69 episodes
Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast Lindsey Lusson
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- Health & Fitness
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4.9 • 65 Ratings
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Welcome to the Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast! Here we discuss the challenging, rewarding, and life changing process of recovering your period and finding freedom with food and exercise. Whether you’re hoping to regain your cycle and get your health on track or you're ready to become a momma- this podcast is for you.
While the recovery process isn't always rainbows and butterflies, it’s my hope to bring you both information and inspiration during your own recovery journey. I’m your host, Registered Dietitian and fellow HA woman Lindsey Lusson.
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Ep 63: The importance of proper testing for understanding your hormone health and fertility
Kaely McDevitt is a Registered Dietitian specializing in nutrition for women's health. She owns a virtual private practice where she and her team help their clients reclaim their energy, optimize fertility, and overcome hormone symptoms through personalized nutrition. Having experienced the pitfalls of a conventional approach to women's health firsthand, Kaely is passionate about empowering women to build health from a place of connection: to self, to nature, and to community.
In this episode:
Looking at period symptoms as clues into your health
Why millennials are a generation deprived of Progesterone
Why body size isn't a great reflection of how well you're fueling
The importance of creating safety in your body for optimal fertility
Why you need to care about ovulation even if you don't care about pregnancy
Reliable forms of natural birth control so you can break up with the pill forever
HA or POI? Exploring elevated FSH and the connection with under fueling
How functional testing can give you a closer look at hormone imbalance.
Connect with Kaely:
Instagram: @kaelyrd
Website: KM Nutrition | Registered Dietitians For Women’s Hormone Health
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility
Website: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: @food.freedom.fertility
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Ep 62: Your wedding or your fertility? Why now is the time to focus on period recovery
Jordana is a 31-year-old mom of one, and one is on the way! In 2022, she got married and realized she wanted to get pregnant right after her wedding. Since she didn’t have a period, she went to see her doctor out of concern and was told to just give it time. Jordana knew in the back of her head that something wasn’t right. She happened to stumble across Lindsey’s Instagram and knew she needed to reach out for support. After joining the Food Freedom Fertility Society, she not only got her period back in less than 2 months, but she also found out she was pregnant!
She’s now pregnant with baby #2 and looking forward to welcoming her second boy this fall.
In this Episode
How being in a smaller body can be a trigger for period loss
The challenging dynamic between moms and daughters and diets
Looking at your long-term fertility goals over losing weight for your wedding
How period recovery works to bring your body back into balance
Building out your “A Team” for support during recovery
Adding life back into your marriage by finding food freedom
Going from no period to pregnant in 2 months
The difference between mental and physical recovery
What it looks like to live a recovered lifestyle
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility
Website: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: @food.freedom.fertility
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Ep 61: When, where and how should we start screening for HA?
Emily Everton, PT, DPT is a holistic Women’s Health Doctor of Physical Therapy and the founder of Embody Physical Therapy & Wellness, LLC in Hopkinton, MA. Emily specializes in Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and is especially passionate about all things menstrual health, fertility, and perinatal care. Emily also supports women with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and irregular menstrual cycles in her role as a Women's Health coach, where she helps women restore ovulation, get their period back, regulate their menstrual cycles, and if hoping to get pregnant, do so naturally. Both during and outside of her clinical work, Emily loves to talk about taboo topics and challenge unsustainable societal standards to help girls/women find peace with their bodies and live their fullest, symptom-free life. Though Emily’s work was initially inspired by her own lived experience with disordered eating, orthorexia, RED-S, Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, infertility, and a poor relationship with her body…she is consistently inspired by the wonderful girls and women she is so fortunate to support on a daily basis.
In this Episode
Why athletes are at a higher risk for amenorrhea
Defining RED-S and understanding the signs and symptoms
How body comments can trigger disordered eating
How to improve body image during period recovery
Working through recovery before you’re ready to get pregnant
Using HA recovery as a “permission slip” to rest and nourish
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility
Website: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: @food.freedom.fertility
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Ep 60: Addiction, Denial, and Fixing Irregular Periods to Finally get Pregnant
Shannon is a retired Division One soccer player who struggled with her identity outside of being an athlete. After college, she turned to weightlifting and became a certified personal trainer, which made it easy to mask her health and exercise obsession. Shannon got married, quit working, and now travels around the country with her husband, who is a professional baseball player. She had always dreamed of being a mom, and with the help of Lindsey, her husband and she will be welcoming their baby girl later this year in September!
In this Episode
How the athlete mindset can set the stage for disordered eating
Signs of underfueling even when you do get your period
Overcoming the fear of undereating if you don’t track your food
The overlap between eating disorders and addiction
Calling out the lie, “I won’t care about gaining weight once I’m pregnant.”
When a full exercise break is necessary for changing your mindset
FINALLY getting pregnant after a 2 year infertility journey
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility
Website: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: @food.freedom.fertility
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Ep 59: How to effectively transition off birth control + Your listener questions
Taylor is a Registered Dietitian specializing in identifying and treating the root causes of hormone imbalances. She has a particular passion for educating women about the rarely discussed negative side effects of hormonal birth control. She works 1:1 with women in her private practice, helping them navigate how to support their body on and/or how to safely transition off of birth control, symptom-free.
She has an extensive background working with clients with eating disorders and practices from a non-diet, weight-inclusive perspective.
Connect with Taylor on Instagram- @nourishedbytay
Download Taylor’s Health Hormone Recipe Guidebook
Work with Taylor
In this Episode:
Why birth control won’t solve your period problems
Is a birth control “period” better than no period?
How to correct vitamin and mineral deficiencies caused by the pill
You may be undereating even if your weight is normal
How to transition out of a constant fight-or-flight state
Non-hormonal options for preventing pregnancy
The science behind food habituation and “moderation.”
Have a question you want me to answer on the Podcast? You can submit that here
Ready to get your period back? Learn more about the FFF Society
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility
Website: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: @food.freedom.fertility
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Ep 58: Marathon runner to momma: Healing from disordered eating and miscarriage trauma
Sam lives in Charlotte, NC, with her husband and GSP dog, Millie. She was a collegiate runner turned marathon runner, which inevitably led to disordered eating and unhealthy exercise habits. In January of 2023, she and her husband decided they wanted to start their family. After going off birth control, it became clear this wasn't going to be easy, as her period was nonexistent. Over 10 years of a missing period, Sam was able to recover her cycle naturally through the Food Freedom Fertility Society and is now happy to share she is expecting her first baby boy in September.
In this Episode:
The athletic background that can set the stage for period loss
Red flags of hormone imbalances that are often brushed under the rug
Why your Obgyn won’t be the one to tell you how to get your period back
Why you can get weight and still not get your period back
The mental prison of disordered eating and exercise obsession
Overcoming the fear of what others will think if you gain weight
Why it’s so hard to push yourself to eat enough when you’re working on your own
Getting pregnant again after loss and avoiding relapses into disordered eating
The magic of getting a positive pregnancy and re-establishing trust in your body
Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @food.freedom.fertility
Website: www.foodfreedomandfertility.com/
Twitter: @lindseylusson
Tiktok: @food.freedom.fertility
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lindsey032/support
Customer Reviews
HA Recovery
Love this podcast-it led me to Lindsey’s program and getting my cycle back to continue on my (now restored) fertility journey!
So helpful and relatable
Lindsey and every one of her guests has been so helpful in my journey with HA, fertility, and exercise addiction. I look forward to every episode airing and I always take something away from each one.
Invaluable resource for period recovery!
My best friend suggested this podcast (and Lindsey’s accompanying Instagram page) after my RE suggested I may be struggling with HA. The personal stories helped me feel less alone and encouraged me as I made some BIG lifestyle changes. For me, this podcast has been one of the most important elements of my period recovery and fertility journey. Thank you, Lindsey!
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