Welcome to The Magical Overthinkers podcast, a show for thought spiralers, exploring the subjects we can't stop overthinking about, from toxins to career jealousy.

If you can relate to the feeling that despite living in the information age, life only

seems to be making less sense, if you're the kind of person who lives in your head for better

and for worse, then you're in the right place. This podcast is here to try and make some sense

of the senseless, to help us quiet the noise in our brains

for a little while, or even hear a melody in it. I'm your host, Amanda Montel. Today, we're

overthinking about fertility. Ooh, this is a delicate subject matter.

And yet I didn't want that to be a reason why I shouldn't cover it.

We are obviously living in a stressful time regarding anything having to do with fertility,

reproduction, procreation, existential thought spirals ensue.

And there is so much misinformation, disinformation, lore turned sour about fertility.

Which is why I wanted to cover it on this show, and which is why I'm so excited for you to meet our extra special expert guest today.

Her name is Lisa Hendrickson Jack, and she is a certified fertility awareness educator and holistic reproductive health practitioner.

Lisa is the founder of the fertility awareness mastery mentorship program, and she's the author of three best-selling books.

Drawing heavily from the current scientific literature, Lisa presents an evidence-based approach to help uncover the connection between the menstrual cycle, fertility, and overall health.

And she also has a podcast titled Fertility Friday.

I posted on our magical overthinkers Instagram, as I always do, soliciting thought spirals submitted by you listeners on today's subject.

As always, I want to thank those who were generous enough to take a moment to submit an

overthinking thought or vulnerable spiral for Lisa to address. These thoughts spirals are always

presented anonymously, by the way, so be sure you're following magical overthinkers on Instagram

if you'd like to submit one for a future topic. As I'm putting together my list of subjects that I'd

love to cover on this show, sometimes it can feel like I'm the only person in the world who's

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