Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast

By Lindsey Lusson

Welcome to the Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast! Here we discuss the challenging, rewarding, and life changing process of recovering your period and finding freedom with food and exercise. Whethe... more

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Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast episodes:

August 18, 2024Ep 65: Is your relationship with exercise healthy? Peeling back the layers of exercise addiction with Caroline Shermer
Caroline Shermer is a registered dietitian, eating disorders specialist, and many of her clients' biggest cheerleader. She founded Meant To Eat Nutrition Counseling with one mission: to empower women to learn all that they are meant to eat and to be a part of disordered eating, excessive exercise, and body image concerns. She lives in Nashville and is passionate about pouring into her local community.

In this Episode:
Can becoming an RD be a breeding ground for developing disordered eating?

The importance of variety in your exercise routine

The role food plays into an exercise addiction

How small changes in your routine can help decrease dependence

The power of a full exercise break during ED and HA recovery

Identifying the 4 different types of hunger

The simplest thing you can do to improve body image this week

The connection between Taylor Swift’s music and women with EDs
Connect with Caroline:
Website: www.meanttoeat.com
Instagram: @meanttoeat
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
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56min
August 04, 2024Ep 64: Natural Pregnancy after 3 years of IVF
Brittany is a Registered Nurse who lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband, two Children, and dog Paisley. She enjoys hiking, baking, and spending time with my family and friends. After getting married at age 26 and coming off of birth control, Brittany’s cycles never returned. She and her husband, and I were informed by an endocrinologist that IVF was our only option to conceive. After years of fertility treatments, they were blessed with their daughter and son, but Brittany always wondered if her lifestyle was the cause of my HA diagnosis. After taking the leap to join the Food Freedom Fertility program, Brittany was able to regain my period and conceive our third child, due in November, naturally on my second recovery cycle.
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In this Episode
Why IVF isn’t the fast track to baby

Finally, getting the right diagnosis on your fertility journey

When your missing period symptoms become a burden, you can’t ignore

How over-exercise can play into poor hunger cues

Overcoming denial that your nutrition habits aren’t contributing to your lack of period

When period recovery just takes a little longer

Why weight gain won’t go on forever during recovery

Setting yourself up for success to avoid postpartum relapse

Why you need to step away from calorie burn goals on your fitness tracker
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
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45min
July 21, 2024Ep 63: The importance of proper testing for understanding your hormone health and fertility
Kaely McDevitt is a Registered Dietitian specializing in nutrition for women's health. She owns a virtual private practice where she and her team help their clients reclaim their energy, optimize fertility, and overcome hormone symptoms through personalized nutrition. Having experienced the pitfalls of a conventional approach to women's health firsthand, Kaely is passionate about empowering women to build health from a place of connection: to self, to nature, and to community.
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In this episode:
Looking at period symptoms as clues into your health

Why millennials are a generation deprived of Progesterone

Why body size isn't a great reflection of how well you're fueling

The importance of creating safety in your body for optimal fertility

Why you need to care about ovulation even if you don't care about pregnancy

Reliable forms of natural birth control so you can break up with the pill forever

HA or POI? Exploring elevated FSH and the connection with under fueling

How functional testing can give you a closer look at hormone imbalance.
‌Connect with Kaely:
Instagram: @kaelyrd
Website: KM Nutrition | Registered Dietitians For Women’s Hormone Health
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility
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38min
July 07, 2024Ep 62: Your wedding or your fertility? Why now is the time to focus on period recovery
Jordana is a 31-year-old mom of one, and one is on the way! In 2022, she got married and realized she wanted to get pregnant right after her wedding. Since she didn’t have a period, she went to see her doctor out of concern and was told to just give it time. Jordana knew in the back of her head that something wasn’t right. She happened to stumble across Lindsey’s Instagram and knew she needed to reach out for support. After joining the Food Freedom Fertility Society, she not only got her period back in less than 2 months, but she also found out she was pregnant!
She’s now pregnant with baby #2 and looking forward to welcoming her second boy this fall.
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In this Episode
How being in a smaller body can be a trigger for period loss

The challenging dynamic between moms and daughters and diets

Looking at your long-term fertility goals over losing weight for your wedding

How period recovery works to bring your body back into balance

Building out your “A Team” for support during recovery

Adding life back into your marriage by finding food freedom

Going from no period to pregnant in 2 months

The difference between mental and physical recovery

What it looks like to live a recovered lifestyle
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠
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48min
June 23, 2024Ep 61: When, where and how should we start screening for HA?
Emily Everton, PT, DPT is a holistic Women’s Health Doctor of Physical Therapy and the founder of Embody Physical Therapy & Wellness, LLC in Hopkinton, MA. Emily specializes in Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and is especially passionate about all things menstrual health, fertility, and perinatal care. Emily also supports women with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and irregular menstrual cycles in her role as a Women's Health coach, where she helps women restore ovulation, get their period back, regulate their menstrual cycles, and if hoping to get pregnant, do so naturally. Both during and outside of her clinical work, Emily loves to talk about taboo topics and challenge unsustainable societal standards to help girls/women find peace with their bodies and live their fullest, symptom-free life. Though Emily’s work was initially inspired by her own lived experience with disordered eating, orthorexia, RED-S, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, infertility, and a poor relationship with her body…she is consistently inspired by the wonderful girls and women she is so fortunate to support on a daily basis.
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In this Episode
Why athletes are at a higher risk for amenorrhea

Defining RED-S and understanding the signs and symptoms

How body comments can trigger disordered eating

How to improve body image during period recovery

Working through recovery before you’re ready to get pregnant

Using HA recovery as a “permission slip” to rest and nourish

Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠
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44min
June 09, 2024Ep 60: Addiction, Denial, and Fixing Irregular Periods to Finally get Pregnant
Shannon is a retired Division One soccer player who struggled with her identity outside of being an athlete. After college, she turned to weightlifting and became a certified personal trainer, which made it easy to mask her health and exercise obsession. Shannon got married, quit working, and now travels around the country with her husband, who is a professional baseball player. She had always dreamed of being a mom, and with the help of Lindsey, her husband and she will be welcoming their baby girl later this year in September!
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In this Episode
How the athlete mindset can set the stage for disordered eating

Signs of underfueling even when you do get your period

Overcoming the fear of undereating if you don’t track your food

The overlap between eating disorders and addiction

Calling out the lie, “I won’t care about gaining weight once I’m pregnant.”

When a full exercise break is necessary for changing your mindset

FINALLY getting pregnant after a 2 year infertility journey
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility
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48min
May 26, 2024Ep 59: How to effectively transition off birth control + Your listener questions
Taylor is a Registered Dietitian specializing in identifying and treating the root causes of hormone imbalances. She has a particular passion for educating women about the rarely discussed negative side effects of hormonal birth control. She works 1:1 with women in her private practice, helping them navigate how to support their body on and/or how to safely transition off of birth control, symptom-free.

She has an extensive background working with clients with eating disorders and practices from a non-diet, weight-inclusive perspective.
Connect with Taylor on Instagram- @‌nourishedbytay
Download Taylor’s Health Hormone Recipe Guidebook
Work with Taylor
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In this Episode:
Why birth control won’t solve your period problems

Is a birth control “period” better than no period?

How to correct vitamin and mineral deficiencies caused by the pill

You may be undereating even if your weight is normal

How to transition out of a constant fight-or-flight state

Non-hormonal options for preventing pregnancy

The science behind food habituation and “moderation.”
Have a question you want me to answer on the Podcast? You can submit that here

Ready to get your period back? Learn more about the FFF Society
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility
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58min
May 12, 2024Ep 58: Marathon runner to momma: Healing from disordered eating and miscarriage trauma
Sam lives in Charlotte, NC, with her husband and GSP dog, Millie. She was a collegiate runner turned marathon runner, which inevitably led to disordered eating and unhealthy exercise habits. In January of 2023, she and her husband decided they wanted to start their family. After going off birth control, it became clear this wasn't going to be easy, as her period was nonexistent. Over 10 years of a missing period, Sam was able to recover her cycle naturally through the Food Freedom Fertility Society and is now happy to share she is expecting her first baby boy in September.
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In this Episode:
The athletic background that can set the stage for period loss

Red flags of hormone imbalances that are often brushed under the rug

Why your Obgyn won’t be the one to tell you how to get your period back

Why you can get weight and still not get your period back

The mental prison of disordered eating and exercise obsession

Overcoming the fear of what others will think if you gain weight

Why it’s so hard to push yourself to eat enough when you’re working on your own

Getting pregnant again after loss and avoiding relapses into disordered eating

The magic of getting a positive pregnancy and re-establishing trust in your body
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠
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44min
April 29, 2024Ep 57: Root Causes of Period Loss and Infertility
Dr. Kelsey is a licensed Naturopathic Physician from Portland, OR, who specializes in fertility + menstrual health. Balancing roles as a devoted mother of 2 and a thriving practitioner, she weaves comprehensive medical expertise with a holistic approach that nurtures physical, emotional, + energetic wellness. In both her busy private practice and nationwide support for couples, she sees the incredible impact digestive + hormone health have on women's health + fertility. She is very passionate about bridging gaps in comprehensive healthcare, empowering women with education, and nourishing the transition into Parenthood.

In this episode:
Can micronutrient deficiencies cause amenorrhea?

Simple ways to incorporate mindfulness to support nervous system regulation

The best ways to support your detox pathways

Ways to limit endocrine-disrupting chemicals to support your fertility

Signs of lingering low hormone levels even when you are getting your period

Primary Ovarian Insufficiency vs. Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

How often to test your hormones to get a full picture of your fertility

Financial considerations during your fertility journey

Products we’re loving: ⁠Tempdrop⁠
Use code “AFfoodfreedomfertility” for 10% off
Connect with Dr. Kelsey
Instagram: @drkelseystang
Website: www.drkelseystang.com

Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility
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49min
April 14, 2024Ep 56: Understanding Labs with HA
Have you been told your labs are normal, but still missing your period? In this solo episode I’m going to walk you through what typical labs look like with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea.
In this Episode
Why labs can be “normal,” but you’re still missing your period

Best labs to have to done to distinguish between HA and PCOS

When to test Progesterone to confirm ovulation

What does low AMH mean with HA?

Is it possible to improve low AMH?

Pros/cons of using labs to assess your progress in recovery
Episodes referenced today:
Ep 48: PCOS and HA? Navigating nutrition when you have both

Ep 39: What happens if you don’t recover your period

Ep 12: Do I have HA or PCOS?
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠
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