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Author: No Period Now What & Beyond Body Image

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A straight-shooting, science based podcast about periods, period recovery, fertility, and nurturing health, outside of unrealistic beauty expectations. Every fortnight, Dr Nicola Sykes (formerly Rinaldi), scientist and lead author of the book ‘No Period, now what?’ and Florence Gillet, Certified Eating Psychology coach and founder of www.beyondbodyimage.com share real recovery stories, expert insights and new research on hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) recovery, hormonal health and fertility, with an unmissable touch of body respect and women’s empowerment. 

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In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet another 2 former clients - Florence in France and Daniela in the US, to discuss their experiences with the All In method, Joint Coaching and life after HA.To find support in your HA recovery:Get the "No Period. Now What?" book at noperiod.info/book.To join the NPNW Support group, please visit noperiod.info/supportTo make an appointment with Dr Rinaldi and get individual support to get your period back or improve your fertility, please go to noperiod.i...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet with Georgina, from the UK, Angie in the US and Lior, from Israel, to discuss their experiences with the All In method, Joint Coaching and life after HA. To find support in your HA recovery:Get the "No Period. Now What?" book at noperiod.info/book.To join the NPNW Support group, please visit noperiod.info/supportTo make an appointment with Dr Rinaldi and get individual support to get your period back or improve your fertility, please go to noperiod.in...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet RD Lindsey Lusson, who also went through HA & now focuses on restoring fertility in her patients with restrictive eating habits.Together they talk about- Lindsey's recovery and how it informed her job as a dietitian- Unlearning diet culture in recovery and in her practice- How to eat for fertility- How to deal with the fear of weight gain and what we think of the "overshoot" concept- Why weight gain is crucial in pregnancy for baby and mother's he...
In this episode, Florence and Nicola discuss:- Menstrual cycle is a window into women’s health – ovulation as the main event- How to track your cycles after recovery: CM, BBT, Cervix position (Chapter 18)- Progression of CM throughout your cycle- What follicular waves mean in recovery or after- The perfect 28 day cycle myth-&...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet Jamie, non-diet fitness Personal Trainer. Jamie explains what led her to become a PT and a Zumba instructor, as well as a physio assistant. Jamie shares how she never really felt close to the appearance-focused fitness values in her field, and was practicing a much more compassionate, mindful approach to her job, even before learning about Health At Every Size.Together we discuss toxic fitness culture, how to come out of exercise addiction thanks to t...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet Ragen Chastain. Ragen is a HAES Speaker, Writer, Dancer, Marathoner, ACE Certified Health Coach and Functional Fitness Specialist, in Training to be an Iron-Distance Triathlete, Activist, and the brains behind The WeightAndHealthcare Newsletter on Substack.Ragen starts by telling us about her story with dieting, overexercising, and losing her periods. Having a research and statistics masters, Ragen researched the internet for the best way to lose weig...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence welcome Aurelie Montenair. Raised in France where most girls start dieting at 8, Aurelie went on her first diet as an 18 year old. She tells us about her descent into full-blown orthorexia and HA, and what it took to deconstruct many of the beliefs about body size, health and women she had internalised since childhood. Together we explore European culture when it comes to thinness, health and fatphobia, control and denial, and also why girls and wome...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet with ED recovery coach and author Tabitha Farrar. Together they talk about: - Tabitha's story of anorexia and her recovery, but also what happened to her menstrual cycles as she came out of energy deficit.- Tabitha's unique views on anorexia as an evolved response to famine, and all the habitual behaviours (OCD-ED) drawn by the lack of available energy, and typically experienced by ED patients- Why nutritional rehabilitation has to be accom...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence spend some time deep diving into the term "All In": what it refers to, what it is not, when it applies and why it is a lot more than just eating all the foods. Together they are also busting the common myths around "All In":1/ All In is going to make me fat. If I start gaining weight, it will never end.2/ I can be All In while staying “healthy”3/ All In cannot be healthy since exercise is so good for you4/ All In won’t be necessary because I will get ...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence meet Mary Cain, professional runner and founder of the nonprofit running team, Atalanta NYC. Atalanta NYC employs professional female runners to serve as mentors for young girls while building both their career skills and training full-time. Along with focusing on her training, Mary works at Tracksmith, as the NYC Community Manager, New York Road Runners. After sharing the story of why she quit running with the Nike team with the world in a 2019 NY Times O...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence receive Dr Cati Gentili, a Research Fellow working at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), based at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Over the years, Dr. Gentili's research has focused on restrained eating and body image concerns, positive body image (in particular body functionality appreciation), exercise motivations and habits and how they relate to body image, as well as on the impact of oncological hormonal treatments and gender n...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence receive Jess Peet, recovered HAer, who shares her somewhat unusual recovery story.- How she developed HA- Was she officially diagnosed with HA and her interactions with doctors- How she went on to know about No Period, Now What? and living in denial- Her "all in" process- How she dealt with recovery taking longer than average- What her recovery taught herYou can find more about Jess's story at http://noperiod.info/jess, www.jesspeet.com or on Instagra...
Reminder - new period recovery support space at http://noperiod.info/support!In this episode, Florence and Nicola talk with Dr. Kate Ackerman, physician at the female athlete program at Boston Children's Hospital. They chat about:Dr. Ackerman’s story and how she became interested in working with female athletesDr. Ackerman’s period historyDefinition of an “athlete”History of female athlete triadAll about REDS - symptoms, performance consequences, ways to diagnose REDS in those without a uteru...
In this episode, Florence and Nicola go over Nicola's book "No Period, Now What?"- How the book came about: where did the idea come from, what surveys were collected, who are the co-authors, designers, editors, etc- How long did the processing, researching, writing and editing take- How is the book structured and what each part covers- What you wouldn't think is in there- The book re-edit in 2019, and what the future holds in terms of translationsNicola also announces a brand new support grou...
To start season 2, Nicola and Florence meet with Dr Lindsay Kite. Dr. Lindsay Kite is co-author of the book More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament (2020, HarperCollins) and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined, alongside her identical twin sister Lexie Kite. Both received PhDs from the University of Utah in the study of female body image and have become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy.Lindsay and Lexie help girls and women recognize ...
For the last episode of Season 1, Nicola and Florence welcome Dr Alyse Goldberg, whose endocrinology practice focuses on managing hormonal conditions in reproductive age women, many of who are attempting to conceive. Together, they discussed- How common is HA compared to PCOS, and why misdiagnoses happen- Dr Goldberg's recommendations for patients she diagnoses with HA- How often amenorrhea is in fact a symptom of Premature Ovarian Insuffiency (POI) and not HA and whether having FSH close to ...
Ahead of the summer season in the Northern hemisphere, Nicola and Florence talk about the toxicity of body comparison in recovery. They evoke body dissatisfaction being a public health issue and how the Covid-19 pandemic heightened body anxiety in many of us. They go through simple ways to deal with the tendency to compare our bodies with other people's and also discuss why all No Period, Now What? support groups are monitored to avoid sharing numbers related to weight, size, calories consump...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence are meeting Transformational Life Coach Hadley Ordway, who is also supporting our NPNW online support group as an admin. Hadley also recovered from HA, so together we talked about her story with anxiety and an eating disorder, as well as what helped her regain periods and her mental sanity.Hadley shares simple ways to fight anxiety in recovery, while confronting some of the old "coping mechanisms" we may have acquired overtime to deal with stress. You can ...
In this episode, Nicola and Florence receive American award-winning author and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body image, Virgie Tovar. Virgie evokes her memories of growing up in a larger body, and internalizing toxic cultural messages about her ultimate responsibility to become thin. In her early twenties, she was introduced to fat activism while studying for her Master's degree in Sexuality Studies. Together, Virgie, Nicola, and Florence explore the 3 levels of...
TW: talk of anorexia and pregnancy/infant lossIn this episode, Nicola and Florence have a conversation with Meg, former anorexia patient and owner of the Megsyrecovery Youtube account. Together they talked about Meg's anorexia treatment as a teen in the UK, about her accidental relapse as a young adult and finally getting access to CBT-E. Meg evoked the hard steps to take in recovery to eat, even though it felt really scary, and how she managed to rewire her brain along the way, zooming out t...
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