Matcha Mornings Amanda Kingsmith

In this episode of Matcha Mornings, host Amanda Kingsmith catches up with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, a certified fertility awareness educator and author, to discuss optimizing fertility through diet, lifestyle, and understanding menstrual cycles. After a brief hiatus, Amanda reintroduces the podcast and discusses the importance of holistic health in conception. Lisa shares insights from her new book co-authored with Lily Nichols, 'Real Food for Fertility', emphasizing the impact of nutrition on menstrual cycle health, sperm and egg quality, and overall fertility. They delve into fertility awareness methods as a natural alternative to hormonal birth control, providing a comprehensive overview of preconception nutrition for both men and women to enhance fertility. The conversation highlights the importance of a balanced diet, the role of specific nutrients, lifestyle modifications for improving hormonal health and fertility, and much more! Enjoy! 

This week's podcast episode is the final part of the pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and motherhood series that I've been releasing over the last few weeks! In this episode, I reflect on one year of motherhood. The last year has been a rollercoaster ride with the highest highs and the lowest lows. I share what I've learned over the last year of motherhood, how I feel emotionally and physically, how my relationship with my husband has changed and shifted, what it's been like to find a balance between who I am as a mom and who I am in my career, and much more. Enjoy!

This week's episode is part 3 of a 4-part series on my pregnancy journey, birth story, postpartum, and one year of motherhood. In this episode, we're diving into all things postpartum! I start this episode by sharing some of my favorite postpartum resources and what I prepared before the baby arrived. I share what postpartum was like for me, my postpartum essentials, what I did each week for the first month, and then how I navigated the months following, including self-care practices, bodywork, exercise, and more. Enjoy!

In February 2022, I gave birth to my first daughter. This episode is part 2 of a 4-part series, and in this episode, I am sharing my birth story. The story starts on January 31, 2022 when I got my final ultrasound before the birth, and ends when my daughter was born at 3:40am on February 10th. I share everything that happened leading up to my birth, including what it was like to be 8 days overdue, how the actual birth went, how we chose to birth, and more. Enjoy!

In May 2021, I found that I was pregnant, and in February 2022, I gave birth to my first daughter. As we approach my daughter's first birth, I wanted to create a 4 part podcast series sharing my pregnancy journey, my birth story, what postpartum was like, and my reflections on one year of motherhood. This week on the podcast I am sharing part 1, talking all about pregnancy. In this episode, I talk about pre-pregnancy and conscious conception, what each trimester of pregnancy was like for me, including how I felt and what I experienced, as well as some of the most helpful resources that I used in my pregnancy and more. Enjoy!

This week's episode of the podcast is the final episode of 2021! In this solo episode of the show, Amanda reflects on 2021, including how the podcast went, where she spent the year, some highlights and challenges of the year, and what to expect in 2022.

One of the highlights of this last year was getting pregnant and Amanda shares what it has been like navigating most of the year pregnant, including running a business while pregnant and planning for maternity leave, as well as what this will mean for the podcast as we head into 2022.

Enjoy!