In this episode of the PCOS Challenge radio show, fertility and divorce coach, Kristen Darcy, joins Sasha Ottey to discuss multiple aspects of divorce and how to survive the process and aftereffects intact.

About Kristen Darcy 

In addition to being an author, Kristen Darcy offers coaching services to individuals facing a divorce and those challenged with infertility. She speaks at workshops and conferences around the country. She has been highlighted in national publications and broadcast media including NBC’s The Today Show, Woman’s World magazine, PBS’ Health Week and The Boston Globe.  Kristen’s latest support offering is the Divorcing With Grace Downloadable MP3 program. Kristen is the author of Love & Infertility: Survival Strategies for Balancing Infertility, Marriage and Life the recipient of RESOLVE'S 2009 Hope Award for Best Book! and Girlfriend To Girlfriend:  A Fertility Companion.

 

About PCOS Challenge

Our Mission:

Raise public awareness about PCOS and help girls and women with the condition overcome their symptoms and reduce their risk for life-threatening related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Many women with polycystic ovary syndrome find that their busy schedules make it difficult to eat healthfully. With nutrition being an essential part of PCOS management, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, Martha McKittrick, R.D., C.D.E  joins Sasha Ottey on the PCOS Challenge radio show to give tips for healthy eating on the go.

Martha McKittrick is a registered dietitian, certified dietitian-nutritionist and certified diabetes educator in New York City. She specializes in weight control, cardiovascular health, diabetes, sports nutrition, PCOS, GI issues including IBS, women’s health and preventive nutrition. She has worked at a major New York City  Hospital for over 20 years as well as in private practice. Martha has appeared on numerous television, radio and webcast programs. She has written for publications and serves as a nutrition expert on sites including EveryDayHealth,  About.com, and CafeMom.  Martha also lectures on a regular and has been a spokesperson for several major companies. She also served as the nutritionist for a New York City Marathon.

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PCOS Diva teamed up with PCOS Challenge to offer the PCOS Diva/PCOS Challenge Confidence Grant. Amy Medling, PCOS Diva founder, joins PCOS Challenge founder, Sasha Ottey, on the PCOS Challenge radio show to discuss the grant and answer your questions.

The PCOS Diva/PCOS Challenge Confidence Grant was created to help women and girls struggling with hair and skin issues related to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The grants are awarded in amounts up to $500 per individual to assist with the costs associated with dermatology treatments, laser hair removal or electrolysis. Payments are made directly to the provider performing the treatments. This grant was made possible through an endowment by PCOS Diva.

Learn more and apply at PCOSChallenge.org/confidence.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome constitute the largest group of women at risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Dr. Katherine Sherif, renowned PCOS expert joins Sasha Ottey on the PCOS Challenge radio show to discuss ways women and girls with PCOS can prevent and manage cardiovascular disease and improve their heart health.

Dr. Sherif is the Director of Jefferson Women’s Primary Care and Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She is renowned worldwide for her expertise in the area of PCOS, insulin resistance, and is a top speaker and a writer in a number of areas including menopause, hormone replacement therapy, omega-3 fatty acids, and heart disease in women. She is author of Women’s Health in Clinical Practice: A Handbook for Primary Care and Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook.

Join PCOS Challenge Executive Director, Sasha Ottey, as she speaks to Reproductive Endocrinologist, Dr. Maureen Kelly, Medical Director of Society Hill Reproductive medicine and The Wellnest in Philadelphia about ways to improve fertility and health in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) through lifestyle changes, supplements, medications and other options.

 

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Many women with polycystic ovary syndrome struggle with eating disorders and report feeling intense cravings or even addiction to sugar. A new study out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports answers to decoding sugar addiction.

Stephen Allsop and Edward Nieh, two of the study's authors from Harvard and MIT, join the PCOS Challenge radio show to speak about how what they learned from this study can lead to helping people with disordered eating.

 

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Much of the information about PCOS focuses on weight loss, but what if you are a lean woman with PCOS? 

Dr. Daniel Dumesic joins the PCOS Challenge radio show to speak about lean women with PCOS. Dr. Dumesic is Professor and Division Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Women with PCOS constitute, the largest group of women at risk for cardiovascular disease. 

Dr. Mark Perloe joins the PCOS Challenge radio show to speak about why women with PCOS are at such high risk for developing cardiovascular disease and recommend steps to improve heart health. Dr. Perloe is the Medical Director of Georgia Reproductive Specialists and a strong PCOS advocate.

 

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Sonya Satveit is the creator of Hormone Soup and founder and CEO of Open Source Health. Sonya founded Hormone Soup an effort to raise consciousness around women's hormone issues and Open Source Health, a healthcare technology company that combine integrative care, women and technology for women to participate in their own health care. Sonya joins Sasha Ottey on the PCOS Challenge radio show to speak about how to advocate for yourself and to no longer be the passive and patient patient.

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Do you have a New Year's resolution to get healthier? How is it going? Do you need some help to create a plan or stick to your routine? Dr. Fiona, ND joins the PCOS Challenge radio show to speak about top strategies for achieving your PCOS health goals. Be sure to tune in to get strategies to stick to your plans and achieve your health goals.

 

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