When’s the last time you celebrated or thought about your colon and how it relates to your health “down there?” There’s a lot of conversations about the importance of the quality of food we put into our bodies. In this episode the focus is on the critical value of releasing and letting go of your poop to improve your well-being. Gayatri Martin, the founder of Celebrate Aliveness will join host, Lorraine Giordano, to share over twenty years of wisdom and experience as a colon therapist and how detoxification is important to a woman’s health down there and to her overall system. Gayatri will divulge valuable tips in order to strengthen your relationship with your colon – symptoms to pay attention to, non-beneficial foods/chemicals to avoid and how strengthening your colon can benefit your female organ health at any age. She's not only a doodie diva but she's a teacher in childbirth, detoxification, yoga, tango and a certified life coach. You don't want to miss this unique exchange.

On this week’s episode of The Womb Happy Hour host, Lorraine Giordano, will chat about The Menstrual Products Right to Know Act, play a game related to sex and blend these topics together to highlight the importance of self-care. Self-care is one of the most buzzed about terms these days and it’s often tied with consuming a product – a spa day, a new outfit, a green juice. During this week’s womb chat we’ll get into how self-care related to feminine hygiene products is often over looked and critically important these days. We’ll also dig a bit deeper and go down there, not in a bikini wax kind of way, but discuss a unique perspective on enhancing your sacral chakra energy center to boost your relationships and passion in life.

The Womb Happy Hour will continue the womb chat on ways to heal from endometriosis and talk about a few research initiatives to have on your radar. Host, Lorraine Giordano, will also share the benefits of uncommon and unique healing methods to enhance a stronger connection to down there and shift stagnant energy. Lorraine will highlight Mayan Abdominal Massage, Womb Pulsing and other womb enhancing techniques. These non-invasive ancient techniques are known to alleviate pain, improve blood and lymph flow, flush out toxins and possibly reduce adhesions. These techniques can benefit all women, not just ones with endometriosis and they’re known to help with balancing the fella’s blood flow and inflammation with their prostate, impotency and frequent urination. Rather than popping a pill to cure what’s down there, are you open to exploring and connecting in a new way?

For many, endometriosis is intense pain down there! On average, it takes seven to ten years for gals to get diagnosed with endometriosis. Mind-blowing that many often don’t feel relief from a serious health condition, that often causes crazy and annoying pain. If you toss into the endo-mix existing taboos about women talking to their doctors and others about sex, fertility concerns and periods and add in the common myth that periods are painful, no wonder healing this condition is complex. Sadly, young and older women with endometriosis often suffer in silence and without clear answers on how to heal a ferocious and sometimes debilitating condition. Lorraine Giordano, host of The Womb Happy Hour, will share suggestions on loosening up the tension down there and alleviating the pains of endometriosis based on her personal journey and working with other women in her healing practice. Tune in to hear ways to feel free from pain and worry. Happier days down there are possible!

Lorin Purifoy, the Founder + Formulator of Purifoy Spirit Essences and Sacred Ways Apothecary, joins The Womb Happy Hour with host, Lorraine Giordano. Lorin will share how her healing spirit essences can help you move forward in life and enhance your connection to your womb. The spirit essences she formulates assists in moving through blocks and resistance to gain great self-love and connect with Gaia. She believes we are such complex beings with many beliefs we’ve accepted that aren’t true and underneath Everything we do, is our desire to be loved. In addition to creating her popular spirit essences, Lorin is an Intuitive Healer, a Womb Empowerment Guide, Sound Channel, Ceremonialist and Licensed Massage Therapist in North Carolina. She also works with potent and blissful Cacao Medicine through ceremony. An episode to sit back and relax into special ways to connect to your true essence.

Laura Lacey joins the show with host, Lorraine Giordano. Laura is a massage therapist and nutritional consultant who specializes in prenatal and postpartum massage. Massage is often considered a luxury. A nice way to be pampered. Something to indulge in on a special occasion. Laura works exclusively with women and she’s passionate about changing that way of thinking and offer the viewpoint that massage is not a luxury but rather a necessity. This is true for everyone but especially for women and most importantly for pregnant women. Massage is probably the oldest form of healing. In its simplest form it is a laying on of hands. One of the biggest causes of disease in our modern world is stress, which can cause headaches, digestives issues and interfere with a woman being able to conceive. Laura will share the importance of incorporating massage into your life as part of your wellness program.

Jen Lewis – internationally recognized conceptual artist and menstrual designer behind Beauty in Blood, a bold art project that confronts social taboos pertaining to menstruation, shares womb time with host, Lorraine Giordano. She wasn't able to join us in March and we’re excited she’s able to join the show now. Since 2012, Lewis has created her menstrual designs using transformative macrophotography and video with her husband, Rob. Jen will describe how switching tampons and pads to a menstrual cup changed every facet of her life. The menstrual cup directly led her to seeing menstrual fluid as an art medium; and using visual art to confront menstrual stigma in pop culture. This episode will make you think differently about menstrual blood and the opportunities that appreciating menstrual blood can provide.

Susan Jacobs believes that every human on this planet has a story that deserves to be heard. So why is it so hard for us to own, live and speak our truth? As someone who swallowed her truth for decades and ultimately developed a hyperthyroid and Graves' disease where her thyroid metaphorically strangled her, she was forced to face the truth about herself. On this week’s episode Susan Jacobs and host, Lorraine Giordano will discuss practical and energetic tips to balancing your thyroid and how it relates to your sacral chakra. Susan will share why it's critical to support your thyroid and throat chakra and how speaking your truth can positively heal and transform your life. Susan's mission is to give voice to things that matter, starting with our own story, and this also translates over to business and brand story - the business of being you. The truth is the ultimate freedom and path to healing, joy and success.

Host of The Womb Happy Hour, Lorraine Giordano, will share a toast and highlight common womb and health themes discussed by her insightful guests from the past quarter. Each topic of each show was as unique as each of the women who shared their wisdom. Alchemy is a power or process that transforms something in a mysterious or impressive way. Your body and womb is a strong alchemical container able to change lead into gold. Lorraine will reflect on important tips shared on previous shows to help heal and transform your relationship with your womb and well-being.

The Creatrix of Gutsier Living and BabytheMama – Ayurvedic Practitioner and Ayudoula Shweta Parmar - joins this week’s Womb Happy Hour episode to share radical perspectives and practical tips on supporting your female reproductive health. Is your yoga practice

really serving you? If you’re hitting your yoga mat hard and regularly pounding down green juices and smoothies you’ll hear reasons why such trendy activities may or may not be serving your gut health, fertility, monthly cycles, hormonal health and daily vitality. Shweta's passion for traditional, Nature-based wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga began when she was diagnosed and been self-healing from Polycystic Kidney Disease. Her clinical studies and practices are with teachers

based in India and the US. As the only AyurDoula in New York City, Shweta lives her motto: GutsierLiving-Digesting Your Food, Thoughts and Emotions for a Bold Intuitive Life. You won’t want to miss this enlightening and informative womben exchange.