Let's Talk, Period.

Hey, hey LTP fam! If you're new, welcome! I am so excited to be in your ears again with a brand new ep.

Today's episode is with Demi Lynch, founder of The Nasty Woman Club! The Nasty Woman Club is your go to platform for all things intersectional feminism. It was founded in 2017 by journalist Demi Lynch.. She has curated an online community of over 20k and is massive advocate for mental health and sexual wellness, sharing about both openly on her platform. She also has her own podcast, aptly titled, The Nasty Woman Club  and is released each Tuesday. 

We chat on: 

• Demi’s experiences around periods and sexual wellness growing up and at school
• What she wishes she was taught at school about puberty and sex ed 
• The importance of speaking up about mental health, and in particular depression and how she honours her needs when she’s having a down period 
• What pushed her to start The Nasty Woman Club and how it’s grown and evolved since launching over four years ago.
• What’s coming up next for The Nasty Woman Club
• Plus so much more!

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Demi Lynch, founder of The Nasty Woman Club. If you want more from Demi, you can follow her on instagram @thenastywomanclub. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. Don't forget we also have our Let's Talk, Period. Community on facebook. It's the place for people with endo, adeno, pcos or chronic illnesses to ask questions, get support and connect with others who get it! You can join here!

Let’s Talk, Period. is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  follow on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can follow the show  and leave a rating!

If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Happy Monday gorgeous souls!  

Today's episode is all about chronic illness energy savers! I take you through my top five things that help conserve energy as someone living with endo and adeno. 

In the ep I mentioned a few brands and things, here are links to them. Again not sponsored, just good! 

• Clothes Steamer 
• Kin 
• Youly
• Hello Fresh
• You Foodz
• Dosey Pill Wallet 

 If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. Don't forget we also have our Let's Talk, Period. Community on facebook. It's the place for people with endo, adeno, pcos or chronic illnesses to ask questions, get support and connect with others who get it! You can join here!

Let’s Talk, Period. is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  follow on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can follow the show  and leave a rating!

If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Hey, hi, hellooo beautiful soul! Welcome back for another ep of LTP!

Today's episode is with Amy Marks. Amy is an endometriosis sufferer, being officially diagnosed in 2020, after experiencing pain and symptoms for over 8 years. She is now studying part time and recently was successful in obtaining the Disability Support Pension. 

We chat on: 

• Amy's experience being diagnosed with  endo in 2020
• What she would say to someone who has just been diagnosed with endo
• The most challenging aspects of endometriosis and how it impacts her life 
• Tips for studying with a chronic illness 
• Amy’s experience being able to get the Disability Support Pension and her advice to someone going through that process

I also do a more in depth dive into the Disability Support Pension and the process behind it, including the income and assets test, medical rules and non-medical rules, income limits, evidence needed and the medical assessment to be granted the DSP. I also talk through what happens if you're unsuccessful and what to do next. I mention a few links in the ep, so they're down below for you to check them out, should you wish!

DSP Info + Links 

• DSP Pre-Claim Eligibility Check
• Non-Medical Rules 
• Medical Rules 
• How Claim is Assessed 
• How to Claim done online or will need:
  • SA466 Form
  • Income and Assets Form 
  • Consent to Disclose Medical Information Form
  • DSP Medical Evidence Checklist
  • Supporting Documents 

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Amy Marks. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. Don't forget we also have our Let's Talk, Period. Community on facebook. It's the place for people with endo, adeno, pcos or chronic illnesses to ask questions, get support and connect with others who get it! You can join here!

Let’s Talk, Period. is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  follow on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can follow the show  and leave a rating!

If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Happy Monday beautiful people!  

Today's episode is all about laparoscopy essentials! I'm taking you through my top tips for getting ready for a lap and things to have on hand when preparing, at the hospital and for the car trip home! 

 If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. Don't forget we also have our Let's Talk, Period. Community on facebook. It's the place for people with endo, adeno, pcos or chronic illnesses to ask questions, get support and connect with others who get it! You can join here!

Let’s Talk, Period. is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  follow on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can follow the show  and leave a rating!

If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Happy 2022 LTP fam! Welcome back to season 4 of Let's Talk, Period. I am so excited to be back and have missed putting out content and being in your ears! 

Today's episode is with me! I talk all about my experience getting diagnosed with endo and adeno and the journey that it took for this to happen. 

I chat on: 

• My first period experience
• When I noticed something was wrong
• Embarrassing period stories 
• How many specialists it took to get someone to listen to me 
• What it was like to go through this experience
• What helped me along the way 
• How I'm managing now

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with me (Isabella Gosling). If you want to follow my personal instagram, it's @i_gosling. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau. Don't forget we also have our Let's Talk, Period. Community on facebook. It's the place for people with endo, adeno, pcos or chronic illnesses to ask questions, get support and connect with others who get it! You can join here!

Let’s Talk, Period. is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  follow on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can follow the show  and leave a rating!

If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Hi gorgeous people! Thanks for being back for another ep of Let's Talk, Period. especially after what was meant to be a two week break, turned into four!

Today's episode is with Khadija Gbla! Khadija is a high profile, passionate and inspiring African Australian woman. She is an award-winning human rights activist, inspirational speaker, facilitator and philanthropist. She has displayed great courage and determination in achieving her aspirations of giving women, youth and minority groups a voice at a local, state and international level. Khadija utilises her powerful and inspired voice to advocate equality and inclusion.

 Khadija Gbla was born in Sierra Leone, spent her youth in Gambia, and as a teenager put down roots in Australia. Khadija was just 3-years-old when the war broke out in her country, Sierra Leone, before obtaining refugee status and resettling in Adelaide.

Khadija is the lead voice and campaigner on Female Genital Mutilation in Australia. She runs a not for profit organisation Ending Female Genital Mutilation Australia which works to protect Australian girls from FGM and to support survivors of FGM. Khadija provides training for professionals, advocacy and community education for practising communities in Australia.  Khadija is also a TEDx speaker with close to 3 Million views on her talk, "My mother’s strange definition of empowerment".

She has represented Australia in the international arena at the Harvard National Model United Nations, Commonwealth Youth Forum and Australian and Africa Dialogue, Commonwealth heads of States Women’s Forum etc. Khadija has been recognised through numerous awards for her vision and leadership. 

We chat on: 

• Navigating the healthcare system as an African Australian woman
• When Khadija realised she was a victim of Female Genital Mutilation
• The implications of FGM and the impact it has had on her life
• How Khadija manages her symptoms and how important it is to listen to her body
• What the LTP community can do to help stop FGM and support Khadija

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Khadija Gbla. If you want more from Khadija, you can follow her on instagram at @khadija_gbla and watch her TEDx talk here. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau.

Let’s talk period is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  'subscribe' on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can 'follow' the show! If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Helloooooo beautiful souls! Welcome back for another ep of Let's Talk, Period.

Today's episode is with Emily Readman. Em is a writer, artist and consent education advocate from Brisbane, on Yuggara and Turrbal Lands. Their project, Consent Patches, launched in 2020 to start conversations on consent and consent education. So far, she has raised over $1,500 for Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia.

We chat on: 

• Em's sex ed experience at high school
• What Em wishes she learnt at school about sex and consent 
• Em's perspective on why there is a lack of discussion around consent in school settings
• Why the blame is placed on women or people from the LGBTQIA+ community when it comes to sexual assault, violence or abuse
• What Em would like to see included in education when it comes to consent
• All about Consent Patches and why Em started this project

Em also mentioned the incredible work of the Teach Us Consent team - you can check them out here or on instagram @teachusconsent 

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Em Readman. If you want more from Em, you can follow her on instagram at @emreadman and @consent.patches. You can also support the important work Em is doing and shop the entire Consent Patches range via consetpatches.bigcartel.com. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau.

ALSO! Join me for the very first Let's Talk, Period. LIVE event on Friday 5 November in Brisbane! Tickets are super limited so book yours ASAP! As a LTP listener, you can use code LTPFAM for $5 off your ticket! Get yours HERE

Let’s talk period is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  'subscribe' on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can 'follow' the show! If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Hey lovely people! I hope you're having a super fab week and are excited for a new ep! 

Today’s episode is with Dr Mikayla Couch. Dr Mikayla Couch is an Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar and proud Bundjalung woman who has a keen interest in Indigenous Women’s Health. She is passionate about making a difference in the lives of women through providing and advocating for excellent medical care. Through her Instagram account @dr.aboriginal.woman, she continually uses her presence online to provide commentary and create change in the health space. Dr Mikayla is empathetic and strives to provide person centred care through lived experience, suffering from PCOS herself.

We chat on: 

• How she keeps herself accountable with goals 
• Mikayla’s experience with periods growing up and lack of understanding about periods
• Being diagnosed with PCOS at 27 and coming to terms with that diagnosis
• What drove Mikayla to become a doctor 
• Challenges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face in healthcare
• The impact that the pandemic has had on fertility, fertility treatments and finding a partner 
• The optimal age for egg freezing 

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Dr Mikayla Couch, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar. If you want more from Dr Mikayla, you can follow her on instagram at @dr.aboriginal.woman. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau.

ALSO! Join me for the very first Let's Talk, Period. LIVE event on Friday 5 November in Brisbane! Tickets are super limited so book yours ASAP! As a LTP listener, you can use code LTPFAM for $5 off your ticket! Get yours HERE

Let’s talk period is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  'subscribe' on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can 'follow' the show! If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Hellooooo gorgeous people! 

Today’s episode is with the incredibly strong Tamika Nacson, or you may know her as performing artist XIRA. Tamika is an EDM and Pop singer and songwriter with over 20 million streams worldwide. Under the artist name XIRA, Tamika has featured on songs with American DJ 3LAU (Justin Blau) and EDM heavyweight Nicky Romero; and has a new one out in October with Audien. Tamika suffers from endometriosis and after an emergency laparoscopy for an ovarian torsion and PID in 2017, Tamika turned her focus away from performing live and more towards songwriting and recording (things she can do in her own time, in the comfort of her trackies, with a heat pack close by at all times). Chronic illness forced her to reassess and change paths (now working with her chronic illness and not against it) but it has worked out better than ever imagined.

We chat on: 

• Tamika's journey to diagnosis for endometriosis in 2010
• What it was like to need emergency surgery for an ovarian torsion
• The decision to pivot away from live performance and the feelings associated
• How Tamika's uses her chronic illnesses in her art as a songwriter 
• The relief Tamika has found with being able to access a disability parking permit
• How Tamika deals with people who think she doesn't 'look sick'
• Plus so much more

Disability Parking Permit Info:
QLD
NSW
ACT
VIC
SA
TAS
WA
NT

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Tamika Nacson.  If you want more from Tamika, you can follow her on instagram at @xiramusic and listen to her music on Spotify. If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau.

ALSO! Join me for the very first Let's Talk, Period. LIVE event! They are super limited so book yours ASAP! Also as a LTP listener, you can use code LTPFAM for $5 off your ticket! Get yours HERE

Let’s talk period is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  'subscribe' on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can 'follow' the show! If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community!

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Happy Wednesday lovely LTP fam! After a week off, it's so great to be back with a brand new ep! 

What better way to cap off PCOS Awareness Month than with today’s episode, with the amazing Ebony Crameri! Ebony is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and credentialed fertility & prenatal dietitian with 12 years clinical experience as a dietitian. Ebony has a special interest in nutrition for fertility, PCOS and endometriosis who provides online consultations to women across Australia and internationally. Ebony’s interest in fertility nutrition first developed after her own struggles with infertility and pregnancy losses. Ebony has turned her journey from infertility to motherhood into her passion and created her online nutrition practice to help women to support their reproductive and hormone health as well as optimise their diet for fertility. 

We talk on: 

• What led Ebony to become a dietitian
• Why birth control is so often prescribed for PCOS
• Ebony’s approach when working with people who have PCOS
• The role of insulin resistance, low progesterone and elevated cholesterol in PCOS
• How to support your body to regulate your cycle and promote consistent ovulation
• Ebony’s top three tips for navigating a new diagnosis of PCOS
• Plus so much more!

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Let’s Talk, Period with Ebony Crameri, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Nutritionist. If you want more from Ebony, you can follow her on instagram at @hormone.nutrition or head to her website for more info on the services she provides, you can do this  If you want to keep updated with all things Let's Talk, Period. you can follow us on Instagram at @letstalkperiodau.

Let’s talk period is an independent podcast, so if you did enjoy this episode and want to support the show,  it would be amazing if you could  'subscribe' on apple podcasts and leave a rating and review, or if you're listening along on spotify, you can 'follow' the show! If you want to help grow the Let's Talk, Period. community, you could share this episode with a friend or anyone who you think might enjoy our show or even share that you’re listening on your instagram grid or stories! This really helps to find new listeners and build the beautiful LTP podcast community! 

Your host  is Isabella Gosling (@i_gosling)

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