Compared to Who? Body Image for Christian Women
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Hormones, HA, Infertility, Early Menopause, and Body Image Featuring Ashley Smith

April 14, 2023
00:00 33:29
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omen who are struggling with hormone issues surrounding fertility, loss of cycle, early menopause diagnoses, and body image issues. Ashley shares her story and how her own experience has led her to a ministry and coaching business where she helps women get pregnant (without IVF), regain their cycle, and make peace with their bodies and food.

Today Ashley and Heather talk about:

  • Heather shares her story of having HA without knowing what she had or why she was missing her period.
  • Ashley shares her story of trying to perfect her body, and "get healthy" and how that led her to losing her cycle and other physical issues.
  • What Hypothalamic Amenorrhea is (loss of cycle do to a suppressed hormone production) and why it's not a permanent condition.
  • How estrogen/progesterone are important to your entire body.
  • Why women are being diagnosed as peri or pre-menopausal in their thirties
  • How HA gets frequently mistaken for PCOS.
  • The impact of disordered eating on the thyroid-and how you can feel wired and tired.
  • Learn more about Ashley and the work of the HA society here: https://www.thehasociety.com/coaching

Ready for coaching? Visit: https://www.improvebodyimage.com/Christian-body-image-coaching for more information

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Meet Your Host
Meet Your Host
Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her latest release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, and For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she's best recognized for her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas.

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