Dr. Jolene Brighten on Is This Normal: Hormones, Sex, Periods, and Using Your Cycle to Your Advantage
The Wellness Mama Podcast
Katie Wells
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Episode Highlights With Dr. Jolene
- The things women are told are normal that aren’t when it comes to health and hormones
- Why many of the things women are told about our bodies are wrong
- What period symptoms are common but not normal and how to fix them
- Why urinary incontinence doesn’t exist in France because they do postpartum therapy to help that
- How to stop peeing when you jump or laugh
- Why to keep an eye on your thyroid and adrenals, especially in relation to hormone problems
- What to know about periods for our kids, what’s normal when it comes to cycles and what isn’t and how to support an optimal cycle
- Things that can help with menstrual pain, heavy periods and other menstrual problems
- What seed cycling is and how to use it to help your hormones
- Things that are normal when it comes to vaginal microbiome, pH, scent, etc
- Ways to support vaginal microbiome health and pH
- What to understand about libido and how to support it
- The brakes vs gas theory of libido and spontaneous vs responsive desire
- Her 28-day plan for better hormone health, mood and libido
Resources We Mention
- Is This Normal?: Judgment-Free Straight Talk about Your Body by Dr. Jolene Brighten
- Is This Normal Book and website
- 083: Dr. Jolene Brighten on Beating Postpartum Depression & Pelvic Floor Care
- 226: Dr. Jolene Brighten on Science-Backed Reasons to Ditch the Pill (& What to Do Instead)
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to my Bobby's Podcast! |
| 0:04.9 | This episode is sponsored by Haya Health, which is my go-to source for multivitamins, especially |
| 0:12.0 | for my younger kids before they can swallow pills. |
| 0:15.5 | Typical children's vitamins are basically candy and disguise, filled with unsavory ingredients |
| 0:20.3 | and things you would not give to your children, otherwise. |
| 0:24.0 | Most brands on store shelves are filled with sugar, unhealthy chemicals, and other gummy |
| 0:28.0 | junk that growing kids or frankly anyone should never eat. |
| 0:32.2 | And this is why I'm so glad I found Haya Health. |
| 0:34.9 | Haya makes children's vitamins with zero sugar and zero gummy junk and unsavory ingredients, |
| 0:41.2 | yet they taste great and they are perfect for picky eaters. |
| 0:45.4 | They're also nostalgic and remind me of the children's vitamins I took as a kid, though |
| 0:49.9 | I probably wouldn't love those ingredients now. |
| 0:53.1 | Haya is unique because it fills the most common gaps in modern children's diets to provide |
| 0:58.2 | full body nourishment for our kids, with a yummy taste that they will love and you will |
| 1:02.6 | not have to fight them over. |
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| 1:16.5 | so you never have to worry about running out. |
| 1:19.3 | The first month comes with a reusable glass bottle that your kids can personalize with |
| 1:23.6 | stickers, so in the case of my kids with six of them, they never get them confused. |
| 1:28.0 | And then every month after, Haya sends a no plastic eco-friendly refill pouch of fresh |
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