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24/06/2025

I'm Bringing Voices Together in the Menstrual Health Revolution!
The first-ever Body Literacy Symposium is seeking speakers for this 2025 virtual event and I'm so excited to share this application with you! This has been a goal of mine for a LONG time.

This is a groundbreaking virtual conference to take place in Autumn 2025, dedicated to advancing menstrual and fertility health education. I hope to bring together experts, practitioners, and advocates to share insights, challenge misconceptions, and promote body literacy for all. If you’re a professional in menstrual health, fertility awareness, midwifery, or your work connects to reproductive wellness, we invite you to apply as a speaker and contribute your unique expertise to this vital conversation. Join us in shaping a future where informed, evidence-based reproductive health is accessible to everyone!

Let’s challenge stigma and spread practical and meaningful reproductive education. Apply to speak at the conference via the link in the bio!

19/06/2025

Tomorrow is our last session of the live PCOS Intensive!! S/o to everyone who has joined the classes thus far, it's been a pleasure to have you in this course. I think people have been learning a lot!

In Management and Reversal - Friday, June 20th 2025 @ 6pm ET - We review each session of the course, and how one can utilize fertility awareness charting to direct your treatments and monitor your PCOS. This is where we put it all together with our knowledge of PCOS + body literacy + FAM charting!

After the review, I go over several steps to take as you embark on your own journey, leaving the class with the skills and tools to properly manage and reverse your .

I look forward to having you join us! 😁 sign up for this session on www.learnbodyliteracy.com or watch the PCOS Intensive self study class if you need to catch up on earlier sessions!

13/06/2025

My top choices for PCOS Nutrient Dense Beverages 💧
Hydration is very important!

Eat your hydration: consume whole fruits
Electrolyte water: 2 tbsp lemon juice, pinch of salt, 8 oz water/ cold tea
Herbal teas: spearmint, stinging nettle, oatstraw, red clover, raspberry leaf, hibiscus
Seltzer water with citrus: flavor with lemon, lime, orange, mint, cinnamon stick
Green tea: for reducing inflammation and helping with insulin resistance
Vegetable juice: use fruits and vegetables lower on the insulin index, and drink with a meal (protein and fat)

See you tonight for Session 9 of the PCOS Intensive!!
Nourishment and Lifestyle
Friday, June 13th, 2025 @ 6pm ET

08/06/2025

Navigating Nutrition with PCOS is Complex and there's a lot of conflicting advice out there!

Some key things to focus on:

Insulin Resistance Is Common - Consuming foods that spike insulin contributes to the ongoing cycle of insulin resistance

Mineral Deficiencies Should Be Addressed - This will positively affect the thyroid, adrenals, metabolism and therefore energy and mood are impacted, which allows you more room to work on yourself. Hard to do anything else if you’re too exhausted.

Gut, Liver, Lymph Pathways - Proper movement in these organs helps hormonal balance. We need to look at the whole pathway of hormones, including how they are excreted out of the body.

Fiber is Your Friend - Fiber-rich foods not only aid digestion but also help regulate blood sugar and reduce inflammation.

Healthy Fats - Omega-3s (salmon, mackerel, oysters, chia seeds, walnuts) support mood, reduce inflammation, and help normalize cycles.

We'll talk about all of these considerations and more at the next session of the PCOS Intensive: Nourishment and Lifestyle, Friday, June 13th, 2025 @ 6pm ET

07/06/2025

Healing isn’t about restriction. It’s about the right strategy and support for deep NOURISHMENT!

Join us for the next session of the PCOS Intensive:
Nourishment and Lifestyle
Friday, June 13th, 2025 @ 6pm ET

This session is particularly important as it lays out:
- The unique nutritional needs of people with PCOS
- How to regulate insulin through balanced, satisfying meals
- Foods that are gentler for insulin resistance without cutting everything out
- How to support your body in regaining insulin sensitivity through nourishment, not deprivation

This session is all about building long-term, sustainable skills for eating in a way that supports your hormones, without the burnout or confusion of dieting.

Join to watch the full course or drop in for just this session.
Sign up at the link in the bio / www.learnbodyliteracy.com / Comment "session9" for a DM with info.

06/06/2025

Tonight you can still join us for class Friday, June 6th, 2025 @ 6pm ET for Environmental Purge and Plan

BPA, a chemical commonly found in plastics, is quietly playing a major role in the development and worsening of .

= a xenoestrogen, a synthetic chemical that mimics estrogen. It can disrupt hormonal processes by interfering with estrogen receptors in the brain, ovaries, and uterus.
like BPA:
- Act like hormones… but in all the wrong ways
- Disrupt the delicate hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis
- Can persist in your body’s fat tissue for decades
- Promote inflammation in fat cells and attract immune cells, which worsens insulin resistance
- Increase insulin levels, which can further disrupt hormone signaling and worsen PCOS symptoms

This hormonal disruption results in irregular cycles, increased androgens, and other classic symptoms related to PCOS.

Frustratingly, BPA is everywhere, including plastic bottles, food packaging, receipts. Reducing exposure is a powerful step that's worth considering in your overall plan to address PCOS.

What's worse... Just because a product is labeled "BPA-free" doesn’t mean it’s safe. Many manufacturers now use BPA analogues like BPS or BPF. These are chemical cousins of BPA that have similar hormone-disrupting effects. These analogues can do the same things, like mimic estrogen, disrupt endocrine function, and contribute to inflammation and insulin resistance. "BPA-free" isn't always hormone-safe and therefore careful cleansing choices are important to consider such as trying as best you can to limit plastic exposure.

We'll go over all of this and more in tonight's session! Hope to see you there!

04/06/2025

Scientists have identified 10 key characteristics that define how endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) impact hormonal systems. These chemicals can increase or decrease normal processes, making their effects complex and body-wide.

Endocrine disruptors can:
➡️ Interact with or activate hormone receptors
➡️ Block (antagonize) hormone receptors
➡️ Change how hormone receptors are expressed
➡️ Disrupt cell signaling in hormone-responsive cells
➡️ Cause epigenetic changes in hormone-related cells
➡️ Interfere with hormone production
➡️ Alter hormone transport across cell membranes
➡️ Impact hormone distribution or levels in the body
➡️ Affect how hormones are broken down or cleared
➡️ Influence the survival or behavior of hormone-related cells

There is a LOT of complexity to the way that EDC's can affect us!

These disruptions can amplify or suppress hormonal signaling with serious health consequences for those with PCOS (and everyone really!). Research suggests that EDCs may be a strong contributing factor to irregular cycles, elevated androgens, and metabolic issues, and you already know that these are all factors commonly seen in . Reducing exposure to these chemicals is an important step in managing symptoms, reversing the condition when possible, and protecting your long-term health. That's why I dedicate a whole session to this topic!

You still have time to sign up for class [Friday, June 6th, 2025 @ 6pm ET]!
Join us for the Environmental Purge and Plan session of the PCOS Intensive

31/05/2025

Environmental toxins, like , play a significant role in reproductive health challenges. We'll uncover this and more on Friday, June 6th, 2025 @ 6pm ET for the Environmental Purge and Plan session of the PCOS Intensive.

In this class, we'll explore:
- How pollutants in our environment contribute to widespread reproductive diseases
- The impact of xenoestrogens like BPA and PFAS on our hormone and repro systems
- The body’s natural detoxification pathways
- Strategies to support and strengthen these vital organ systems

If you've been struggling with or hormonal imbalance, doing an environmental purge and plan will help you with reducing your toxic load and it may be one missing piece in your journey to better health.

Reserve your spot at www.learnbodyliteracy.com or comment "session8" and I'll DM the link.

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