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Are You Menstrual? Citizens of Sound
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4.9 • 785 Ratings
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Welcome to the Are You Menstrual Podcast with your host, Amanda, a women’s health dietitian. In this podcast, Amanda helps you navigate the confusing world of women’s hormones and teach you how to have healthy periods. Each week will be diving into a different topic on women’s health and sharing our perspective using nutrition, female physiology, and metabolic health. The goal is to help you wade through conflicting health information and empower you on your healing journey. We hope you enjoy it! Website: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com
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How To Thrive During Menopause
In this episode, I am focusing on an important topic that has been heavily requested, menopause! When I think about how to thrive during menopause and set yourself up for success, I think of four main areas: thyroid, stress, nutrition, and our daily habits. If you’ve already gone through menopause, I just want to say it’s never too late to work on the things I cover today. Also, if you did a lot of work and feel like you’ve tried all the things but are still really struggling through menopause, I know that can be really hard, but making nutrition and lifestyle changes is still supporting your long term health. It’s easy to forget that everything we’ve done our entire lives is going to impact our menopausal experience. When we’ve lived a certain way for a long time it can take time to undo a lot of that dysfunction. Be patient and know you are still doing really good things for your body and future health.
As always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider before making nutrition, lifestyle, or supplement changes.
This episode covers:
How suboptimal thyroid function leads to symptoms experienced during menopauseRecommendations to reduce stressorsTips for supporting a healthy stress responseThree nutrition tips for menopausal womenDaily habits to support your body through menopauseGet Your Paleovalley Beef Sticks: https://paleovalley.com/hormonehealingrd
Thyroid Mineral Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/e5aa246b68
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/bc89ec6723
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course -
Minerals & The Nervous System
Last week I interviewed Irene Lyon and focused on the nervous system, so this week I thought it would be fun to follow up that episode with how our nervous system affects certain minerals and testing we can use to get a visual of this. I have bonus episodes on all of these minerals inside Patreon. You can go to patreon.com/hormonehealingrd and join the exclusive tier to get access to all of the bonus episodes I’ve ever shared and submit questions for Q&As.
As always, this podcast episode is not medical advice. Please talk with your provider before making any changes to your nutrition, lifestyle, or supplements.
This episode covers:
Calcium, Phosphorus, and the Ca/P RatioHow our nervous system plays a major role in our regulation of sodiumThe relationship between stress and an increase in magnesium lossAbout the cyclical relationship with cortisol and zincMineral Quiz: https://hormonehealingrd.com/guides-support/mineral-quiz/
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/bc89ec6723
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course -
Nervous System 101 with Irene Lyon
Joining me on today's episode is Irene Lyon, MSC. and nervous system expert. Irene teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives.
To date, her online programs and classes have reached over 9,500 people in over 90 countries. Irene has a Master’s Degree in Biomedical and Health Science and also has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She has extensively studied and practices the works of Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Levine (founder of Somatic Experiencing) and Kathy Kain (founder of Somatic Practice). Irene spends her free time eating delicious food, hiking in the mountains or walking along the Pacific Ocean in her hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Continue our conversation inside Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
In this episode, we cover:
Irene's background and what brought her to the work she does todaySigns that your nervous system is out of balanceWhat you need to know when it comes to healing your nervous systemSurvival stress and how it impacts our nervous systemConstantly calming ourselves and the window of toleranceThe best way to start healing our nervous systemConnect with Irene:
https://irenelyon.com/field-guide-to-your-nervous-system
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBkXgr0E9ZWUg4iSDEUKqVA
https://irenelyon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/irenelyon/
Thyroid Mineral Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/e5aa246b68
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/bc89ec6723
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course -
3 Minerals That Impact Mental Health
In this episode, we are continuing the topic of mental health from our previous episode with my mentor, Brendan Vermeire, and diving into how three specific minerals can impact our mental health: copper, zinc, and iron. Since all of the minerals covered today have their own separate deep dives that go into all the nuance of their functions, testing, etc., you can also find bonus episodes for them inside patreon.com/hormonehealingrd when you join at the exclusive tier. This gives you access to ALL content I’ve ever shared on Patreon, where the $10 tier gives you access to what has been shared that month and every month moving forward.
Quick reminder, this podcast is for informational purposes only. Please talk with your healthcare provider before making any nutrition or lifestyle changes.
This episode covers:
Mental health during the postpartum period and excess copperHow to support excess copperThe connection between zinc deficiency and mental health conditionsWhether you should supplement with zincIron deficiency and excess iron's impact on our mental healthHow to support optimal iron statusThyroid Mineral Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/e5aa246b68
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/bc89ec6723
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course -
Holistic Mental Health with Brendan Vermeire
In today's episode, I am chatting with Brendan Vermeire, a Mental and Metabolic Health Scientist & Researcher, Functional Medicine Educator, Writer, and Speaker. He is a Board-Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Master Nutrition Coach, Master Personal Trainer, USAW Sports Performance Coach, and Crossfit Trainer.
He is the proud owner and founder of the Metabolic Solutions Institute for Functional Health and Fitness Practitioners and the creator of the Functional Mental Health Practitioner Certificate Course. He is also the founder of the Metabolic Solutions Research & Education Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to ‘changing the way the world views mental health’ through advancing the science of Mental Health Dysfunction. He is also the creator of The Mental M.A.P.™, a cutting-edge Lab Panel for Mental Health.
In this episode, we cover:
Brendan's background and journey to the functional mental health fieldMental health issues and chemical imbalances, with Brendan's viewpoint about the root of our mental health concernsWhat is driving epigenetic changes and how can they show up as mental illnessHow early life stress in childhood can alter our behaviorChasing root causes of health issues and trauma responsesHow mold impacts our brains, and its connection to mental healthBrendan's advice for individuals struggling with their mental healthConnect with Brendan:
www.metabolicsolutionsllc.com
https://www.facebook.com/metabolicsolutionsllc/
@the_holistic_savage
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-vermeire-23754693/
Thyroid Mineral Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/e5aa246b68
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/bc89ec6723
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course -
Gut Health 101
We covered how to have good digestion and support detox in the last two episodes, so the natural next step is to dig deeper into understanding our gut health and how we can begin optimizing it. Digesting our food well is crucial for a healthy gut, so make sure you listen to that one too! I’ll be referencing it a bit throughout to tie it all together.
As always, this podcast episode is not medical advice. Please talk with your provider before making any changes to your nutrition, lifestyle, or supplements.
This episode covers:
Key functions of gut bacteriaWhat impacts our gut microbiomeThe role of our immune systemWhat happens when things get out of balanceHow you can start supporting your gut health today Mineral Quiz: https://hormonehealingrd.com/guides-support/mineral-quiz/
Connect with Me:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hormonehealingrd
Free Thyroid Training: https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/bc89ec6723
Feminine Periodical (monthly newsletter): https://hormonehealingrd.ck.page/d0317056cd
Master Your Minerals course: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/master-your-minerals-course
Customer Reviews
Thank you!
Love this episode on menopause! Thank you for including this season of life in your teaching. I hope you consider more shows on this topic.
Wealth of Knowledge!
I am a Reproductive Health Fertility Coach, and I have learned SO much from AYM! We use so much of what we’ve learned from Amanda to support our clients and I am so thankful for this resource, both professionally and personally. Information is shared in such an easy to understand/ relatable way, and I really appreciate how rooted in facts and science this show is. THANK YOU Amanda for sharing your knowledge with us.
Mental Health Episode
I 100% agree with another reviewer who had concerns about the mental health episode.
As a licensed counselor myself, I was horrified when the guest identified his clients by name and then shared their specific struggles and treatment. The fact that it’s unclear whether they consented to it was egregious. This is why there are clear guidelines for professionals in the mental health field on what’s protected health information and why people who do work in this gray “coaching” area can actually cause harm. Maybe his clients don’t care and have an agreement that he can share things, but having to listen to it without explicitly stating that was a major issue.
It’s just like registered dietitians not wanting people who take a 2 day course online giving nutrition advice. There’s a reason why education, hours of experience, and licensure in these fields exist. I get that’s not the end all be all of expertise, and people who don’t have that can also be aware, educated, and make a difference - but that’s not the case when the basics of quality ethical and clinical care are disregarded.
While I fully support normalizing struggles and creating functional treatment methods for mental health, the episode was disappointing at best. I will no longer be a listener of this podcast.