Eating Disorders and Periods

05/03/22 • 31 min

This week’s episode explores the intersection of eating disorders and the menstrual cycle. Neddy is joined by August teammates Elena Gadekar (Customer Care Associate) and newest member Davi Nova (Brand Designer) to kick off the conversation on the correlation between eating disorders and menstruation. Elena then dives in deeper with Johanna Kandel, Founder and CEO of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, which is the leading national nonprofit organization that provides education, referral, and support for all humans experiencing all types of eating disorders, as well as support for their loved ones. With Johanna’s expertise and lived experience and Elena’s history as a ballet dancer coloring the conversation, the two discuss how eating disorders affect the whole body, how athleticism plays a part in both eating disorders and the menstrual cycle, the types of amenorrhea, and if and how eating disorders can affect fertility.

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Hosts: Nadya Okamoto, Sam De La Cruz, and Nadya (Neddy) Eddy

Collaboration: August Co

Executive Producers: Brittany Temple & Adell Coleman

Distribution: DCP Entertainment

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Hosts: Nadya Okamoto, Sam De La Cruz, and Nadya (Neddy) Eddy

Collaboration: August Co

Executive Producers: Brittany Temple & Adell Coleman

Distribution: DCP Entertainment

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Previous Episode

Building August with Co-Founders Nadya and Nick

Starting a company is a huge undertaking, but today’s guest has done it twice (and he’s only 23!). Nick Jain is the Co-Founder and COO of August, the sustainable period product brand behind this podcast, and he did it alongside the show’s very own Nadya Okamoto (Co-Founder and CEO). Nick sits down with Nadya to talk about the ins and outs of being a Gen Z entrepreneur: designing a product and supply chain, fundraising (and how far $2.5 million will really get you), what it means to be a direct-to-consumer business, and the complications of navigating the legal side of starting a business when you don’t have a law degree. And Nick doesn’t leave without sharing what he considers to be the most important skill he’s cultivated as a founder and leader.

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Hosts: Nadya Okamoto, Sam De La Cruz, and Nadya (Neddy) Eddy

Collaboration: August Co

Executive Producers: Brittany Temple & Adell Coleman

Distribution: DCP Entertainment

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Next Episode

Menopause 101 with Stacy London

Nadya, Sam, and Neddy are back together with some big questions about menopause, and Stacy London is here to shed some light on the subject. Stacy is the former co-host of TLC’s What Not to Wear, as well as a stylist, fashion consultant, author, and editor, and she is now the Co-Founder and CEO of State of Menopause, a personal care and lifestyle brand that seeks to provide symptomatic relief and open up the public conversation around menopause. Stacy gives us an epic lesson on the physical, mental, and emotional impacts of menopause, gender inclusivity, sex drive, and who is standing in the way of medicinal remedies for some of the most common symptoms of menopause (here’s a hint...it’s not women). This episode busts open myths around aging and the sexualization (or de-sexualization) of women and girls in relation to their menstrual cycle.

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Hosts: Nadya Okamoto, Sam De La Cruz, and Nadya (Neddy) Eddy

Collaboration: August Co

Executive Producers: Brittany Temple & Adell Coleman

Distribution: DCP Entertainment

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