Health class may of taught us about anatomy, maybe our moms taught us about how to manage a period (but if you are like me, you just figured it out on your own reading the pamphlets in confusion and piecing together crumbs from Seventeen magazine).

And then we start going through life, having babies, experiencing postpartum, living momlife and we realize that this whole 'WOMAN' thing is more than just knowing what products to use and how to use them. We learn that there is a whole-body wisdom that we need to develop around what our bodies are going through and how to support our bodies. 

 

This is episode is for the woman who is wondering what more she can do to support her whole body with hormone health.  
Today I am talking with Dana Irvine from Wise Divine Women

Dana is a Canadian teacher, Clinical Thermographer, and podcaster - supporting women with hormone health and wellness.  Looking at life four-fold: mindy, body, soul, nutrition
Thermography is an infrared study of the body looking at the heat patterns in the body, to spot inflammation and congestion. 
Find Dana on Instagram, on her Podcast and on her website

 
Some basics of hormone health for women

The 101 on hormone health - what are they and how do they impact our health. The main ones are estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, serotonin, melatonin
How your digestion is related to your mental health

 
Paying attention to our cycles and supporting our hormones

How our cycle affects our mood and energy through the month. Eating to support your hormones throughout your cycle (seed cycling)
The myths we believe that periods should be hard and suck and paying attention to our periods and addressing issues earlier in life
Paying attention to your bowels and getting enough fibre in your diet can help with hormone health
How food sensitivities can impact your body inflammation and your hormone health

 
Self-care and detoxing to support hormone health

Dana’s course Touch Your Tatas, teaches lymphatic drainage
Being comfortable with our femininity, embracing your cycle and your body
Some ways to practice self-care (dry brushing)
Setting up reminders in your calendar to do regular breast exams, and lymphatic drainage for breast health

 
Being out of tune with our bodies

Challenging our view on taking care of our personal health
Taking care of our bodies and mental health now to set us up for health in our older years
Advice from the other side of motherhood that the time is NOW to take care of our health and self-care

 
Recapping the main points of detox

It isn’t just about drinking weird tea, it is also physical and nutritional. Also paying attention to your mind (stinking thinking), energy, boundaries, foods, emotional health, emotional stress in the body

 
Being in stress mode

How we digest food when we are in stress mode (more info on this in episode 113 on stress and thriving)
If you are doing all the ‘right things’ and eat great foods, exercise, maintain your home but you are stressed then these things are not as effective

 
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