Jan 22 2025 59 mins
Have you ever felt less than?
Like you can’t ‘keep up’ with the demands of the day?
Are your periods so painful you vomit? Or can’t get out of bed?
And now you have given up on caring about your period health because you’re ‘not trying to have a baby’
Then this is YOUR episode.
Join me as we tell the truth about birth control & discuss how to turn your crappy period, fertility, menopausal, or perimenopausal journey into your superpower.
About the Podcast
Before we dive in, thank you for having the bravery to face your shit and heal yourself by listening to this show.
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So who am I and why did I decide to create this show?
Well, after unraveling all of the medical & pharmaceutical lies I had been told about my endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself after 17 years of debilitating pain.
My experience inspired me to actually live my art, so I created an ongoing art series about it called, Every Phase––where I create artwork that illustrates how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female hormonal cycle. Just look for the Every Phase VLOG episodes on the podcast as I recreate select pieces of the series as an animated mini-series. The artwork shows what's happening in the brain & the body during each phase and reveals how to biohack & leverage this energy in your life.
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So all of that to say, even though I was lied to for years by doctors promoting big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.
Today we are chatting with Functional Diagnostic Nutritional Practitioner, Leah Brueggemann.
Leah’s health journey started about 5 years ago when she discovered lumps in one of her breasts. Fortunately, after getting an exam, she was informed she had benign breast tumors.
She chose not to have them surgically removed because they reportedly return 90% of the time.
After this diagnosis, she began to research, speaking to many doctors, naturopathic doctors, and learned her irregular cycles were connected to these tumors.
Her periods were so painful they would make her throw up, if they were actually present, and she also found out she had ovarian cysts.
The research into her situation showed that her symptoms were a result of her being extremely estrogen dominant, and at this point, she knew the problem and now just needed to figure out how to solve it.
By nourishing her body with loving foods, she was eventually able to heal herself and her tumors started to shrink, ovarian cysts disappeared, her cycles normalized, and she actually had pain-free periods.
She soon realized that this situation is not unique to her. And there are SO MANY WOMEN that are having hormonal issues of some sort or another.
So she made this her mission. She became a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and empowers women by showing them how to support their bodies through proper nutrition to effectively balance their hormones.
Learn more & connect with Leah:
https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/
Instagram @leah_brueg
Balancing Hormones Naturally Podcast:
https://www.leahbrueggemann.com/podcast
✅CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
06:12 #1 Balancing Hormones Naturally Podcast
13:48 #2 Birth Control Impact
22:08 #3 Perimenopause MUSTS
31:28 #4 Blood Sugar Balance
37:54 #5 Mushrooms for hormone balance
47:54 #6 Perfection is not the answer
54:45 #7 Biohacking with Art - charcoal
56:35 #8 Connect with Leah
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The truth will set you free.
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