FFP 431 | Menstrual Stigma and Sustainability | Dr. Lara Owen, PhD.
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🗓️ 26 August 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dr Lara Owen is an author, academic and consultant focused on the ideas and practices that surround menstruation. She holds a PhD on menstrual organization from Monash Business School in Australia and has been a Research Fellow on menstrual stigma and sustainability at the University of St Andrews in the UK.
Lara's bestselling book, Her Blood Is Gold, investigated the influence of culture on menstrual experience, and explored ways to honor the menstrual cycle. Her next book, to be published by Oxford University Press, analyzes the impact of new methods of organizing menstruation on individuals and society. She consults with a variety of organizations on menstruation in the workplace and mentors' individuals working in menstrual education, health, and activism. In March 2022 she launched a year-long masters' level course in Contemporary Menstrual Studies.
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Topics discussed in today's episode:
- Different aspects of menstruation
- How menstruation has been stigmatized
- How the menstrual cycle has changed
- What brought Lara into studying menstruation
- Economic implication about menstruation
- The way the menstrual cycle is commodified
- How the tech industry has impacted women and their menstrual cycle
Connect with Lara Owen:
You can connect with Lara on her Website, and on Facebook and Twitter.
Resources mentioned:
- Her Blood Is Gold
- Contemporary Menstrual Studies
- The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook
- Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program
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- FFP 239 | 6 Ways to Improve Your Menstrual Cycle in 2019 | Lisa | Fertility Friday
- FFP 173 | Reclaiming Menstruation | The Wisdom and Power of Your Menstrual Cycle | Lara Owen
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| 0:40.1 | This is the fertility Friday podcast, episode number 431. |
| 0:48.4 | Welcome to The Fertility Friday podcast, your source for information about the fertility |
| 0:55.0 | awareness method and all things fertility. |
| 0:57.3 | I'm your host, Lisa Hendrickson Jack. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm the author of the Fifth Vital Sign and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Journal. |
| 1:03.9 | I'm a certified fertility awareness educator and holistic reproductive health practitioner |
| 1:08.3 | with nearly 20 years of experience teaching women to connect |
| 1:11.6 | to their fifth vital sign through menstrual cycle charting, balancing hormonal health, |
| 1:15.6 | and optimizing the menstrual cycle without hormones. |
| 1:18.6 | I'm outspoken about hormonal birth control and its impact on fertility and overall health |
| 1:23.6 | because you have the right to know how your body works and how artificial hormones disrupt that natural process. |
| 1:29.3 | I teach women's health professionals how to utilize the menstrual cycle as a vital sign in their practices, |
| 1:35.3 | and I host live coaching programs to help you achieve optimal fertility and health, |
| 1:39.3 | because it's important to have healthy menstrual cycles regardless of whether or not you want to have babies. |
| 1:45.4 | I'm also a wife and mother of two beautiful boys. I know, I'm a busy girl, but I managed to fit |
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