The Female Health Solution Podcast

In this episode, I am joined my Dr. Morgan to discuss all things related to relationships and attachment style!

Dr. Morgan Anderson is a clinical psychologist and relationship coach, host of the “Let’s Get Vulnerable” podcast and creator of the E.S.L relationship method. She helps women break the toxic dating cycle, raise their self-worth and attract the healthy relationship they’ve always wanted. She’s on Instagram @drmorgancoaching, and make sure you head over to her page to say hello!

Take the Relationship Style Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/5e77d82d29386e001428f8f1

Find Dr. Morgan:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-get-vulnerable-relationship-and-dating-advice/id1496034764

Instagram: @drmorgancoaching

In this episode of my live coaching series, I talk with Jessica who deals with a long follicular phase and delayed ovulation. Delayed ovulation and irregular cycles can throw off a number of things in the female body, including fertility.

Jessica's main goal is to achieve a more balanced cycle - both for her overall health and her fertility journey as she and her husband try for their second child.

A former primary school teacher, Jessica found her stress levels were high due to the demands of her job. She transitioned to a high school teaching role which reduced her stress significantly, the first big step in regulating hormones.

The follicular phase is the first half of your menstrual cycle, starting on the first day of menstruation and lasting until ovulation. This phase involves the maturation of follicles in the ovaries, leading to the release of an egg during ovulation. A typical follicular phase lasts around 14 days.

Here are some tools for regulating the hormone cycle:

1. Manage stress

2. Nutrition support: Eat for your cycle. This includes warming and cooling foods with your follicular and luteal phase.

3. Seed Cycling: Eat 1 Tbsp of flax and pumpkin seeds in your follicular phase and 1 Tbsp of sesame and sunflower in the luteal phase.

4. Hormone testing: Jessica went with the DUTCH test - this test can pinpoint specific imbalances in the hormone cycle.

5. Gut health: A healthy gut microbiome is essential for hormone metabolism. Start with a diet rich in fiber and live cultures from foods like kefir, kombucha, and fresh vegetables. Probiotics and enzymes are a great option for additional support!

6. Movement: Regular, moderate exercise can help regulate hormones and reduce stress. Start with a short walk after meals!

You are invited to sign up for your own session here: https://calendly.com/drbethwestie/podcast-live-coaching?month=2024-02

I am dedicating today's episode to your mindset and where your thoughts are leading you. Your mental health plays a big role in helping (or hindering) you from reaching your goals.

Most women are not even conscious of their thoughts and the power they hold. The goal of this episode is to open the conversation around these issues and share ways you can improve your health.

12 Week Program Waitlist: www.drbethwestie.com/waitlist

Polycystic ovary syndrome impacts many women but there are many symptoms that come along with it. Most women with PCOS experience insulin issues, weight issues and weight loss resistance. Dietary changes are one of the first things to tweak when dealing with PCOS. Dive into this episode to learn what's behind PCOS and the top three nutrition changes you should make to support your PCOS recovery.

DUTCH Test: https://drbethwestie.com/dutch-hormone-testing/

"I stand for authenticity and my mission is to lead an authentic life inspiring women to confidently embody their authentic power through living their healthiest life at their ideal weight. You see I lived an inauthentic life for years that stole my joy and robbed me of memories I will never get back. I am a fitness and weight loss coach, wife, mother and entrepreneur but I am also a recovered anorexic, bulimic, orthorexic and over exercise addict. Food took my power from me and led me to an inauthentic life filled with the deep dark shame of binge eating and diet yo yo vicious cycles. I understand the powerlessness. I also understand the demands of daily life and have found my niche in helping other women of any age become their most authentic healthiest selves and FREE them of the chains of the vicious diet you yo cycle.. For the past 13 years I have trained and coached primarily women, I have competed in fitness competitions at the national level, and written nutrition programs for women and men with all types of health, wellness and fitness goals. I was the owner, operator and founder of an elite fitness studio, a yoga studio and I was the founder and creator of a nutrition bar company.

I have the first hand experience on how you can break free and transform your fitness and health to become more than just your BODY. As women we have been culturally programmed to align our self worth with our physical bodies. My goal is to help empower and guide you through authentic, honest, and real life weight loss. I will give you the tools necessary to create attainable and sustainable goals and free you of unhealthy expectations.

You are not your BODY. You are so much more. Let me help you discover how you can become free from the expectations and learn to love fitness, love your body and love your whole self."

Jennifer Ludington

Find Jennifer:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefreedomprojectwithjennifer/ https://www.instagram.com/jenniferludington/

https://www.jenniferludington.com/freedombodyproject