Expert Dr. Jolene Brighten on Why Women Have a Hard Time Breaking Up With Birth Control

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Dr. Jolene Brighten is a board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, clinical sexologist, and prominent leader in women’s medicine. She is an international speaker, clinical educator and is also part of the MindBodyGreen Collective.

Jolene is an internationally acclaimed hormone expert and has a reputation for being a fierce patient advocate. She is the author of three books - Is This Normal, Beyond the Pill and Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth.

In this episode Katherine and Dr. Jolene Brighten explore:

Why Jolene is so passionate about women’s health
How birth control actually works
Jolene’s research on the oral contraceptive pill and what it does to the body
Why women have been excluded from important research
The relationship between birth control and infertility
Oral contraceptive use in young women and how it may affect their reproductive trajectory
The role of the thyroid in women's health

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