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Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health Professionals

Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Mastery for Women's Health Professionals

By: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack FAE HRHP
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 Are you ready to uplevel your women's health practice? Welcome to the Fertility Friday Podcast! A podcast designed to empower you to use fertility awareness both personally and professionally. If you are a woman's health professional — and you’re not fully utilizing the menstrual cycle as a vital sign — it's time to change that right away! Through evidence-based literature reviews, engaging discussions, expert interviews, and compelling client stories, Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, FAE, HRHP covers everything from complex menstrual cycle chart interpretation and balancing hormones to overcoming fertility challenges and more. With over 20 years of experience teaching fertility awareness, Lisa combines her real-world expertise with the latest research to ensure you're fully equipped to support your clients. Lisa's first book, "The Fifth Vital Sign," describes the menstrual cycle as an important vital sign we should pay attention to. Her most recent book, "Real Food for Fertility" (co-authored with Lily Nichols, RDN), explores how a healthy menstrual cycle sets the stage for a healthy pregnancy. With well over 4 million downloads, Fertility Friday is the #1 source for information about fertility awareness and menstrual cycle health. All women deserve to understand how their bodies work, and if we wait for our education systems to do it we may be waiting forever. It's up to us to be the change we wish to see in the field of women's health. In other words, It's YOUR TURN to bring this essential information to your clients sooner rather than later — they need it now!Fertility Friday Podcast © 2024 Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • FFP 589 | PMDD vs PMS — How Bad Is It? | FAMM Research Series

    FFP 589 | PMDD vs PMS — How Bad Is It? | FAMM Research Series
    Aug 29 2025

    In this solo episode, Lisa explores the clinical differences between PMS and PMDD and breaks down a recent study that tested mood, cognition, and food intake across the menstrual cycle. She highlights major limitations in the study’s hormonal testing methods and challenges the psychiatric framing of PMDD as a purely serotonin-based disorder. If you work with clients experiencing debilitating premenstrual symptoms, this episode will help you contextualize mood shifts through a cycle-aware, practitioner-informed lens.

    Follow this link to view the full show notes page!

    This episode is sponsored by Lisa’s new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!

    Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead? 🎧 Listen here!

    This episode is also sponsored by FAMM, the Fertility Awareness Mastery MentorshipTM program! Apply now to join the waiting list for our next class!

    Have you grabbed your copy of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook? It is the first fully customizable paper charting workbook of its kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today!

    📚 If you haven’t grabbed your copy of The Fifth Vital Sign, grab it here!

    Would you rather listen to the audiobook version of The Fifth Vital Sign? 🎧 Listen here!
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    39 mins
  • FFP 588 | The Menstrual Cycle: An Overlooked Vital Sign in Psychiatry? | Dr. Katie Marwick

    FFP 588 | The Menstrual Cycle: An Overlooked Vital Sign in Psychiatry? | Dr. Katie Marwick
    Aug 22 2025

    Psychiatrist Dr. Katie Marwick joins Lisa to discuss the overlooked role of the menstrual cycle in psychiatry. Together, they explore why cyclical hormone changes can exacerbate symptoms of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric conditions — and how acknowledging the menstrual cycle as a vital sign could transform mental health care for women.

    Follow this link to view the full show notes page!

    This episode is sponsored by Lisa’s new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!

    Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead? 🎧 Listen here!

    This episode is also sponsored by FAMM, the Fertility Awareness Mastery MentorshipTM program! Apply now to join the waiting list for our next class!

    Have you grabbed your copy of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook? It is the first fully customizable paper charting workbook of its kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today!

    📚 If you haven’t grabbed your copy of The Fifth Vital Sign, grab it here!

    Would you rather listen to the audiobook version of The Fifth Vital Sign? 🎧 Listen here!
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    52 mins
  • FFP 587 | Are Your Natural Beauty Products “Greenwashed”? | The Hidden Toxins In Your Skincare | Courtney Joy Goetz

    FFP 587 | Are Your Natural Beauty Products “Greenwashed”? | The Hidden Toxins In Your Skincare | Courtney Joy Goetz
    Aug 15 2025

    Are microplastics silently sabotaging your fertility? Discover how these invisible toxins are ending up in your ovaries—and what the research says about protecting your reproductive health. Lisa and Courtney Joy Goetz share expert tips for choosing truly clean skincare to support hormonal health and fertility.

    This episode is sponsored by Lisa’s new book Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lily Nichols! Grab your copy here!

    Would you prefer to listen to the audiobook version of Real Food for Fertility instead? 🎧 Listen here!

    This episode is also sponsored by FAMM, the Fertility Awareness Mastery MentorshipTM program! Apply now to join the waiting list for our next class!

    Have you grabbed your copy of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook? It is the first fully customizable paper charting workbook of its kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today!

    📚 If you haven’t grabbed your copy of The Fifth Vital Sign, grab it here!

    Would you rather listen to the audiobook version of The Fifth Vital Sign? 🎧 Listen here!
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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