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This is the fertility Friday podcast, episode number 256.

Welcome to the 256 episode of the Fertility Friday podcast. Thank you for joining me today. I'm Lisa from fertility friday.com, and this is your source for information about the fertility awareness method and all things fertility.

I've got a great episode for you today. In today's episode, I'm interviewing Sarah Clark, and we're talking about essentially a holistic view and perspective of the body as it

pertains to fertility and overall health. And it's interesting because Sarah and I have similar but different

approaches when working with clients, similar because we're looking at the whole person

and how different dietary lifestyle factors can be affecting fertility, you know, directly or

indirectly. And in the work that I do, I'm able to look at the menstrual cycle and how your cycle quite literally will respond, adapt, and change, you know, depending on what's happening with you health-wise.

So, you know, in today's episode, we're talking about, you know, different gut problems, food sensitivities and how that can impact your health.

And, you know, it's interesting because whenever I think about that,

I think about the ways that those types of challenges affect the menstrual cycle quite directly.

And I think many women are surprised to see how their mucous patterns, their bleeding patterns,

even ovulation in their cycle can be directly impacted by their diet, especially if they

have food sensitivities and they're kind of

experimenting with elimination diets and reintroducing those foods. So I feel like it really

helps us as women to connect more deeply with our bodies and to appreciate the level of

control that we do have. We have a lot more control over our health and fertility than we often think we do.

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