60 | Amenorrhea, re-balancing hormones and your relationship with your body with Jessica Christin

Jessica Christin is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and IIN Health Coach who specializes in empowering women to take charge of their health get back their cycles naturally. In the episode Jess talks about her own personal history of over-exercising, under-eating, having severe adrenal fatigue and gut issues, losing her period, and food fears, and her journey to healing. We discuss how Jess had to alter your view of what “being healthy” meant in order to rebalance her hormones, regain her health, break the diet and overexercising cycle, and get her period back.

We’re talking about…

dealing with stress, balancing blood sugar, supporting gut health and stomach acid, and how to support yourself along the way by looking for different markers of health.
How running and other types of exercise impact your cortisol and sex hormone production in the adrenal glands.
A typical train of events and mindset that leads people to lose their cycles
How stress and your mindset around your body and relationship with food plays a huge part in your menstrual cycle and overall physical health.
The first step to make when you’re dealing with a cluster of health conditions resulting from a history of under-eating and over-exercising, gut issues, thyroid issues and amenorrhea
What to do when part of your identity is wrapped up in something that is making you sick or fueling unhealthy patterns (like exercise)