Weekly Woman

Laura Murphy is the Director of Education and Awareness at IAPMD (the International Association for Premenstrual Disorders.  Suffering from PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) herself she came to the organization first as a moderator online and then joined the team becoming an integral part of the organization telling her story and creating educational campaigns.  Laura joins us to chat about the differences between PMDD and PMS, her own journey with PMDD, as well as the amazing work of IAPMD.  If you want to hear more about IAPMD, visit their website where you can learn more about PMDD and PME as well the ways they support their community.  Visit IAPMD.org  And to see more about Laura and her interview as well as other Weekly Women, check out our blog at www.jubilance.com/blog

Today on the podcast we have Leslie Hope Holthoff, author of a new autobiography about her life as a teen mom and growing up.

The good news is, in America, teen pregnancy has steadily declined since the early nineties. The bad news is there are still girls raising children, and fifty percent of them won’t graduate from high school.

Leslie was a scared little girl, overwhelmed by shame and self-hatred, whose tools for understanding sex and knowing how to stop it simply didn’t exist. By the time she was staring at two pink lines on a pregnancy test when she was just fifteen, her life already felt like it belonged to someone else.

Not Mary Not Roe is Holthoff’s stereotype-shattering story that explores the nuances of social mores, family upbringing, and religion that can become unwitting contributors to teen pregnancy. Her narrative begs the question: If we don’t teach young people about sex, how can we force them to bear the consequences?

Ames Sheldon is an author who just came out with her new novel after working on it for forty years, Lemons in the Garden of Love.  The story is about her great aunt who helped to found the Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts and how she pushed the boundaries in women's rights.  

Sheldon comes from a background of Women's and Gender Studies as the lead author and associate editor of the ground-breaking Women’s History Sources: A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States, which contains descriptions of collections of original primary source materials pertaining to the history of tens of thousands of women and women's organizations from the colonial period through the 1970s. In the process of working on this monumental 1,100-page reference book, Ames discovered her love for women’s history and for using primary sources for research.

If you want to learn more about Ames, check out our website, www.Jubilance.com/blog

Chemist and Public Health Expert Samantha Radford wants to change the way we learn about information.  As an expert in toxicology, she focused years of research into learning about how chemical exposures affect both unborn babies and children, as well as how toxicants and medications are passed through breastmilk.

She started her blog Evidence Based Mommy to educate other mothers on this toxicology focused background.  But not only does she talk about chemistry, she also goes into how she raises her four children.

And moms get anxious too, so her story goes further into finding therapy, and eventually trying out Jubilance for PMS.  We’re so happy to have her on the podcast, and if you want to learn more visit Jubilance.com/blog

Isabella Rittinger, founded Bleed the North, a youth led nonprofit organization committed to ending period poverty and stigma by providing menstrual products to people in need across Ontario and greater Canada. To learn more about Isabella, visit our website Jubilance.com/blog

Red Drop is the first feminine hygiene brand designed specifically to empower school age tweens. Research shows and parents know that during puberty, they need more than just a pad. RedDrop provides the products your tweens need and the support their parents can use, to grow strong women. Co-Founder Dana Roberts joins us on the podcast to discuss starting Red Drop while working in education and then realizing that menstruators needed education on their bodies, as well as products that weren't aimed at adult sizes. To learn more about Dana, visit our blog at www.Jubilance.com/blog

Annaliese Puccini fought for Arie's heart on The Bachelor and then returned twice to Mexico in Bachelor in Paradise.  And now she sits down with us to discuss The Bachelor, hanging out at Bachelor Mansion and the emotions that run wild there, publishing her new book she wrote over COVID, and life during these strange times.  To learn more about Annaliese and Jubilance, check out www.Jubilance.com/blog

Saskia Nelson started the practice of Dating Photography while thinking about the striking commercial imagery she saw while working in the TV world in London.  She realized that if she could create photographs of men and women with colorful backdrops and practicing interesting hobbies, she could help them attract more potential dates.  With Hey Saturday now all over the UK and in the USA, Saskia has changed the way people find their soul mate and helps people feel confident to go after what they want!

We chat with Saskia about how she started her business and what you should be doing in your dating photos.  If you want to learn more, head to our blog to see more about Saskia, www.Jubilance.com/blog

When the pandemic hit Chelsea Brown needed to think fast, how could she take a company that was primarily leading the way in women's travel to the Middle East, to transform into a digital company?

Chelsea is the founder and CEO of Millie, an organization that amplifies women’s voices, believing in the power of expanded perspective, connection and kindness to improve lives.

Chelsea is an equity activist and she started Millie to create jobs for women globally and to give voice to females who would otherwise not have a seat at the table.  She created the Millie Marketplace to develop products that make a difference, partnering with Afghan fashion brand Zarif to create the Ikat tote bag for Afghanistan relief and with Femme International to produce African print dresses to end period poverty.  She employs female artisans, many of whom are refugees and displaced persons around the world.  This special collection connects people through stories and expands perspective, but most importantly, it creates employment opportunities and economic empowerment for women living around the world.

We're so excited to have her on the podcast this week!

To learn more about Chelsea Brown, visit our blog at www.Jubilance.com/blog

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.