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  • A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
  • By: Jolene Brighten
  • Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
  • Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (32 ratings)

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Beyond the Pill

By: Jolene Brighten
Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
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Out of the 100 million women - almost 11 million in the US alone - who are on the pill, roughly 60 percent take it for noncontraceptive reasons like painful periods, endometriosis, PCOS, and acne. While the birth control pill is widely prescribed as a quick-fix solution to a variety of women’s health conditions, taking it can also result in other more serious and dangerous health consequences. 

Did you know that women on the pill are more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant? That they are at significantly increased risk for autoimmune disease, heart attack, thyroid and adrenal disorders, and even breast and cervical cancer? That the pill can even cause vaginal dryness, unexplained hair loss, flagging libido, extreme fatigue, and chronic infection? As if women didn’t have enough to worry about, that little pill we’re taking to manage our symptoms is only making things worse.

Jolene Brighten, ND, author of the groundbreaking new audiobook Beyond the Pill, specializes in treating women’s hormone imbalances caused by the pill and shares her proven 30-day program designed to reverse the myriad of symptoms women experience every day - whether you choose to stay on the pill or not. The first audiobook of its kind to target the birth control pill and the scientifically proven symptoms associated with taking it, Beyond the Pill is an actionable plan for taking control and will help listeners:

  • Locate the root cause of their hormonal issues, like estrogen dominance, low testosterone, and low progesterone
  • Discover a pain-free, manageable period free of cramps, acne, stress, or PMS without the harmful side effects that come with the pill
  • Detox the liver, support the adrenals and thyroid, heal the gut, reverse metabolic mayhem, boost fertility, and enhance mood
  • Transition into a nutrition and supplement program, with more than 30 hormone-balancing recipes

Featuring simple diet and lifestyle interventions, Beyond the Pill is the first step to reversing the risky side effects of the pill, finally finding hormonal health, and getting your badass self back.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Jolene Brighten (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

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Educational

Learnt a lot, and feel ready to embark on my journey full of knowledge. Already recommended to many friends.

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Super informative

I found this book really informative but also hard to listen. If I had the book in my hands, I would generally skim over “recommendations” if they don’t suit me but instead listened and would loose interest.

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So inspiring

Ive been on the pill for my PCOS for 15 years because thats the only treatment doctors have ever given. This is an amazing book providing information about your hormones and how to regulate it through diet, natural supplements, exercise and stress relief techniques. Im ditching the pill as im so confident i can heal my body through these practices. Thankyou Dr. Brighten for giving me a ray of light to help tackle this

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Every Woman should read this!!

This book was filled with so much information and facts and really opens up how much woman are expected to endure just from taking the pill!

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Wish I read this years ago!

Fantastic book with loads of information. Wish I had read it 20 years ago.
Sometimes I felt like a little hard sell towards her products but she has developed these to support the book and make life easier for you if you wish to take the supplements so this is good.
Thanks Jolene x

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uplifting and empowering

we need more women in the world who love and respect their bodies. thank you for sharing your knowledge and message

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Very informative

I love this book. I've learnt so much, I wish I had this information 15 years ago when I was a teenager. I think this book is not only helpful for women on the pill. It's also for women who'd just generally like to know more about how hormone imbalances can manifest and how to treat them

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If you want to understand your body and what the pill does to it, this is a must!

I love this book, it has made me understand the detrimental aftermath the pill can have, but not in an alarming way as she has solutions to various imbalances in hormones to get your body back to normal. In addition, she makes you understand how a women’s body works, and gets into specific details that you’re unlikely to know after all these years. It would also be a helpful book if you’ve come off the pill and you’re planning to have a baby. I have yet to begin my 30 day program, but I’m hoping for good results. And I’m sure with her expertise in the subject, I will and thousands of other women too.

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As soon as it finished i pressed play again!

This was a wonderful book. Very important information that our conventional doctors are not telling us. A must read for all women... ideally in their teens (prior to starting birth control) but beneficial at any age. Loved it!!

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What every Woman should know!

This book has been incredibly insightful into the world of hormones. Only wish I had listened / read this year's ago.

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