The Heavy Flow Podcast

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Synopsis

Each week Amanda Laird, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, has casual conversations with guests about the health and wellness topics were not supposed to talk about: menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, birth control, sexuality, mental health, hormonal health and reproductive health, through the lenses of feminism and body politics. We are not truly empowered until we all understand the bodies we live in.

Episodes

  • Question Period: What's the deal with discharge?

    23/10/2017 Duration: 09min

    When it comes to vaginal discharge what's normal? What's it for? And when should you worry? Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Resources mentioned in this episode: Cervical fluid chart Clue: Period and Ovulation Tracker

  • Episode 07: Finding the Middle Ground in Childbirth with Care Sinclair

    19/10/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    This week my guest is Care Sinclair from With Care, Registered Midwife, prenatal, CPR and babywearing educator, and mama. We talk about how birth can prepare you for parenting, the importance of choice and support, managing expectations and how to find the middle ground in childbirth. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Care: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Resources mentioned in this episode: Spiritual Midwifery Vicki Van Wagner Episode 001 with The Fifth Vital Sign I receive an affiliate from some of the links above.

  • Question Period: How can I get more iron in my diet?

    16/10/2017 Duration: 07min

    How can you get more iron in your diet when you're low and have a heavy flow? This week I'm talking about animal and plant-based sources of iron to add to your diet throughout your cycle.   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS If you have questions, send them to hello@amandalaird.ca

  • Episode 06: Endometriosis + Eating Plants for Self Care with Jessica Murnane

    12/10/2017 Duration: 01h12min

    This week I'm talking to Jessica Murnane of One Part Plant all about endometriosis and her experience with the disease, how a plant-based diet helps her manage her endo, eating well as an act of self-care and how eating to manage symptoms of a disease is different from orthorexia.   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Jessica: Website Jessica's Instagram One Part Plant Instagram Twitter One Part Plant Cookbook Resources mentioned in this episode: The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis Endometriosis Foundation of America List of Endo Symptoms 'Listen to women': UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis Why Having A Hysterectomy to End Endometriosis Might Not Work The medical research gender gap: how excluding women from clinical trials is hurting our health I receive an affiliate commission from some of the links above.

  • Question Period: What colour should your period be?

    10/10/2017 Duration: 05min

    This week a listener is wondering why their period tracking app is asking about the colour of their menstrual blood. Isn't blood just... red?   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS If you have questions, send them to hello@amandalaird.ca Resources mentioned in this episode:  TCM menstrual blood colour/texture chart

  • Episode 05: HPV + Cervical Cancer Prevention with Jessica Ching

    05/10/2017 Duration: 40min

    This week I'm talking with Jessica Ching, Co-Founder and CEO of Eve Medical, all about HPV and cervical cancer screening. We discuss the importance of screening, some of the reasons why people aren't getting screened, STI's and how Eve Kit is changing the game.   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Jessica + Eve Kit: Website Instagram Facebook Jessica's Twitter Eve Kit's Twitter Resources mentioned in this episode: Sign up for The Period Purse Packing Party Anatomy Quiz  HPV Prevention Week 2017

  • Question Period: Clotting

    03/10/2017 Duration: 08min

    Today I'm introducing a new, mini-podcast episode series, Question Period. Each week I'll be answering your questions about periods, menstrual cycles and reproductive health because I know you have them. On this episode I answer a listener question about clotting in period blood; what causes it and when (or if!) it's something to worry about. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Resources mentioned in this episode:  Seed Cycling from Jessica Dixon

  • Episode 04: Cycle Syncing with Gabrielle Lichterman

    28/09/2017 Duration: 57min

    This week on the show I’m talking to Gabrielle Lichterman, founder of Hormonology about how hormones change throughout the menstrual cycle, the benefits of syncing your life with your cycle, how birth control and menopause affect your cycles and the best phases of your menstrual cycle for great orgasms.   Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Gabrielle: Website Facebook  Twitter Instagram Resources mentioned in this episode: How to rate or review a podcast from your phone 28 Days: What Your Cycle Reveals about Your Love Life, Moods, and Potential  Ovulation Microscope I receive an affiliate commission from some of the links above.

  • Episode 03: Creating Inclusive and Accessible Wellness Spaces with Dianne Bondy

    21/09/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    This week I'm talking to Dianne Bondy, yoga teacher, social justice activist and leading voice of the Yoga For All movement. We're taking a break from talking about periods to discuss creating brave spaces, inclusivity and accessibility in the wellness community, how mainstream media and marketing has distorted wellness as something to be bought and sold, body positivity, diet culture and emotional eating. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Dianne: Website Instagram Facebook Resources mentioned in this episode: From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces Virgie Tovar Jess Baker Health at Every Size “Lisa Frank BoPo” and Why It’s Just Not Enough Ultra Spiritual Life Episode 66: Coconut Oil Kills The Beauty Myth Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast I receive an affiliate commission from some of the links above.

  • Episode 02: Menstruating While Homeless with Jana Girdauskas of The Period Purse

    14/09/2017 Duration: 46min

    This week I'm talking to Jana Girdauskas of The Period Purse about menstruating while homeless, the changing period conversation, making menstrual products more accessible and how you can help, and why we love our cups! Listen now Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with The Period Purse: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Donate to The Period Purse Resources mentioned in this episode: Out in the Open Podcast Scotland to Provide Free Tampons and Towels in Pilot Tackling 'Period Poverty' New York City Council Approves Free Tampons and Pads in Schools, Prisons, Shelters Kiran Ghandi Why 2015 Was the Year of the Period

  • Episode 01: The Fifth Vital Sign with Kelsey Knight + Emily Varnam

    06/09/2017 Duration: 01h11min

    It’s here! The VERY FIRST episode of The Heavy Flow Podcast and I am so excited to be chatting with Emily Varnam and Kelsey Knight of The Fifth Vital Sign. We talk about the role menstrual cycles play in our overall health and wellness, teaching kids about reproductive health, how to start tuning into your body, informed consent and navigating the medical system, and of course Kelsey and Emily’s 1,500-mile tour through 43 states! Listen now Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Emily and Kelsey: Website Instagram Conversations in Community thefifthvitalsign at gmail dot com Resources mentioned in this episode: Rachel Laird Julia and Bradley of Home Studios Nicole Jardim Cycle Savvy, Toni Weschler Tell Me About Sex Grandma, Anastasia Higginbotham Samantha Zipporah + Ovulation Awareness Laura Wershler + Body Literacy Hail to the V Podcast Sweetening the Pill, Holly Grigg-Spall Informed Choice for Amerika Dianne Bondy Cristen Pascucci + Birth Monolopy Warning: This Drug May Kill You Sca

  • Introducing The Heavy Flow Podcast

    29/08/2017 Duration: 03min

    Host Amanda Laird introduces what's to come on The Heavy Flow Podcast, a podcast about all the health and wellness topics we're not supposed to talk about. 

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