Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast

By Lindsey LussonHealth & Fitness Nutrition

Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast episodes

September 29, 2024Ep 68: You don't need IVF to get pregnant, you need to get your period back
Becca lives in Hot Springs, Arkansas, with her amazing husband, 3 fur babies, and a human baby on the way! Becca shares that she always struggled with body image issues, stemming largely from being a cheerleader in college and competing in bikini and figure competitions post-college. As a result, she suffered several negative consequences with her relationship with food, turning to over-exercise and control. This eventually led to fertility problems, which is why she joined the Food Freedom Fertility Society! Becca shares that since recovering from Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, she’s never looked back because her life has forever changed for the better!
In this Episode:
In this episode:
PCOS misdiagnosis and the light bulb moment recognizing you have HA

The psychological impact of high-dose hormones used in fertility treatment

Can macro counting be a stepping stone to food freedom?

The true freedom of letting go of numbers and learning to trust your body

The power of positive thinking during your recovery journey

The work that needs to be done even after you get your period back

Navigating miscarriage and getting pregnant with your rainbow baby

Why healing your relationship with food matters for motherhood
Ready to fast-track fertility journey through period recovery? Apply for the Food Freedom Fertility Society: FFF Society Application
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
47 min
September 15, 2024Ep 67: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health with Everest Goldstein
Everest is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner certified in functional medicine. She founded and runs Everest Functional Psychiatry and Wellness, one of the only Functional Psychiatry practices in Texas. Here, she takes a holistic approach to healing and believes in the connection between the body and mind. Integrating lifestyle, diet, medicine, and other innovative technologies, she views each patient individually to help them take control of their health and improve their quality of life and well-being.
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In this Episode:
Combining functional medicine with psychiatry

How media has shaped your relationship with food and body

Are you blaming your missing period on the wrong things?

How under eating makes your anxiety worse

Coffee and cortisol: do you need to quit it altogether?

Why food sensitivity tests often aren’t helpful for identifying food intolerances

The power in community and connection for overcoming disordered eating

The role between cortisol, exercise, and progesterone
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
44 min
September 01, 2024Ep 66: Natural pregnancy at age 38 and finding your “why” for real recovery
Laura lives outside of Philadelphia PA with her husband and almost 2-year-old son. Her journey began over 20 years ago in high school when she wanted to lose a little bit of weight, which quickly turned into an eating and exercise disorder. For years she struggled with finding peace with food and her body, while trying to focus on recovery. It wasn't until she reached her mid 30's and wanted to start a family that she realized quasi-recovery wasn't going to help her reach her goals, which ultimately led her to the food freedom fertility society.

In this episode:
The downsides of “DIY”ing your fertility journey

Why you need to gain at least 25 lbs. during pregnancy

How to know what “quasi recovery” looks like

Using period recovery as an opportunity to finally find food freedom

Getting in touch with what you body really wants and needs for be healthy

The first step to moving out of quasi recovery

Calling out the lie: “it’s not the right time” to work on recovery
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@‌food.freedom.fertility⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Twitter: @lindseylusson
43 min
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
56 min
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
45 min
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
38 min
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
48 min
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
44 min
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
48 min
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
58 min

About Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast

From the publisher's feed

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. Whether you’re hoping to regain your cycle and get your health on track or you're ready to become a momma- this podcast is for you.