EP30_Getting your Period Back – A Rewarding and Compassionate Process. With Cynthia Donovan AKA The Period Nutritionist (Expert)

Curious About Recovery - Diving Into Eating Disorders

Getting your period back after experiencing disordered eating is an important part of the recovery process. It can lead to a more fulfilled life & improved overall health. Some people may even fear not being able to conceive and become a mother in recovery because of the damage done to the menstrual cycle over the years. But there is hope!

While not every person will fully recover their natural cycle, there are steps you can take to improve those chances. And along the journey you will see how recovering your period is about so much more than simply your vitality. It’s about reconnecting to your body, learning to live in it compassionately, and feeling a sense of wholeness for possibly the first time ever.

Today my guest is Cynthia Donovan, a registered dietitian nutritionist that helps women get their periods back. She helps them reverse hypothalamic amenorrhea, restore their health, and regain fertility. Cynthia’s life purpose is to help women find balance with food and exercise. She has over 10 years of experience and founded the Eat to Regain Your Period Program in 2020. She’s helped 100’s of women across the world get their periods and life back. When she’s not serving women with period recovery you can find her having fun with the two loves of her life, her sons, Brian and Brayden.

Take a curious dive into topics around the hormonal biochemistry of the menstrual cycle, excessive exercise and food restriction, and their effect on your period, what a healthy period looks like, breaking stigma about the menstrual cycle, and approaching your body compassionately in period and eating disorder recovery. Cynthia also shares with us about how she helps women through her “Eat to Regain your Period Program” and her post recovery community she has created called “The Period Society”.

You can find Cynthia using these links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/period.nutritionist/ TikTok: @period.nutritionist

Website: www.periodnutritionist.com

Apply for Period Recovery Coaching w/Cynthia: https://p.bttr.to/3ybjfOb

The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack: https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Vital-Sign-Optimize-Fertility/dp/1999428005

Kirsten Hunneyball's website (Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching): www.kirstenhunneyball.co.za

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kirstenhunneyball/