Balancing Hormones in every season, with “the Girlfriend Doctor”, Anna Cabeca

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Monica Swanson and Christian Parenting

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Parenting, Christianity

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

There is more and more information coming out related to women’s health (aren’t you glad!?) but it’s easy to get overwhelmed. There are a lot of voices out there, and it’s hard to know who to trust. Today’s guest is here to help!

Dr. Anna Cabeca, the “Girlfriend Doctor” is a triple-board certified Ob/gynecologist who has an amazing story of personal trauma leading to her own early-onset menopause…then a journey around the world where she found a more holistic way to approach (women’s) health and healing. Dr. Anna is passionate about educating women, young and old, in what they need to know to navigate hormonal changes in the best way possible.

In this conversation we cover a lot! – Dr. Anna believes it is never too early to balance hormones (so girl-moms, tune in!) She talks about the role of fasting and a “keto-greens” diet in hormonal balance. She also has a lot to say about blood work, urine PH, and the best way to seek help for hormonal challenges! As she says, “menopause is mandatory, suffering is optional.”

Dr. Anna offers a lot of information here so if you’re a note taker, get ready. I will have links to her website where you can find a lot more information in show notes!

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0:00.0	Christian Parenting
0:03.5	Hey friends, welcome back to the podcast.
0:10.1	I'm so glad to get to hang out with you today.
0:12.4	And wow, I am excited to be entering a new month where we get to talk all things women's wellness.
0:19.5	We had a month of women's wellness last September.
0:22.4	If you missed that, definitely go back, check it out.
0:25.0	We covered a lot of really good stuff and had a ton of fun.
0:27.7	And we've been waiting and kind of saving up some of these topics that I'm so excited about.
0:32.7	But today we are kicking it all off with a conversation with Dr. Anna Quebec, the girlfriend doctor,
0:39.1	who is a triple board certified OB gynecologist. And we're talking all things, hormones,
0:44.6	perimenopause, menopause. She even speaks to those of you who have daughters in the,
0:49.8	you know, teenage young adult years. We cover a lot. And I think you know, when it comes to topics like
0:55.9	this, there's a lot of opinions out there. And even among experts, there's many ways to approach
1:01.6	these kinds of things. And we will agree, even in this conversation, that our medical world is
1:07.3	really behind in the area of women's health and hormones. And it's so good to see more
1:11.7	conversations coming up more recently, more research being done. I think we have great news that
1:17.4	there's just going to be more and more information ahead. But with that, how we approach things
1:22.2	is going to vary. And so Dr. Anne is probably going to be somebody that many of you resonate with.
1:27.3	She takes a really holistic approach to hormones.
1:31.1	She talks a lot about different blood work you can get done.
1:33.9	So you might want to take some notes if that's something you're interested in.
1:37.3	She talks about the keto, a keto green diet.
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