Biohacking Your Hormones: How to Optimize Health | Kayla Barnes-Lentz
Dr. Natalie Crawford is joined by Kayla Barnes-Lentz to unravel the mysteries of women's health optimization. This episode cuts through the noise, offering a refreshing approach to understanding your body's unique signals and potential. Discover how personalized strategies can transform your energy, hormones, and overall well-being.
Key Topics:
1. Sleep Secrets
- Listening to your body's rhythm
- Creating your ideal rest environment
- Navigating sleep challenges
2. Movement that Matters
- Understanding your body's natural cycles
- Designing a personalized fitness approach
- Breaking through traditional exercise myths
3. The Importance of Nutrition
- Simplifying your eating strategy
- Connecting food to your body's signals
- Breaking free from diet culture
4. Personal Health Tracking
- Becoming your own health detective
- Exploring innovative tracking tools
- Interpreting your body's unique data
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Signs of Low Progesterone and What You Can Do About It
Dr. Natalie Crawford, OBGYN and REI, dives into the science of progesterone—one of the most important yet misunderstood hormones in women’s health. Learn how it affects your cycle, fertility, mood, and more—so you can finally make sense of what your body’s been telling you.
Key Topics:
1. Progesterone Basics
- What makes this hormone unique
- Its role in the menstrual cycle
- How it supports a potential pregnancy
2. Hormonal Harmony
- The relationship between estrogen and progesterone
- Identifying healthy hormone levels
- When to be concerned about imbalances
3. Fertility and Progesterone
- How progesterone impacts conception
- Signs of potential hormonal challenges
- Natural and medical support strategies
4. Navigating Hormone Health
- Common myths about progesterone
- Questions to ask your healthcare provider
- Understanding your body's signals
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Early Fertility Testing and Low Ovarian Reserve | Stefany Bare
Dr. Natalie Crawford, board-certified OBGYN and REI, is joined by Stefany Bare, a former patient and friend, to share her fertility journey. From the unexpected diagnosis of low ovarian reserve to navigating a second attempt with a deeper understanding of her body, Stefany’s story highlights the importance of early testing and trusting your intuition. This conversation offers insight, empowerment, and reassurance for anyone navigating their own fertility path.
Key Topics:
1. Early Fertility Testing
- Listening to your body's signals
- When and why to seek professional help
- Understanding basic fertility markers
2. Emotional Landscape of Fertility
- Managing stress and expectations
- Protecting mental health during treatment
- Building support systems
3. Personal Fertility Journey
- Unexpected challenges with conception
- Navigating medical treatments
- Maintaining hope and perspective
4. Empowerment Through Education
- Learning about reproductive health
- Asking the right questions
- Becoming an advocate for your own care
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Follow Stefany Bare on IG @stefany.bare
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Getting to the Root Cause of Irregular Cycles
Dr. Natalie Crawford, board-certified OBGYN and REI, discusses what could be the root cause of your irregular cycles. Your period is more than a monthly inconvenience. It's a vital sign. And when your cycles are not regular, your body is sending a signal that something deeper is going on. In this episode, we're unpacking what actually defines a normal cycle and what your irregular cycle really means.
1. Your Cycle: More Than Just a Period
- What makes a cycle "normal"
- Red flags to watch for
- Why tracking matters
2. Understanding your hormones
- The brain-body hormone conversation
- How stress impacts your cycle
- Signals your body sends during irregular periods
3. Common Cycle Disruptors
- Hormonal conditions explained
- Lifestyle factors that throw things off
- When to seek professional help
4. Empowering Your Hormonal Journey
- Questions to ask your healthcare provider
- Tools for understanding your body
- Taking proactive steps toward hormonal regularity
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Movement for Hormone Optimization | Dr. Shannon Ritchey
Join Dr. Natalie Crawford and Dr. Shannon Ritchey, physical therapist and founder of EVLO Fitness, as they break down the science of movement, revealing how strategic exercise can transform your hormonal health, fertility, and overall wellness.
Key Topics:
1. Strength Training Demystified
- Debunking fitness industry myths
- Why muscle matters more than cardio
- Simple strategies for effective workouts
2. Your Body, Your Fitness Journey
- Listening to your body's signals
- Avoiding the "no pain, no gain" trap
- Customizing exercise to your life stage
3. Hormones & Movement
- How exercise impacts reproductive health
- Cycle-friendly fitness approaches
- Building resilience through smart training
4. Pregnancy & Postpartum Movement
- Challenging traditional exercise restrictions
- Maintaining strength during major life changes
- Recovery and muscle memory secrets
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Learn more about EVLO fitness https://evlofitness.com/
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The Fertility, Hormones, and Health Podcast with Dr. Natalie Crawford
Navigating your hormones shouldn’t feel like guesswork. Hosted by double board-certified fertility physician Dr. Natalie Crawford, this podcast cuts through the noise to bring you science-backed insights on fertility, hormone health, and reproductive wellness without the overwhelm.
Whether you're trying to conceive, managing a diagnosis like PCOS or endometriosis, or simply want to understand your cycle and feel better in your body, you're in the right place. From IVF to perimenopause, egg quality to inflammation, each episode delivers real education and actionable tools plus expert interviews and powerful patient stories.
This is your trusted resource for the truth about your body and your roadmap to feeling empowered in your health as a woman.
Any and all guest statements and opinions are a reflection of their own experience and do not reflect the views or opinions of Natalie Crawford MD, As a Woman Podcast, or Pinnacle Podcast Network.
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