This EndoLife

Alice Smith is the 23 year old Trustee and Young Ambassador for Endometriosis UK causing a well deserved stir in education.

The UK Government is reviewing what should be taught in Sex & Relationship and PSHE lessons in England, and Alice thinks it's about time that menstrual wellbeing made it on the agenda. 14% of menstruators are starting their periods in the UK without knowing what they are and 1 in 4 said they did not feel they knew what to do when they started their period*. This is a big problem. If young people aren't being sufficiently educated about what to expect from an 'average' period, how will they know when something's wrong?

Alice and Endometriosis UK have launched a petition to get menstrual wellbeing taught in schools. They want the stigma and shame of periods to be broken, and for all pupils to understand what's 'normal' and what's not when it comes to menstruation, so people can recognise sooner the signs and symptoms of endometriosis, PCOS, fibroids and other menstrual related conditions sooner.

I chatted to Alice about the petition, their social media campaign, her own experience of menstrual education in school and what we all can do to make a difference to future generations and end period shame.

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Show Notes:

This podcast is sponsored by you guys. I’m asking for your help and support to keep This EndoLife Podcast going - if you like the show and you find it helps you live better with endometriosis, could you consider helping the podcast? I’ve set up a Patreon, where you can donate to This EndoLife and help keep the show going by supporting me to cover the costs of the show. You can donate and find out more over on my Patreon page.

This episode and The EndoLife intro music was edited and produced by The Pod Farm - podcast editing services for new and established podcasts. Visit the thepodfarm.com to find out more about their services and how they can help you grow your podcast from just an idea to polished and successful show. 

Change.org Petition

Endometriosis UK

Campaign hashtag: #whatiwishilearned

*Stats from Plan International's Break The Barriers Report

 

Alice Smith is the 23 year old Trustee and Young Ambassador for Endometriosis UK causing a well deserved stir in education. Alice and Endometriosis UK have launched a petition to get menstrual wellbeing taught in schools. They want the stigma and shame of periods to be broken, and for all pupils to understand what's 'normal' and what's not when it comes to menstruation, so people can recognise sooner the signs of endometriosis and other menstrual related conditions sooner.

Today I’m talking to Britt from Food Period - a start up company, which in my opinion, is revolutionary. Food Period make 'moon bites'; natural and nutritious energy balls, which contain specific seeds that are used in the nutrition protocol known as 'seed syncing', which helps balance our hormones and create easier, healthier periods. As I’ve mentioned before, endometriosis is an oestrogen dominant disease, and seed syncing helps reduce oestrogen dominance and bring our hormones back into balance, so I was super excited to get Food Period on the show!

Jenn and Britt’s story to starting Food Period is pretty much jaw-dropping, with it all stemming from Britt’s diagnosis of blood cancer, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which she’s thankfully now recovered from. Both Jenn and Britt go on a journey together to bring their periods and hormones back into balance, and are now on a mission to provide others with a natural option to regulate their periods and reduce the impact of menstrual related conditions like endometriosis.

If you’re keen to try out their seed syncing moon bites, the lovely girls at Food Period are offering $15 off your first box for the next 30 days with the code THISENDOLIFE To access this discount, you need to use this link or any of the links to Food Period on this page.

I really hope you enjoy them and I can’t wait to get started with seed syncing myself!

Show Notes:

This podcast is sponsored by you guys. I’m asking for your help and support to keep This EndoLife Podcast going - if you like the show and you find it helps you live better with endometriosis, could you consider helping the podcast? I’ve set up a Patreon, where you can donate to This EndoLife and help keep the show going by supporting me to cover the costs of the show. You can donate and find out more over on my Patreon page.

This episode and The EndoLife intro music was edited and produced by The Pod Farm - podcast editing services for new and established podcasts. Visit the thepodfarm.com to find out more about their services and how they can help you grow your podcast from just an idea to polished and successful show. 

Food Period

Seed Syncing

Eating for PMS

Let's get social! Come say hello on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or sign up to my newsletter.

Today I’m talking to Britt from Food Period - a start up company, which in my opinion, is revolutionary. Food Period make 'moon bites'; natural and nutritious energy balls, which contain specific seeds that are used in the nutrition protocol known as 'seed syncing', which helps balance our hormones and create easier, healthier periods.

In this week's podcast, I have the privilege of speaking to the wonderful Kristy Curry. Not only is Kristy super kind and lovely to chat to, she's also the co-founder of Flutter Health, the mobile endometriosis symptom tracking app that lets you track your period and journal your endometriosis symptoms, to better manage the disease.

This is far from your every day period tracking app with fixed settings that frustrate you and don't match your experience of menstruation. Six week period? You can put that in. Every endometriosis symptom under the sun - even the obscure ones? You can put them all in. You can even track your endometriosis symptoms or unusual period behaviours, download the past few months as a PDF, and take them to your doctor so you can get better treatment, or even a diagnosis.

I chat to Kristy about how her experience of endometriosis and period tracker apps led her to start Flutter Health with her husband. We discuss how tracking your endometriosis symptoms can not only enable you get more accurate treatment, but can help you understand what's working for you in terms of pain and symptom management. We also talk about the 'endometriosis diet' and how finding a community can make a huge difference to living with endometriosis.

 

Show Notes:

This podcast is sponsored by you guys. I’m asking for your help and support to keep This EndoLife Podcast going - if you like the show and you find it helps you live better with endometriosis, could you consider helping the podcast? I’ve set up a Patreon, where you can donate to This EndoLife and help keep the show going by supporting me to cover the costs of the show. You can donate and find out more over on my Patreon page.

This episode and The EndoLife intro music was edited and produced by The Pod Farm - podcast editing services for new and established podcasts. Visit the thepodfarm.com to find out more about their services and how they can help you grow your podcast from just an idea to polished and successful show. 

Flutter Health

 

 

In this week's podcast, I have the privilege of speaking to the wonderful Kristy Curry. Not only is Kristy super kind and lovely to chat to, she's also the co-founder of Flutter Health, the mobile endometriosis symptom tracking app that lets you track your period and journal your endometriosis symptoms, to better manage the disease.

In this episode I’m talking to Kate Magic, founder and Creative Director of Raw Living, Europe’s leading raw food and super foods supplier. Kate is a well known raw foodie here in the UK, having written the UK’s first raw recipe book back in 2002 and the world’s first raw superfood book, Raw Magic. Kate has now launched her latest book, The Empowered Woman, which is all about female hormones, women’s empowerment and working with our body to support our hormones in order to feel our best. In this episode, we're talking about her new book and dive into female hormone health and endometriosis.

We explore the wide range of hormones in our bodies, how they work together and how they support us in our lives, we also delve into the difference between male and female hormone systems and how we can nurture these to live a life that empowers us, and how to treat hormone imbalances and the symptoms of endometriosis. 

Let's get social! Come say hello on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or sign up to my newsletter.

 

Show Notes:

This podcast is sponsored by you guys. I’m asking for your help and support to keep This EndoLife Podcast going - if you like the show and you find it helps you live better with endometriosis, could you consider helping the podcast? I’ve set up a Patreon, where you can donate to This EndoLife and help keep the show going by supporting me to cover the costs of the show. You can donate and find out more over on my Patreon page.

This episode and The EndoLife intro music was edited and produced by The Pod Farm - podcast editing services for new and established podcasts. Visit the thepodfarm.com to find out more about their services and how they can help you grow your podcast from just an idea to polished and successful show. 

Raw Living

Kate's website

The Empowered Woman

Macapuccino recipe

In this episode I’m talking to Kate Magic, founder and Creative Director of Raw Living, Europe’s leading raw food and super foods supplier. Kate has just launched her latest book, The Empowered Woman, which is all about female hormones, women’s empowerment and working with our body to support our hormones in order to feel our best. In this episode, we're talking about her new book and dive into female hormone health and endometriosis.

In this episode I’m talking to Cori Smith about his experience of endometriosis as a trans man and how we can make the endometriosis community a safer, more supportive place for transgender and non-binary people and others who do not identify as cis female with endometriosis.

Cori is currently launching a lawsuit against medical institute in New York for discrimination based on his gender status. Cori has endometriosis and his story of how he was treated as a women vs how he was treated as a trans man is shocking, but so important to talk about and raise awareness of. Trigger warning: Cori went through some traumatic medical procedures and abuse from medical professionals, so if you’re sensitive to those kind of subjects you may want to forward those moments.

I speak to Cori about the ways in which transgender and non-binary people are treated with endometriosis, why he decided to be brave and sue the medical institute and how we can make our support services and community more inclusive.

Cori is doing incredible and courageous work for our community. In the show notes below, I’ve listed the ways you can help Cori on his mission.

 

Show Notes:

This podcast is sponsored by you guys. I’m asking for your help and support to keep This EndoLife Podcast going - if you like the show and you find it helps you live better with endometriosis, could you consider helping the podcast? I’ve set up a Patreon, where you can donate to This EndoLife and help keep the show going by supporting me to cover the costs of the show. You can donate and find out more over on my Patreon page.

This episode and The EndoLife intro music was edited and produced by The Pod Farm - podcast editing services for new and established podcasts. Visit the thepodfarm.com to find out more about their services and how they can help you grow your podcast from just an idea to polished and successful show. 

Cori Go Fund Me Page

Empty Closet Interview with Cori Smith

Life as a Trans Man with Endometriosis, EndoFound Interview

In this episode I’m talking to Cori Smith about his experience of endometriosis as a trans man and how we can make the endometriosis community a safer, more supportive place for transgender and non-binary people and others who do not identify as cis female with endometriosis.