From the best surgery to natural therapies, This EndoLife Podcast empowers you to live and thrive with endometriosis and its co-conditions through a holistic, functional medicine approach. I’m covering all the topics that often aren’t discussed in the doctor’s office, whether that’s how to eat well for endometriosis, how to treat the endo belly or just what exactly is SIBO? Come join myself (and my guests!) as we dive into anti-inflammatory nutrition, gut health, hormones, pain science, ment ...
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Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Diagnostic Pathway and Criteria
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32:11I recently did a couple of Instagram carousels about postural tachycardia syndrome or dysautonomia signs and symptoms I see in clients - and the response was absolutely overwhelming, unlike anything I have experienced before (and I’ve had my Instagram for about 12 or so years!). The post has been viewed over 120,000 times and has been saved around …
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Study Spotlight: What Is the Research on Dairy and Endometriosis?
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29:34We’re continuing with our Study Spotlight Series on ‘Dietary Modifications and Supplement Use for Endometriosis’, and today we’re looking at dairy. Affiliate Partnerships DITTO - DITTO is a clinically studied PMS and PMDD supplement with 10 ingredients that target both the mental and physical challenges that come along with the menstrual cycle, dev…
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Study Spotlight: Peppermint for Endometriosis Pain - Can It Help and Why?
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28:05Today we’re continuing our Study Spotlight Series on the study: Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain. And today, we’re looking at the effects of peppermint supplementation. So first, let’s look at what this study found, that out of those who tried peppermint supplementation, roughly 26% experienced a reduction in pain. Aff…
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Evidence-Based Nutrients for PMS, PMDD, Endo Pain and ADHD, and the Gap Between Nutrition Research and Medicine with Alice van der Schoot of Ditto
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1:05:29Alice van der Schoot is a PhD nutrition scientist with a background in neuroscience. Her work brings together both fields to explore how nutrition can impact underlying mechanisms of PMS, PMDD, and period pain to reduce symptoms - from neurotransmitter function, to pain processing and inflammation. Recognising that valuable research often remains h…
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Study Spotlight: Can Lowering Gluten Intake Improve Pain and Quality of Life with Endometriosis?
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34:05Today we’re continuing with our Study Spotlight Series on the study Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain. Affiliate Partnerships DITTO - DITTO is a clinically studied PMS and PMDD supplement with 10 ingredients that target both the mental and physical challenges that come along with the menstrual cycle, developed by a PhD …
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Study Spotlight: Can Magnesium Reduce Endometriosis Pain and How?
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20:09Today we’re continuing with our Study Spotlight Series looking at the study: Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain, and if you need a recap on this study overall, go to episode 365. But today, we’re looking at supplements and specifically, magnesium. Show Notes: Affiliate Partnerships DITTO - DITTO is a clinically studied P…
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Study Spotlight: Can Reducing Alcohol Really Improve Your Endometriosis Pain, and Why?
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12:41In this episode, I am continuing our Study Spotlight Series on the study: Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain. Today we’re looking at the dietary changes findings, and we’re starting with alcohol. Show Notes: This episode is sponsored by Mira, your at-home hormone testing device. Use this link and code 2DJESS20 to get 20%…
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Easy Interstitial Cystitis Trigger Food Swaps to Bring Joy and Flavour Back to Meals
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14:07This episode was inspired by a recent Substack of mine. I have a section in my Substack called ‘What I’m eating lately’ and it’s just a section where I share healthy meal ideas that support us with endo and our many chronic illnesses. I shared how I had started using whole seeds instead of spices for my interstitial cystitis, and I got a really pos…
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Using the Mira to Understand How Your Hormones Are Affecting Your ADHD, MCAS, POTS, PMDD and H-EDS Symptoms Across Your Cycle
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14:45Okay, so we are travelling tomorrow and so I thought I’d just be doing a replay today because of time, but something happened with a client yesterday that I was so excited about, I really wanted to share. Now, I am going to be doing more about this in the future, so this isn’t going to be a deep dive episode as I just don’t have the time for that t…
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Study Spotlight: Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain Series - Is Serrapeptase Worth the Hype?
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17:08Today we’re continuing with our Study Spotlight series on the study entitled ‘Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain’. If you’re new to the series and want to understand what this study was about, the strengths and weaknesses and my overall thoughts on the study, go to episode 365, and the link to that is in the show notes. …
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Study Spotlight: Dietary Modification and Supplement Use For Endometriosis Pain
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26:15Today we’re starting a new series and that’s looking into a major new endometriosis study, and doing a deep dive into the dietary changes and supplements it analysed and individually investigating each of them, so that we have a broader understanding of each of these tools. I won’t necessarily be doing one episode on the series every week, as there…
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Navigating ADHD and Chronic Illness in the Workplace and Still Reaching Your Career and Business Goals with Natalia Kasnakidis of The Limitless Collective
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1:14:00In this week’s episode we are continuing on the ADHD and endometriosis theme, and I have another guest for you - this time, one you may recognise from the show previously; Natalia Kasnakidis. Natalia is an award-winning Career & Performance Coach, Speaker and women’s health advocate – recently recognised by Management Today as one the UK’s 35 Women…
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REPLAY: How Hormones Impact ADHD and the Link Between ADHD, EDS, Dysautonomia and Pain Syndromes with Adele Wimsett
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48:59Following on from last week’s episode about ADHD and menopause, I am resharing my interview with Adele Wimsett, who is talking to us about ADHD and the connection with endometriosis. In this episode we discuss: What ADHD is Why it presents differently in females and cyclical people and what this means for diagnosis How hormones affect ADHD traits W…
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ADHD and Perimenopause in Endometriosis Patients with Dr Helen Wall
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1:16:35Dr Helen Wall is an NHS doctor, who runs a menopause clinic and is passionate about spreading awareness of ADHD in women, especially in perimenopause. She is a resident doctor on the BBC and a columnist for Woman Magazine. With those of us with endo more likely to have ADHD, and symptoms worsening during perimenopause, I invited Dr Helen onto the s…
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New Research on Seed Cycling for PMS and Menstrual Pain
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13:45Seed cycling. You might have heard of it, you might have tried it, you might have had your doctor dismiss it or you may think it’s just another wellness trend. But admittedly, whilst it’s trendy, it’s not just hype. Show notes Flax studies https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/77/5/1215/2649961?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false https://p…
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Is The Low FODMAP Diet Helpful for Those With Both Endo and POTS or EDS?
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16:44Okay so last week I said I had finished with the low FODMAP series, but I changed my mind! I wanted to do one more on the topic, and that’s for my endo peeps who also have postural tachycardia syndrome or dysautonomia, and/or Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Show notes Low FODMAP diet info https://www.monashfodmap.com/about-fodmap-and-ibs/ https://pmc.ncbi.…
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Is The Low FODMAP Diet Helpful for Those With Both Endo and SIBO?
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17:15Recently we’ve been talking about the low FODMAP diet and how it can be helpful for histamine issues and endometriosis symptoms… but what about what it was designed for - IBS, and by default, SIBO? Show notes Low FODMAP diet info https://www.monashfodmap.com/about-fodmap-and-ibs/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4918736/ IBS and SIBO https:…
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The Low FODMAP Diet and Endometriosis: What the Research Shows
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8:47Last week I talked about the low FODMAP diet for lowering histamine levels and helping to improve MCAS or histamine intolerance symptoms, but today I want to talk about the low FODMAP diet specifically for endometriosis and what the research shows so far. Show notes Low FODMAP diet info https://www.monashfodmap.com/about-fodmap-and-ibs/ https://pmc…
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How the Low FODMAP Diet Helps You Manage Histamine Intolerance/Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
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12:45Today I wanted to talk about the low FOMDAP diet, but not for the reasons you may think. Today, I don’t actually want to talk about it specifically for IBS/SIBO (though we will touch upon that again), I want to talk about its benefits for histamine, because the low FODMAP diet can actually be a way to lower histamine levels. Show notes Low FODMAP d…
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Low Vitamin D Levels Could be Worsening Your Endo and Period Pain
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10:30Finally, about two months later, I am wrapping up my series on certain vitamins and minerals and their association with period/endo pain when low. Now, just to recap and highlight, the key nutrients we see associated with more severe menstrual or endo pain when low, or shown to improve menstrual/endo pain are: Vitamin A Vitamins B1, B6 and B12 (for…
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My Experience with mBiota Elemental Diet for SIBO Treatment
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48:43Some of you may know that I recently completed the elemental diet for SIBO treatment, and today, I wanted to share my experience with the particular formula I used. Show notes Endometriosis, SIBO, LPS and the microbiome connection https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9660426/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39959963/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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This One Fruit Can Help You Improve Your Vitamin C Levels and Reduce Inflammatory Markers with Endometriosis
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10:23Most people with endo are struggling with symptoms, and so the last thing they need is to also struggle with nutrition changes. That’s why today, I wanted to offer you a quick change that can make a big improvement. Enter kiwis. Show notes Kiwis and gut motility https://www.theendobellycoach.com/podcast/kiwis-for-constipation?rq=kiwis Endo and oxid…
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Why It Helps to Pay Attention to Your Symptom Improvements - No Matter How Small
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15:28Today I want to do a short episode on a slightly different topic, and that’s how to think of or how to approach your healing journey. So, in my training with Dr Jessica Drummond at the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, we were taught to always start each coaching session with a celebration - typically, this celebration is tied to our work and t…
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Super Foods to Improve Blood Sugar Levels and Lower Endo Inflammation
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15:30So last week I shared my number one strategy for ensuring your meals are blood sugar balancing. Today, I want to provide you with some key blood sugar super foods that can really help you on your way to balancing your levels in the short term and in the long term, which in turn, will improve your inflammation and oxidation levels - essential for en…
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How to Build a Blood Sugar Balancing Plate
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14:13Okay so the past few weeks I’ve been talking about blood sugar and how to identify if blood sugar dysregulation is an issue for you. This week, I want to give you the number one strategy for beginning to stabilise your blood sugar. Now, I have talked about this before in the context of other episodes, I’ve done some lives on the topic and put them …
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How to Test Your Blood Sugar Levels at Home to Help Manage Endo
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15:09Last week we discussed signs and symptoms of dysregulated blood sugar levels. Now, if you were concerned, I recommended speaking to your GP, however, often if you’re not pre-diabetic or diabetic, they’re not very concerned about your levels, and won’t really spend the time to get them under control. So, today, I wanted to share how to take your own…
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Symptoms of Dysregulated Blood Sugar and Why It Matters for Endometriosis
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10:43If you follow my work or have coached with me, you’ll know that blood sugar balance is an absolute staple to my approach for managing endo. Whilst this isn’t an episode into how blood sugar affects endo, to give you a short explanation - blood sugar imbalances can have a significant negative impact on hormones, gut inflammation and the microbiome, …
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Why I Love Tapping for Nervous System Regulation (And How That Can Help Manage Endometriosis)
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11:10This one is a super quick episode today, as I didn’t want to do another replay, but also I don’t have the time at present to continue with our series on pain and nutrients, as those episodes take about a day to research and write up. So, today I want to talk about something that I’ve been discussing with two clients lately, and it occurred to me, t…
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REPLAY: Endometriosis and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Is There a Connection?
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13:24Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a group of 13 conditions which all affect connective tissue (collagen) in the body. Most are rare, but one type called hypermobility EDS is common. Because the intestines are made from soft tissue, EDS affects digestion and often causes IBS symptoms. It is a major risk factor for developing SIBO, because it slows down moti…
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REPLAY: The Link Between Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders, Hypermobile-EDS, MCAS and Endometriosis with Dr. Linda Bluestein
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1:02:20Dr. Linda Bluestein is a board-certified anesthesiologist, integrative pain medicine physician and former ballet dancer who specialises in coaching and educating dancers and other athletes and individuals at increased risk of hypermobility disorders. Dr Linda’s own experience with h-EDS eventually led her down a career path change that has seen her…
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REPLAY: How to Live Well with Endometriosis and Ehlers-Danlos with Natalia Kasnakidis
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1:21:41Do you get full body pain? Does it affect your muscles, nerves or joints? Do you find that you need to rest after walking or find you tired more easily than others? It might not just be endometriosis. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a group of 13 conditions which all affect connective tissue (collagen) in the body. Most are rare, but one type called hype…
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REPLAY: How the Brain Increases Endo Pain and How Pelvic Pain Becomes Chronic with Christie Uipi of Curable
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1:01:48You all know I’ve been fascinated with the world of chronic pain science for a long time now. In fact, I did an episode on lowering pain signals through calming the brain and nervous system back in 2019 but I’ve been on a continuously evolving research journey since. And this research has led me to Curable, an app for chronic pain, that works by he…
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What’s Low Vitamin A Got to Do With Endo and Period Pain?
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12:23Today we’re continuing with our series on low micronutrient levels and the impact on period and endo-related period pain. Vitamin A is an antioxidant, which may have significant benefits for endometriosis pain. Read more. Show notes Oxidative stress, endo and period pain https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1477-7827-7-54 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.…
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Can Low B12 Affect Endo Related Nerve Pain and Period Pain?
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10:51Today we’re continuing with our theme of micronutrients and their impact on endo pain and period pain. Today, we’re talking about B12. Research on the use of B12 for pain suggests that B12 can reduce chronic pain (and menstrual pain) through various methods. Firstly, B12 can inhibit the production of the inflammatory prostaglandins which are respon…
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Today we’re continuing our series on nutrients and their effects on period pain and endo pain, and this episode is about B6. Now, we’ve already talked a lot about the powers of B6 for hormonal health, but what about its effects on pain? B6 can support us with pain reduction in a number of ways. Read more. Show notes B6 pain relieving/anti-inflammat…
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How Low Vitamin B1 Can Affect Period Endo Pain and Nerve Sensitivity
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11:15Today we’re continuing on with our discussion around micronutrients and their impact on endo and period pain In this episode, we’re beginning with the first of the B vitamins, B1, otherwise known as thiamine. Read more. Show notes B1 properties https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639433v1.full https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM…
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Low Vitamin C, Endo and Period Pain: What You Need to Know
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10:20Today we’re continuing with our series on endo and period pain and their associations with low nutrient levels. Today, we’re talking about vitamin C. Vitamin C is an anti-inflammatory antioxidant, which means it can help lower inflammation and also prevent oxidative stress - a process that triggers inflammatory reactions in the body and is involved…
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Being Low in Vitamin E Could Worsen Your Period (and Endo) Pain
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12:39Today we’re continuing with our series on endo and period pain and their associations with low nutrient levels. And I was going to make today’s episode all about vitamins, but there are so many vitamins to cover, that I thought it would be less overwhelming to break them up, so today, we’re starting with vitamin E. However, before we get into today…
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Being Low in This Fatty Acid Could Worsen Your Period (and Endo) Pain
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13:12Today we’re continuing with our discussion on low nutrient levels and their association with period pain. Menstruation is often (though not always) one of the most painful parts of the menstrual cycle, for people with endometriosis - and a connection we see between both dysmenorrhea (which is the medical term for period pain) and endometriosis, is …
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Being Low in These Minerals Could Worsen Your Period (and Endo) Pain
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15:23This week I want to highlight three key minerals that when you’re low in, can cause you more period pain. These have all been associated with endo in the research too, and of course, as a classic symptom of endo is horrific period pain, replenishing these minerals could help you improve your experience of your period with endometriosis, Read more. …
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Nutrient Doses to Support Progesterone Production
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15:49Okay so last week we looked at foods to eat more of to support progesterone production. Today, we’re going to discuss the supplement forms of these nutrients and the doses to take. Before we get into it, I have given a lot of warnings for each supplement. This is because I want you to have all the information, including possible side effects, so yo…
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Nutrients to Support Progesterone Production
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13:50The past two episodes we’ve been talking about low progesterone levels and some of the signs to watch for. Today, I want to talk about how to raise your levels with specific nutrients. Read more. Show notes Zinc https://ovarianresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13048-024-01442-z https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36920672/ https://pmc.ncbi.n…
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Is Spotting at Ovulation Normal or a Sign of Endo Problems?
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12:39In our last episode, we discussed spotting before your period and what’s normal and what could be a sign of low progesterone or even endo. Today I want to discuss spotting around ovulation and again, this is going to be a nice and easy to digest bite sized episode. So, ovulation occurs roughly midway in your cycle, though that’s just the average. S…
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Is Spotting Before Your Period Normal or a Sign of Endo?
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12:59Today is one of my shorter episodes, a bite size episode! Recently I started working with two new clients and they were both really concerned that they were spotting one to two days before their periods. First up, what do I mean by spotting? Spotting is typically spots of blood appearing in your underwear - it’s light and is typically not very cons…
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At the end of last year I released a series on dairy and its possible effects on endo pain, endo belly and hormones, as well as its benefits - as I know so many of you are confused about the topic. Today, I want to provide you with a summary of these episodes, so you can get the top lines in one place, and then of course you can deep dive into the …
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REPLAY: Why Your Endo May Be Worse in January
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25:16Today’s episode is continuing with the theme of why some of your conditions may be worse in January, and today, we’re focusing on endometriosis. Before we get into it, this is a short episode where I am giving you an overview of some of the ways these things can affect people with endo, but it’s not an exhaustive list. In fact, each of these topic …
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REPLAY: Why Your PMDD May Be Worse in January
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31:01It’s a New Year and perhaps you’re feeling the pressure to get up and go, but you can’t get yourself out of bed. Maybe you’re in more pain than usual, perhaps you’re more depressed than usual or maybe you’re experiencing extreme fatigue and energy crashes? If this is you, please know you’re not alone. As I return to work, I’ve received many emails …
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REPLAY: New Year Meditation for Endometriosis
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34:48With a new year beginning, I am resharing a very old meditation episode. This episode is a visualisation meditation to help you envision how you want to feel in 2024. I use this visualisation exercise with every one of my clients, to help them see the big picture they want for their health and then to take that big picture and break it down into sm…
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REPLAY: How to Minimise Sugar Impact This Festive Season
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14:56The Christmas season is typically, a time of excess for those who celebrate – and even for those who don’t, New Year’s is right around the corner. For many people, we increase our intake of sugar, alcohol, processed foods, etc. and that’s okay – this episode isn’t about judgement. I love Christmas, including all the food that comes with it, but for…
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REPLAY: How to Minimise Alcohol Impact This Festive Season
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12:13So, for those of us who feel social pressure or simply enjoy having a drink with friends or family, I wanted to share some tips that can help lessen the impact of alcohol. Remember, these are just tips and tricks and if you just want to have a drink and not worry about it, you absolutely can – that’s totally your choice! Show Notes https://www.fixy…
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