Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - Ep 959 ｜ Birth Control Is Making Women Bisexual

00:00:00.200 Is birth control making women bisexual?

00:00:04.080 Today we are talking about the importance of balancing your hormones naturally with

00:00:09.300 Emily Dietrich.

00:00:10.520 She is an expert in hormonal balance and also helping women understand the importance of

00:00:18.580 their cycles and nourishing our bodies in accordance with the cycle that God has given

00:00:24.800 us.

00:00:25.180 We are covering this and so much more on today's episode of Wellness Wednesday on Relatable.

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00:00:50.000 Emily, thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

00:00:53.200 I'm so excited.

00:00:54.200 Yes.

00:00:54.600 Okay, first, can you tell us who you are and what you do?

00:00:57.340 Yes.

00:00:57.800 My name is Emily on Instagram.

00:00:59.640 I'm Little Ray of Health.

00:01:00.520 That's how most people know me.

00:01:01.780 But my name is Emily.

00:01:02.760 A lot of people think it's Rachel because it's Little Ray.

00:01:04.900 Yeah.

00:01:05.300 Emily Ray.

00:01:05.900 I'm a certified health coach and I help women balance their hormones naturally using mostly

00:01:10.200 food as medicine.

00:01:11.520 Okay.

00:01:11.900 You're the first person that I followed that has an emphasis on balancing hormones.

00:01:16.520 I mean, I see a lot of health coaches on social media.

00:01:19.860 They help you lose weight, count your macros, change your body composition by eating certain

00:01:25.700 kinds of foods.

00:01:26.560 But your emphasis is on hormonal balance.

00:01:29.840 Yeah.

00:01:30.020 So tell us how you got there.

00:01:32.540 Like, how did you make that central to what you do?

00:01:34.580 Yes.

00:01:35.300 Okay.

00:01:35.660 I mean, I feel like with most people, everything got messed up and I had to heal myself.

00:01:40.480 So you make your mess your message kind of thing and became a health coach.

00:01:44.540 And along that journey, I tried different diets.

00:01:47.140 You learn about different diets.

00:01:48.200 You learn about different things.

00:01:49.320 I tried going vegan.

00:01:50.700 I tried doing this and that.

00:01:51.980 I had been on birth control at this point since I was 15 and I became a health coach when

00:01:56.020 I was 22.

00:01:57.160 Hormonal birth control.

00:01:58.120 Hormonal birth control.

00:02:00.080 I tried like four different kinds.

00:02:01.800 It was like a Goldilocks, like maybe the next one, maybe the next one over the course

00:02:05.460 of eight years.

00:02:07.620 And towards at first it was great.

00:02:09.840 At first I didn't notice anything.

00:02:11.500 I was like, oh, this is great.

00:02:12.700 I was put on birth control at 15 for really no reason.

00:02:16.300 That's so many people's stories.

00:02:18.680 Yeah.

00:02:19.020 I mean, that's my story too.

00:02:19.980 Yeah.

00:02:20.180 I didn't have acne.

00:02:21.320 Yeah.

00:02:21.740 I wasn't sexually active.

00:02:23.100 Like I didn't have acne.

00:02:24.100 I didn't have horrible periods.

00:02:25.840 Like it was just, okay, this is what everyone's doing.

00:02:28.100 Here you go.

00:02:29.280 And so I didn't know any better.

00:02:30.900 My mom didn't, you know, my sister was on it.

00:02:33.040 All my friends were.

00:02:34.040 So got on birth control when I was young.

00:02:36.660 And then, you know, years go by.

00:02:38.940 I'm in my twenties.

00:02:40.200 I'm drinking, right?

00:02:41.280 I'm going out.

00:02:41.740 I'm staying up late.

00:02:42.600 I'm not eating the best.

00:02:43.680 Like I'm trashing my body basically.

00:02:46.260 And as I'm becoming a health coach, my health is crumbling.

00:02:50.080 And I became a health coach.

00:02:51.620 I got a psych degree, but I knew I didn't want to be like a therapist.

00:02:54.400 I knew I wanted to help people.

00:02:56.420 Always love helping people.

00:02:58.040 I know I'm like a healer.

00:02:59.240 It's kind of my ministry, you know?

00:03:01.280 And I was like, but it's not going to be through like psychology.

00:03:04.500 And I've always been passionate about nutrition and health kind of runs in my family.

00:03:08.280 My grandpa was that way.

00:03:09.240 And my mom's kind of crunchy.

00:03:10.860 And so I was like, I'll become a health coach.

00:03:13.940 So I do that.

00:03:15.240 And as I'm doing that, my health is crumbling.

00:03:17.740 And it was so scary.

00:03:19.900 One, I didn't know what was happening.

00:03:21.240 And I didn't have anything to compare to.

00:03:24.080 Like I didn't understand.

00:03:24.960 I hadn't changed anything.

00:03:26.500 But as I'm going through this, like I'm gaining weight.

00:03:29.580 My periods are horrible, super painful.

00:03:32.200 My acne is crazy.

00:03:33.680 This is early 20s.

00:03:34.760 This is early 20s.

00:03:35.800 This is like I'm 22, 23.

00:03:38.600 And everything, everything just backfired on me.

00:03:41.760 And I, yeah.

00:03:42.320 But you had been kind of, you'd been interested in fitness.

00:03:44.680 And people would probably have looked at you and said, oh, she's healthy.

00:03:47.920 She likes working out.

00:03:49.380 She eats pretty healthy.

00:03:51.040 I was in really good shape.

00:03:53.080 And I didn't, like, yes, at that point I went through a phase where I was counting macros.

00:03:56.900 I was going to the gym.

00:03:57.900 But I wasn't under eating severely or anything.

00:04:00.200 I was really eating good food, high quality food.

00:04:04.480 And so that was part of it.

00:04:05.460 I was like, I'm healthy.

00:04:06.500 I don't understand what's happening.

00:04:08.040 Why am I gaining weight?

00:04:09.400 I had cellulite.

00:04:10.780 And I was like, it was this, it was just scary to feel like I wasn't in control, like

00:04:16.020 I was a prisoner.

00:04:16.860 Which was different for you.

00:04:17.300 Now, some people have had, always had cellulite, even though they're working out.

00:04:20.520 But for you, that's not something that you had had.

00:04:22.580 So it was kind of a strange development at the time.

00:04:24.800 It was rapid, too.

00:04:26.260 It was in a matter of months.

00:04:27.680 My body changed so much.

00:04:30.400 And yeah, cellulite happens.

00:04:31.720 Like, it's not abnormal.

00:04:33.180 Even lean people have cellulite.

00:04:34.880 There's so many different things, genetics.

00:04:37.220 And I still have some.

00:04:38.480 You know what I mean?

00:04:38.980 Like, it's normal.

00:04:39.860 Yeah.

00:04:40.120 But all of a sudden, I really didn't know what was going on.

00:04:43.320 I went to doctors.

00:04:44.720 My doctor told me that everything I was going through was normal, right?

00:04:48.180 I'm telling her.

00:04:48.880 I also had mood swings, right?

00:04:50.260 Hormonal acne.

00:04:51.460 I had no libido.

00:04:53.420 Like, no nothing.

00:04:54.360 Like, I felt nothing.

00:04:55.400 Yeah.

00:04:55.680 Is the only way I can describe it.

00:04:57.600 I felt numb.

00:04:58.480 I would look at the man that I loved, and I'd feel nothing.

00:05:01.180 And it was terrifying.

00:05:02.680 I thought it was broken.

00:05:04.300 And I've talked to so many women that have that same experience.

00:05:06.700 And it's so scary.

00:05:08.900 And so I went to doctor after doctor, and they were like, we don't know what's going

00:05:12.060 on.

00:05:12.300 Also, I took a round of antibiotics for strep throat, messed up my gut.

00:05:16.060 So like, I was bloated.

00:05:17.680 I couldn't eat anything without my stomach hurting.

00:05:19.680 Like, really, everything unraveled all at once.

00:05:22.180 What kind of doctors were you going to?

00:05:23.820 Like, endocrinologists?

00:05:25.520 Kaiser.

00:05:26.060 Kaiser.

00:05:26.580 That's just my traditional GP.

00:05:28.360 I didn't go as far as seeing an endocrinologist or seeing like some, at that point, eight years

00:05:33.860 ago, gut health wasn't a thing, really.

00:05:36.740 Like, they were just like, oh, you have IBS or you have this.

00:05:38.880 We don't know.

00:05:39.620 Going gluten-free wasn't a thing.

00:05:42.080 They diagnosed me with non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

00:05:45.400 Okay.

00:05:45.540 So like, I do have an issue with it.

00:05:47.360 But it's kind of like, in my opinion, it's kind of like saying SIDS.

00:05:51.200 It's like, we don't know what's happening, but something's happening.

00:05:53.680 So here's a label.

00:05:55.220 And so I just felt like going to doctor after doctor, not feeling heard, feeling gaslit

00:06:00.840 about my own experience and just going, no one believes me.

00:06:04.640 This is not normal.

00:06:05.820 Yeah.

00:06:05.960 I don't feel okay.

00:06:07.080 Stop telling me I'm fine.

00:06:08.520 I'm not fine.

00:06:09.700 So they're just looking at all of your symptoms and they're saying, well, yeah, a lot of people

00:06:13.500 are bloated.

00:06:14.420 So what that you have cellulite?

00:06:15.720 So what you gain weight?

00:06:16.460 That's just something that happens.

00:06:18.700 So what your periods are painful.

00:06:20.220 That's normal.

00:06:21.000 Yeah.

00:06:21.320 Welcome to being a, I remember one of my doctors was like, oh, sweetie, that's just being

00:06:24.740 a woman.

00:06:25.640 And I'm like, that's not the reality that I'm going to accept.

00:06:28.900 And you were 22.

00:06:29.460 It's not like you were 13 and you didn't know what a period was.

00:06:32.720 Exactly.

00:06:33.280 Exactly.

00:06:33.820 And so I'd had a period long enough to know like, this isn't how it should be.

00:06:37.320 And it's changed so much.

00:06:39.380 So I decided to take matters into my own hands.

00:06:41.940 I was like, I'm, you guys are not helping me.

00:06:44.260 I'll figure it out.

00:06:45.580 So I'm becoming a health coach.

00:06:46.780 I'm doing research.

00:06:48.040 I basically become my own Guinea pig.

00:06:50.260 And I research all of these things.

00:06:51.800 I research the side effects of birth control.

00:06:53.600 I get off birth control.

00:06:54.880 And I just felt you get to a point where, you know, there's like a disconnect.

00:06:59.600 You're like, I know this isn't right for me.

00:07:02.280 Like, I know I'm putting something in my body that's changing me.

00:07:05.200 Like, why am I doing it?

00:07:06.780 Did more research on birth control and like the side effects.

00:07:09.860 I mean, the insert is insane.

00:07:11.860 The side effects list is crazy.

00:07:13.620 Yeah.

00:07:13.800 And so I decided like, I'm going to heal myself.

00:07:16.980 I cut out dairy and gluten.

00:07:18.380 I work to heal my gut.

00:07:19.760 And then that's when I dove into hormone balance.

00:07:22.060 So I did take some courses in hormones, hormone health, just to be like more specific so I could

00:07:27.400 teach other women.

00:07:28.160 But on that journey, I made it my mission to help.

00:07:32.180 And I was like, if I can help one woman not go through what I went through, this is worth it.

00:07:36.500 Yeah.

00:07:36.700 And so then it took me about a year at that point because I was trying to figure out.

00:07:41.920 It was like two steps forward, one step back.

00:07:43.640 I didn't have a roadmap.

00:07:45.440 And so it took a while.

00:07:47.220 But here I am.

00:07:48.280 And I realized food.

00:07:49.960 It's like food you eat three times a day, right?

00:07:52.180 Three plus times.

00:07:53.160 It is something we're exposed to so much.

00:07:55.340 And it has such powerful healing properties.

00:07:58.380 And that's kind of what got me here.

00:08:01.940 Yeah.

00:08:02.120 So tell us specifically what you found about how your diet affects your hormones and like

00:08:08.020 what did that look like for you in that year?

00:08:10.900 So what I realized is blood sugar is a massive contributor to hormone imbalances and mood issues

00:08:17.780 and weight and cravings and acne and all of these crazy things.

00:08:21.840 And no one thinks about it unless you're diabetic or pre-diabetic or runs in your family.

00:08:26.580 No one thinks about balancing their blood sugar, right?

00:08:28.500 No one thinks about like, maybe first thing in the morning, I shouldn't have like a venti

00:08:33.000 iced coffee with caramel sauce and a croissant.

00:08:36.000 Like it's just kind of the thing.

00:08:37.740 People, that's what they do.

00:08:39.200 Cereal.

00:08:39.420 And your body craves that, I think, if you are used to that.

00:08:43.480 And, you know, I've been there of just wanting that.

00:08:48.240 And I do.

00:08:48.740 I love carbs and sugar.

00:08:50.260 And so I understand that.

00:08:51.920 And that's a craving, especially if you've kind of fasted since the night before and

00:08:56.720 your body has low blood sugar.

00:08:58.460 That's what you want in the morning.

00:09:00.020 A hundred percent.

00:09:00.660 A lot of people don't question their cravings.

00:09:03.240 They just want to satisfy them.

00:09:05.020 And we hear like, oh, if you have craving, you should satisfy them.

00:09:08.200 And there are certain things, but there's a reason you have those cravings.

00:09:11.400 And so kind of like what you're saying is the more sugar you eat, one, you feed those

00:09:16.440 bugs in your gut.

00:09:17.300 And so the more sugar you eat, the more sugar you crave.

00:09:20.380 But also what happens when we eat something really high in sugar, right?

00:09:23.960 With, no, I call them like naked carbs.

00:09:26.120 So we're talking like if you have sourdough, but you don't have like butter or maybe avocado,

00:09:30.160 anything to offset it, that's going to spike your blood sugar.

00:09:33.480 And then what's going to happen is your body will like kind of overproduce insulin to compensate

00:09:37.860 for this big wave it sees coming.

00:09:40.360 And then once that crashes, that sugar crash, your body, which is so smart, right?

00:09:45.880 We were so like intelligently created that our body goes, okay, we're low on blood sugar.

00:09:51.520 What's the quickest form of energy?

00:09:53.200 That's sugar.

00:09:54.280 So then it sends signals out of like, give us sugar, give us quick energy because we're

00:09:58.620 crashing, then more sugar cravings like ensue.

00:10:02.320 So it's kind of this endless circle.

00:10:04.660 Yeah.

00:10:05.420 And how does that affect our hormones?

00:10:08.300 How does blood sugar affect our hormones?

00:10:09.600 Yeah.

00:10:10.100 So when our blood sugar dips or spikes, we also, like if our blood sugar spikes, insulin

00:10:15.640 also spikes, right?

00:10:16.780 So insulin and then cortisol spikes.

00:10:18.780 So we're spiking our stress hormones.

00:10:21.300 And if we're constantly riding the cycle of spiking our stress hormones, creating inflammation,

00:10:26.440 right?

00:10:26.760 We're eating sugar, refined sugars.

00:10:28.740 All of this just creates this perfect storm.

00:10:30.900 And for example, like if you start your day with a croissant and an iced coffee from wherever

00:10:36.540 it is or a bagel or something like that without any protein or fats or anything to compensate

00:10:41.500 for it, what's going to happen is you're going to start your day with a cortisol, a stress

00:10:45.920 hormone spike.

00:10:46.800 And then it kind of just creates this wave that you're going to ride where you're going to

00:10:50.980 have sugar cravings.

00:10:51.900 So you're going to give in to them and then it just keeps going.

00:10:54.720 So it's really the stress hormones and the cortisol with the blood sugar.

00:10:59.140 Yeah, you know, I can see that there have been periods of time in my life, and that's not

00:11:04.120 to say that I'm eating perfectly healthy right now either, but where not purposely, but I

00:11:09.820 will just barely eat anything from the morning until like 1 p.m.

00:11:13.840 And then by 1 p.m., I am so starved that really all I want, it's like my body is audibly speaking

00:11:21.040 to me and saying, I want carbs.

00:11:23.080 Yes.

00:11:23.300 I want sugar.

00:11:24.120 You need that.

00:11:24.980 And you feel like you're going to die if you don't get it, you know?

00:11:27.720 The hanger.

00:11:28.240 Yes.

00:11:28.600 Yes, yes.

00:11:29.660 And so, but you feel stress during that time.

00:11:33.360 So I don't really know how the cycle exactly works, but it does feel like cortisol is high

00:11:39.280 and is telling you, I need to get that sugar and carbs.

00:11:43.820 I need those quick forms of energy or else I'm just going to go kaput.

00:11:47.960 100%.

00:11:48.320 And this is why I'm such a big proponent of eating breakfast within an hour of waking

00:11:52.720 up, which I know I'm not asking you to eat like some all-star breakfast, all Americans,

00:11:58.200 three eggs, bacon toast.

00:11:59.600 Like it doesn't have to be that crazy because I understand like you're a busy mom.

00:12:02.900 If you're on the go, you have so much going on.

00:12:04.780 You don't have time to sit down, cook yourself and eat an hour in like spend an hour on breakfast.

00:12:09.640 So what I say is can you just eat something within an hour of waking up that's high in

00:12:15.000 protein, has some fats that's going to stabilize your blood sugar.

00:12:18.760 I'm telling you this one change, not starting your day with coffee, but starting it with

00:12:24.200 something protein focused with some fats, maybe a little carbs too.

00:12:28.540 I'm not saying, I'm not against carbs.

00:12:31.000 And instead of just jumping for coffee right away, it is going to change the course of your

00:12:35.720 day and your hormones drastically because it's going to stabilize cortisol.

00:12:39.540 It's going to stabilize blood sugar.

00:12:40.840 It's going to stabilize any cravings.

00:12:43.040 And there's also something, I don't want to get too sciencey or crazy, but there's something

00:12:47.320 called the protein leverage hypothesis, which basically says that our body wants protein

00:12:53.180 the most.

00:12:54.100 It's what we search for in food.

00:12:56.380 So if you are eating something that's high carb, like chips or something like that, there's

00:13:00.740 not a lot of protein, but your body's searching for that protein in it.

00:13:04.060 And so what it's going to do is it's going to continue to tell you to keep eating until

00:13:09.000 it satisfies the protein.

00:13:11.380 So it'll tell your body, I'm still hungry.

00:13:14.060 Yes, I'm still hungry.

00:13:14.980 I'm still hungry.

00:13:15.600 Even though maybe you've exceeded.

00:13:17.020 You're in a calorie surplus, but you still feel hungry.

00:13:20.840 And so I think most people just don't get enough protein in.

00:13:24.480 Yeah.

00:13:25.000 Okay.

00:13:25.640 Interesting.

00:13:26.500 I definitely am a coffee drinker first thing in the morning because I feel like I need it

00:13:32.240 to wake me up and it takes more effort to make an egg, especially, you know, on the go

00:13:37.540 trying to get my kids dressed and everything like that.

00:13:40.720 You're just like, I just need the coffee.

00:13:43.140 Totally.

00:13:44.020 And, but I can definitely see how it just kind of induces cravings and spikes cortisol and

00:13:50.080 it doesn't really make you feel that great.

00:13:52.700 It makes me feel a little bit jittery.

00:13:54.480 Yeah.

00:13:54.880 If I'm not also eating too.

00:13:56.620 So I could see that being a problem and kind of setting you up for the rest of the day to

00:14:01.300 not do that great.

00:14:02.600 Yeah.

00:14:02.800 Like I look, coffee is my favorite.

00:14:04.820 No one has to cut out coffee.

00:14:06.240 I'm not telling you to cut out coffee.

00:14:07.440 I love it.

00:14:08.120 I can't go a day without it.

00:14:09.140 It's my favorite.

00:14:10.220 But what I've done now is I drink half calf.

00:14:12.820 So I buy like two bags of beans or whatever, and I mix them together like Nespresso sells

00:14:17.480 half calf pods.

00:14:18.560 So I can have a full mug of coffee, but there's less caffeine.

00:14:21.720 I add like real creamer, like real milk, raw milk or coconut milk, cashew milk or some

00:14:28.220 better options for some fats.

00:14:30.360 And then I'll also add protein to it.

00:14:32.580 And then I have a little snack on the side, not a full on breakfast, but if you're eating

00:14:37.300 while you're drinking coffee, it's another compromise.

00:14:39.220 Like I'm not asking you to eat a full breakfast first, but if we can eat something with it,

00:14:42.980 it's going to change the game.

00:14:44.640 Especially something with protein.

00:14:46.540 So even if it's just like a hard boiled egg or something like that.

00:14:50.300 Totally.

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00:15:59.140 So what does cortisol do to your body?

00:16:07.000 When it spikes first thing in the morning, how does that affect your other hormones?

00:16:12.140 So cortisol is our stress hormone.

00:16:14.200 And look, it gets a bad rap, but like we need cortisol.

00:16:17.200 It helps wake us up in the morning.

00:16:18.760 So cortisol is highest kind of at the beginning of the day, which again is why you don't want

00:16:22.680 to throw coffee, basically throwing fuel in the fire.

00:16:25.160 And so it's highest, it helps wake us up and then it will kind of peak again mid-afternoon.

00:16:30.980 And then what's going to happen is as the day starts to come to a close, the sun starts

00:16:35.240 to set, cortisol is dipping off and melatonin is spiking to help you fall asleep.

00:16:41.200 So the hormones are kind of like a symphony.

00:16:44.300 They all work together.

00:16:45.660 You have estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, insulin, thyroid hormones, and they

00:16:51.580 all work as a symphony.

00:16:52.440 So when hormones are imbalanced and also balanced hormones, there's not a perfect balance.

00:16:58.680 They just kind of work together.

00:17:00.360 So when I talk about balancing them, you just don't want too much of one more than you're

00:17:04.220 supposed to have, too little of the other.

00:17:06.800 And in the same way as symphony, if one instrument is out of tune, the whole symphony is out of

00:17:12.160 whack.

00:17:12.380 Nothing sounds right.

00:17:13.300 Same with hormones.

00:17:14.700 So if one hormone is out of whack, you can't exactly play like whack-a-mole of like, okay,

00:17:19.700 but how do I raise, like, how do I lower cortisol or how do I raise progesterone or how do I

00:17:24.660 lower estrogen?

00:17:25.760 You really have to hit them all together and focus on like the core foundations instead

00:17:30.820 of just one.

00:17:32.220 Okay.

00:17:32.340 So for example, if cortisol is spiking, insulin could be spiking.

00:17:36.160 You could have then progesterone gets eaten away.

00:17:39.360 Okay.

00:17:39.640 So if we're in a stress state and progesterone is the arguably the most important hormone

00:17:44.340 when it comes to fertility, it's what helps sustain the pregnancy.

00:17:48.400 So women that are having miscarriages, they have no problem getting pregnant, but it's

00:17:52.340 staying pregnant, sustaining that progesterone.

00:17:55.000 Yeah.

00:17:55.340 And it's also what triggers, basically what triggers menopause later in life is like your

00:18:00.020 estrogen begins to rise without progesterone.

00:18:02.980 Progesterone tapers off and that's when menopause starts.

00:18:05.220 Right.

00:18:05.940 So women who have, sometimes when they have a history of miscarriages, once they get

00:18:11.720 pregnant, they will have to take progesterone so that their baby will be able to survive.

00:18:16.740 And that's when you, after you get pregnant, sometimes you have to test your progesterone

00:18:20.780 to see if your baby is continuing to grow.

00:18:23.060 And so all of this works together.

00:18:25.240 Exactly.

00:18:25.860 And progesterone is also known as the chill hormone.

00:18:28.180 So if you notice that you're getting kind of anxious before your period, that could be of

00:18:33.040 low progesterone.

00:18:34.000 So progesterone is supposed to raise in the second half of your menstrual cycle, which

00:18:38.000 is your luteal phase.

00:18:39.400 And so if you don't have enough, you might have shorter cycles because progesterone is

00:18:43.580 what helps lengthen that phase.

00:18:45.200 But you might get kind of, yeah, heart palpitations or feel anxious or have trouble sleeping when

00:18:49.720 you're getting closer to your period.

00:18:51.300 Okay.

00:18:51.720 So we covered breakfast and kind of the hormones that can start off your day and set you up.

00:18:58.040 What about the rest of the day?

00:18:59.640 Why does it matter what you eat for lunch or what you eat for dinner?

00:19:03.420 And how can we eat in a way that helps balance, as it were, our hormones for the rest of the

00:19:09.780 day?

00:19:10.440 So I always like to make protein the star of the show.

00:19:13.840 If you take one thing from this podcast, it's just eating more protein, high quality protein

00:19:18.460 as often as you can.

00:19:20.740 Making that the star of the show.

00:19:21.980 So kind of helping, it's easy to eat enough protein if you're not overeating other things.

00:19:27.720 Like a lot of people are like 100 grams of protein minimum.

00:19:30.080 Like, how am I supposed to get that?

00:19:32.000 It's like, well, if you're not eating a ton of other stuff, right?

00:19:34.740 Like I said, I love carbs.

00:19:36.440 I eat a lot of potatoes.

00:19:37.540 I love rice.

00:19:38.440 Like I love fries.

00:19:40.020 Fries are my vice.

00:19:41.680 But what I focus on is making protein the star of the show.

00:19:44.420 So making sure we're having like breakfast, lunch and dinner.

00:19:47.560 The focus is protein, at least a serving.

00:19:50.820 So four to six ounces, depending on whatever that is.

00:19:53.320 And then building your plate around that.

00:19:55.740 So adding some carbs and some healthy fats.

00:19:58.100 So balancing your plate really at the bottom, like bottom line is you want protein to fill

00:20:03.300 up like almost half your plate, like a good amount of protein.

00:20:06.320 And then some healthy fats, just a serving, whether it's you're putting olive oil and fats

00:20:11.100 can be part of the protein.

00:20:12.360 So like you have a fattier kind of meat, you have salmon, something like that.

00:20:15.180 And then maybe some greens, some carbs, and you're good to go.

00:20:19.500 Okay.

00:20:19.940 Do you agree with kind of the traditional advice that we've heard for a long time that we should

00:20:26.640 be eating a ton of leafy greens?

00:20:28.620 Because you hear such an emphasis on vegetables.

00:20:31.140 They tend to be the thing that a lot of people don't like eating.

00:20:34.420 I don't love eating vegetables.

00:20:35.820 And you hear that is the key to being healthy and staying away from infections and getting

00:20:42.140 sick and things like that.

00:20:43.100 So I will say, and I get this message all the time, like, Emily, I don't see you eat

00:20:47.660 a lot of vegetables.

00:20:48.540 I really don't.

00:20:49.480 I eat like starchy veggies, like carrots, potatoes count.

00:20:53.200 And I do love greens.

00:20:54.780 Like if it's arugula, I'm not eating a ton of greens.

00:20:57.680 I'm not overdosing on veggies for the most part.

00:21:00.320 I really think protein is the most important macronutrient.

00:21:04.140 And then behind it fats and then behind it carbs.

00:21:06.820 But avocado has carbs and fiber.

00:21:09.160 I count that as kind of a vegetable on my plate.

00:21:12.440 I really look for vegetables as fiber and colors.

00:21:16.220 Like you can get colors from sweet potatoes and carrots and there's purple potatoes and

00:21:20.580 there's so many different things.

00:21:22.240 I also think there's something to it of if no one likes, like there's this whole thing.

00:21:26.400 No one likes vegetables that much, right?

00:21:28.080 Unless they're slathered in butter or something like that.

00:21:30.760 And I think there's a reason for that.

00:21:33.280 Hmm.

00:21:34.280 That's an interesting theory.

00:21:36.140 Yeah.

00:21:36.740 Same with babies.

00:21:37.660 Like if you give a baby either steak or broccoli, they're probably going to choose the steak.

00:21:42.140 Yeah.

00:21:42.680 Hmm.

00:21:43.400 You know, that's interesting because you do hear, especially from people who are hardcore

00:21:47.840 carnivore, and I'm not saying that's where you are, but people who basically only eat

00:21:52.460 animal protein and animal fat, they have made the argument, which I thought was interesting,

00:21:57.140 that a lot of the leafy greens that we eat, a lot of vegetables that we eat, that we're

00:22:02.100 actually eating the wrong part of it, that the part that we're eating is more toxic.

00:22:06.940 And the reason why it tastes bad is because it is the plant telling you, don't eat me.

00:22:11.920 I don't want you to eat me.

00:22:12.860 You can eat the fruit that I bear, but don't eat the leaf part.

00:22:16.680 And that's why it tastes bad.

00:22:17.920 I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm such a genius.

00:22:19.840 That's why I've never liked kale.

00:22:21.140 That's it.

00:22:21.660 Yeah.

00:22:21.860 Yeah.

00:22:22.060 No, I would have to agree with that, is that there's something called anti-nutrients

00:22:26.320 inside a plant.

00:22:27.180 So if you think of an animal, its defense mechanism, it can run away from you if it

00:22:30.960 doesn't want to get eaten.

00:22:32.160 Plants can't run away.

00:22:33.380 Yeah.

00:22:33.700 So they have anti-nutrients, oxalates, these kind of like little toxic compounds that are

00:22:38.080 meant to essentially kind of make you sick, mess up your digestive system for animals so

00:22:43.040 that animals don't eat them.

00:22:44.080 We don't eat them.

00:22:45.540 And yeah, here, they're like, here, I made you fruit, like eat my fruit.

00:22:48.880 You don't need to eat my leaves or anything like that.

00:22:51.420 So yes, I eat like arugula here and there.

00:22:53.680 There's like bitter digestive.

00:22:55.120 They're good for your digestive system.

00:22:57.080 But yeah, I will say, I don't think vegetables are the end all be all of health.

00:23:00.680 I really don't.

00:23:01.640 Well, that's good to know.

00:23:02.420 Yeah.

00:23:02.800 I like beef a lot more than I like broccoli.

00:23:05.300 There you go.

00:23:05.600 So that's great.

00:23:06.180 That's good news.

00:23:06.700 So when you were on this healing journey yourself, you were discovering this.

00:23:22.920 When did you start to see improvements in your body?

00:23:26.180 I will say I started the second I got off birth control, I felt a million times better.

00:23:32.280 Like I can't even immediately like immediately the same way people when I've heard people

00:23:37.000 describe like getting implants taken out of like, when I woke up, I immediately like my

00:23:41.520 eyes were clearer.

00:23:42.800 Wow.

00:23:43.240 And getting off of birth control is the same thing.

00:23:45.940 I was like, oh, this is what it feels like to be me.

00:23:49.760 Like it feels like coming home to yourself.

00:23:52.600 I can't explain it, but I get messages all the time from women that are like, I got off

00:23:56.120 birth control and like, I woke up happy today.

00:23:58.480 That is so sad.

00:24:00.220 It breaks.

00:24:00.940 It makes me want to cry.

00:24:01.700 It's really sad.

00:24:02.840 Okay, let's talk about the birth control for a second.

00:24:05.640 I know that I asked you a question and we're not totally finishing it.

00:24:08.980 We'll go back to your health story, but let's talk about the birth control because what you

00:24:14.080 said, how you described that you got on birth control when you were 15, basically for no

00:24:17.960 reason.

00:24:18.780 Me too.

00:24:19.200 I was 17.

00:24:20.440 Almost all my friends.

00:24:21.500 Now, maybe some of them had some kind of reason or they were told they were, it was a

00:24:26.620 reason at the time for me.

00:24:27.940 And sorry, related bros out there.

00:24:29.700 Like this is really a related gal heavy, heavy episode.

00:24:33.360 But so I think I had mono when I was 17 and so not great, but you know, it happens.

00:24:40.560 And so I think I missed like two periods or something because I was sick and that's what

00:24:46.180 happens.

00:24:46.760 But my doctor acted like this was a really big concern.

00:24:50.620 This was a problem.

00:24:51.660 17 years old.

00:24:52.500 I didn't have a period twice in a row.

00:24:54.400 You need to get on birth control to regulate your period.

00:24:57.460 That's what we're told.

00:24:58.500 Regulate your period.

00:24:59.500 Yeah.

00:24:59.700 And I was the same way.

00:25:01.040 Everyone was on birth control.

00:25:02.520 Like there were people.

00:25:03.480 Okay.

00:25:04.080 This is, and again, if my dad and my brother are listening to this, they're not going to

00:25:07.840 like this.

00:25:08.380 But like there were people who got on birth control because like they didn't want to be

00:25:13.600 on their period for spring break or something.

00:25:15.740 And so they would go on birth control to know when their period was going to be.

00:25:19.520 And so you're presented birth control as a teenager.

00:25:23.400 Like this is a harmless thing.

00:25:25.040 You should just get on it and it'll be totally fine.

00:25:29.440 Yeah.

00:25:29.760 And so I didn't see it as a big deal.

00:25:32.280 I don't think my mom saw it as a huge deal because she just didn't know.

00:25:35.780 She just didn't know.

00:25:36.580 And when you have the doctor telling you, this is the healthy right thing to do.

00:25:40.960 And then you're scared to get off of it because you're like, am I going to get acne?

00:25:44.500 Is my period going to be messed up?

00:25:46.660 And so I did the same thing.

00:25:47.880 I went through, you know, probably three or four different kinds until also I was 21,

00:25:52.280 22.

00:25:52.620 And I was like, I don't want to do this anymore.

00:25:54.320 Yeah.

00:25:54.680 So many other women have gone through that.

00:25:57.080 This is such a common like story.

00:26:00.160 Insane.

00:26:00.640 Yeah.

00:26:00.820 And so, okay, birth control.

00:26:03.720 There's so many different kinds and I'm going to address basically all of none of them are

00:26:08.300 good.

00:26:09.320 I used to be on the fence like, oh, you should do what's best for you.

00:26:13.580 And obviously you should.

00:26:15.280 But I don't think any woman needs to be on birth control for any reason.

00:26:18.920 Like it doesn't regulate anything.

00:26:21.400 That's the biggest thing is, oh, it's going to fix your period.

00:26:23.460 It's going to regulate your period.

00:26:24.620 You don't get a period on birth control.

00:26:27.220 It's not a real period.

00:26:28.360 It's a withdrawal bleed from withdrawing from these fake hormones.

00:26:32.680 So fake progesterone, fake estrogen, it's all fake.

00:26:35.920 They're all exogenous hormones.

00:26:37.520 And the way that they work is by basically putting your body in almost like an either

00:26:41.840 like a postmenopausal state or like some people compare it to pregnancy.

00:26:45.320 So you're not ovulating.

00:26:47.220 And it also works by basically like mess thickening the uterine lining so that even if by some

00:26:54.460 chance you got pregnant, nothing can implant.

00:26:57.820 And so there's different forms.

00:27:00.000 The non-hormonal birth control, copper IUD, copper toxicity is a big issue.

00:27:04.720 Copper can increase estrogen and really mess things up.

00:27:07.160 But with the copper IUD, yes, it's non-hormonal, right?

00:27:09.960 So people are like, it's great.

00:27:11.020 There's no hormones.

00:27:12.360 No.

00:27:13.420 The way that it works is by irritating, basically inflaming your uterus.

00:27:18.240 So it's inserted into your uterus.

00:27:20.120 It inflames your uterus.

00:27:21.540 And they say it's how it works because nothing can implant.

00:27:24.460 You could still have an egg be fertilized every single month.

00:27:30.220 And it just doesn't implant.

00:27:32.040 Yeah.

00:27:32.460 No one talks about that.

00:27:33.040 Which is an ethical and moral problem for those of us who believe that life starts at

00:27:37.440 fertilization, not implantation.

00:27:40.200 A lot of people don't realize that.

00:27:41.720 And that is true about the IUD.

00:27:43.300 Some people think that the IUD is different than the pill and that, but it's all doing

00:27:46.480 the same thing.

00:27:47.260 Exactly.

00:27:47.920 And also what they found is that inflammation doesn't stay localized.

00:27:51.340 So I've heard from women, they were like, the copper IUD was the worst one for me.

00:27:55.700 Most painful periods, like most heavy cramp, like just terrible.

00:27:59.640 Well, it's a foreign object in your body.

00:28:01.540 Yeah.

00:28:02.080 Yeah.

00:28:02.520 Which is just weird, creepy.

00:28:04.080 Um, and then birth control, you're supposed to take it every single day, but you can literally,

00:28:08.600 you can only get pregnant six days out of every cycle, six days.

00:28:13.540 And so why are we taking birth control every single day to prevent something that can only

00:28:18.540 happen maximum six days?

00:28:21.060 Yeah.

00:28:21.500 Like I speak to women who are in their thirties and they're like, what?

00:28:24.980 I thought I could get pregnant every day.

00:28:26.920 Like I just thought it was more fertile when I'm ovulating.

00:28:29.700 Yeah.

00:28:30.220 No, no, it's just six days.

00:28:32.040 Yeah.

00:28:32.480 Yeah.

00:28:33.160 So yeah, I just think that birth control, no woman needs to be on it.

00:28:37.680 So why do you think that so many of us were put on it?

00:28:39.720 Do you just think that these doctors thought that they were helping us out because they

00:28:43.400 just assumed that we were all sexually active when we weren't?

00:28:47.360 It, I feel like it's so multifaceted.

00:28:50.160 That's true.

00:28:50.700 And what it comes down to, in my opinion, I think women are sold a lie that birth control

00:28:55.780 is empowering and birth control is liberating.

00:28:58.420 I think the root of it, it assumes that women are too dumb to understand their own fertility

00:29:05.520 and their own hormones and to like take control of it.

00:29:08.520 So they're like, we're just going to give you this and you can go do whatever you want

00:29:11.920 now.

00:29:12.580 Yeah.

00:29:12.980 And you're going to be so empowered.

00:29:14.380 It's going to be so great.

00:29:15.580 And you're fine.

00:29:16.380 Don't worry about the side effects.

00:29:17.380 Don't worry about the short term or long term effects.

00:29:19.260 Like you're fine.

00:29:20.700 And so.

00:29:20.960 I don't even think we were told that there were any.

00:29:22.920 No.

00:29:23.100 And now there's Yaz commercials being like, did you take Yaz?

00:29:26.820 Because you might be entitled to financial compensation.

00:29:29.160 Exactly.

00:29:30.380 It's yeah, it's crazy.

00:29:32.280 And so, yeah, women also, they don't think about these things until they want to get pregnant

00:29:36.760 until it's time to just get off birth control.

00:29:39.100 And they try and they're having like the infertility problems that are going on in this country right

00:29:43.500 now are insane and heartbreaking.

00:29:45.520 And it has to do with men also, like men's fertility, which also has to do with food and

00:29:50.940 microplastics, all of these things in our environment.

00:29:55.160 But it's just it breaks my heart that no one is told this.

00:29:58.940 Like we go on birth control and we're so young.

00:30:00.420 Maybe you're on it for 15 years.

00:30:02.100 Yeah.

00:30:02.560 And then you want to have a kid and you're having massive issues.

00:30:05.460 Right.

00:30:06.300 And people don't talk about they're starting to.

00:30:09.000 I've started to see conversations about this, but the psychological impact that you can

00:30:13.160 have.

00:30:13.360 And again, this was something that I think we all knew in a very amateur way in, you

00:30:20.020 know, high school and college.

00:30:20.900 You would hear people say, oh, my gosh, this birth control made me psycho.

00:30:25.240 And so I had to or it made me depressed or I was crying all the time.

00:30:28.460 And so I switched and all of us were like, oh, yeah.

00:30:30.820 Yeah.

00:30:31.400 And without thinking, oh, my gosh, that is a horrible thing to go through.

00:30:36.400 Young women that are put on birth control, like teenage women, are 70 percent more likely

00:30:41.140 to be prescribed antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication, 70 percent more, which is insane.

00:30:46.800 And that was kind of my my experience as well.

00:30:50.040 I went on one, went on another, went on a third.

00:30:53.180 And I was so depressed, like so like I'd never experienced anything like it.

00:30:59.760 I'm a very upbeat person and I couldn't get off the couch.

00:31:03.560 Like there was like this inner monologue of just get up, go for a walk, get in the sunshine,

00:31:06.920 like you'll feel better and I couldn't move, couldn't move.

00:31:10.520 And it was just so, like I said, feeling like a prisoner in your own body going like,

00:31:15.980 I don't know what's going on.

00:31:17.900 I'm not in control.

00:31:18.880 You feel so detached.

00:31:20.660 And that was the final straw when I felt like depressed.

00:31:24.020 My doctor was like, we can put you on this one.

00:31:25.500 I said, no.

00:31:26.480 Yeah.

00:31:26.820 I'm just done.

00:31:27.560 I got to get out of this.

00:31:28.560 Yeah.

00:31:29.240 And so, yeah, the psychological impacts are crazy.

00:31:31.660 And I've heard Dr. Sarah Hill say that you also may be more likely to be bisexual if you

00:31:42.200 are on the pill and that it can actually change whom you are attracted to if you are a woman.

00:31:49.580 And I've heard the argument that women may be, because I can't speak for everyone, but

00:31:55.760 may be more attracted to more feminine men, if men at all, when they are on the pill.

00:32:02.460 This is true.

00:32:03.260 Yeah.

00:32:03.500 There's data.

00:32:04.220 There's data.

00:32:05.020 There's studies.

00:32:05.920 When I say this, a lot of women don't believe me.

00:32:08.240 Even men, they come at me in the comments.

00:32:09.660 I'm like, I can send you the studies.

00:32:12.340 But one of the ones they did is they showed women on birth control, like pictures, basically

00:32:16.920 like AI mock-ups, right, of men.

00:32:19.300 And then they slightly feminize their features.

00:32:22.160 So one, they look masculine.

00:32:23.900 They look like a man, right?

00:32:24.900 The other one, slightly more feminine features.

00:32:27.100 Women on birth control chose the men with more feminine features.

00:32:31.780 And not only that, yeah, there's something called the t-shirt test, sweaty t-shirt test.

00:32:35.920 You can look this one up too.

00:32:37.460 And they had a bunch of different men work out in these sweaty t-shirts, right?

00:32:42.540 Put them in bags and have women smell them, essentially smelling their pheromones.

00:32:46.620 Oh my goodness.

00:32:47.420 This is so crazy.

00:32:48.020 I have not heard this.

00:32:48.700 Oh my gosh.

00:32:49.120 This one's so fascinating.

00:32:50.920 And they had women on birth control and not on birth control do this.

00:32:54.000 And the women that were on birth control chose the scent of men who were more genetically

00:33:00.240 similar to them, which you don't want.

00:33:03.780 For the most viable, like resilient offspring, you want someone with the DNA furthest from

00:33:09.040 you to give them the best chance.

00:33:10.960 Oh my goodness.

00:33:11.960 Women chose men with DNA more similar.

00:33:14.040 And I've also gotten messages from women.

00:33:16.480 Like I got off birth control and I broke off my engagement.

00:33:20.520 Like I, I got off birth control and I like was so not attracted to my fiance.

00:33:25.260 Like I'll, it's like, I've gotten messages that are like, Emily, I almost got married.

00:33:29.240 I'm like, oh my gosh.

00:33:30.580 Too much.

00:33:31.080 Oh my gosh.

00:33:32.200 Your birth control is making you gay.

00:33:33.900 It's making you have maybe, I don't know, bad choice of men.

00:33:38.220 Not always, but that is crazy that it would change your attractions that much potentially.

00:33:43.840 But it makes sense.

00:33:45.320 People don't realize how much our hormones can affect us and affect our minds, affect

00:33:50.880 how we think and how we think kind of can form our reality.

00:33:54.520 Um, and of course it affects the decisions that we make, which then does inform our reality

00:34:00.040 and people don't realize how much, but you know, more people are talking about this now,

00:34:05.260 which I'm encouraged by.

00:34:06.600 It makes me so happy.

00:34:07.620 Yeah.

00:34:08.500 Yeah.

00:34:08.920 It's, it's emerging now.

00:34:10.980 I feel like it's, now it's kind of trendier to talk about hormones and balancing your hormones.

00:34:15.300 And I'm like, this is like the base level stuff that we should be talking about.

00:34:20.140 Like we can't keep playing God with our cycle, right?

00:34:23.160 Like, oh, I don't want my period.

00:34:24.280 I think a lot of young women athletes are also put on it so that they don't have a period.

00:34:28.620 So it doesn't mess with their performance.

00:34:30.980 Yeah.

00:34:31.340 I've heard that a lot.

00:34:32.580 And it's just for what?

00:34:34.980 Like, is that worth it?

00:34:36.320 Yeah.

00:34:36.700 It's not.

00:34:37.540 Okay.

00:34:38.280 Um, let's talk about the cycle then because, all right, I will just say that until I started

00:34:45.240 trying to get pregnant back in 2018, I really did not know anything about, about the

00:34:54.180 period cycle.

00:34:55.160 I just didn't.

00:34:56.760 And I mean, for as long as sex ed has been around in this country, I think most women

00:35:02.440 and especially most men, but even most women, we really are totally ignorant about the stages

00:35:08.740 of our cycle.

00:35:09.520 So can you just talk about those and why they matter?

00:35:12.740 Yeah.

00:35:12.920 I did this on Instagram the other day.

00:35:14.380 I was like, here's, welcome to my sex ed class where I teach you everything you didn't

00:35:17.760 know.

00:35:18.020 Like arguably the most important stuff about how our body works.

00:35:21.920 Yes.

00:35:22.340 Um, and so, okay.

00:35:24.220 So I like to compare it to the four seasons that, you know, like we, nature, the four seasons

00:35:29.800 of nature.

00:35:30.620 We, as women go through four seasons over the course of one month.

00:35:34.760 So our cycle, men have a 24 hour hormone cycle, 24 hours.

00:35:39.000 They can get up and go every day.

00:35:40.280 They're the same.

00:35:41.580 Women are not this way at all.

00:35:43.480 It's like, that's why I say like the nine to five was meant for a man.

00:35:46.420 Like women are not meant to be the same day in and day out.

00:35:49.560 We just go through a cycle like 28 to 35 days, right?

00:35:53.280 Four phases.

00:35:54.500 Your period actually marks the start of your cycle.

00:35:57.400 I used to think like, I'm either on my period or not on my period.

00:36:00.080 That's it.

00:36:00.620 That's all there is.

00:36:01.460 Well, and period is the end of a sentence.

00:36:03.520 And so you would think it's the end of it.

00:36:05.260 Okay.

00:36:05.820 And granted, it is actually the least exciting part of your entire cycle.

00:36:09.940 Like really ovulation is the main event.

00:36:12.160 Period is what happens.

00:36:13.080 If you don't get pregnant and then your body's already getting ready for another,

00:36:17.180 like getting ready to hopefully get you pregnant again.

00:36:19.840 And this is what our body was designed to do.

00:36:22.640 We, whether or not we're trying to have a baby right now, our body is.

00:36:26.740 And so I just want to touch on it for a minute that if you're missing your period,

00:36:30.940 are you a painful period?

00:36:31.880 Your period is the canary in the coal mine.

00:36:33.960 Your period is like your monthly report card to tell you what's going on.

00:36:38.720 So it's so important to stay in tune with it because it can tell you,

00:36:41.580 like, okay, if it was heavy, if it was painful, if, you know, it was irregular,

00:36:45.220 something's going on.

00:36:46.560 Something's going on under the hood.

00:36:47.700 Your body doesn't feel safe.

00:36:49.540 So if all our body wants to do is have a baby and our period's messed up,

00:36:52.800 it means our body's not safe.

00:36:54.600 It's like something's going on.

00:36:56.440 We're stressed, whether it's emotional, psychological, like whatever kind of stress

00:37:00.460 that looks like, that's the reason we're not having a period.

00:37:03.380 It's not, you don't have a birth control deficiency.

00:37:05.740 Like there's something else going on.

00:37:07.420 And these symptoms are invitations.

00:37:09.460 There are signs from our body of like, hey, something's going on.

00:37:12.320 I need help.

00:37:13.260 And I'm trying to tell you.

00:37:14.420 And if we slap on birth control as a bandaid to quiet all of that,

00:37:19.000 once you get off birth control, everything's going to come back or it's going to get worse.

00:37:22.500 So they'll say birth control helped me so much.

00:37:25.600 And what it did is it just covered up the symptoms.

00:37:28.160 It didn't, it did help you short term, but you didn't heal anything.

00:37:32.300 There's still all this stuff going on at the surface.

00:37:34.460 So your period, day one of your period marks day one of your cycle.

00:37:38.020 Then your period should last between like three and six days.

00:37:41.340 That's a healthy period.

00:37:42.520 Three and six days shouldn't be terribly painful.

00:37:44.920 Like you really shouldn't be painful at all.

00:37:46.660 You shouldn't have to take ibuprofen.

00:37:48.120 You shouldn't have to pop Midol.

00:37:49.160 You shouldn't have to stay home from school or work or anything like that.

00:37:52.700 See, that was another thing that I feel like was kind of normal growing up.

00:37:55.680 Is that some people would have like debilitating cramps in their back or in their abdomen.

00:38:01.600 Both at the same time was me.

00:38:03.020 I'd have two heating pads at one time.

00:38:05.080 And that was just seen as totally normal.

00:38:06.960 Yeah.

00:38:07.580 That's the whole welcome to womanhood.

00:38:09.180 Like this is what it's like.

00:38:10.120 Yeah.

00:38:10.620 It's not.

00:38:11.480 Yeah.

00:38:12.120 And I think the same goes for the birth industry, right?

00:38:14.460 Like all of the stuff that we're told.

00:38:16.000 Um, but so you're on your period three to six days, three to six days is as long as it

00:38:21.700 should last.

00:38:22.160 And all your hormones are at their lowest.

00:38:24.380 So when people like, I'm so hormonal, you're actually, yes, you are.

00:38:27.900 We're supposed to be hormonal, but on your period, you're the least hormonal.

00:38:31.960 So all hormones at their lowest.

00:38:33.360 This one, you feel, you know, you don't have motivation.

00:38:35.700 You're not supposed to be going out.

00:38:36.880 You're not supposed to be like hitting the town, doing anything crazy.

00:38:39.640 So it's to stay in, nurture your body, slow down.

00:38:43.440 Um, and chances are, this is what you're inclined to do.

00:38:47.120 Yeah.

00:38:47.280 Your, your, your body innately wants to kind of hibernate during this time.

00:38:50.820 This is your inner winter.

00:38:52.240 We talk about it like seasons.

00:38:53.160 And that's why you were saying like the nine to five isn't just really, it's just not designed

00:38:57.760 for women or women weren't designed for it because you still have to go, go, go be

00:39:02.320 on it, be excited, be out there when really your body during this part of your cycle is

00:39:07.580 telling you, Hey, you need to slow down.

00:39:09.600 You need to maybe be alone or more alone.

00:39:13.520 Um, and yeah, our, our world really, no matter what you do, just isn't designed for that.

00:39:20.380 I'm not saying that women aren't meant to work.

00:39:22.100 Like we can work, we can work hard.

00:39:23.800 We're capable of doing so much, just not in the terms that not in this nine to five, like

00:39:30.320 square that we're put in.

00:39:32.280 It's just not flexible.

00:39:33.660 Exactly.

00:39:33.940 Exactly.

00:39:39.600 So you're on your period and then the next phase, maybe around day seven, you move into

00:39:51.540 the follicular phase, which is your inner spring.

00:39:54.340 So the same way, like flowers are blooming in the spring, you're getting your energy back

00:39:58.900 after your period, your hormones begin to rise.

00:40:01.940 And this is when your body's kind of preparing for ovulation.

00:40:05.060 So this will go from day about seven to day 14, hormones are beginning to rise.

00:40:10.680 This is the best time to like brainstorm.

00:40:13.300 So it's the best time to do like creative work, brainstorm the month ahead or kind of

00:40:17.520 things that you want to do, outline projects.

00:40:19.920 Our brain is kind of primed to do these things during this time.

00:40:22.680 We might have, again, more energy.

00:40:24.860 So start to make some plans, go out, hang out with friends.

00:40:28.040 And then what you want to focus on food wise is healthy fats during this time are really

00:40:32.540 important, healthy fats to prepare for ovulation.

00:40:36.020 So healthy fats are going to help increase progesterone, cholesterol rich foods, super

00:40:39.800 good for progesterone production.

00:40:41.400 That's another thing.

00:40:42.260 Cholesterol like gets demonized so hardcore and cholesterol is so good for us.

00:40:47.100 We cannot make hormones without cholesterol.

00:40:49.860 So without fats, without cholesterol, we need them.

00:40:52.480 So like eggs, eggs are good, butter, butter is good, grass fed meat, the fat from grass

00:40:58.620 fed meat, like all of these things are so good.

00:41:00.600 In addition to obviously like almond butter, peanut butter, olives, olive oil, coconut,

00:41:06.740 milk, dairy, cheese, all of these things are super good.

00:41:09.500 Especially during this time.

00:41:11.480 Yeah.

00:41:11.720 During the, when your progesterone is rising.

00:41:14.940 Yeah.

00:41:15.320 When you want to really focus on supporting that progesterone production.

00:41:18.380 Okay.

00:41:18.740 Then you move into ovulation, which usually occurs around day 14.

00:41:22.640 This is when like you see those period tracker apps.

00:41:25.020 There's like that little flower on day 14.

00:41:26.840 Yeah.

00:41:27.040 Um, which it's different for every woman.

00:41:30.020 I'm day 15, like some are 16, some are 13, 14.

00:41:33.260 It really varies.

00:41:34.660 And so ovulation is the main event.

00:41:37.320 This is the star of your entire cycle.

00:41:40.420 This is the only time that you're fertile.

00:41:42.640 So ovulation though, a lot of women, you're supposed to feel your best.

00:41:46.260 This is like your inner summer.

00:41:47.400 So if we had menstrual phase, your periods, your winter, follicular spring, ovulation is

00:41:51.880 summer.

00:41:52.460 Your libido is highest because this is the time that you're fertile.

00:41:55.360 Your libido is highest.

00:41:56.740 You feel better.

00:41:57.960 Actually the bone structure in your face shifts slightly, ever so slightly to give you more

00:42:04.360 feminine features to make you look more attractive, more fertile during this time.

00:42:09.560 Sometimes even like the way that you walk, the way you carry yourself.

00:42:12.800 Now ladies pay attention.

00:42:14.840 Like I promise you, if you, if you pay attention around day 14, you're going to know, you're

00:42:19.020 going to feel it for a few days, but there is science to behind like some days I feel ugly.

00:42:24.380 Like some days I look in the mirror and I'm wearing the same outfit that I've worn and it

00:42:28.580 just doesn't look right.

00:42:30.160 Yeah.

00:42:30.420 That's usually luteal phase, which we'll talk about next.

00:42:33.000 But during ovulation, a lot of women may actually retain some water or maybe get constipated

00:42:37.600 during this time.

00:42:38.380 So you want to increase fiber.

00:42:39.540 I try to think like if it was summertime, this is your body's inner summer.

00:42:43.560 What do you eat during the summer?

00:42:44.920 Light, light foods, right?

00:42:46.620 Salads, fresh fruit, raw fruits and veggies, seafood, lighter fiber, rich foods to help

00:42:52.040 kind of offset some of that water retention and bloating.

00:42:55.420 And then again, this is the time that you can get pregnant.

00:42:58.100 So this is the time you're fertile.

00:42:59.820 Usually lasts about six days.

00:43:01.380 Sperm can live for up to five.

00:43:02.780 And then ovulation is a one, like a one day event.

00:43:05.580 As soon as you release an egg, it starts to die.

00:43:07.700 So this is all considering that someone does have a healthy cycle.

00:43:11.440 And obviously there are some cases in which women are not ovulating.

00:43:15.660 And that is a whole problem.

00:43:17.280 Yeah.

00:43:17.340 You're having an ovulatory cycles or you're not ovulating.

00:43:20.980 Same thing with like, oh, I had a late period.

00:43:23.460 There's no such thing as late period.

00:43:25.040 It's just that you ovulated way later.

00:43:27.600 So your period will always come about 10 to 14 days after you ovulate.

00:43:32.760 OK.

00:43:33.020 So it's usually delayed ovulation.

00:43:35.340 Again, if your body doesn't feel safe.

00:43:37.300 Yeah.

00:43:37.600 You're stressed, whether it's emotional stress, financial stress, work stress, kids.

00:43:42.500 Your body just goes, oh, this is not a safe place to have a baby right now.

00:43:46.180 We're going to hold off on this until we can handle all the other things that are going on.

00:43:50.540 Yeah.

00:43:50.880 And I know that we're in the midst of looking at these cycles.

00:43:53.840 But I just want to say that just from the little personal experience I have with all

00:43:59.340 of this is that it took me for whatever reason, maybe you would be able to diagnose this.

00:44:04.540 But for every child, it took four months of trying to get pregnant.

00:44:11.780 And as far as I know, there's nothing wrong with me.

00:44:14.360 But the first time I remember that my thyroid hormone was apparently off.

00:44:18.420 And it wasn't until I got on the right dosage of medication that we were able to get pregnant.

00:44:25.320 And I'm guessing that's kind of what affected it.

00:44:27.640 But then also for everyone, it's always been on the fourth month that we've gotten pregnant.

00:44:31.260 We've never had to have like any help or anything like that.

00:44:34.780 It's just been four months.

00:44:36.120 Who knows?

00:44:36.700 But I do realize like just the importance of understanding your cycle, of understanding

00:44:43.620 when you're ovulating, of how the thyroid hormone, how that can affect all of the other

00:44:49.400 hormones that are necessary to have a normal cycle.

00:44:52.480 It all just, it really plays together.

00:44:55.000 And I think I did used to think that, well, if you just have unprotected sex at any point,

00:45:00.440 you're just going to get pregnant.

00:45:02.120 Like Mean Girls.

00:45:02.780 Yeah.

00:45:03.040 The whole that was like, don't have sex or you will get pregnant.

00:45:05.060 Yeah.

00:45:05.240 That's basically the sex ed that we all got.

00:45:07.260 Yeah.

00:45:07.620 And that's what I thought too.

00:45:08.700 And having, you know, gone through pregnancies now, I realize it's a lot more involved than

00:45:14.440 that.

00:45:15.220 Yeah.

00:45:15.480 And I think there's also this idea that if you don't get pregnant on the first try,

00:45:18.660 there's something wrong with you.

00:45:19.920 Yeah.

00:45:20.320 You're infertile immediately.

00:45:21.360 Yeah.

00:45:21.880 No.

00:45:22.680 Like I really urge women to wait like six to eight months of trying.

00:45:27.560 I remember hearing a statistic.

00:45:29.060 I don't know what it is now.

00:45:30.100 It might be different, but that it takes the average couple 16 times.

00:45:33.060 So 16 tries, whether that's like, it's not 16 months, but 16 tries.

00:45:38.220 It's not normal to just get pregnant on the first try.

00:45:41.980 It's not common.

00:45:43.660 And so it means, yeah, it doesn't mean anything about you if you don't get pregnant on the

00:45:47.040 first try.

00:45:47.980 Yeah.

00:45:48.120 Some people do.

00:45:48.680 Some people don't.

00:45:49.440 It just takes a little bit longer.

00:45:50.700 It happens at the right time for your body.

00:45:53.260 Right.

00:45:53.660 Right.

00:45:54.040 Okay.

00:45:54.620 So that's the, you said follicular and then let's move on to the luteal.

00:45:59.720 Yeah.

00:46:00.120 So luteal is your last and longest phase.

00:46:02.420 Okay.

00:46:02.680 This is the two weeks before your period.

00:46:04.600 Okay.

00:46:05.040 So ovulation, all hormones are at their highest.

00:46:07.920 Like progesterone, testosterone, progesterone spikes like right after.

00:46:12.240 And testosterone is high.

00:46:13.560 Estrogen is high.

00:46:14.200 Everything's high.

00:46:15.300 And so if ovulation is when you feel the worst, this is one of the signs also, again,

00:46:20.040 canary in the coal mine, like something's off.

00:46:22.360 For example, if you're kind of have excess estrogen and estrogen peaks during ovulation,

00:46:27.160 you're not going to feel great because now you have too much.

00:46:29.420 Or if you break out during ovulation, it should be when you feel your best.

00:46:33.540 So luteal phase, you might still ride that like ovulation high, like feeling good, looking

00:46:38.480 good.

00:46:40.000 This is the best time again to like use your cycle.

00:46:42.800 I always say use your cycle as your superpower.

00:46:44.340 Like plan interviews during this time, plan date nights during this time, like plan projects,

00:46:50.080 take pictures.

00:46:50.860 If you have front facing stuff, ovulation is the time to do it.

00:46:54.640 You're just more magnetic.

00:46:56.040 Okay.

00:46:56.280 And so luteal phase, first half, you're still going to feel good.

00:46:59.900 You're still going to feel good.

00:47:00.960 Moving into the second half though, the week before your period.

00:47:03.860 And I would argue this whole phase, you should pull back on caffeine, pull back on like refined

00:47:09.040 sugar, pull back on fried foods.

00:47:11.140 All these things are going to increase inflammation.

00:47:13.460 And your luteal phase is when your body's essentially like kind of incubating a pregnancy,

00:47:20.200 right?

00:47:20.520 Implantation is happening.

00:47:21.920 It's making like setting things up for a pregnancy.

00:47:25.700 So what's going on is your stress threshold is much lower because your body's on high alert

00:47:31.540 for anything in your environment that could jeopardize that.

00:47:35.640 During this time, also our immune system is suppressed to accept that pregnancy.

00:47:39.440 So our body doesn't reject it.

00:47:40.860 So if you're someone that gets sick a lot right before your period, this is a sign to

00:47:44.740 maybe like up your vitamin C because yeah, immune system is suppressed during this time.

00:47:49.780 And so the week before your period, just kind of slow down.

00:47:52.800 It's like you'll feel it.

00:47:53.820 You kind of feel your energy start to dip.

00:47:55.940 You start to get closer to your period.

00:47:57.460 This is when PMS occurs.

00:47:58.720 And PMS is not normal.

00:48:01.220 It's common.

00:48:02.380 And there's such a difference there.

00:48:04.800 And just because everyone else is experiencing it, everyone you know, still doesn't mean it's

00:48:08.720 normal.

00:48:09.520 I don't experience any PMS.

00:48:11.120 Like my period comes on the day it's supposed to come.

00:48:13.080 I don't have lower back pain.

00:48:14.200 I don't get irritable.

00:48:15.200 There's no mood swings.

00:48:16.260 It shouldn't be crazy like that.

00:48:19.100 Your period should not affect your life.

00:48:21.660 Like you're going to know it's happening.

00:48:23.860 But again, like you shouldn't have to stay home from work or anything like that.

00:48:26.640 So avoiding intense exercise, avoiding super stressful things, caffeine, sugar, alcohol,

00:48:33.180 seed oils, fried foods during this time is just going to really help set you up for an

00:48:39.180 easier period.

00:48:40.160 Yes.

00:48:40.380 I have noticed the seasons of my life where I am really dedicated to cutting out inflammatory

00:48:46.320 foods that cramps pretty much go away before my period, where again, I thought that that

00:48:52.880 was just a normal thing that everyone went through even to have totally debilitated.

00:48:56.640 cramps right before your period.

00:48:58.660 But you're saying that that's not that's not a good thing.

00:49:01.200 And that's an indication that something is off.

00:49:04.100 Yeah.

00:49:04.560 Yeah.

00:49:05.000 These are little little signs that you can listen to.

00:49:08.620 But instead of covering them up, OK, what am I doing?

00:49:12.540 Take a little inventory of your habits.

00:49:14.980 And again, like I want everyone to know I'm not perfect.

00:49:18.020 I go out.

00:49:18.840 I eat seed oil french fries when I go out.

00:49:20.940 Like I eat dessert.

00:49:22.360 I'm not perfect.

00:49:23.240 I get my hair done.

00:49:24.120 I get my nails done.

00:49:25.220 You don't have to do it all.

00:49:27.440 You don't have to.

00:49:28.120 I like to say you don't have to live on a farm and churn your own butter and do all

00:49:31.100 these things.

00:49:31.700 Have no Wi-Fi.

00:49:33.080 You don't have to do all of those things to be healthy.

00:49:35.920 Doesn't have to be all or nothing.

00:49:38.420 But every little change that you make matters.

00:49:41.620 Yeah.

00:49:41.940 Like you're saying, like you avoid inflammatory foods.

00:49:44.120 Your cramps are better.

00:49:45.160 And it's making those connections and going, OK, what I'm doing is working.

00:49:50.080 Yeah.

00:49:50.420 And being in tune with our cycle, because I think most of us don't change anything.

00:49:54.520 It's just every day getting through the day.

00:49:57.260 And I totally understand.

00:49:59.080 Like everyone's busy, whether you're a mom like I am or whether you're not.

00:50:02.820 Like we all just have things that we're just trying to get through without any thought

00:50:07.060 about our bodies needing things from us besides just its immediate need of hunger or thirst.

00:50:13.320 So you're advocating for, one, understanding our cycle, being more in tune with our cycle

00:50:19.000 and the hormones and the hormonal changes that come with that, and then nourishing our

00:50:23.860 bodies in a way that, I don't know, honors, I guess, the cycle that God has given us in

00:50:30.900 the pacing of our life and also in the kinds of foods that we're ingesting.

00:50:35.660 Yeah, exactly.

00:50:36.660 It's just listening to your body.

00:50:38.100 And the more you do it and the more you tune in, you have the answers.

00:50:42.360 Like that's what I try to empower women is like you have the answers.

00:50:46.080 You don't need to look necessarily all the time.

00:50:48.540 You don't need to look to someone in a white coat to tell you what to do or to tell you

00:50:51.500 what's best for you.

00:50:52.300 Like we are given discernment and we know.

00:50:55.800 And it's not that like if we gain weight or all these things, like your body doesn't

00:50:59.240 hate you.

00:51:00.320 It loves you.

00:51:01.320 It wants to thrive.

00:51:02.780 It doesn't just it's not just trying to keep you alive.

00:51:04.880 Wants to be healthy and vibrant and thrive.

00:51:07.240 And so if you gain weight or if your periods suck, like it's not that your body's punishing

00:51:12.200 you.

00:51:12.520 It's that your body's trying to tell you something.

00:51:14.840 Yeah.

00:51:15.820 It's not trying to discipline you.

00:51:18.620 It's just trying to say, hey, we got to figure this out so we can function better.

00:51:23.160 So your brain can function better.

00:51:24.380 So your relationships can be better.

00:51:26.060 Oh, that's a huge one, too.

00:51:27.380 Yeah.

00:51:27.740 Like when I was on birth control, I was that the typical crazy girlfriend.

00:51:31.880 Like that's it did make me crazy and getting off of it.

00:51:36.560 I just remember, yeah, like, oh, wow, I feel happy and I feel calm and I feel like grounded.

00:51:44.760 And so it affects like our mental health, it affects our relationships.

00:51:48.700 Like I have almost like ran my relationship into the ground with just picking fights before

00:51:54.300 my period, being moody, being hangry, being hormonal, like, oh, I'm just hormonal.

00:51:59.060 It's my period, just like lashing out and saying mean things and just not being who I want to

00:52:05.460 be in a relationship and then blaming it on my hormones as if that was a valid excuse.

00:52:10.280 Yeah.

00:52:10.900 Wow.

00:52:11.400 We don't even think about how God has designed our bodies to affect all of those things.

00:52:15.480 Tell us about, in addition to diet, what else do you do and recommend as far as exercise,

00:52:34.960 the time that you spend outside?

00:52:36.920 We hear a lot of things about like red light therapy, saunas, grounding.

00:52:42.000 Dean, what do you what do you typically recommend when it comes to those things?

00:52:46.240 It can be overwhelming.

00:52:47.380 It can be like, I don't have enough time in that I need to get a cold plunge now.

00:52:50.400 I need to get a sauna.

00:52:51.440 I know.

00:52:51.620 I need to do this.

00:52:52.320 I need to be outside.

00:52:54.400 Cold plunging.

00:52:55.220 I get a lot of questions about.

00:52:56.360 Yeah.

00:52:56.660 I recommend it for women if you're already like pretty healthy.

00:53:01.080 OK.

00:53:01.540 It can cause inflammation and stress.

00:53:03.500 That's what it's doing.

00:53:04.280 It's an acute stressor.

00:53:05.580 Yeah.

00:53:05.820 That makes your body more resilient in the long term.

00:53:08.420 But if your thyroid is trashed, if you're like having all of these issues, don't recommend

00:53:13.280 it every day.

00:53:14.080 And I don't recommend it for any woman unless you don't have a cycle, right?

00:53:17.360 You're post-menopausal maybe.

00:53:19.280 OK.

00:53:19.680 But just because it's causing stress.

00:53:21.580 It can cause stress.

00:53:22.220 And your body can negatively react to that.

00:53:24.040 Yeah.

00:53:24.640 So it can actually cause like more inflammation.

00:53:26.900 But during your follicular phase, like I just recommend avoiding it before your period

00:53:30.640 or if you're having trouble conceiving, avoid during ovulation too.

00:53:34.680 Yeah.

00:53:34.860 Just to really make sure your body's feeling safe during that time.

00:53:37.660 Yeah.

00:53:37.980 But follicular phase.

00:53:39.220 And again, you kind of know, like, oh, I'm feeling tired and gross and I don't want to

00:53:42.920 do anything.

00:53:43.580 Maybe not jump in ice water.

00:53:45.380 Yeah.

00:53:45.940 Yeah.

00:53:46.320 And I do think it's different for men than for women.

00:53:49.320 Exactly.

00:53:49.920 You know?

00:53:50.420 Yep.

00:53:50.880 Men could do it every day.

00:53:52.000 Yeah.

00:53:52.280 They're fine.

00:53:52.880 Yeah.

00:53:53.320 And I understand.

00:53:54.660 And I could see the psychological benefits of enduring something that feels impossible

00:54:01.880 first thing in the morning and showing yourself, I can do this really hard thing that I did

00:54:07.640 not want to do.

00:54:08.800 I didn't want to get out of my bed in the morning.

00:54:10.860 I just wanted to lay there and scroll on my phone.

00:54:12.900 But I went and I did the very last thing that I wanted to do this morning and that I do

00:54:18.340 see how that, whether it's the cold plunge or running or whatever it is, sets you up for

00:54:23.680 the rest of the day.

00:54:24.920 Because I've had different experiences like that.

00:54:27.180 I don't do cold plunge.

00:54:28.440 But the one time, a long time ago now that I ran the half marathon, I do remember the

00:54:34.760 positive impact that that made on my mentality and my confidence about myself that, oh, I

00:54:40.420 did that thing that I thought that I could never, ever do.

00:54:44.100 Now I'm confronting this different obstacle.

00:54:46.940 And I bet I can do that too.

00:54:49.380 And that's true in so many different areas of life.

00:54:51.620 So I could see the benefits of something like a cold plunge, but it doesn't have to be

00:54:56.220 a cold plunge.

00:54:56.680 I do cold showers.

00:54:57.580 I do 30 seconds, 45 if I'm feeling crazy, but 30 seconds before I work out in the morning

00:55:04.080 for that exact reason.

00:55:05.780 Because look, there's going to be involuntary challenges that you face every day.

00:55:11.140 Hard things are going to come up.

00:55:12.660 So yeah, like what you're saying, if you voluntarily do something hard that you don't want to do,

00:55:17.760 when something involuntary arises, you're like, oh, I can do this because I do hard things

00:55:23.120 on my own.

00:55:24.160 I force myself to do hard things so I can handle this.

00:55:27.000 So I do the cold showers, 30 seconds, and I really like it.

00:55:30.720 I feel the same way.

00:55:31.940 Like you just feel better.

00:55:33.840 You're like, wow, I didn't think I could do it.

00:55:36.260 I can.

00:55:37.220 Like just reinforcing this, like I can do hard things.

00:55:40.280 Yeah.

00:55:40.500 But even dunking your face in the ice water.

00:55:43.440 Oh, I like to dunk my face.

00:55:44.540 Okay, I do both of those.

00:55:45.480 Yes.

00:55:45.760 You told me about that and I started doing that.

00:55:48.220 Or even like my ice roller in the morning.

00:55:50.600 I'm not saying at all that it's the same thing as cold plunge.

00:55:53.180 I'm not saying it's difficult.

00:55:54.680 But even just the initial like difficulty of doing something in the morning that doesn't

00:55:59.860 feel great.

00:56:00.660 I do think it kind of helps you.

00:56:01.940 I like it.

00:56:03.020 I like the dunking my face in a bowl of ice water.

00:56:05.680 I love it.

00:56:07.160 It feels good.

00:56:08.060 I do it mainly.

00:56:08.780 It can help benefit like your nervous system and your heart rate variability.

00:56:12.060 I do it mainly for my I feel like my skin glows.

00:56:14.840 Yeah.

00:56:15.040 And it just kind of wakes me up.

00:56:16.400 And same thing.

00:56:17.080 Yeah.

00:56:17.280 It's like who thinks about dunking their face in ice water in the morning.

00:56:20.540 But it really helps.

00:56:21.740 Yeah.

00:56:22.260 So definitely.

00:56:23.500 I would say, okay, we're going to talk about like just the main things that you can do.

00:56:27.720 Basically things that are free.

00:56:29.020 Right.

00:56:29.380 So, yes, you can go in a sauna if you have one near you.

00:56:32.760 You have one at your gym.

00:56:33.640 Sauna is so good for you.

00:56:34.960 Or you can take a hot bath with like Epsom salt in it.

00:56:38.140 Get yourself to sweat.

00:56:39.640 You really want to like open up your detox pathways, which sounds kind of complicated.

00:56:43.680 But really, it means like, are you drinking enough water?

00:56:45.920 Are you going to the bathroom every day?

00:56:47.980 Are you sweating?

00:56:49.260 Are you moving like your lymph?

00:56:51.340 So we have lymph nodes all over our body.

00:56:53.260 They play a huge role in our immune system.

00:56:55.400 They help flush out excess estrogen, excess hormones.

00:56:58.300 And if they get stagnant and our liver can't process things, it's bad news.

00:57:03.480 It's bad news.

00:57:03.960 We're not going to feel good.

00:57:05.460 I would say if you're someone that has a hard time sweating, you probably have like stagnant

00:57:11.040 or congested lymph.

00:57:12.400 So it can help to get in a bath and try to start sweating.

00:57:17.580 That helps a lot.

00:57:18.820 So again, like you don't need red light therapy is great also.

00:57:21.460 But free red light therapy is the sunrise and the sunset.

00:57:24.380 So watching the sunrise, game changer.

00:57:27.860 Also, it's beautiful.

00:57:28.920 Like, I don't know.

00:57:29.800 I watch sunrise and sunsets every day.

00:57:31.680 They still make me want to cry.

00:57:33.900 Watching the sunrise and the sunset.

00:57:35.600 So the half hour after sunrise and half hour before sunset, that's red light.

00:57:39.940 That's what you're getting during that time.

00:57:41.480 So concentrated red light, super good for your mitochondria, healing.

00:57:44.920 It can help hair growth, can help so many things.

00:57:47.460 But red lights are expensive.

00:57:49.160 Yeah.

00:57:49.320 And so if you can afford one, watch the sunrise.

00:57:51.500 Like when you wake up, get outside.

00:57:53.500 Watching it through a window helps like brain benefits.

00:57:57.060 But to get the real benefits, you want to be looking at it with your eyeballs.

00:58:01.260 So waking up, watching the sunrise, that's really helpful.

00:58:05.020 Avoiding fragrance.

00:58:07.200 Also, it's like kind of like things that are non-food things that help our hormones.

00:58:10.900 Avoiding fragrance.

00:58:12.320 I'm not saying you have to like swap everything out.

00:58:14.840 But if you have your favorite thing and it comes unscented, laundry detergent.

00:58:18.960 For example, hand soap.

00:58:20.840 Just buy the unscented version.

00:58:22.420 Yeah.

00:58:22.960 Fragrance can mean so many things.

00:58:25.660 It's an umbrella where it's usually proprietary ingredients.

00:58:28.840 They won't tell you.

00:58:30.080 It just says fragrance.

00:58:31.180 It can even say natural fragrance or like natural flavors.

00:58:34.980 And they're not necessarily natural.

00:58:37.240 Yeah.

00:58:37.840 Basically, it's just a chemical storm of things.

00:58:41.680 So buying unscented stuff.

00:58:43.960 What else?

00:58:45.120 Are you okay with essential oils?

00:58:46.980 Like diffusing those?

00:58:48.580 Or that being the fragrance that is used in deodorant or something?

00:58:53.720 Yeah.

00:58:54.040 I think that's safe.

00:58:54.960 There are some companies out there that use like real essential oils.

00:58:58.900 But I wouldn't trust something that says like all natural fragrance.

00:59:02.120 Right.

00:59:02.460 You want to make sure it does say like scented with essential oils.

00:59:05.600 And it'll tell you in there.

00:59:06.580 I love essential oils.

00:59:07.540 Yeah.

00:59:07.680 I diffuse them.

00:59:08.820 I have rollers.

00:59:09.700 I think they're great.

00:59:10.620 I have noticed massive benefits from them.

00:59:12.480 So I think those are great.

00:59:13.520 You just want to avoid like when it's in quotes on the back of something.

00:59:17.840 Whether it's lotion.

00:59:19.060 I mean even perfumes.

00:59:20.780 In makeup.

00:59:21.780 In dry shampoo.

00:59:23.400 Yes.

00:59:23.500 In body wash.

00:59:24.400 I know.

00:59:24.900 In cleaning.

00:59:25.980 Like and I don't want to scare anyone.

00:59:28.100 Like my biggest goal.

00:59:29.000 I don't want to shame anyone or scare them.

00:59:31.120 There's still some things that I have.

00:59:32.420 Like I use perfume.

00:59:33.760 But I have a more natural one.

00:59:35.940 The company's Dime Beauty.

00:59:37.580 I love them.

00:59:38.060 It smells great.

00:59:39.240 It's way less toxic.

00:59:40.440 I wouldn't call it non-toxic.

00:59:42.260 But it's way less toxic.

00:59:43.220 And I spray it on my clothes instead of my skin.

00:59:45.100 Yeah.

00:59:45.320 And so doing things like that.

00:59:46.640 There's great companies out there making candles.

00:59:49.400 Yeah.

00:59:49.760 With essential oils.

00:59:50.900 Yeah.

00:59:51.080 So yes please ditch your Bath and Body Works candles.

00:59:54.060 But like you can still have candles.

00:59:55.560 Yeah.

00:59:55.700 And you can still have perfume.

00:59:56.660 And you can still have these things.

00:59:58.460 Yeah.

00:59:59.160 We did.

01:00:00.020 I love candles.

01:00:01.260 And so I'm not saying that you have to cut out candles either.

01:00:04.700 We did.

01:00:05.400 We cut out candles.

01:00:07.080 I switched to natural deodorant and you know of course unscented non-toxic or I guess it's

01:00:14.780 considered non-toxic laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent and the dryer sheets

01:00:24.300 and things like that.

01:00:25.540 But then I still have scented you know kitchen spray some and I also have not been able to go the non-toxic route on my hair.

01:00:37.300 Okay.

01:00:37.540 Me too.

01:00:37.820 I just haven't.

01:00:39.040 With my shampoo.

01:00:41.300 For colored hair.

01:00:41.820 My body wash.

01:00:42.660 Yes.

01:00:43.140 All my face stuff.

01:00:44.460 Yes.

01:00:45.740 My hair products.

01:00:47.200 No.

01:00:47.600 Everything is still toxic and scented.

01:00:49.960 Yeah.

01:00:50.800 And that's the thing.

01:00:51.740 Like I say the same thing.

01:00:52.960 Like y'all I still get my nails done.

01:00:54.560 I get my hair done.

01:00:56.340 Like there are things I don't want to give up.

01:00:57.820 Yeah.

01:00:58.220 Thank you.

01:00:58.500 My sister does my hair.

01:00:59.980 And I love it.

01:01:00.880 It's what I say is it's non-toxic for my mental health.

01:01:03.660 Yeah.

01:01:03.960 Like I just you don't it's not all or nothing.

01:01:07.980 It's not all or nothing.

01:01:09.580 And yeah hair care is a really hard one.

01:01:11.420 I've heard good things.

01:01:12.360 If anyone's watching inner sense.

01:01:14.100 I've heard good things about inner sense.

01:01:15.460 Okay.

01:01:15.920 Less toxic.

01:01:17.480 Try that.

01:01:18.320 But I get my hair washed once a week.

01:01:20.920 I wash my hair once a week.

01:01:21.920 So I'm like okay.

01:01:23.360 Yeah.

01:01:23.600 What's otherwise.

01:01:24.840 If it strips your hair dye.

01:01:26.740 You have to get your hair done more often.

01:01:28.280 That's more toxic.

01:01:29.260 So you know you got to pick your battles.

01:01:31.340 Yeah.

01:01:31.440 You got to pick your battles.

01:01:31.940 And what do you do for skincare?

01:01:34.140 Skincare.

01:01:34.800 I use.

01:01:35.520 So this is crazy.

01:01:36.660 I don't wash my face.

01:01:37.960 I haven't washed my face.

01:01:40.480 In.

01:01:41.080 I know.

01:01:41.800 I know.

01:01:42.500 And look.

01:01:42.760 I have nothing.

01:01:43.700 No.

01:01:43.960 I have nothing.

01:01:44.560 You have beautiful skin.

01:01:46.080 Thank you.

01:01:46.680 That's why I ask.

01:01:47.300 Okay.

01:01:47.520 So you don't.

01:01:48.140 What?

01:01:48.620 You know what?

01:01:49.160 I clean my face.

01:01:49.920 I just don't wash it.

01:01:51.100 The traditional way.

01:01:52.160 Okay.

01:01:52.480 I use facial cleansing oil.

01:01:55.220 Yes.

01:01:55.400 To take off my makeup.

01:01:56.040 Yes.

01:01:56.440 Yes.

01:01:56.620 So I use oil.

01:01:57.240 And then I just use a warm washcloth.

01:01:59.520 With like filtered water.

01:02:00.920 Yes.

01:02:01.040 Or.

01:02:02.140 What you.

01:02:02.740 What you can do is.

01:02:03.720 There's this company called the filter baby.

01:02:05.380 And they make filters for your bathroom tap.

01:02:08.100 Yes.

01:02:08.360 That's the thing.

01:02:08.860 Tap water is.

01:02:10.260 Is bad news.

01:02:11.180 Okay.

01:02:11.480 I don't drink tap water.

01:02:13.200 Like we have our Berkey filter.

01:02:14.560 Yeah.

01:02:14.920 But.

01:02:15.660 We do use the tap water for you know our hands in our.

01:02:18.620 You know our shower.

01:02:19.640 Yeah.

01:02:19.960 But I know you can get the filters right.

01:02:21.520 So easy.

01:02:21.840 Yep.

01:02:22.200 I think I saw that she posted about that.

01:02:24.180 You can either get a new.

01:02:25.080 Like they make shower head filters.

01:02:26.500 Like where it replaces the whole thing.

01:02:28.060 Yeah.

01:02:28.320 Or you can get something that goes in between.

01:02:30.220 Like your shower head and the little spout.

01:02:32.840 Yeah.

01:02:33.100 Which just hooks on.

01:02:33.960 There's aqua bliss.

01:02:34.900 I think Jolie is a popular like shower head one.

01:02:37.460 Okay.

01:02:38.000 Just because our skin.

01:02:39.940 Like we're going to absorb.

01:02:41.000 Dermal absorption within 30 seconds.

01:02:42.680 The things you put on your skin are in your bloodstream.

01:02:45.340 Yeah.

01:02:45.600 And so if that's tap water.

01:02:46.880 It could be like fluoride.

01:02:48.220 It can be chlorine.

01:02:49.560 It can be so many things.

01:02:51.640 Yes.

01:02:52.540 That we don't want in our bloodstream.

01:02:54.660 So I always recommend filtering.

01:02:56.880 Filtering anything.

01:02:57.720 That's a pretty easy.

01:02:58.480 You don't have to get a $3,000 like whole house filter.

01:03:01.620 Yeah.

01:03:01.860 You can get these little things that hook on to the most important ones.

01:03:04.740 For my dishes.

01:03:05.660 Washing my hands.

01:03:06.180 Like I don't worry about my actual sink.

01:03:08.180 But the things that are going on my body.

01:03:09.940 Yeah.

01:03:10.060 So I use facial cleansing oil to take off my makeup.

01:03:12.780 Yes.

01:03:13.080 I do too.

01:03:13.840 Just FYI.

01:03:15.260 I do too.

01:03:15.340 It works so well.

01:03:16.120 Yeah.

01:03:16.460 Like you think rubbing oil on my face seems weird.

01:03:20.140 Yeah.

01:03:20.320 It makes your skin feel so good.

01:03:22.680 It's so gentle.

01:03:23.660 And the oil just basically grabs onto the impurities in your makeup that's on your face from your

01:03:29.600 lotion.

01:03:30.280 Works like a charm.

01:03:31.520 Yeah.

01:03:31.680 So I do that.

01:03:32.920 Just the main ingredients avocado oil.

01:03:34.880 I could probably make it myself.

01:03:36.120 Yes.

01:03:36.400 And mine is, well they're a sponsor for the show, but Adele Natural Cosmetics is the facial

01:03:41.060 oil I use.

01:03:42.020 Now when I am in the studio, because I have more makeup on here than I typically do, I

01:03:48.000 do also use, like Primally Pure has the facial cleansing bars that I will use just because

01:03:55.740 I feel like I need that extra to get all my makeup off.

01:03:59.420 But I agree with you.

01:04:00.280 Typically, I think that the oil by itself is fine and it leaves my skin feeling so moisturized.

01:04:05.460 Yeah.

01:04:05.840 I love it.

01:04:06.360 Like you almost don't, I do still wear moisturizer, but like you almost kind of don't need it.

01:04:10.420 If you didn't have any, you'd be fine.

01:04:12.480 So I do that.

01:04:13.420 And then I also use like a rose water, like a toner.

01:04:15.860 Kind of like what you're talking about.

01:04:17.000 You're, I'm kind of double cleansing, I guess.

01:04:19.280 And then I mainly use tallow.

01:04:21.680 I mainly use tallow.

01:04:23.580 I think there's a little bit of jojoba oil in there and maybe like frankincense.

01:04:27.000 It's like a little blend.

01:04:28.300 Yes.

01:04:28.920 The company's tallow.

01:04:30.040 There's so many companies.

01:04:31.480 Yes.

01:04:32.500 But I love it.

01:04:33.540 And that's mainly what I do.

01:04:34.880 And then during the day, I wear a moisturizer because the tallow is too oily for me to put

01:04:38.700 makeup on during the day.

01:04:39.880 Yes.

01:04:40.480 But that's really what I do.

01:04:41.880 And castor oil on my lashes.

01:04:44.020 That works like a charm.

01:04:45.160 Oh, wow.

01:04:45.600 I'd never heard of that.

01:04:46.680 Game changer.

01:04:47.420 Because I had lash extensions for four years.

01:04:50.800 And I was like, I don't want these anymore.

01:04:53.200 So I looked up how to grow your neck.

01:04:54.440 Castor oil is amazing for so many things.

01:04:56.140 Yes.

01:04:56.420 Also.

01:04:56.820 Yes.

01:04:57.140 I've heard this.

01:04:58.300 And it worked great for growing your lashes.

01:05:00.280 And I'm sure you could probably do it on your eyebrows.

01:05:01.400 Yeah, your lashes are long.

01:05:03.060 Wow.

01:05:03.660 My goodness.

01:05:04.620 Okay.

01:05:04.880 That's good to know.

01:05:05.360 Okay.

01:05:18.260 This is a hot topic that people are talking about right now.

01:05:21.680 And that is, I would say it's in the larger conversation about plastics and microplastics

01:05:26.980 and how we're trying to avoid those as much as possible.

01:05:29.460 And glass and stainless steel have both been offered as healthy alternatives.

01:05:34.880 And with the Stanley craze and people going absolutely insane trying to get their Stanley,

01:05:41.020 Stanley is kind of seen as the alternative that you should choose over your plastic water

01:05:47.080 bottle.

01:05:47.440 But there have been these viral videos going around showing that there's lead in Stanley's

01:05:52.860 and in other stainless steel cups.

01:05:56.140 So what do you think about that?

01:05:58.200 It's, it is such, I mean, it's the hottest hot.

01:06:00.820 Stanley's like, if you don't have a Stanley, you're not cool.

01:06:02.700 Yeah.

01:06:02.920 Right.

01:06:03.080 I had one and I was like, I got a different one.

01:06:04.900 Yeah.

01:06:05.120 But, um, I, yes, they have lead in them.

01:06:08.440 It's happens in their sealing process.

01:06:10.420 So it's kind of in the sealant that they use to seal these cups.

01:06:13.400 It's not like the whole thing is made out of lead.

01:06:15.560 I really think there's a lot of fear mongering happening.

01:06:18.760 Um, like, yes, there is lead in them.

01:06:20.500 We'll say the one brand I know, I mean, if you're using glass, but I, I've had three glass

01:06:25.900 water bottles that I've broken.

01:06:27.020 Of course.

01:06:27.620 Shattered.

01:06:27.960 Because really?

01:06:29.420 Yeah.

01:06:30.560 So stainless steel is a better option.

01:06:32.860 There is small amount of lead.

01:06:35.080 Yes.

01:06:35.900 But if we're going to be worried about that, let's start looking about everything else.

01:06:39.780 Right.

01:06:40.020 Let's, if we're going to be worrying about heavy metals and that, like, let's look at

01:06:43.020 the tap water.

01:06:43.620 Let's look at this.

01:06:44.140 Like there's so many bigger things to worry about.

01:06:47.020 Okay.

01:06:47.440 And yes, Stanley's have some lead, but it's better than drinking out of plastic.

01:06:52.220 Okay.

01:06:52.640 So it's, it's so hard.

01:06:54.960 I don't.

01:06:55.200 So it's not to you.

01:06:56.680 You don't think it's, it's just six in one, half dozen in the other plastic water bottles,

01:07:00.540 Stanley's.

01:07:01.000 You still think the Stanley is better than plastic?

01:07:03.040 Yes.

01:07:03.520 Stanley's definitely better than plastic.

01:07:05.320 I mean, Hydro Flask has no lead.

01:07:07.980 They've come out, they kind of threw shade at Stanley actually and said like, this process

01:07:11.680 is more expensive and took us longer, but we stand behind our product and we really care.

01:07:16.900 Go for it.

01:07:17.500 So Hydro Flask does it.

01:07:18.560 And by the way, I know there's a plastic water bottle right here, but she's not drinking

01:07:20.820 out of it.

01:07:21.660 Has this been in the frame the whole time?

01:07:23.000 Yeah, probably.

01:07:24.120 What's up?

01:07:24.440 It's just a prop.

01:07:25.020 Um, okay.

01:07:27.000 So you still think it's better to go with the stainless steel?

01:07:30.120 Yeah.

01:07:30.620 Okay.

01:07:30.900 Yeah.

01:07:31.060 Cause glass is just, who's, you can't give a child glass.

01:07:33.840 You're not going to, that's.

01:07:34.680 It's so tough.

01:07:35.380 No, we, the best that we've been able to do is stainless steel.

01:07:38.620 And even in that, like there's some either plastic or silicone.

01:07:42.400 Yeah.

01:07:42.760 That is like playing a role in those cups, especially with toddlers because it's so tough.

01:07:48.420 No one can be perfect.

01:07:49.400 Yeah.

01:07:49.820 Like if I, I would love for everyone to drink more water and if you can do a Stanley, you

01:07:54.480 love drinking out of your Stanley.

01:07:55.840 It helps you drink more water.

01:07:57.160 Cool.

01:07:57.800 Great.

01:07:58.220 It's better than plastic.

01:07:59.320 Same thing with like Tupperware.

01:08:00.920 Like let's switch to glass or at least if you have plastic and you're like, I'm trying

01:08:05.020 to switch to glass.

01:08:05.600 It's kind of expensive to invest.

01:08:07.160 Don't put hot food in it.

01:08:08.560 Yeah.

01:08:08.760 Don't put it in the microwave.

01:08:10.100 Yeah.

01:08:10.320 Like there's so many little nuances that I'm not saying you have to go into your kitchen

01:08:14.440 or overhaul your entire life, but there's better ways to go about these things.

01:08:19.400 Yes.

01:08:19.940 I, the one thing I liked about my Stanley, I switched to, I switched to, and none of this

01:08:24.400 is sponsored, but I did switch to a Brumate and I do like the Brumate because it doesn't

01:08:28.900 spill.

01:08:29.380 I didn't like the Stanley because it spilled everywhere.

01:08:31.460 The Brumate, you can just stick in your bag.

01:08:33.260 You can actually like close it.

01:08:35.340 But one thing I did like about the Stanley is that I could put my glass straw in there

01:08:38.960 and that's just like one elimination of plastic.

01:08:41.660 I love using my glass straw.

01:08:43.340 Yeah.

01:08:43.400 So it is just a, it is a balancing act.

01:08:47.060 Like you are just trying to figure out what changes you can make.

01:08:50.300 Yeah.

01:08:50.480 Maybe some people can go all in and you are living on a farm and you don't have to do

01:08:55.980 anything that's toxic at all.

01:08:58.000 For most people, that's not the case.

01:08:59.680 But yeah, I don't want people to get discouraged thinking, well, I just can't be natural or

01:09:03.180 holistic at all because I can't do everything.

01:09:05.820 I think that's the, there's a big, like the crunchy community is like under attack for

01:09:10.440 this mentality, like if you're not doing everything, it's not good enough.

01:09:13.840 And like I've said, every little thing you do makes a difference in your health.

01:09:18.640 Every single thing you do.

01:09:19.800 So like, yeah, switching to glass, switching these things, maybe not going on your phone

01:09:24.340 first thing in the morning.

01:09:25.480 That's random, but that has a bad, but it's hard.

01:09:29.180 It's so hard, but that will spike your cortisol.

01:09:31.940 Like starting your day like that.

01:09:33.620 Makes sense.

01:09:34.720 So like even half an hour, if you can hold off half an hour, it makes a huge difference.

01:09:38.560 So there's just so many things like I don't want to shame anyone.

01:09:43.260 I don't want to shame anyone for doing whatever, because I've been there.

01:09:46.240 I still do some things, but it's just the more, you know, you can make more informed decisions.

01:09:51.820 Yeah.

01:09:52.400 I saw you post the other day about exercise.

01:09:56.160 Obviously, like you are very fit.

01:09:57.820 You have a lot of lean muscle, but you posted that you haven't been doing heavy exercise

01:10:02.320 recently, right?

01:10:03.780 Yeah.

01:10:04.000 It's been a while since I've had like a solid routine and I'm a big advocate.

01:10:09.000 Like, I think we should always exercise and move our bodies, but just sometimes in our

01:10:12.840 life, it's not, we can't figure it out.

01:10:14.980 Like we can't get into a routine.

01:10:16.120 We have busy lives.

01:10:17.280 So I am active.

01:10:18.360 Like I try to be active.

01:10:19.760 I walk.

01:10:20.880 I get a lot of steps in.

01:10:22.360 I try not to be sedentary a lot, but working out with our cycle, kind of like I was saying

01:10:27.240 with before your period, you want to avoid super intense exercise.

01:10:30.280 So you want to avoid that in your luteal phase and on your period.

01:10:33.620 Again, you don't want to work out.

01:10:34.660 Like let's not, this whole no days off, like hustle hard, grind every day, girl boss thing.

01:10:39.580 Like, no, let's be done with that.

01:10:41.700 We don't need to.

01:10:42.960 So I do lift weights, but I'm able to basically maintain my body by eating.

01:10:49.440 I would argue that eating enough protein is probably the main thing that helps me maintain

01:10:54.560 the muscle that I have, even if I'm not consistently working out.

01:10:57.640 Now, genetics also play a small role for sure in how quickly you can gain muscle and how

01:11:02.280 well you hold on to it and all of these things.

01:11:04.760 But I think just by being an active person, like you don't need a crazy routine to see

01:11:10.960 results.

01:11:11.460 Like I think you worked out 30 minutes a day, three days a week.

01:11:15.060 You could probably get pretty fit.

01:11:17.080 Yeah.

01:11:17.800 Especially if you are eating the right things.

01:11:20.260 Yes.

01:11:20.520 If you are eating the muscle, because like you said, your body is looking to latch onto that

01:11:25.260 muscle.

01:11:25.520 Like it's trying to find it.

01:11:26.740 So it makes sense that even if you're working out, but you're just eating carbs, that your

01:11:31.460 body isn't getting what it's looking for.

01:11:33.680 And so it's not holding on to or building the muscle that you're trying to create.

01:11:38.300 That makes sense.

01:11:39.360 Protein.

01:11:39.940 Protein contains essential amino acids, which are the building blocks of like everything,

01:11:45.220 our muscles, basically everything we do.

01:11:47.280 So we need the essential amino acids.

01:11:50.020 Otherwise, we can't do those things.

01:11:51.300 Yeah.

01:11:51.960 And if we are, again, if we are fasting, if we're doing these crazy things that we shouldn't

01:11:56.180 be doing, I don't recommend women to fast.

01:11:58.920 It can eat away at our muscle because our body needs to get energy from something.

01:12:02.940 And if we're not feeding it, it's going to atrophy what we have.

01:12:06.960 Wow.

01:12:07.400 That'll make so much sense.

01:12:08.400 Okay.

01:12:08.640 If you're listening to this and you're like, there's no way that I'm going to remember all

01:12:11.860 of this and you're frantically taking notes.

01:12:14.320 One, you can follow on Instagram, little ray of health.

01:12:18.700 I've been following for a long time.

01:12:19.960 Absolutely love following her.

01:12:21.700 But also you have a course for women.

01:12:23.600 So tell people about that.

01:12:24.960 Yeah.

01:12:25.160 So I have an online course.

01:12:26.320 It's called the Balance Bay Blueprint.

01:12:27.920 It is basically everything that I did to heal my hormones.

01:12:31.280 So it covers gut health.

01:12:32.960 It covers metabolism.

01:12:34.100 It covers nutrition.

01:12:35.200 It covers like how to balance your plate, what to eat.

01:12:37.860 There's grocery lists, there's eBooks, there's Pinterest boards with ideas for different

01:12:42.660 recipes for each phase of your cycle.

01:12:44.620 There's masterclasses.

01:12:46.040 There's three masterclasses, one of breaking up with birth control.

01:12:49.340 So it gives you like a step-by-step guide to getting off.

01:12:51.820 There's one on the fertility awareness method, which is what I've been using for five years.

01:12:56.400 It's some people call it family planning, but you track your temperature and like a bunch

01:13:01.020 of other symptoms to determine your fertile window.

01:13:03.160 So I've been using that for five years.

01:13:04.860 It's basically side effect free birth control.

01:13:08.740 So it's amazing.

01:13:10.000 It's 99, when practiced with perfect use, it's 99.4% effective, which is more effective than

01:13:15.640 hormonal birth control, which is crazy.

01:13:18.400 Wow.

01:13:18.640 So I have a masterclass on that.

01:13:20.460 I have a masterclass called like Busy Babe Masterclass if you're always on the go.

01:13:24.520 So I really created it as a resource that you can use for your whole life, for like every

01:13:31.080 phase of your life.

01:13:32.060 I'm going to add stuff on fertility, adding stuff on nervous system.

01:13:35.880 I just want it to be a resource for women to come back to over and over and over again.

01:13:40.780 Okay.

01:13:41.080 We will put a link to your course in the description of this episode so people can easily find

01:13:45.100 it and we'll put your handle for Instagram.

01:13:47.080 Encourage everyone to follow her.

01:13:48.780 Thank you so much, Emily.

01:13:49.740 Of course.

01:13:50.120 This was so fun.

01:13:51.240 Yeah.

01:13:51.380 Go say hi to me on Instagram, everyone.

01:13:53.360 Yes, definitely.

01:13:54.400 Thank you so much.

01:13:55.180 Thank you so much.

01:13:55.220 Thank you so much.

01:13:55.620 Thank you so much.

01:13:56.180 Thank you so much.

01:13:57.180 Thank you so much.

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01:14:15.140 Thank you.

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - February 28, 2024

Ep 959 ｜ Birth Control Is Making Women Bisexual ｜ Guest： Emily Detrick

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