This EndoLife
From the best surgery to natural therapies, This EndoLife Podcast empowers you to live and thrive with endometriosis and its co-conditions through a holistic, functional medicine approach.
I’m covering all the topics that often aren’t discussed in the doctor’s office, whether that’s how to eat well for endometriosis, how to treat the endo belly or just what exactly is SIBO? Come join myself (and my guests!) as we dive into anti-inflammatory nutrition, gut health, hormones, pain science, mental health, sex, energy and living life well with endo.
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How Can Probiotic and Fermented Foods Raise SCF...
We’ve been talking a lot about the benefits of short chain fatty acids lately, and today, I want to give you another way to raise them.
19 min
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PHGG for Endo Belly, SIBO, IBS and Gut Dysbiosis
Today I want to talk about another short chain fatty acid booster, which also supports long term gut healing and symptom relief, and that’s partially hydrolysed guar gum.
13 min
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Psyllium Husk for IBS and Endo Belly
Today, we’re talking about psyllium husk, and the benefits of this bad boy are many.
16 min
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Propionate and Acetate - Can These Short Chain ...
Today, we’re talking about the two other main short chain fatty acids; propionate and acetate.
21 min
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Butyrate and Resistance Starch - How Can They H...
Last week I talked about short chain fatty acids and their benefits for endo, and why people with endo need to focus on these to help manage the disease. Today, I want to talk about how to boost one of these types of short chain fatty acids, called butyrate.
15 min
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What Are Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Why Do The...
Short chain fatty acids are types of gut friendly fats that are produced when good bacteria in our large intestine eats fibre. So, when healthy bacteria eat let’s say, beans, it will ferment our food, and create gas. Along with that gas, it creates short chain fatty acids. Short chain fatty acids are one of the key reasons gut health is so important to our overall wellbeing.
14 min
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Foods to Eat to Beat Endo Fatigue
Chronic fatigue is one of the biggest complaints of clients and students when they come to see me. But endo isn’t solely responsible for fatigue, there are usually a number of culprits, that can be associated with endo or are worsened by endo.
16 min
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Protein for Surgery Recovery - How Much and Whi...
Today I want to continue on with the theme of foods for surgery recovery. And today, we’re talking about protein.
27 min
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Antioxidants for Surgery Recovery
I’ve had a couple of clients work with me recently ahead of their very first surgeries. We’ve been doing a lot of prep to ensure that they heal well, have an easy recovery, and to minimise the chances of recurrence or severe recurrence, as much as we possibly can.
15 min
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How to Use Kiwis for Constipation with Endo
To follow on with our episode on flax seeds and chia seeds for constipation, I wanted to add another one into the mix.
13 min
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How to Use Flax and Chia for Constipation with ...
Many people with endometriosis, including about 60% of my clients, suffer with constipation. Is this because of endometriosis directly? Not exactly. There are several reasons someone with endo can have constipation, whilst this episode isn’t about that, here’s a quick low down on some of the key causes:
31 min
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Three Non-Food Related Ways to Manage Blood Sugar
Blood sugar is the measurement of glucose in the blood stream at any one time. Glucose comes from complex carbs, like vegetables, beans and whole grains, and simple carbs, like flour, pasta and honey. Complex carbs break down slower in the gut, resulting in a slow but steady drip of glucose to our blood stream, whereas simple sugars break down very quickly and are also typically very high in carbohydrates and so create what we call a blood sugar spike, which simply means your glucose levels in your blood are too high.
25 min
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REPLAY: Using Somatic Therapy to Recover From C...
Dr. Tara Morrison is Birth Trauma Specialist and Holistic Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist who specialises in whole-person care for pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. We actually met several years ago when we were both training at the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, so it was a real pleasure to have her on the show!
50 min
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REPLAY: The Three Key Causes of PCOS and How to...
Rachel Dutton a.k.a The Period Whisperer is pretty much one of the most knowledgeable women to grace this podcast. She is not only a women’s health coach, but a yoga teacher, reflexologist, aromatherapist and womb massage therapist to name just a few of her credentials. Rachel specialises in women’s health and fertility - including PCOS.
51 min
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REPLAY: How Adhesions from Surgery Can Cause En...
Maybe your periods are better, your chronic pelvis pain is better, things are improving. But after a few months, the endo belly comes back. Or maybe you get it for the first time ever. You’re bloated all the time or maybe you bloat badly after meals, or maybe it gets worse over the day? Perhaps it’s also accompanied by IBS issues like constipation, gas, or loose stools. If any of this sounds familiar, this episode is for you.
27 min
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REPLAY: Endo Belly? A Plea to Get Tested for Co...
Today on the show I am talking about one of the possible root causes of your endo belly – coeliac disease.
21 min
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REPLAY: Strategies to Alleviate Premenstrual En...
This week I want to give you some tools to actually alleviate that bloating, now you know why it’s happening. I’m going to give you two types of tools, one set to deal with in the moment of bloating and another set for which are long-term strategies to help you to address the root cause.
55 min
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REPLAY: How Are Interstitial Cystitis, Endometr...
You may remember back in late August I was promoting an event I was speaking at; the wonderful IC Retreat, a virtual 3 day event hosted by Joana Bartlett - all about empowering IC patients with tools, knowledge and support. My presentation was a deep dive into the connection between interstitial cystitis, endometriosis and SIBO and how to manage these conditions together. I was so proud of this presentation and felt so passionately that everyone should have this info, that I asked Joana if I could share it all with you… So, here it is!
66 min
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REPLAY: How to Manage Early Menopause, Medicall...
Susan Clinton is a board certified women’s health physical therapist, a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy, and a board certified health and wellness coach - to name just a few of her hats! She is also a Master Coach for the Integrative Women’s Health Institute.
54 min
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REPLAY: Four At-Home Ways to Boost Your Migrati...
We are taking a short season break, so in the meantime, I’m revisiting some old episodes that have been asked about or requested over on Instagram. Today we’re talking about the all-important migrating motor complex.
19 min
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How to Optimise Digestion for Less Endo Belly
Today’s lesson is all about first line therapies for optimising digestion, this is one lesson of three and this one is mainly about how you’re eating and what you’re eating.
25 min
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Your Brain, Pain and the Vagus Nerve
Today, I am sharing one of my lessons which is all about the science of how pain works and how it can be influenced by the vagus nerve and our nervous system.
35 min
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Stuck With Endo? Here’s Your Roadmap
Today, I am sharing my recent free masterclass, Creating a Roadmap for Endo Healing.
87 min
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My Number One Endo Management Strategy
Today I am answering “what is the number one thing to manage endometriosis?”
18 min
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FREE Masterclass: Creating a Roadmap for Endo H...
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by your symptoms, all the info on endo or you’re just stuck not knowing where to start, and you want clear, actionable and effective steps to guide your endo journey, I invite you to my free signature masterclass...
2 min