On today's episode of the Real Foodology Podcast. So much of what you do in your life has an

influence on how something manifests or develops. And so I think taking back that power and

knowing that you have a lot more control than you ever thought.

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology Podcast. I'm your host, Courtney Swan. I am so happy that you're here. This week's episode is a topic that I have gone over a couple times now on the podcast, but I like to revisit it because different people give different perspectives. And I also think that it's a really, really important topic of conversation for women's

health right now. So I interview Nicole Jardine. You guys probably know her. Hopefully you know her from

her Instagram, Nicole M. Jardine. She's a certified women's health coach, writer, speaker, mentor, and

the creator of fixture period, which is a series of programs that empower women and

administrators to reclaim

their hormonal health using a method that combines evidence-based information with simplicity

and SaaS. She also wrote a book called Fix Your Period. And she has a really great presence

on Instagram, which is how I initially found her a couple of years ago. She's a wealth of knowledge

all about women's health and menstruation, ovulation, hormones, et cetera. So if you're not following

her, please stop what you're doing and follow her immediately. She has really helped me a lot.

And even though we focus mostly today on the pill and root cause and things that you can do

to get to the bottom of the root cause, there's a lot that she covers on her Instagram in her book

and in her program. So definitely check it out if you're a woman and you have a cycle and you

have questions about hormones and hormonal balance and all of that, she's a really great source of information.

So yeah, in this episode we dive into her story and what happened to her in her teen years in regards to being on the pill and her cycle.

We talk a lot about the side effects of the pill. What are common causes

for heavy bleeding, especially heavy bleeding in teen years, what you can do about endometriosis,

how sex hormones impact our insulin and glucose levels. We talk about dietary intervention

for hormonal imbalance, things to eat. We cover a lot of it. So I don't really want to

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