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[INTERVIEW] What No One Told You About Women's Health in Health Class with Corinne Angelica, Holistic Nutritionist
In this episode, we cover:
- Why do women need to care about this
- Hormones 101
- Supporting Your Nervous System + How Your Nervous System Effects Your Hormones
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Mind Your Hormones Podcast: LISTEN HERE
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Can you believe they have the audacity? Welcome to the have the Audacity podcast. I'm your host, jacey Lawlin. I'm on a mission to empower women like you to live audaciously. What does it mean to live audaciously, you ask? Living audaciously means you're no longer available for living your life based on someone else's agenda, standards or boundaries. It's time to activate your power, use your voice and create the life you're meant to live. So the next time someone asks, can you believe she had the audacity, you can look at them and say, yeah, I did. Hey, audacious Human, I'm so glad that you're here today and I'm excited to introduce you to today's guest.
Speaker 1:So this is somebody that I know personally, who I've worked with personally in the past, and somebody who really opened my eyes to holistic health, and her name is Corinne Angelica. She's a board-certified holistic nutritionist. She specializes in women's hormones health and she this really came, and she talks about this in the episode, but from her own experience, from having PCOS and no period to being regular, to getting pregnant on her first try, which with PCOS that's very unheard of and she just has this wealth of knowledge on taking care of yourself and in an empowering way, and talks about all the things that nobody talks about in health class, like these are the things women should learn that we didn't, and she used to be a teacher, so she comes with that background in mind and I'm just excited to jump in because this is a conversation that every woman needs to be having, and if you're listening to this, this is still good information to know about the females in your life. And please share this with somebody at the end of this that you're like they need to hear this too, because we need to share this knowledge. This needs to be the norm conversation and not something we're finding out about later in life. So, without further ado, let's jump on in and talk about the things that we should have been learning about in health class.
Speaker 1:Hey, audacious Human, I'm so excited that you're here and I'm super excited for today's guest. I am so excited to introduce you to my friend, corinne. Corinne, thank you so much for being on the have the Audacity podcast. Thank you so much for having me. Jc, I'm so excited to chat with you. So, for the listener, listening, I've known Corinne for several years now. I worked with you in 2021. Yeah, listening, I've known Corinne for several years now. Like, I worked with you in 2021.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was going to say it's like 2020 to 2021. Yeah, so a while now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, a while and truly changed my life in so many ways, and I was like Corinne has to share her knowledge here. So can you give the listener a little bit like what it is that you do and who you are?
Speaker 2:Yeah, sure. So I'm Corinne, I'm a mom, I am a holistic nutritionist, I'm a podcaster. I was a teacher. So I was a teacher for nine years. I used to teach Spanish and ENL, mostly in the high school. I taught like every grade over the years I was teaching, but mostly in the high school setting. But now I am someone who supports women in naturally getting pregnant and regulating their periods safety, stopping birth control and really just like optimizing their hormones and balancing them and really like understanding what's going on in their body by addressing the root cause of the issue instead of like slapping a bandaid approach on it, like birth control or whatever other medication or anything like that.
Speaker 2:Because I struggle with my own health. I have PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome and I didn't get a period for a full two years before that. It was irregular for a decade. My gynecologist had said it was normal and then I was experiencing migraines and IBS and body rashes and all this stuff was going on. I had no idea it was connected and it was all coming back to my PCOS.
Speaker 2:But no one was connecting the dots and I just felt like very dismissed, like not understood. I wanted a natural approach and no one was able to give it to me. So I went back to school for holistic nutrition while I was teaching, ended up getting my period back you know, healing everything got pregnant on the first try, like all the things, even though I have PCOS, which they were like, oh, it's never going to happen. And now I help other people do the same, and I left my teaching career in August of 2020, you know, when the world was blowing up and now this is where we are, and now I have a nine month old, which is not yeah nine months.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, it's so crazy. It's so crazy Like, just like from knowing you for several years, just like watching the progression of, like your life, I'm like this is just amazing. But yeah, and I feel like you. The way I describe you when I talk to other people about you, I'm like you need to follow Corinne and you need to know who she is. It's like it's everything you weren't taught in health class and you're not going to the doctor's office.
Speaker 2:Literally Like the shit we should have learned in school that we never learned Like. Instead, we learned about rocks and stuff that we don't ever need to know about for a whole year and now like not about like how our body actually works. It's so crazy.
Speaker 1:No like, and so that's just like my perfect way to describe it. I'm like this is what you didn't learn in health class. And you need, and you need to know, because I love that.
Speaker 2:I should have that as my podcast intro.
Speaker 1:Yes, like for real because I mean, it is so true and so, like you, when we work together like I have PCOS and I dealt with irregular periods and when we started working together, it was like doctors are just like get on birth control, take metformin, like all these things, and you're like no, I know Well, I learned from listening to your podcast.
Speaker 2:First off, like let's just jump in there about how, when you um, you're not actually like having a period when you're on birth control. Yes, it's so crazy. Like, uh, I always thought the same thing, like everybody like, oh, if you want to regulate your period, just go on birth control, because that's what your doctor tells you to do. My doctor told me to do that too and I'm like, oh, okay, like, when I said I didn't want to do that, I like didn't end up doing that on my journey, but I didn't know that it wasn't actually going to regulate it. I thought that it was going to, because that's what he was telling me, but I just didn't want to do it that way. But that's not actually what's happening. Like, what's happening is that the communication from your brain to your ovaries is completely turned off, so you're not ovulating. In order to actually have like a true period, like a true bleed comes after ovulation, like, in order for that to happen, you have to be ovulating, and what happens on birth control is there's no ovulation happening. You get a withdrawal bleed from not being on the synthetic hormone pills, right?
Speaker 2:So when they first came out with birth control, they had it where, like you just weren't ever bleeding, like you were just continuously taking the hormones and like there was no blood. But at the time, like women who were taking it were like wait, am I pregnant? Like what's going on? I'm not bleeding? Like they thought that this was concerning and so manufacturers were like, oh okay, like we have to just put in a withdrawal bleed. So people are like, okay, I'm getting my period every month, like I'm not pregnant, like this is quote unquote normal. But it's actually not. Like you're just putting a bandaid on the problem, so like if you did go on it for irregular periods, for acne, for heavy periods, whatever it is, you're just literally putting a bandaid on it and then when you come off, like all those issues are just going to come back and probably tenfold, because it also depletes your nutrients and impacts your gut, your liver, all the things.
Speaker 1:I just love it and I'm like right there, like if you like can't listen anything else in this moment I'm like take this and run with it, because it's just like no, and I mean, there's like so much here, but I'm just nobody talks about it.
Speaker 2:I know it's so crazy. You're just like what I know. It's absolutely insane. Like the, and it says it like on the insert. Nobody reads the inserts. Like nobody is going to actually read that. Like let's be honest, nobody does and your doctors will tell you. And it's like I'm not against birth control. Like I, I'm not for it, but I I I'm against people having the choice to choose it if they want to choose it, but I believe in informed consent. So like we should be told what's actually happening.
Speaker 2:Like hey okay here's birth control, just so you know, like you're not actually getting a period, like you're not ovulating. It can also increase depression and anxiety. So like, if you already trend towards that way, like you know, you might want to second guess, you know, second think, going on it especially young girls like this is such a problem because a lot of most of my clients have been on birth control Well, I don't want to say most, but a lot have also experienced anxiety and or depression while on it. It and also taking anxiety and depression medication. Now, while they're on it, because they're experiencing this, they go to the doctor like, oh, okay, here, just take this medication and then when they stop the birth control, like, oh, it like all went away and like they connect the dots.
Speaker 2:When I started talking, I'm like, wow, yeah, it didn't start until I was early on birth control and there's a huge connection with it. So like we should be told this. So it's it's like, oh, if this does start happening, let's just be like, oh, okay, it could be from the birth control, it might not be from something else. So it's just like really knowing what's actually going on in your body and what you're putting in it every day because we don't view it as a medication either. Like I didn't. I didn't think of it as like a medication. It's just like oh, it's just birth control. Like everybody was on it, Literally, I was like the only one of my friends that was not on it Um and but it's something you're putting in your body every single day and it's a synthetic hormone and it's a medication. And medication really disrupt your gut, depletes your nutrients, all these things. So it's just like we shouldn't, it shouldn't just be thrown at us as an answer to something, cause that's not an answer, and without and without actually any informed consent about it.
Speaker 1:I love that you touch on like the importance of like informed consent and like that's the thing here is is we're not, we're not told any of this. That's why, when we start women are having conversations like this, other women turn their head and are like wait what?
Speaker 2:It's so crazy.
Speaker 2:And when, if you are listening to this, what I don't want you to do is just stop it. Right, like I always say that I'm like I know, once you hear this, you're going to be like, oh my God, I'm done, I'm not taking it anymore, which I want you to eventually get off of it, but safely doing it. Because the problem is, once people do start learning about this, they're like, okay, I'm just stopping, like I don't want to be on this anymore. And and when you don't properly prepare your body, it can cause what they call post birth control syndrome where, like, all these things come rushing back Because, like I said, your gut is negatively impacted, your liver is negatively impacted, your brain, your ovaries have not been communicating. So now you could be like, okay, I want to stop, Even if you don't hear this, and that's why you stop.
Speaker 2:If you were like, okay, I'm just going to stop right before I want to get pregnant, or you're just deciding you want to stop it, and then, all of a sudden, your period is gone for months and months and months. You can't get it back. All of a sudden, you have acne coming out of nowhere six months down the line. All of a sudden, like your periods are super, super heavy again and you're like what the hell is going on. It's like we have to prepare our bodies before we stop, just like a few pills a day. It's more like you are eventually going to just stop taking it, but it's more about like doing certain things before you stop making sure that you have proper supplementation in place You're supporting your blood sugar, like things like that before stopping so huge.
Speaker 1:I love that, Like you touching on that, because I did want to bring that up. I'm like yeah, like don't, Because it was like you hear it. Like I was on birth control and I heard like you talking about this for the first time and I was like, oh, I want to stop and I was like nope we got to make sure we do this, yeah, which is so like normal.
Speaker 2:When you hear that You're like, okay, wait get me off of it.
Speaker 1:You're just like no. And so the other thing with this is you know, like, what really says like okay, like I get it, but like I don't. Like I don't see the importance of needing to ovulate Corinne, like I don't want to have kids right now.
Speaker 2:So good. Oh, my God Love this.
Speaker 1:Love this.
Speaker 2:So that was me for so long, like when I was getting through periods a year not ovulating for two full years, like I was like, oh, like I don't want babies anytime soon. So like I'm good, and that's pretty much what my doctor told me anyway. But whether you want kids ever or you never want kids, we have to be ovulating. Because when you ovulate you produce the hormone progesterone. And remember, when you're not, when you're on birth control, you're not ovulating, whether that's the pill, the NuvaRing, the DepoShot, the implant, certain IUDs Some IUDs don't aim to actually turn off your ovulation, but it ends up doing that because of the nutrient deficiencies and all of that stuff. So it just depends on which one you're on.
Speaker 2:But anyway, when you ovulate you produce the hormone progesterone and progesterone is the sex hormone that, yes, is needed to get and stay pregnant, but it is also needed for your bones, for your metabolism, for your hair, your skin, your nails, your stress response, your blood sugar regulation.
Speaker 2:It supports you in reducing the chance of you getting osteoporosis later in life, heart disease, endometrial cancer. It helps your moods, it's what gets rid of PMS. It's so, so, so important and we want to be having this like built up and just the more years that we are producing progesterone in our reproductive years, the better it is for our health long-term. And like as someone who in my family we have a history of osteoporosis, of heart disease, of all these things, I'm like I put myself at greater risk, you know, because for so many years I wasn't producing progesterone and I had no idea that it mattered. And progestin, which is a synthetic form in birth control, does not act the same in your body. So people are like oh, but like I got the progestin in my body from the birth control, like it does not act the same. So we want to be regularly ovulating and producing that progesterone to not only feel better, like in our day-to-day life now, but also to support our health long-term.
Speaker 1:I love that explanation because it is so and that was something I learned. Like I mean for you too, and I start telling women it's just not common knowledge that like because I mean just like you said, your doctor's like, oh, it's fine, you don't want to have kids?
Speaker 2:Like we only ever in society talk about ovulating when it matters if you want to get pregnant, exactly, yeah, my doctor was like, oh, you get like three to four periods a year, like that's totally fine, like if and when you want to get pregnant, come back. Like we'll talk about like medications you could do or whatever, like it's no big deal. And I'm like, okay, like I was young, I'm like, okay, it's my doctor, I'm supposed to listen and trust my doctor. So like, okay, cool, like great, who wants? Who wants more than three periods a year anyway, like you know, like that was like my mentality around it, but it's, it's so, so, so important.
Speaker 1:And so, like with that, they're like okay, the listener listening to this is like Corinne, I get it, I like I don't. I want to ovulate and produce progesterone and I get the importance of my health in the longterm of that, but I also don't want to get pregnant right now. And and I, how do you know if you're ovulating?
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, so good, so good. So, um, the only way you can actually tell that you're ovulating? Because a period like a bleed is not a sign that you're ovulating. You could be having a bleed because, like your endometrial lining like built up because you had enough estrogen, but like you didn't actually get to ovulation, so like that's not a sign that you are in fact ovulating. Cause, a lot of times too, people will think that spotting that they're experiencing is their period, when it's not so.
Speaker 2:The only way that you could know that you're ovulating is by tracking your biomarkers. Not by doing LH strips, not by using an app and it telling you like hi, this is the day that you ovulated, like no, that is not accurate. So we need to track our physical biomarkers, like our cervical mucus and our basal body temperature. You could also check your cervical positioning or like go to the doctor to get like a test if you're, you know, ovulated, but in your like day-to-day life, it's tracking your cervical mucus and your basal body temperature. So your cervical mucus does not confirm ovulation, but it is what's letting us know that you are approaching ovulation and, for those of you that either want to get pregnant or want to actively avoid pregnancy. It's really important to track the cervical mucus Because when you see and when I say cervical mucus I mean like people would call it like discharge or whatever it's like what we used to call it, but it's cervical mucus is clean. It's so important. But the like raw egg white consistency, cervical mucus, like if you know, you know, like when you wipe it's slippery, it's literally clear, like you could stretch it in between your fingers or it gets on your hands, like that is a cervical mucus.
Speaker 2:That if you see that, that you're fertile, so like if you are someone who does not want to get pregnant and you're not on birth control, and you see that like wear a condom, don't have sex, whatever, like that is when you are fertile. And if you are someone who doesn't want to get pregnant, that is the time in your cycle when you want to actually have sex, to get pregnant. And the reason for that is because and there's only five to six days out of the entire month that you're actually fertile. By the way, which is another like mind You're like I thought I could get pregnant literally whenever. So it's like so crazy. So only five to six days out of the month you're actually fertile and that is like a sign to letting you know that you are approaching ovulation. And the reason why you're only fertile during that, you know, five to six day window is because that cervical mucus that I'm talking about, the like egg white consistency vibe, that is what actually keeps sperm alive. Like sperm cannot stay alive inside our bodies without the cervical mucus. It keeps the sperm alive, it creates a perfect pH for them, it filters out abnormal sperm, it actually shuttles the sperm to the egg and it keeps them alive for up to five to six days, right Up to five days really. So that is why you're fertile during that time.
Speaker 2:So we want to track that, to just know, like, when to have sex if we want to get pregnant and when to avoid if we don't want to get pregnant. And then the actual confirming ovulation, because, again, that does not confirm it, confirming it is your basal body temperature and your basal body temperature is just your waking temperature. I don't recommend using just like a regular thermometer you want to get like a specific basal body one because it measures more to like the hundredth and tenth of a degree, where, like a regular thermometer will just do like 97.1. Like we want to see like 97.12. Like you know, you want to see that more specificity in it. But anyway, the reason why that we want to track this and that we can tell if we ovulated is because when you ovulate, like we said before, you produce progesterone and progesterone actually increases your metabolic rate, which increases your basal body temperature. So to see that you ovulated you, which increases your basal body temperature, so to see that you ovulated, you will notice that when you're taking your basal body temperature every single morning, you'll notice that it raises up about 0.5 degrees and it stays high for that, like 0.5 degrees higher, for at least three days in a row, and ideally it'll stay high throughout your entire luteal phase until you get your period. And that is letting you know that you actually ovulated. If you do not see an increase in your temperature and it's staying high, then you did not ovulate.
Speaker 2:This is something that like takes a lot for people to kind of get used to and understand. I have a whole podcast episode on it. It's episode 123. I refer to it literally all the time. That's why I know the exact number. That is, it was years ago, almost up to like episode 400 or something at this point. So I need to like probably redo it, but it's still good, it still applies. So if you're like, okay, I need to hear that again, I need to learn how to actually track my ovulation and my basal bite temperature, go to episode 123 of the podcast of the Mind your Hormones podcast, and I'll teach you like exactly how to do it. But it takes some getting used to, but that is how you actually know and whether you want to get pregnant or not. I highly recommend you tracking this.
Speaker 1:And I will link the episode in the show notes, just so it's easy to get to, um, but when I learned this, I just was like everybody needs to know this and I have like getting it from, just like, oh, you mean, I have a period and I'm not actually ovulating, like that's not even like that's not even the goal. And you know, like that's not even all of it, and you're just like, and even just as simple as like, oh, you know, tracking your basal body temperature and being like, oh, my body's letting me know like there are signs, and it's just like how much you empower women with their health in this information.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's, and like the thing is too like when you do look at your basal body temperature. Like it also gives you insight into your thyroid, because it just lets you know like are your temperatures chronically low, like in the 95 or 96 is all the time Like. So not only is it letting us know that if we are are not ovulating which it's so cool that we're able to like see that and know what's actually going on but it's also giving us insight into our health in general of like our thyroid health. So it's like we have this ability within our cycle to really like see what's going on.
Speaker 2:Like your cycle is literally like your monthly report card, right, like whether, if you have cramps again not normal, if you have a lot of clots, if it's really super heavy, if it's super, super light and it's only like two days. Like it's always talking to us. It's just our bodies that are communicating with us and it's so cool that we have this cycle to actually like be like oh, okay, I didn't know this was going on. Okay, I can I fix this right, instead of having to go to the doctor to get like labs done. Like you know within your body what's actually happening once you learn about it. So it's just like a good way to look at it like that instead of this. You know, like a cycle everyone's like oh, I hate my period. I feel like shit before it, like it's so painful during it.
Speaker 2:It's like that's not normal, that's just what society portrays as what periods should be like, but like it shouldn't be like that and when you're actually supporting your body, like it comes and goes with ease you actually enjoy getting it because you know what it's doing to support your body and like you feel the differences throughout your cycle and like it's just it gets to be something that you appreciate instead of something that you hate.
Speaker 1:And I know there's so much to this and why, like I want to have you on, I'm going to link like episode 123 of mind your hormones in there, and why you have over 400 episodes of my driven hormone podcast. Because there's so much to this, yeah, and it's just so in-depth and like so many things and you're like we could talk about this for literally we'll never run out of years.
Speaker 2:Get sitting here.
Speaker 1:You're straight, like you're straight, because there's just so many pieces to it and so it's just like you know, like kind of little overviews of it. And another thing, like supporting your health, like because you have a holistic nutrition, all of it, things that, like, you're not taught in health class Was like why does it matter if you're looking at your hormones and like how does your nervous system and like stress and cortisol play a role in your cycle?
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I love this. Like a lot of times we just think of like with hormones. We think of just like period related things Like we're just talking about, like PMS, mood swings, breast tenderness clots, heavy periods like my periods are regular whatever. But like our endocrine system, it's like the base of our hormonal system. So we have hormones, just like, running throughout our body. They're chemical messengers in our body that are like, but they also respond to things. So like cortisol is a hormone, you know, insulin is a hormone, progesterone, estrogen they can. You know, you have our sex hormones and stuff too.
Speaker 2:But when it comes to our nervous system, there are certain systems in our body that actually directly affect our hormones. Right, that's like really the root cause of hormone imbalances. Like the reason like if you're like, oh okay, I don't have a period, so like I have, you know, low progesterone, like that's the reason why I don't have a period, it's like no, low progesterone or whatever's coming up on your blood work Isn't the root cause of the problem. The root cause of the problem is what is affecting, what is causing that hormone to be out of balance? What system in our body is actually affecting our hormones? And our nervous system is one of them. It is directly connected to every hormone in our body because everything is connected, right. So, like when I was saying at the top of, like I had IBS, I had migraines, bloating, constipation, my period was gone, I had, you know, rashes. Like you know, you go to all these different doctors you go to a neurologist, you go to a dermatologist, you go to a gastroenterologist, you go to the gynecologist, you go to a rheologist and like no one's talking to each other and you think that like everything is separate, but all of those symptoms were coming from one place and everything is connected in the body. So our nervous system does have a direct impact on all our hormones. So it's not like it just affects your cortisol or it just affects this, like if something is impacting your cortisol level in a positive or negative way, it's going to cause a domino effect and affect every other hormone in your body because they're just like dominoes. Everything is connected so specifically with our nervous system and with our cortisol levels. Like.
Speaker 2:An easy way to explain one of the connections is because a lot of people know cortisol is like one of your stress hormones, right? So if you're stressed out, it's like you're a teacher and you're listening and you're like rushing to work because you have to get up so freaking early just to get there and you're just like, oh my God, I'm rushing, or I have to get these papers in, or you know you have to do something. In between the bell you have to pee really bad, you can't pee until you have a break. Whatever you're stressed out about, or you're being like the psychologist and the teacher and the mom, all the things right, I was a teacher so I totally get it or whatever you're doing in your life when your cortisol level is increased and also stress is, yes, those things like I talked about. It could be being in traffic. It could also be a stressful situation with a partner, with a family member, a health issue grieving. It could be lack of sleep. It could be too much exercise, it could be not enough exercise. It could be a lot of pesticides or herbicides in your body, it could be environmental toxins. There's so many different things that actually cause stress in our body.
Speaker 2:But when our cortisol levels are raised up like that, it directly affects our progesterone, which we just talked about, which is why it's a good example. So the more that your cortisol levels are raised up, the more that your progesterone will be lowered, because our body uses progesterone to produce more cortisol. So this will have a direct effect on your actual cycle. Because, say you're like, oh no, but I am ovulating. Okay, awesome, you're producing progesterone. But if you're super stressed out in that luteal phase, if you're overexercising, if you're not eating enough, if you are having too much caffeine, whatever it is, your body is using the progesterone you just produced to produce more cortisol. So now you're going to experience PMS spotting, breast tenderness, low fertility, all of these things, right.
Speaker 2:So it's just like very directly connected, which is why, like a lot of people, when they're, you know, supporting their health, they're like, okay, what can I eat? Or what supplement can I take, how can I exercise? Which, like, yes, all of that is important, but we have to also really support our nervous system. That's like one of the first, that's like the second thing I always work on with my clients, because if you are not prioritizing this by like meditating, slowing down, setting boundaries with family, like whatever it is like, it is very difficult to um, have balanced hormones If you don't know how to regulate your nervous system, and the goal isn't to always be regulated Like. That's just like not possible, Like we're always going to be experiencing stress, but it's just like how can we expand our capacity for stress and how can we regulate ourselves more quickly? Um, you know when we are experiencing, you know, stressful things in our life. Does that answer your question?
Speaker 1:Yes, it does, and and it's such a like, a good like explanation, just like how it is all connected, because I mean, like you talked about you, when you go to the, if you go to the doctor, you go to, like all the different ologists, and it's all separate but, really like we're in one body and it's all connected.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and it's just like dominoes and so and I love that you touched on you know your blood work showing you have low progesterone. Well, that's not, that's almost not causing this, like that's not the root cause. That's like a symptom to it.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:And so like, with that, like getting like how important that is, what's something that you're like okay, corinne, I get it. I'm a teacher, I rush out of the door every morning and I'm also a mom, and so I'm like going all day. I work through lunch, because you know, teachers like work through lunch.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, and then I walk out the door and I have to take care of the kids and run them all the places you know, eating dinner on the go and then putting them to bed, and it's like 11 o'clock at night and I'm like now I have time to like work until one or two lesson plans.
Speaker 1:One or two and then I'm gonna sleep for a few hours and go again, because you know that that is a common narrative, no matter your profession, like in our society right now. And so if you're like, where do I even start? Like what's like something I could do right now, that you're like if you're gonna prioritize one thing in this busy life like busy lifestyle that to make a change, because I know you're making like one change at a time, if you're going to make it sustainable you have to do one change Like what?
Speaker 1:where's the starting point?
Speaker 2:Yeah, this is so good. So the first thing I would say is like really looking at your day, the actions you're taking, what you're doing, and like actually asking yourself like what's required and what's not required. Right, because, like that, before I tell you like a tangible thing to do, like that is number one, because a lot of times we like we're busy as a badge of honor, we're busy as an escape, we're doing all the things that we don't actually need to be doing or it's taking us way longer than it actually needs to take for us to get it done Right. So it's like look at the things that you're doing in your day, like as a teacher or whatever your profession is, in your business, whatever, and it's like, is this action that I'm taking? Like just do inventory for like a couple of days, even like writing it all down, like do I do I actually need to do this? Like by done by me, or am I like doing this and it doesn't actually have to be done by me? Am I like where am I, you know, stressing myself out more and adding more to my plate, because I'm saying yes to everything, even if it's not like job, if you're like, no, I have to do these things for my job Okay, that I get.
Speaker 2:But it's like, do you have to say yes to every single person who's asking you to do something for them or to attend every single thing?
Speaker 2:So it's like, where can you start saying no more and setting like boundaries where it's just like okay, I'm not going to answer a text every single time it comes through, just because someone is texting me, because I'm focusing on this and I'll be able to get this done.
Speaker 2:Or I'm not going to say yes to this person's birthday party because I already have one this day and I'm not going to say yes to another one and just go back to back all day long on the weekends, like you know, like pick one thing, so like, just look at your day like that and really be like what can I start saying no to what is not required by me? Because we need to really like. If we want to actually support our nervous system, we have to get super clear on like where we're like stabbing ourselves in the back essentially of just like creating more shit that doesn't need to be there. So that's number one. And the second thing I would say is meditation and like. This is going to be something where this person who is so busy is like I don't have time to meditate, okay.
Speaker 2:Like that's obviously what they're saying. I don't have time to meditate, um, and I get that, and the person who says that is the one that needs it the most. But what I would start with is, like you don't have to sit down and do like a 15, 20 minute meditation if you're just already like oh my God, I don't have any time for this. But like, can you even start by taking a shower in complete silence and having that be like your meditative time, even if it's just five minutes? Because if you have like a baby and you're like I have maybe five minutes before I start crying, I need to jump out the shower, like literally I did last night. Like I get it, but like can those first few minutes just be in silence? Or when you go for a walk, instead of listening to a podcast or music or something constantly, can it just be a walking meditation in silence, even on your drive to work, can you listen to a meditation when you're driving there? And then, eventually, what I would love for you to get to is even five minutes in the morning. Can you either wake up five minutes earlier, can you do something the night before to set your morning up where it's more quicker or it's more quick, I should say where you have those five minutes to just sit and do a meditation.
Speaker 2:Because, especially when you're a mom, when you're in any profession, especially teaching, like you are surrounded by so many other energies throughout the day, so like taking that time to just like really center yourself is so huge.
Speaker 2:So that is like the absolute first thing I would say, and it's going to actually help you expand your capacity. I feel like you have more time because you're going to be going through your day feeling more regulated, so you're going to do things actually more quickly and more efficiently, because you gave yourself those five minutes. And people don't actually realize the power of it until they start doing it. Like recently I've had some clients in my trying to conceive accelerator start meditating and they were like, oh my God, like I was in the airport the other day and it was delayed and I didn't realize till after how like calm I was during all of it. And they were like, oh my God, I feel so regulated during all of this. I usually would flip out, but I met it, I started meditating and like I'm starting to see it in my life. So anyway, that is just like a huge, huge thing that I would say like that's the number one thing to start doing.
Speaker 1:I, I, I love your explanation because it is so true and it's, and it was one of those things like I remember you even just talking about um, not cause I was super, my nervous system was super dysregulated, like when I started working with you in January of 21, and it was like, and when you made the comment like I'm not going to answer this text message right now, I kind of laughed to myself because in the three years since then, like people in my life just know, like, if it's not super important, like I will get to it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I can't answer you right now to determine the amount of business days it may take, like and. I'm like don't, don't take it, and like they don't. I'm like, if you really need me if you really need me, call me, but like if you're sending me a text message like still might not answer, like I might not answer if I can't, but like I will call you back.
Speaker 2:You know I'm like okay, this is important yeah, you know, it was like one of those things where I was like everybody needs instant access to you and I was like no, and I turned off all the notifications on my phone I'm like I open it up and there's no little red bubbles or anything.
Speaker 1:I'm just like no, I have to intentionally like go into an app to see what's there, and it took a long time and at first it was really hard like so those listening to this. That's like this crin. This is giving me anxiety, like yeah this is just regulating me more.
Speaker 1:I'm feeling more stressed yeah, it's so real you're telling me to to do this, but like, really like, do one thing and it makes everything easier. You do create so much space in your life and to the point you gain the awareness of, like. Some days I come home from work and I drive home and I'm listening to music, and some days I'm in silence. Some days, like some mornings, it's like I drive to work in silence. Some days I don't like. I listened to a song I like, you don't like it. Just you learn to be in tune with like, where am I at today?
Speaker 2:Yeah, and what? Yeah, exactly what do I want? So it's true, especially as, like a parent, it's like having that. There's like space of like no noise or like no, you know. Like it's like wow, how freeing. Like I just want to drive in silence for five minutes, you know what I mean Like it just feels cause, like sometimes you just can't do that if you have your kids in the car or whatever. Excuse me, but I love what you said about the phone. That's like other piece of it. So like thank you for bringing that up. Like, if you are opening your phone, opening your work email or whatever, like have boundaries around that too. Of like I don't check my work email past this time and I don't check it until I do my meditation, until I have water in the morning, until I get myself ready, and then I'll check it. Like having those specific timeframes is so, so helpful. So I'm so glad you brought that up. That's huge.
Speaker 1:And it was, and it's one of those things like did I get a little, like, to be honest to the listener, did I get a little pushback from people around me at first? Yeah, because I was changing the way we interacted with each other, Right Totally.
Speaker 1:And so it was something new for them. But are they still around? Yes, you know, like it's month into the world and like I'm better for it, and you know, like those small changes went to, I don't schedule anything on Sundays. Oh, the best I'm like I have a day of the week that I'm like this is my day. I don't schedule anything.
Speaker 2:So good. It's like I'm scheduling one thing a weekend, that's it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I'm just like and I have one weekend a month where I don't schedule anything at all, like the whole weekend.
Speaker 1:I'm just like no love that, and I'm so awesome and I used to be somebody that went like go, go, go all the time. And you know, before we hopped on, I was talking to you about how the last like six weeks, eight weeks of my life has been like really busy and I've had more on my plate than normal, and so then I had the self-awareness to be like whoa, we're just going to push pause on everything, like you know. Going back to what you said about looking at your day, what is it that I have to be doing, right, what? What actually needs to be done and how long does it actually need to take? And it was like oh, I can push pause on a lot of things that don't actually need to be done right now. Yeah, so that, like, I can take care of myself and create the space and systems to like come back or do things differently.
Speaker 1:And and it comes from starting, like you said, with just like looking at your day, like what's one thing I could do, like what's one thing that doesn't have to be done by me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so bad. There's one thing will change everything it's.
Speaker 1:It's the first domino in the whole thing, exactly. Yes, so good. So I feel like there's so much like I'm just like we keep talking about, but I like I feel like there's. This was jam packed like so many like tactical things and just so real empowering. So I have two final questions that I wanted to ask that I ask like every guest on have the Audacity. And the first one is you know, most podcasts have like some will have like their pump up playlist or things like that, like guests add to it. Well, I have a self-care ebook that everybody's. Every guest who comes on is like what's your go to self-care? And literally there's never any duplicates. It's the wow, most like amazing thing, like to normalize how it looks different for everybody, and so yeah, love that what is like your, like non-negotiable.
Speaker 1:This is my go-to, like self-care. I was going to say what we just said already.
Speaker 2:But meditation, like it really is like I don't know if you already have that on there, um, but it really is. Like that is my go to self-care is like, especially now as a mom, is like getting that time to meditate, um, is is really like. That's really. It Like and like I'm looking at like my nails and my feet I'm like I need a mani-pedi. Bad, but like.
Speaker 2:I'm just not prioritizing that right now because I'm like I'm prioritizing other things, um, so like for like a self-care, that truly is it. Like that really is it. And sometimes does it always happen in the morning? No, like this morning Madison woke up way earlier than usual, so like I was not able to meditate before she woke up, but like I will maybe, and she also didn't nap this morning. Here we are, um, but I will hopefully when she naps this afternoon I'll do it then or before bed, like I will get it in Um, so that really is it. And then I would also say like cause, if you already have that, I would also say walks, like walking is like really self-care for me, and like walking in silence, um, does wonders for me and I I love those and I love like you.
Speaker 1:You know you mentioned several times like walking in silence and I know that that's probably very terrifying to some people to think about, because to your point that you come up you'd like thoughts come up and like to your point, like most people probably don't even shower without listening to something oh, exactly, and that's like a non-negotiable for me too.
Speaker 2:I don't listen to anything the show I haven't for years, because I'm also someone that's like will like to consume a lot of stuff. Like I want to listen, be listening to podcasts or all the time, or learning or constantly doing, and like a lot of people, especially listening to this, are probably like that like doers awesome, but like there has to be space somewhere in your day and like a shower is the perfect place to do that, cause you're probably showering every day. Right, maybe you're not washing your hair every day, but you're hopefully showering your body every day, so it's like that's it, or a bath, whatever you're doing, that's like the perfect opportunity to just be like I'm not listening to anything during this time.
Speaker 1:I love that and like if that's something that you're listening to this and you're like that kind of scares me, like lean into that a little bit and just try it.
Speaker 2:Totally yes. Whenever anything is like scary or you feel resistance around it, it's always invitation to lean in.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like there's something there. And so then my last question is, since this is the, have the audacity podcast in your life. What does the phrase have the audacity mean to you?
Speaker 2:which is good, okay. Have the audacity to do what you're scared to do what and what? You think that other people are gonna like judge you for doing um, or what other people are telling you that like it's not okay to do that, right, like, for me, it was leave teaching um and every literally everybody in my life other than my he wasn't my, we weren't even engaged at the time I don't think whatever he's my husband now, but at the time, um, he was the only one that was like supportive really of it at first, like everyone was like you're crazy like don't do it, but like have the audacity to trust your intuition.
Speaker 2:That's really what it is like to trust your intuition and to do the thing that, like you know, know is best for you, even when the entire world is looking at you like you're absolutely out of your freaking mind. But like really to trust your intuition is like really what I would say for that.
Speaker 1:I love that so much. Crane, thank you so much for coming on. Oh my God.
Speaker 2:And before we go, I want to give a free resource to everyone who's listening. So, like cause again, we covered so many things and one of the most important things that you could do, which we didn't even touch on, but this free resource will be helpful for you for that. Obviously, my podcast too, but I have a free download of like how to create hormone balanced meals. It's actually a training I pulled from the mind and performance method, which is what JC was in Um, and it's going to be so helpful for you to just know, like it's not just what you're eating, it's how you, kind of, are eating. So I just want to give that to your audience for listening, especially if they listened all the way through this entire podcast.
Speaker 2:I want you to have this free resource. So it's a video training. It's really comprehensive. It's just teaching you how you can create a hormone balanced meal, whether you're cooking at home, you're at a restaurant, whatever it is. So it's just going to be really supportive, no matter if you are wanting to get pregnant, if you're wanting to not get pregnant, if you're wanting to get off birth control, if you're wanting to just feel better, have more energy, whatever. It is going to help you in all situations. So I just wanted to give that for you guys. I'll give you the link.
Speaker 1:Perfect. Yes, I will put that in the show notes. Thank you so much. And with that, how can the listener connect with you, work with you, all of the things, okay perfect.
Speaker 2:So this is a podcast, the Mind your Promote podcast. I'm at Crayon Angelica on Instagram. I'm at Crayon Angelica on TikTok. Those are the three places.
Speaker 2:I would say the podcast number one, because there's so much information there Like you're ready to binge, go for it and then to work together, like there's various different things and ways that we could work together, but the one that I always lead people to that if you again are someone listening who is having honestly any type of hormone issue, whether it is low energy, migraines, pms, mood swings, you want to get your period back, you have PCOS, you want to get pregnant, like whatever it is is my course, the Mind your Hormones Method, because that is really your step-by-step guide to adjust the root cause of what's going on in your body, because we're working on the systems in your body that actually affect your hormones.
Speaker 2:So that's like my whole comprehensive course. And then, obviously, you could always just DM me on Instagram not on TikTok, because it's a wild wild West over there so I cannot answer DMs over there. Shit is crazy. So just message me on Instagram at create Angelica, and I will be happy to like talk to you if you're like I don't know what's good for me or whatever, but my like one that I always recommend, is the mind your hormones method, for sure.
Speaker 1:And as somebody who's been through through it, I can only like 100% recommend like.
Speaker 2:Oh, thank you, JC, so sweet. Thank you so much for having me. This is so fun. I'm so proud of you, Like for everything you've done these past three ish years whatever however long it's been doing this podcast, like all the things. You're just helping women so much and it's just so awesome. So thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 1:Thank you so much, and thank you so much for just being here. This was a blast, oh my God, of course. So what did you think about today's episode? I know I want to hear it. I know Corinne wants to hear it, so please, if you had one takeaway from today's episode, please share it on Instagram. Tag us Corinne and I her handle it on Instagram. Tag us Quinn and I her handle and my handle. They're all in the bottom. Also, there's this new feature where you can text the podcast. You can click send a text message in the show notes and send me your takeaway.
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