What if you didn't know anything about your period and you thought the blood meant you were dying?  That's what Adesanya Oluwadamilola thought when she found out she first started menstruating.  Her horror soon turned to anxiety each month when she next reasoned that she must be pregnant even though she'd never been touched by a man, after a struggle battling an eating disorder, Oluwadamilola was able to finally find out the truth, that she was menstruating.  Oluwadamilola vowed in that moment to start helping other girls understand what was happening to them and since, she's helped 600,000 women as the Youth Alliance Ambassador to Nigeria.  Oluwadamilola talks about life in Nigeria and women's health on the podcast.

Periods in Nigeria and one woman's quest to educate women and girls about menstruation and health

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Raya Reaves hit her financial rock bottom while living in Los Angeles. She came home one day to discover a letter taped to her door, "Pay your rent or you're out."

She knew she needed to make some tough financial changes, but she was able to build up an emergency fund, pay off her debts, and finally start saving for the future.

Since she was able to figure out her finances, she realized that a lot of other women probably needed her help too, she decided to start her company, City Girl Savings to help others get to their money in order.

She's now helped thousands of women build budgets, get out of debt, and create plans for their future goals. Raya joins us on the podcast this week to talk all things money and what you should be doing first if you need some financial help.

Finding Your Financial Wellness with Finance Coach Raya Reaves

Kimberly didn't know that she was headed to the Bachelor Mansion for Zach Shallcross' season until 2 weeks before filming. 

When she received the phone call she realized she needed to shop till she dropped to be able to fit the unknown wardrobe she would need for the shoot.

Her best friends flew out to LA to help her find her looks and she pulled up to the Bachelor Mansion with a rap memorized to impress the Bachelor.

Kimberly gives us the lowdown on life in the Bachelor Mansion & her life outside reality tv.

To learn more about Kimberly or any of our other Weekly Women, visit Jubilance.com/blog

Prepping for the Bachelor Mansion & her life building Restaurants with Kimberly Gutierrez

Emma Wilson didn't know about fitness till after the birth of her daughter, overweight at the time, she realized she wanted to be a mom who could keep up with her growing daughter.

She started Buggy Mums (similar to the fitness sensation in the US, Stroller Moms) in her hometown of Cheshire and the rest is history.

As she's aged, she's come to terms with how bodies need to change their routines and nutrition over a lifetime - she now offers courses on going into perimenopause and menopause - how our bodies as women continue to develop.

As a fitness professional she started her own business Emma Wilson Fitness to help anyone, all over the world, feel their best.

If you want to learn more about Emma and our other Weekly Women, be sure to check out our website www.jubilance.com/blog

Fitness at all stages of a Women's Life - Discovering Fitness with Emma Wilson

This week on the podcast we’re talking all about endometriosis - what it is, how to go about finding out if you have endo, and we’re talking to Larissa Kutny, an osteopath who has endometriosis herself.

Endometriosis is a painful disorder where tissue similar to the tissue that is normally found in your uterus grows on the outside of your uterus. 

In the same way that the tissue in your uterus will thicken, break down, and bleed during each period, the tissue will do the same on the outside of your fallopian tubes or ovaries (wherever this tissue is growing), but since there’s no way for the broke down tissue to exit your body- the blood becomes trapped and thus results in sever pelvic pain during menstruation.

Researchers believe that endo affects about 11% of women and menstruators - it’s characterized by painful periods that extends before and after your period, there’s more bleeding than usual with heavy periods or even bleeding between periods, pain during sex, and pain when you go to the bathroom.

If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms go to the doctor and ask them about endometriosis, and Larissa, our guest on the podcast has a couple of questions that you can ask your doctor - she explains how she was diagnosed and also how long it took to get the diagnosis.

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What is Endometriosis & what Larissa Kutny is doing to promote greater understanding of Endo

Angharad Davies is a Nutritionist who started Bloom Nutritional Therapy to look at each individual and see how they can feel their best with the foods they eat. Nutritional Therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health, peak performance, and individual care, something Angharad is familiar with.

Angharad comes from Wales, growing up on a farm she learned about how food was sourced and became interested in how nutrients come to our body. She focuses on helping women and menstruators so they can feel great during the four phases of the menstrual cycle, but also during peri menopause and menopause.

To learn more about Angharad or our other Weekly Women, visit our blog at Jubilance.com/blog

Periods in Nigeria and one woman's quest to educate women and girls about menstruation and health

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