In this episode, I welcome Jenn Cino, a personal trainer and hormone and menstrual coach. After traveling the world for five years, Jenn chose to pursue health and wellness full-time with her program, Fit. Period., helping women of all ages who are sick of unsustainable lifestyles and who are struggling with their periods and hormone health. Her practice gets to the root causes of hormonal issues and is all about educating women about the body and our cycles. 

Jenn shares her experience going on the birth control pill at age 14 and going off it at 21, along with the differences she saw in her personality, her relationship, and her body caused by that transition. She speaks on her struggle with severe digestive issues caused from the pill and lack of education and support she received from doctors. She also describes many of the symptoms of hormonal imbalances, the benefits of scheduling your life and work around your cycle, and gives powerful advice to women who have tried everything to heal their menstrual cycle.

“The worst part of it all is we are not told these things, we don’t know that birth control has side effects… I speak to women literally every single day of my life who are like, ‘I never even thought that the connection between all these symptoms could be birth control.’” 

• Jenn Cino

Jenn expresses her candid thoughts on food/calorie restriction, Western medicine, and the reform that’s necessary in doctors’ knowledge of the female body and hormone health. She talks about her experience using supplementation and essential oils to heal her gut, which led her to become a hormone specialist, along with the pivotal moment where she realized every body’s needs are different. She then busts the myth that “PMS is normal” and details the difference between clean eating and eating for hormone health.

“It really is that point in our life where we need to really start taking it a little bit more seriously to be our own advocate.” -     Jenn Cino

Stick around to hear about my horrible experience getting an IUD and the reality of how easy it is to prevent pregnancy if you’re in tune with your body’s menstrual cycle. 

Resources Mentioned:

Watch Jenn’s FREE webinar: fit-period.mykajabi.com/application

Connect with Jenn:

Follow Jenn on Instagram: www.instagram.com/lifeasjenn

About Jessika Whitney:

Hello! I am the host of this podcast and a Business Mindset Coach.

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