I'm Nat, a certified fertility awareness educator and menstrual cycle coach, and the founder of Fertility Awareness Project. I teach people all over the world to chart their menstrual cycles for birth control. In this podcast, I connect with the people I'm inspired by in the fertility awareness, hormone health, and menstrual cycle awareness spaces.
A summer bonus! Take a peek behind the curtain, and life before Fertility Awareness Project. How did a season of burnout as a social worker led Nat to FAM? We're sharing a recording of an interview that a past Cycle Love client, Nicole did with Nat. Nicole had me on her podcast our conversation was so good, we wanted to share it here! Nicole did her research, and came through with some hard hitting questions. This episode covers:
Nat's story, how she found FAM, and her connection to social work
Social media influencers shaping the narrative around hormonal birth control
The polarized narrative around hormonal birth control and FAM
Who can use FAM?
What if I have irregular cycles, or currently am on hormonal birth control?
What do I have to do to follow FAM?
How do I start?
How much does FAM cost?
How can I involve my partner?
Vice article by Anya Zoledziowski: ‘Holistic Healers’ on TikTok Want You to Quit Birth Control (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgyd5a/natural-birth-control-tiktok)
Wired article by Sarah Sloat: Birth Control TikTok Is a Symptom of Medicine's Bigger Problem (https://www.wired.com/story/hormonal-birth-control-tiktok/)
Take FAM Fundamentals Free (https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/fam-fundamentals)
Listen to Nicole's podcast:
www.multitudespodcast.com (https://www.multitudespodcast.com/)
IG: @multitudes.podcast (https://www.instagram.com/multitudes.podcast/)
17 Apr 2023
48. “My heart dropped” The 15 minutes of fame I never asked for.
Or how Nat accidentally became the poster child for FAM misinformation on Tiktok. In this episode she talks candidly about reading her own words in a pretty popular magazine piece, and the problem with these types of articles. Delving into the difference between wellness influencers telling people to ditch the pill and FAM educators who devote their lives to sharing evidence based information about the cycle.
She also talks about how FAM is not for everyone, and how we need to talk about the pros and cons of both hormonal birth control AND fertility awareness.
In this episode, Nat shares her personal experience with fertility awareness and discusses the benefits and considerations of this method.
Fertility awareness isn’t hard, but you need to be all in to see results. And because you put your mind, heart and soul into learning and mastering a method of FAM, it’s even more rewarding to interpret your body’s signs and confirm ovulation, to use your body as your birth control.
Links:
Read more about who fertility awareness IS and ISN'T for (https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/blog/who-fertility-awareness-is-for)
Read the article Nat talks about published in Glamour Magazine (https://www.glamour.com/story/birth-control-tiktok)
Go here to get started using FAM for FREE (https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/fam-fundamentals)
10 Apr 2023
47. Level up your long-term charting game
Finding yourself out of your charting habit? Listen to this episode to get back into charting/leveling up your charting if you’ve been at it for a while. With every skill, there are ebbs and flows, and FAM is no exception. This episode dives into:
learning a new method, refreshing on your old method, working with an educator
elements of good charting - keeping an accurate + consistent record
perfecting the method you use
going through your custom data lines/refreshing
being realistic - how to chart only what you need to chart
when it's okay to shortcut chart
how to create reminders for yourself
and reconnecting with your initial goals for charting
Take FAM Fundamentals Free (https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/fam-fundamentals)
Save 12% on Tempdrop (http://www.tempdrop.com/discount/NATD)
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