
E66: BONUS - How I Support my Hormones in Follicular Week
08/17/23 • 12 min
Continuing on with the 1 year podcast birthday celebration series...we're back for Part 2 of 4 in this CYCLE SYNCING series! THANK YOU for listening, sharing with your friends and for trusting me with all things hormonal over this last year.
We kick things off today by exploring Phase 2 which is the follicular phase - it is also that magical time when your estrogen is on the rise! Let's unravel how to support this FUN phase effectively. I'll share key pointers on sweating it out, basking in the sun, getting in those fruits and veggies and maintaining a healthy circadian rhythm.
In this episode:
- [01:12] What is the follicular phase and what happens during it ?
- [03:01] Supporting Estrogen detoxification
- [04:54] Supporting your circadian rhythm and stress in Phase 2
- [08:14] How to fill your cup in Phase 2 of your cycle
- [10:00] Ideas how you can support your cycle in Phase 2
Resources
- Nourish Your Hormones Course: use the code HHPODCAST for $50 OFF Nourish Your Hormones!
- 3 secrets to balance your hormones workshop
- Free hormone balance guideConnect with Leisha
Instagram: @leishadrews
Website: www.leishadrews.com
Apply to work 1:1 with Leisha HERE
Other Episodes You Might Like
- Episode 6: Is Estrogen Dominance Causing Your Hormone Symptoms?
- Episode 29: Sync Your Fitness with Your Menstrual Cycle for Better Results and Less Stress with Courtney Babilya
- Episode 59: 2 Things You MUST Do to Tr
Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.
Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.
This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.
If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too!
Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass
Continuing on with the 1 year podcast birthday celebration series...we're back for Part 2 of 4 in this CYCLE SYNCING series! THANK YOU for listening, sharing with your friends and for trusting me with all things hormonal over this last year.
We kick things off today by exploring Phase 2 which is the follicular phase - it is also that magical time when your estrogen is on the rise! Let's unravel how to support this FUN phase effectively. I'll share key pointers on sweating it out, basking in the sun, getting in those fruits and veggies and maintaining a healthy circadian rhythm.
In this episode:
- [01:12] What is the follicular phase and what happens during it ?
- [03:01] Supporting Estrogen detoxification
- [04:54] Supporting your circadian rhythm and stress in Phase 2
- [08:14] How to fill your cup in Phase 2 of your cycle
- [10:00] Ideas how you can support your cycle in Phase 2
Resources
- Nourish Your Hormones Course: use the code HHPODCAST for $50 OFF Nourish Your Hormones!
- 3 secrets to balance your hormones workshop
- Free hormone balance guideConnect with Leisha
Instagram: @leishadrews
Website: www.leishadrews.com
Apply to work 1:1 with Leisha HERE
Other Episodes You Might Like
- Episode 6: Is Estrogen Dominance Causing Your Hormone Symptoms?
- Episode 29: Sync Your Fitness with Your Menstrual Cycle for Better Results and Less Stress with Courtney Babilya
- Episode 59: 2 Things You MUST Do to Tr
Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.
Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.
This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.
If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too!
Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass
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E65: BONUS - How I Simplified Cycle Syncing for Period Week
Hey friends! Can you believe it's the 1 year anniversary of the Happily Hormonal Podcast? THANK YOU for listening, sharing with your friends and for trusting me with all things hormonal over this last year.
To celebrate, I am going to be releasing BONUS EPISODES this week! I am going to jump into a 4-part series over the next 4 days and chat about CYCLE SYNCING! But this isn't your fancy, eat-all-the-perfect-foods cycle syncing, this is how I've simplified & made it work for me as a busy mama and I know you can relate.
This show I start the four-part series off by chatting about Phase 1 of your cycle which is your Period. I talk about what I try to prioritize during my Phase 1 and how to make it work FOR me, how to support yourself if you deal with period cramps, and how to nourish and stay active during this phase. Here we go!
In this episode:
- [03:02] What is Phase 1 of your cycle?
- [05:00] What I like to do during Phase 1 of my cycle
- [06:58] What I like to prioritize in Phase 1 of my cycle
- [09:38] Supporting your body if you have Period Cramps
- [11:19] Supporting your body if you have other symptoms that might be caused by estrogen withdrawal
- [13:01] Food and exercise during Phase 1 of your cycle
Resources
- Nourish Your Hormones Course: use the code HHPODCAST for $50 OFF Nourish Your Hormones!
- 3 secrets to balance your hormones workshop
- Free hormone balance guideConnect with Leisha
Instagram: @leishadrews
Website: www.leishadrews.com
Apply to work 1:1 with Leisha HERE
Other Episodes You Might Like
- Episode 6: Is Estrogen Dominance Causing Your Hormone Symptoms?
- Episode 29:
Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.
Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.
This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.
If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too!
Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass
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E67: BONUS - My Easy + Effective Ovulation Week Routine
We're jumping in to part 3 of 4 in this CYCLE SYNCING series! THANK YOU for listening, sharing with your friends and for trusting me with all things hormonal over this last year.
I'm so excited to chat with you today about Phase 3 of our cycles - the phase where the magic happens: ovulation! In this short three to four day window, our bodies are brimming with high levels of both estrogen and testosterone - a cocktail of hormones that can propel our energy, libido, and social interactions to new heights. I'll share some of my tips to harnessing this power spike. Things from making space for deeper conversations and higher-intensity workouts to concentrating on supporting my body well to detox estrogen appropriately.
In this episode:
- [01:35] What makes sense for me and makes Phase 3 easy
- [02:32] What actually happens during ovulation?
- [04:06] What I like to concentrate on during Phase 3
- [11:37] Foods I like to eat to support ovulation
Resources
- Nourish Your Hormones Course: use the code HHPODCAST for $50 OFF Nourish Your Hormones!
- 3 secrets to balance your hormones workshop
- Free hormone balance guideConnect with Leisha
Instagram: @leishadrews
Website: www.leishadrews.com
Apply to work 1:1 with Leisha HERE
Other Episodes You Might Like
- Episode 15: 2 Powerful & Easy Ways to Support Estrogen Detox
- Episode 28: Could Cycle Syncing Help You Meet Your Health Goals in 2023? The 4 Phases of Your Cycle Simplified
- Episode 29:
Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode, and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more women looking for answers.
Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast is to be taken as medical advice, please take informed accountability and speak to your provider before making changes to your health routine.
This podcast is for women and moms to learn how to balance hormones naturally in motherhood, to have pain-free periods, increased fertility, to decrease PMS mood swings, and to increase energy without restrictive diet plans. You'll learn how to balance blood sugar, increase progesterone naturally, understand the root cause of estrogen dominance, irregular periods, PCOS, insulin resistance, hormonal acne, post birth-control syndrome, and conceive naturally. We use a pro-metabolic, whole food, root cause approach to functional women's health and focus on truly holistic health and mind-body connection.
If you listen to any of the following shows, we're sure you'll like ours too!
Pursuit of Wellness with Mari Llewellyn, Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, Found My Fitness with Rhonda Patrick, Just Ingredients Podcast, Wellness Mama, The Dr Josh Axe Show, Are You Menstrual Podcast, The Model Health Show, Grounded Wellness By Primally Pure, Be Well By Kelly Leveque, The Freely Rooted Podcast with Kori Meloy, Simple Farmhouse Life with Lisa Bass
HAPPILY HORMONAL | hormone balance for moms, PMS, painful periods, natural birth control, low energy, pro-metabolic - E66: BONUS - How I Support my Hormones in Follicular Week
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Welcome to the Happily Hormonal Podcast . Now , if you're a little iffy on whether or not the word hormonal is a good one , you're in the right place . My name is Leisha Drews , registered nurse and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner , turned holistic hormone coach , and , after going through my own hormone journey and having my three babies , I actually believe that our horm
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