Welcome back to The Simplicity Sessions, I'm delighted that you’ve joined us today. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project, and the creator of the women's revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project.

Today, we are speaking with the lovely Dr. Jordan Robertson ND, a naturopathic doctor who specializes in women's health, hormones and fertility. She is the host of the Women's Health Unplugged podcast and author of Carrying To Term, the practical guide that teaches you specific strategies to support your fertility journey and reduce the risk of miscarriage or pregnancy loss.

We begin this episode on a very personal note. Jordan shares with me her own experiences, suffering from multiple miscarriages and her fertility struggles. And how, even as a health professional, she really struggled to advocate for herself, as well as the proper testing, treatment, and care she knew that she needed and deserved.

One of the biggest takeaways from today's conversation with Jordan is that we have the ability, as functional health practitioners, to see a woman's health vulnerability before it actually gets to a point where she needs further intervention, whether it be medical or otherwise. Not only are we able to recognize this, we then do our utmost to support and implement strategies to help her get better.

Your story matters, we need to band together and work together. Not only as clinicians and practitioners but women as a whole to stop this dismissive nature around our health and our wellbeing from happening.

You can find links to Dr. Jordan Robertson’s multi-platform publishings, as well as social / websites below in the ‘Connect with us’ section of the show notes. You will also find below-linked info about our partners and recommended products to try.

If you have a question for me and my team, send it on over to [email protected] or via Instagram at @jennpike and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts, and advice. 

Here are the main topics of today’s episode:

• Your story matters
• You have to be the voice for your health and for your body
• Perimenopause - Puberty 2.0
• Tracking your cycle
• Energy flows where attention goes
• Nutrition and metabolic flexibility
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Resources

Connect with us - 

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To connect with Dr. Jordan Robertson and find direct links to her published works, programs, and supports, click here or go to her website https://clarityhealthburlington.ca 

To follow Jordan on social media, find her on Instagram @drjordannd

Click here to listen to her podcast, Women’s Health Unplugged 

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Online work with Jenn: 

Register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more via the following link www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

Sign up for The Synced Program to learn how to tune your body to the lunar cycle and acquire a multidisciplinary approach to balance your body in less than 30 minutes a day! 

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/ 

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Quotes

• “Your story matters, we need to band together and work together. Not only as clinicians and practitioners but women as a whole to stop this dismissive nature around our health and our wellbeing from happening”
• “She turned her personal experience and her background into medical research and medical research into a springboard to support women and their own health journeys. She is known for her relentless search for the best quality evidence in integrative medicine and her willingness to stand up for women as they pursue their health goals”
• “When I wrote Carrying to Term back at the beginning of my career, it was right on the heels of me having three miscarriages. And at that time I was a graduated health professional, and yet I still couldn't really advocate for myself.”
• “Can we change a woman's story? Can we help her support herself so that she doesn't suffer… the answer is yes?”
• “Regardless of the age of the woman or the health concern, the story that she has to tell matters. And what I mean by the story is that there are clues hidden in your health history. There are clues hidden, maybe in your family history that would potentially change what your baseline risk is.”
• “It pays off to chat with someone about what those underlying conditions are how they can specifically contribute to miscarriage. Because for women with PCOS, it's not the same reason that women miscarry as it is the reason why women with endometriosis miscarry, you probably need slightly different supports.”
• “With perimenopause, it's stretched out over years and years of experience, which coincides with maybe having adult children, aging parents, at the peak of their career… pinnacle years for women, where they are also having the hormonal carpet pulled out from underneath them.”
• “The best way to describe perimenopause is like it's Sunday and your uterus thinks it was last Thursday, right?”
• “When women track their cycle, they actually develop self-compassion for themselves.”
• “The stress of worrying about menopause actually worsens your menopause… energy flows where attention goes”
• “Something women can do for themselves - A is be mindful of their non-exercise movement cause your bodies were made to move, but also reflect on what your barriers to movement are.”

Additional Information About Jenn:

Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv, and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star, and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium, and Juice Plus.

Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.