56: Medical Gaslighting & Reclaiming Hormonal Health with Nicole Bendayan

“It's important for women, conditioned by hustle culture and instant results, to understand this is a long-term commitment. With 38.5 years of reproductive health to consider, starting now and consistently nurturing your understanding over the years will lead to a profound connection with your body.” - Nicole BendayanIn this episode, Kelly is joined by Nicole Bendayan to discuss critical issues facing women's health, from the reality of medical gaslighting to empowering women to reclaim control over their health and well-being. They emphasize the importance of understanding the menstrual cycle as a vital sign of health and advocate for natural alternatives to hormonal birth control. The discussion underscores the power of informed choice and self-education in women's health.Today on Reclamation Radio:The truth of medical gaslighting of womenWhy informed consent has become politicalThe physical and spiritual risks of birth controlReasons to learn, support, and optimize your cycleWhat a feminine legacy can consist ofEffective natural contraception and how to navigate your fertile windowThis show is sponsored by:Lotus Wei | Go to lotuswei.com and use the code KELLY15 for 15% off.Resources:Learn more about Nicole here: The Sync SocietyConnect with Kelly:Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: kellybroganmd.comCheckout Kelly's monthly membership Vital Life Project hereWhat's your Reclamation Remedy? Take Kelly's quiz here.Pre-order Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman hereThis show is produced by Soulfire Productions

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It hurts to have unmet needs. And it sucks to scurry after crumbs when you’re starving. Join Kelly Brogan MD, as she teaches us how our pain points are portals. She’ll help you discover a world where every seeming challenge is a new chapter in your most audacious story. Plot twists, body symptoms, and heartbreak each represent an opportunity to own ourselves and learn to better wield the power of choice. Kelly will take you on a reclamation journey from the battlefield of victim consciousness to the sovereignty of self-devoted pleasure and expose every surprising place you’ve given your power away. Explore the tools you’ll need to find out what you want, how to ask for it and how to stand in fierce alignment with yourself.Kelly Brogan is a soul alchemist and threshold guardian devoted to the transformation of collective consciousness. As a young know-it-all atheist, candy-addict, straight-A MIT neuroscience major and Ivy-league trained psychiatrist, she specialized in feeding women, herself included, straight into the mouth of the medicated beast. After a Hashimoto’s healing journey inspired her to sound the alarm on the bait-and-switch of big pharma, she became a renegade activist—authoring the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own, and its follow-up, Own Your Self; co-editing the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression; and eventually becoming an honorary member of the Disinformation Dozen. She is the creatrix of Vital Mind Reset, the online health reclamation program, and the membership community Vital Life Project. She’s a human, cat, and chicken mom.