passionate about helping her clients reach optimal health and well-being through natural medicine. She has a special interest in treating women’s health and fertility, cosmetic, emotional and digestive conditions. Maddy is passionate about treating Women's health not just because she wants to help others, but she has been going through her own chronic health journey for years, which still involves searching for the right professionals and receiving correct and helpful information.

In this chat we talk on:

• What is Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Different tools used in TCM
• How TCM can help with adenomyosis and endometriosis
• Stress; the impacts and how we can reduce our stress
• The role of herbs and the importance of practitioner prescribed herbs
• Why Dr Maddy wants an action plan implemented for each patient for when they see any health professional
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with Dr Maddy , and want more from her you can find her on Instagram @dr_maddy_acupuncture. Maddy has also started her own podcast "Flourish 'n' Flow" to help spread awareness for women's health and share other's stories, you can search Flourish 'n' Flow wherever you get your podcasts to have a listen. If you want to keep updated with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening! Tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out and helps us grow our community!

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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Happy Wednesday lovelies! What better way to kick off Adenomyosis Awareness Month than with the incredibly strong Jess Woolley, founder of @jesshasadeno and adenomyosis advocate. Jess started her instagram account in 2018 after finally being diagnosed with adenomyosis, after years of wondering what was wrong with her body. She has cultivated a following for speaking openly about her experiences with not only adenomyosis, but also mental health. Jess wants the lack of awareness for adeno to end, and for more people to be speaking openly about the condition.

In this chat we talk on:

• What it feels like to finally receive that diagnosis after years of being told nothing's wrong for years
• Processing anger around having adeno, as well as her tips for working through this
• Why Jess started @jesshasadeno and the community she has cultivated as a result
• Jess' experience with mental health, starting medication and ending medication stigma
• Studying when you have a chronic illness and her top tips for doing so
• How Jess manages guilt around her adenomyosis
• What adeno has given her
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with Jess, and want more from her you can find her on Instagram @jesshasadeno. If you want to keep updated with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening! Tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out and helps us grow our community!

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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Helloooooo! It's Wednesday and it means we're back with Episode 4 for Season 2 of the pod! Today's chat is with the super knowledgeable Christie Lee Austin-Hore! Christie is an Accredited Practising Dietitian based in Perth, WA who specialises in endometriosis. Christie is passionate about helping all endo warriors reduce the amount of surgery and medication they require to manage flare-ups of endo pain, bloating, alternating bowel habits and fatigue as well as future-proofing their fertility. After hitting maximum client capacity in her online consulting business after only five months of operating, she has recently turned her unique framework for managing combined endometriosis and IBS, more commonly known as endo belly, into an online six month program called 
Beat the Endo Belly. 

In this chat we talk on:

• The connection between endo, bloating and IBS
• Caffeine and the effects on endo
• Whether going gluten and dairy free are best for managing endo
• Fatigue and endo
• Plus so much more!

If you loved our chat with Christie, and want more from her you can find her on Instagram @endometriosis.dietitian or via her website here. If you want to keep up with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening, tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out and helps us grow our community!

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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Happy Wednesday! We're back for Episode 3 of Season 2, and it's with none other than Founder and Managing Director of Share the Dignity, Rochelle Courtenay! Nicknamed ‘The Pad Lady’, Rochelle is a woman on a mission to end period poverty, and break the silence and stigma that surrounds women and periods in Australia and globally. She’s the Founder and Managing Director of Share the Dignity, a charity she started single-handedly in 2015 when she discovered that women in need in Australia had no access to period products during their menstrual cycle. Share the Dignity started from a simple, grassroots idea of wanting to improve the lives of disadvantaged women, and Rochelle forged ahead on the belief that one person could indeed make a difference. Along the way, her dedication inspired others to join in. Today, she leads a team of over 5500 volunteers determined to bring a ray of hope and light into the lives of homeless women and those fleeing from abuse and domestic violence. Share the Dignity has donated over 2.8 million period products (over 37 million dollars’ worth) through multiple initiatives across Australia. Rochelle has also won recognition and accolades for her work including Finalist Australian of the Year, Cosmopolitan Humanitarian of the Year and Pride of Australia.

In this chat we talk on:

• When Rochelle realised having painful and heavy periods wasn’t normal, and that she actually had endometriosis
• What prompted Rochelle to start Share The Dignity
• The first Dignity Drive, where she organised with women in her community to donate 450 packets of pads and tampons to women in need
• How Rochelle evolved and grew Share The Dignity to have now collected over 2.8million period products and collection boxes in every Woolworths across Australia
• The highlights of Share The Dignity so far
• All about Period Pride and the Bloody Big Survey and how you can get involved
• What’s coming up next for Share The Dignity
• How you can support Share The Dignity
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with Rochelle, and want more from her you can find her on Instagram @sharethedignityaustralia or via the The Share the Dignity website here. If you want to keep up with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening, tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out!as this helps us grow our community!

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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We're so excited to bring you Episode 2 for Season 2 with the incredible Dr Tina Fleming from Grace Private for Women! Dr Tina Fleming is a highly experienced clinician, with additional sub-specialty training in minimally invasive gynaecology and a Masters in Reproductive Medicine. She specialises in the management of endometriosis and pelvic pain, fertility and conception issues and complex gynaecological surgeries. Dr Fleming is a proud founding member of Grace Private, the only specialist medical and allied health practice for integrated women’s healthcare located at the Gold Coast Private Hospital, Southport.

In this chat we talk on:

• What drove Dr Tina to specialise in endometriosis.
• The latest information around defining endometriosis and research
• How to advocate for yourself when going to the GP for a referral
• Endometriosis treatment and management Fertility and endo, IVF and ectopic pregnancy
• Plus so much more

If you loved our chat with Dr Tina, and want more from her you can find her on Instagram @graceprivateforwomen or via the Grace Private website here. If you want to keep up with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening, tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out!as this helps us grow our community!

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Welcome back (or hello if you're new here) for season 2 of Let's Talk, Period. We are so excited to be back for season 2 and are even more excited to be kicking the season off with the effervescent Bridget Hustwaite! You might know bridge from her incredibly popular show Goodnights on Triple J or through her instagram account @endogram. Bridget was diagnosed with endo in 2018, following a 12 year journey to diagnosis. Following this diagnosis, in 2019 she launched @endogram and with over 26 k followers at time of recording, Bridget has cultivated a community from her honesty and vulnerability. It was from this that Bridget started her newest project, How to Endo, a guide to surviving and thriving with endometriosis. How to endo blends bridge’s own personal experiences with endo as well as tips and strategies from Australian Health Experts.

In this chat we talk on:

• All things How to Endo, including how it came about, what the experience of writing was like, the hardest chapter to write, and what she hopes people gain from How to Endo!
• Her very long, tumultuous journey towards getting an endo diagnosis in 2018, after putting up with the symptoms for over ten years due to questioning if she was just weak and needing to suck it up, and worried about doctors thinking it was just in her head
• What led her to start @endogram
• How she manages feelings of guilt around her endometriosis
• How Bridge manages her career whilst having endo, and her tips for doing so
• Advice for navigating relationships when you are living with endo
• Plus so much more!

If you loved our chat with Bridget, and want more from her you can find her on Instagram @bridgethustwaite or @endogram. You can also purchase her book How to Endo in all good bookstores or right here! If you want to keep up with what we're up to you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. If you do enjoy listening and want to be notified when our new eps drop, you can subscribe or follow the show! We would also love it if you shared this episode with a friend or family member, or even show us how you're listening, tag us on instagram stories or in your grid, it really does help us out!as this helps us grow our community!

Your host for this episode is Isabella Gosling (i_gosling)

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