This EndoLife Jessica Duffin

Rachel Dutton a.k.a The Period Whisperer is pretty much one of the most knowledgeable women to grace this podcast. She is not only a women’s health coach, but a yoga teacher, reflexologist, aromatherapist and womb massage therapist to name just a few of her credentials. Rachel specialises in women’s health and fertility - including PCOS.
As a PCOS warrior herself, Rachel knows first hand the struggle to get an accurate diagnosis, life with PCOS symptoms but perhaps most importantly, how to manage and even reverse symptoms.
As this month is PCOS Awareness Month, I am giving you guys a little treat. Last month, Rachel came and delivered a private talk to the members of my Live and Thrive membership, and today, to celebrate PCOS Awareness Month, I’m sharing it with you!
Now, just as a heads up, some of this talk has been cut as I wanted to ensure my member’s privacy, and half the talk was a Q&A session. Additionally, Rachel’s talk was delivered with slides so you may hear her from time to time refer to something on the screen, but all the info you need is provided in this audio.
In this episode, Rachel and I discuss
Here’s what we cover:

The definition of PCOS, the associated symptoms and the key causes of the condition.

The diagnostic criteria and how to get an accurate diagnosis.

The core strategies for managing PCOS and reversing symptoms.

How to safely and effectively exercise for PCOS management

The best types of essential oils for PCOS and how to use them.

The difference between ovarian cyst types and how to spot them.


Show Notes
Rachel’s website
Rachel’s Instagram

Free resources:
This podcast! 
Endometriosis Net Column
Endometriosis News Column
Newsletter
Instagram

Ways to work with me:
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast digital cookbook
Masterclasses in endo nutrition, surgery prep and recovery and pain relief
Live and Thrive with Endo: The Foundations DIY course
One to one coaching info and application

This episode is sponsored by BeYou Cramp Relief Patches. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

Produced by Chris Robson

Maybe your periods are better, your chronic pelvis pain is better, things are improving. But after a few months, the endo belly comes back. Or maybe you get it for the first time ever. You’re bloated all the time or maybe you bloat badly after meals, or maybe it gets worse over the day? Perhaps it’s also accompanied by IBS issues like constipation, gas, or loose stools. If any of this sounds familiar, this episode is for you.
Whilst surgery is essential for many people, it doesn’t come without its risks. And I honestly feel like it’s a disservice that these aren’t more talked about. So today, I’m talking about why you may get endo belly for the first time, a return of it or a worsening of it as a result of adhesions, and what you can do to prevent them. 
If you haven’t heard me bang on about these guys before, adhesions are a form of scar tissue. They are web-like structures and bands of collagen that grow in response to injury and trauma, to ‘knit’ back together a wounded area and as part of the healing process from infection and inflammation. Collagen strands bond together to protect the damaged area to allow healing to occur in a safe and isolated environment, and if an infection is present, they protect the rest of the body by preventing the spread. 
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Free resources:
This podcast! 
Endometriosis Net Column
Endometriosis News Column
Newsletter
Instagram
Ways to work with me:
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast digital cookbook
Masterclasses in endo nutrition, surgery prep and recovery and pain relief
Live and Thrive with Endo: The Foundations DIY course
One to one coaching info and application
This episode is sponsored by BeYou Cramp Relief Patches. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works
Produced by Chris Robson

Today on the show I am talking about one of the possible root causes of your endo belly – coeliac disease. Now, before you turn this podcast off because you think you don’t react to gluten, I am literally begging you to listen. 
I have noticed a trend in my clients to dismiss coeliac disease as a possibility, because they don’t have immediate reactions after gluten. But – here’s the thing, the reactions from gluten are not always obvious and they don’t always happen straight away. So, if you’re bloated all the time, tired all the time, maybe you have diarrhoea regularly or gas, or constipation, or maybe you don’t have any gut symptoms at all – but you have brain fog, fatigue and achy joints, then it may be down to coeliac disease. 
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Free resources:
This podcast! 
Endometriosis Net Column
Endometriosis News Column
Newsletter
Instagram

Ways to work with me:
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast digital cookbook
Masterclasses in endo nutrition, surgery prep and recovery and pain relief
Live and Thrive with Endo: The Foundations DIY course
One to one coaching info and application

This episode is sponsored by BeYou Cramp Relief Patches. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

Produced by Chris Robson

This week I want to give you some tools to actually alleviate that bloating, now you know why it’s happening. I’m going to give you two types of tools, one set to deal with in the moment of bloating and another set for which are long-term strategies to help you to address the root cause. 
So, let’s start with the tools you can use in the moment. Many of these tools I’m about to share are based on my training with world leading SIBO doctor, Dr Allison Siebecker. I’m using her doses, which are safe and effective and if you’d like a reference for these doses, they are actually available on her website, under handouts, in a handout called Symptomatic Relief Guide. So these doses are available publicly, you don’t need a prescription for them, but always consult your doctor before starting new supplements. 
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Free resources:
This podcast! 
Endometriosis Net Column
Endometriosis News Column
Newsletter
Instagram

Ways to work with me:
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast digital cookbook
Masterclasses in endo nutrition, surgery prep and recovery and pain relief
Live and Thrive with Endo: The Foundations DIY course
One to one coaching info and application

This episode is sponsored by BeYou Cramp Relief Patches. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

Produced by Chris Robson

You may remember back in late August I was promoting an event I was speaking at; the wonderful IC Retreat, a virtual 3 day event hosted by Joana Bartlett - all about empowering IC patients with tools, knowledge and support.
My presentation was a deep dive into the connection between interstitial cystitis, endometriosis and SIBO and how to manage these conditions together. I was so proud of this presentation and felt so passionately that everyone should have this info, that I asked Joana if I could share it all with you… So, here it is!
In this presentation I discuss:

The prevalence of endo in the IC and SIBO community and the current research and statistics.

The definitions of endo and SIBO, the theories behind endo development and the two key causes of SIBO.

How endometriosis can lead to interstitial cystitis or bladder related conditions - and how endometriosis can lead to SIBO!

How SIBO can contribute to the development of endo and interstitial cystitis, and the complexity of the chicken or the egg scenario with endo and SIBO.

The co-conditions of endo, IC and SIBO: PoTs, h-EDS and MCAS and the key thread connecting them all (ahem: histamine!) and the symptoms to look out for.

How endo and SIBO are diagnosed, and how to treat both conditions in context of interstitial cystitis.


If you’d rather watch the presentation, you can do so here!

More show notes.

Free resources:
This podcast! 
Endometriosis Net Column
Endometriosis News Column
Newsletter
Instagram

Ways to work with me:
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast digital cookbook
Masterclasses in endo nutrition, surgery prep and recovery and pain relief
Live and Thrive with Endo: The Foundations DIY course
One to one coaching info and application

This episode is sponsored by BeYou Cramp Relief Patches. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

Produced by Chris Robson

Today is a special episode, because my mentor, the woman who coached me through my coaching training, Susan Clinton, is joining us!
Susan Clinton is a board certified women’s health physical therapist, a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy, and a board certified health and wellness coach - to name just a few of her hats! She is also a Master Coach for the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, hence why she ended up being my coach and mentor!
In today’s episode, Susan and I are discussing endometriosis and menopause - and how to experience a better one!
In this episode we discuss:

The difference between natural menopause and surgically or medically induced menopause.

Myth-busting the lie that endo doesn’t affect those in menopause and the research on early menopause and endo.

How menopause can affect endometriosis symptoms, plus the general symptoms that can occur with menopause.

How to improve your experience of menopause and reduce your symptoms.


This isn’t a topic we’ve ever covered before on the show, but it’s certainly worth learning about now so you’re prepared and informed!

Show Notes
Susan’s website: www.embody-pt.com
Susan’s email: susan@embody-pt.com
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/susan.c.clinton and
https://www.facebook.com/EmbodyPhysio
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/SClintonPT
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sclintonpt/ and embodypt
Linked In:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/susancclinton/
Co-Host of the 5 star Podcast:  Tough To Treat www.toughtotreat.com - A Physio’s guide to
treating the complex patient
Co-Host of the Vlog:  The Genius Project  www.thegeniusptproject - reframing the treatment of
persistent musculoskeletal pain.
Cofounder and Inaugural Board of Directors of the Foundation:  Global Womens Health
Initiative:  www.gwhi.org 

Free resources:
This podcast! 
Endometriosis Net Column
Endometriosis News Column
Newsletter
Instagram

Ways to work with me:
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast digital cookbook
Masterclasses in endo nutrition, surgery prep and recovery and pain relief
Live and Thrive with Endo: The Foundations DIY course
One to one coaching info and application

This episode is sponsored by BeYou Cramp Relief Patches. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

Produced by Chris Robson