How would you like to know a little about Herbs? Even better, how would you like to know which herbs could benefit your health especially as a woman, but even men too! Today on the Hormone Genius Podcast we have a specialist in Herbalism and we are excited to dive into this topic with her.

"I am a holistically minded hormone coach that specializes in helping women through the use of herbs and lifestyle changes. I have a masters degree in clinical herbalism and use that knowledge, combined with my Fiat institute training, to help women find peace and balance within their bodies."

Colleen Ritz is a current Hormone Coach for Fiat Institute, she is a wife and mother to 5 (almost 6!) kids and works as a clinical herbalist and women’s hormone health coach. She has a passion for helping women heal their bodies holistically by working with what nature has to offer.

You can find Colleen, and work with her by going to this website: https://www.nurtured-roots.net/

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Today on The Hormone Genius Podcast we have the executive director of FACTS About Fertility, Dr. Marguerite Duane. She is no stranger to our podcast, and today she is speaking on a medical issue very close to her heart, and ours, and that is miscarriage.

Miscarriage effects so many women, 1 in 4 are the stats, and the vast majority of women just want to know the 'why' behind their loss, and how they can prevent miscarriage from devastating their lives again.

Dr. Duane will go into the proper evaluation of miscarriage, and how you can advocate for yourself to get the proper diagnosis and treatment of the underlying causes of miscarriage.

Miscarriage is complex and often has more than one reason behind its cause, and it takes a good healthcare professional to look into the many reasons why the body is not prepared to carry a baby to a safe delivery.

Do not forget to check out FACTS, especially those of you in the medical profession out there. If you are passionate about women's health, restorative reproductive medicine, and everything related to improving the state of women's health care, then it would behoove you to take a look at the education programs that FACTS About Fertility offers, factsaboutfertility.org.

Most importantly, we want you to have direct links to the conferences that you can attend through FACTS:

Links:

FACTS Pre-Conference in Orlando, FL - open to everyone!

FACTS Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA - open to everyone!

FACTS Medical School - Student Elective - open to medical, nursing and other health professional students

FACTS Online CME Course - open to everyone!

FACTS Sample our CME - open to everyone!

FACTS Membership - open to everyone!

Research Articles

FABMs for Women’s Health and Family Planning - PLEASE SHARE with medical professionals

Benefits of DHEA & Estradiol to Prevent Miscarriage - with link to the original research

IMPORTANT: Jamie & Teresa are speaking at The Fearless Future Conference coming up soon Feb. 28th-March 1st. Come join us!

https://info.guidingstarproject.com/fearlessfutureconference

Opinions, statements, and beliefs of our interviewees are not necessarily a reflection of the HG podcast's beliefs and opinions as a whole.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in The Hormone Genius Podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical or mental health advice from a doctor, psychologist, or any other medical or mental health professional.

In this episode, we honor the life and legacy of Krista Labbe, a passionate advocate for women’s health, Certified Nurse Midwife, and U.S. Army officer, whose untimely passing in 2023 left a profound impact. Krista’s journey highlights the potential risks associated with the copper IUD, particularly the under-recognized issue of copper toxicity.

We explore the science behind copper metabolism, the unique insights provided by Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA), and why blood tests alone may not detect hidden mineral imbalances. Through Krista's story, we uncover the serious health implications she faced, including severe anxiety, infections, and physical symptoms, which ultimately linked back to elevated copper levels.

Join us as we raise awareness about this silent risk, empower women with critical knowledge, and emphasize the importance of informed consent when choosing birth control options. Also, we want to give a special thank you to Natural Womanhood (www.naturalwomanhood.com) for shedding light on this important topic.

Contact:

For more information about copper toxicity, please visit: www.coppertoxic.com

For info about HTMA (hair test mineral analysis) please visit: https://www.mineralsandhealth.com/order

To learn more about Krista's story, please visit https://kristallabbe.com/

To read the Natural Womanhood Article, please visit:

https://naturalwomanhood.org/copper-toxicity-and-the-iud-depression-psychosis-and-death/

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Podcast Overview: The Truth About Ultra-Processed Foods

In this episode, we explore the eye-opening insights from Chris van Tulleken’s book, Ultra-Processed People, revealing the hidden dangers of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). UPFs, often found in sugary snacks, ready meals, and sodas, are loaded with artificial additives, preservatives, and unrecognizable ingredients. These foods are designed to be addictive, altering brain chemistry and driving overconsumption, as evidenced by studies like Kevin Hall's 2019 trial, which showed participants eating 500 extra calories daily on a UPF diet. The result? Weight gain, mood shifts, and chronic health issues like obesity and diabetes.

UPFs' dominance stems from systemic factors, including marketing, affordability, and convenience, but their health impacts are far-reaching. From ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup to artificial flavors and emulsifiers, these foods are engineered for taste and shelf life at the expense of nutrition. Tune in to learn how to identify UPFs, understand their effects, and take simple steps toward healthier, whole-food alternatives. For extra support, follow us on Instagram @HormoneGenius and post your favorite clean products to claim a free grocery guide with the ingredients to be aware of!

Thanks to our sponsor Fiat Institute!

If the content you’re hearing on this podcast has stirred something in your heart, and you feel called to be part of the change—to launch a mission in hormone health, wellness, and true women’s health care—then this program is for you!

The Fiat Institute certifies women as hormone coaches in a six-month program. You’ll learn about gut health, inflammation, liver detox, cycle charting, cycle-syncing, root cause restoration, and the FiatWay Coaching Methodology. Plus, you’ll find community in weekly calls, small-group breakouts, and the Fiat Sisterhood.

Seats for January’s cohort are limited! Schedule a discovery call with Jamie today! Be part of the movement to restore women’s health.

Fill out an inquiry form:

www.honeybook.com/widget/fiat_inst…0194ff00292a19e2

OR

Schedule a 15min 1:1 chat with her! See link:

calendly.com/hormoneconsult/fir…chat?month=2024-12

To learn more you can visit www.fiatinstitute.com.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical advice from a doctor, or any medical professional.

This week on The Hormone Genius Podcast we welcome a stay at home dad, a self-published author, and hormone genius guy, Author Daniel Kenney, who is also the husband of Teresa Kenney!

The life of Teresa's husband will interest many of you in a variety of ways. Learn about how Dan became a stay at home Dad of 8 kids, learned to write stories, and eventually became a self-published author of many children's books, picture books, and cozy mysteries novels, which are under his pen name Daniel Carson!

https://www.authordanielcarson.com/

Also, learn about Dan's health journey which includes a transformation of his own body, his hormones, his life really. This includes using a peptide called Tirzepatide for weight loss which I know will interest many.

Below is an excerpt from Dan's Memoir called Dad Genius, to give you a flavor of the fun of this interview.

Also, Teresa would love for you to consider checking out some of Dan's amazing children's book series which include: The Math Inspectors, The History Mystery Kids, The Science Inspectors & The Remi Muldoon series and so many more!

Picture books include: I Am Beautiful Because, I Want to Fix the Moon, I Am Strong Because, I Love You, My Beautiful Boy, I Am Not Afraid to Fail, How to Help An Impatient Cow, and many more.

Check out all of Dan's books here https://bakkenbooks.com/pages/daniel-kenney

and & https://www.authordanielkenney.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Dad-Genius-Blitherings-Stay-at-Home/dp/1539920437

"The woman had a baby.

Then she had two.

They needed sleep, shelter, and lots of food.

So much food.

But still they came. One after another the children came until one day there were 8.

Then the woman handed the 8 children to the man. "It's your turn," she said.

The man had no plan, below average cooking skills, and a complete inability to fold a sweater.

He did things differently than the woman. At first, it was upsetting to some. But eventually, even the skeptics could see. There was something about the way he did things.

Some called it Genius. And the man? He called it

DAD GENIUS

And this is his story.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical advice from a doctor, or any medical professional.

Teresa Kenney NP here! For many years, I have been able to see patients benefit from this medication called low dose naltrexone. But is it more hype than for real? It has been known to be a treatment for an incredible amount of conditions including; autoimmune diseases of every sort, chronic pain, PMS, infertility, pyschiatric disorders, and more. That is what it makes it seem unbelievable, a drug that can help such a wide complex of symptoms and conditions. But I am here to tell you that it may be true. We actually have decent research that proves low dose naltrexone, with its immune system modulation powers, and endorphin boosting capability, can truly treat diseases.

What I love about LDN is that it is a more root cause approach than most treatments. Through its ability to help our own immune system reduce inflammation markers, and target tissues to gain cellular health, it truly can allow restoration through an underlying root cause way.

Now in certain areas, we have a long way to go in terms of the research, and that includes the area of women's health, especially fertility. You can see that Dr. Phil Boyle is leading the charge in this area by following his work on YouTube. Just search his name and low dose naltrexone and he has several videos.

I mention a podcast I listened to about the science of LDN and that link is here; https://open.spotify.com/episode/4o4unT9C6IezTuA7qUydfj

This is a real deep dive into the science of LDN that I found very fascinating.

Other resources mentioned in this podcast, are the low dose research organization, https://ldnresearchtrust.org/ which has put all of the collective research about low dose naltrexone in one spot.

This podcast hopefully will give you some new insights into a drug that has been around for many years and continues to evolve, even in the area of cancer research they are finding the ability to suppress tumor growth with LDN!

That doesn't mean this drug is for everyone, but it may be for you, and therefore we believe you deserve to have this information and talk to your own doctor, do your own research about LDN, and decide if looking into this treatment is the right path for healing for your individual health concerns.

Again, we stress that this is not medical advice this podcast is for information only, and you should definitely discuss LDN with your doctor. Also, know that most doctors are not familiar with low dose naltrexone, and are only familiar with regular dose naltrexone which is prescribed for drug addiction, smoking addiction and weight loss. That is why it is good to be prepared with research and empower yourself to know what the differences between low dose and regular dose naltrexone are.

Thanks to our sponsor Fiat Institute!

If the content you’re hearing on this podcast has stirred something in your heart, and you feel called to be part of the change—to launch a mission in hormone health, wellness, and true women’s health care—then this program is for you!

The Fiat Institute certifies women as hormone coaches in a six-month program. You’ll learn about gut health, inflammation, liver detox, cycle charting, cycle-syncing, root cause restoration, and the FiatWay Coaching Methodology. Plus, you’ll find community in weekly calls, small-group breakouts, and the Fiat Sisterhood.

Seats for January’s cohort are limited! Schedule a discovery call with Jamie today! Be part of the movement to restore women’s health.

Fill out an inquiry form:

https://www.honeybook.com/widget/fiat_institute_244143/cf_id/63c89f1e0194ff00292a19e2

OR

Schedule a 15min 1:1 chat with her! See link:

https://calendly.com/hormoneconsult/firesidechat?month=2024-12

To learn more you can visit www.fiatinstitute.com.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical advice from a doctor, or any medical professional.

Have you ever wondered why doctors are unable to offer any alternatives for women's health issues, other than synthetic birth control? Jamie & Teresa will take a shot at answering this question with some help from a family medicine doctor Rachel Regan! Dr. Regan is passionate about other physicians knowing that it is possible to treat with alternatives to birth control, and give more holistic options for her patients.

Dr. Rachel Regan is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who is currently practicing in the Dayton, OH area. She is an NFP-only physician and training to be a NaPro Medical Consultant. She graduated from Caribbean Medical University and then completed residency in 2023 through the University of Tennessee in Jackson, TN. As a Catholic physician she is passionate about teaching women about Natural Family Planning and alternatives to birth control, which eventually lead her to creating a website and blog to make information more easily available to women and couples.

"I believe that there are much better alternatives to treating reproductive health problems than birth control. Not only does birth control go against many people's moral values and have a many potential side effects, but it can not be used to diagnose or treat the underlying cause of cycle irregularities and infertility. As an NFP-only physician, I wish that teaching about NFP and alternative treatment options was more widely accepted and taught within medical schools."

Get a hold of Dr. Rachel Regan here:

www.nfpphysician.com & @nfpphysician

Thank you to today's sponsor Pearl & Thistle!

Pearl & Thistle equips Catholics to both understand and love God’s design for our bodies–from puberty to perimenopause and everything in between! Moms: Pearl & Thistle’s CYCLE PREP video course is the perfect age-appropriate way to teach your daughter about the menstrual cycle, to talk together about what it’s like to get a period, and get lots of helpful tips to know what’s normal for girls in the first few years of cycling…

And if you’re in your 40’s and maybe approaching your own time of transition, Perimenopause Prep will teach you all about the hormonal and cycle changes that come with perimenopause (including why your cycles are crazy short!), providing couples with the resources to navigate NFP during this transition with confidence and positivity, together.

Learn more about Pearl and Thistle’s innovative approach to Catholic body literacy at pearlandthistle.com. Can also follow on instagram @pearlandthistle

Opinions, statements, and beliefs of our interviewees are not necessarily a reflection of the HG podcast's beliefs and opinions as a whole.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in The Hormone Genius Podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical or mental health advice from a doctor, psychologist, or any other medical or mental health professional.

We have an amazing podcast today on The Hormone Genius. We are joined today by a young woman, Christa Johnston "CJ" who believes that listening to the hormone genius podcast has literally changed her life.

It was through an episode about Endometriosis linked here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-23-all-about-endometriosis-q-a-with-teresa/id1527363397?i=1000512386883) that gave her knowledge about her own symptoms within her body, that led her to find her own diagnosis of endometriosis. This was life changing to her in many ways.

CJ is still on a woman's health journey. Her own health issues which include infertility are still ongoing, and she continues to work towards health and healing. CJ will give you an inside look into what it is like to struggle through infertility, see growth in suffering, and to see hope for the future!

This is an authentic and real life hormone genius story that will resonate with many of your hearts! Christa "CJ" and her husband live in Minnesota with their rambunctious golden doodle. By day, she teaches the English language to multilingual elementary students. In her free time, she loves writing, speaking, and teaching women about the language of their bodies as a hormone coach certified through the Fiat Institute. Her mission is to accompany, encourage, and empower women with knowledge and natural tools to support their health and the God-given dignity of their design. To find out more about hormone coaching with CJ, email her at [email protected].

Thank you to today's sponsor Pearl & Thistle!

Pearl & Thistle equips Catholics to both understand and love God’s design for our bodies–from puberty to perimenopause and everything in between! Moms: Pearl & Thistle’s CYCLE PREP video course is the perfect age-appropriate way to teach your daughter about the menstrual cycle, to talk together about what it’s like to get a period, and get lots of helpful tips to know what’s normal for girls in the first few years of cycling…

And if you’re in your 40’s and maybe approaching your own time of transition, Perimenopause Prep will teach you all about the hormonal and cycle changes that come with perimenopause (including why your cycles are crazy short!), providing couples with the resources to navigate NFP during this transition with confidence and positivity, together.

Learn more about Pearl and Thistle’s innovative approach to Catholic body literacy at pearlandthistle.com. Can also follow on instagram @pearlandthistle

Opinions, statements, and beliefs of our interviewees are not necessarily a reflection of the HG podcast's beliefs and opinions as a whole.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in The Hormone Genius Podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical or mental health advice from a doctor, psychologist, or any other medical or mental health professional.

Jamie & Teresa already knew how much they could learn from Sophie, in our first podcast with her in 2021, but to have her on a 2nd time is truly bringing us to a genius level!

Link to previous podcast with Sophie: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s2-ep-7-gut-health-nutrition-and-getting-to-the/id1527363397?i=1000537722494

When Sophie Shepherd first started, SHE Talks Health back in 2017, she had but one goal – elevating and creating awareness about women’s health, around the world. From the rise in infertility, to epidemically high numbers of chronic illness like Endometriosis, PCOS, and Hashimoto’s, to the intricates of the female libido, irregular and painful menses, impact of hormonal birth control pill and stress and anxiety, SHE Talks Health, empowers women to reclaim their health through learning practical nutrition and holistic lifestyle changes.

At 22 she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, put on medication and was told “There was nothing else they could do for me” Exasperated with how lousy she felt, she ended up firing her doctor to search for someone who would truly help her.

Today, SHE Talks Health is globally recognised as an organization on the mission to help millions of women to have better periods, happier hormones, a relaxed gut and balanced moods. Empowering women to be the boss of their own health and lives, the organization helps busy women resolve painful and irregular periods, gut issues and anxiety by using the SHE Health Experience Method. This carefully curated method, an amalgamation of functional nutrition, sustainable lifestyle changes, eating psychology coaching, womb healing and functional lab testing, has proven to help women from all over the planet. “We are integrating coaching, lifestyle science, functional lab work and heart centered holistic nutrition coaching with emotional release activations and body love so that our clients feel better not only physically but emotionally and spiritually too,” says Sophie.

Founder of SHE Talks Health

Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

Creator of the SHE Talks Health Podcast

Website: www.shetalkshealth.com

IG & FB: @shetalkshealth

Work with Sophie:

FREE HEALTH STRATEGY SESSION WITH ME:

www.shetalkshealth.com/call

Here is the mineral test Sophie discussed!

HTMA LAB REVIEW: https://l.bttr.to/WfoEz

Thank you to today's sponsor Pearl & Thistle!

Pearl & Thistle equips Catholics to both understand and love God’s design for our bodies–from puberty to perimenopause and everything in between! Moms: Pearl & Thistle’s CYCLE PREP video course is the perfect age-appropriate way to teach your daughter about the menstrual cycle, to talk together about what it’s like to get a period, and get lots of helpful tips to know what’s normal for girls in the first few years of cycling…

And if you’re in your 40’s and maybe approaching your own time of transition, Perimenopause Prep will teach you all about the hormonal and cycle changes that come with perimenopause (including why your cycles are crazy short!), providing couples with the resources to navigate NFP during this transition with confidence and positivity, together.

Learn more about Pearl and Thistle’s innovative approach to Catholic body literacy at pearlandthistle.com. Can also follow on instagram @pearlandthistle

Opinions, statements, and beliefs of our interviewees are not necessarily a reflection of the HG podcast's beliefs and opinions as a whole.

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in The Hormone Genius Podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical or mental health advice from a doctor, psychologist, or any other medical or mental health professional.

Cervical mucus/fluid is the sign of the main event! It is the gatekeeper of your fertility as well. It is through changes in cervical fluid that your fertility opens and closes in a 5-7 day window around the main event of ovulation. The cervical fluid that tells us that ovulation is approaching has very specific properties. Cervical fluid is a hydrogel, or in other words it is mostly water, 90 to 95% water to be more precise. It contains mucin, glycoproteins, and nutrients that help sperm survive and thrive.

As our hormones change, our cervical mucus changes, when the estrogen rises during ovulation our fluid becomes more watery, like raw egg whites and it becomes clear and stretchy, and very slippery. This should be an obvious sign of our bodies that we can observe when wiping front to back in the restroom daily. You can start paying attention every day when doing your regular routine by noting the sensation that you feel when you wipe front to back; was it dry, or smooth, or was it slippery? Look at the tissue next and observe whether you see mucus on the tissue; what does it look like? If you pick it up off the tissue, does it stretch more than an inch? Is it clear or cloudy? These are simple ways to be observant of the changes in your cervical fluid through the menstrual cycle. You can learn to chart these symptoms daily as well in your menstrual tracking chart!

Again, the cervical fluid is a biological valve that turns on our fertility, and turns off our fertility. It opens and closes based on the hormonal messages that our cervix is receiving through the body. Estrogen in high amounts creates an increase in cervical fluid. Progesterone dries cervical fluid, therefore after ovulation most women are dry, or have very little vaginal discharge.

These are just the very basics about cervical mucus, and we are teaching you today this information for the educational purpose of cycle and body awareness. If you are looking to use cervical fluid as a way to determine fertility for the purpose of either avoiding or achieving pregnancy, than you really want to learn to chart your cycles by a trained professional and scientifically validated method of charting.

You can learn about different methods of charting from FACTS.

https://www.factsaboutfertility.org/

or this site for FABMS; https://fabmbase.org/

or Managing Your Fertility; https://www.managingyourfertility.com/

If you want to look at beautiful pictures of cervical mucus ferning, check out this article which references the work of Dr. Pilar Vigil and the MIT researcher Dr. Katharina Ribbeck; https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/cervical-mucus-health/

Also, thank you to this months sponsor! Brigid Tebaldi...

Brigid is a birth trauma recovery coach 🫶

helping moms feel strong and safe after a tough birth & find peace!

https://www.instagram.com/loretowellness/

Schedule a FREE mini-session with Brigid by visiting her website www.loretowellness.com, as well as a ton of helpful information to help you on the path of healing and peace today!

Medical disclaimer: The information presented in The Hormone Genius Podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for actual medical or mental health advice from a doctor, psychologist, or any other medical or mental health professional.