FFP 354 | Coming Off The Pill With PCOS | Kate Kordsmeier

Kate Kordsmeier is a writer, educator, and creative entrepreneur. After almost a decade as a freelance journalist, Kate founded Root + Revel, a holistic wellness blog with a focus on mind-body-soul health. Once the blog blossomed into a 6-figure business, she started the The Six-Figure Blog Academy, a digital course dedicated to helping others start their own profitable businesses. Kate is also the host of the Success with Soul Podcast. Her mission is to empower women to create a profitable, purpose-filled online business and build a life of freedom and flexibility, without selling their soul.

Today Kate shares her story about overcoming post-pill PCOS. An episode you won’t want to miss!

Topics discussed in today's episode:

• Kate’s menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptives history
• What inspired Kate to start her holistic wellness blog, Root + Revel
• Kate’s journey coming off of the pill and normalizing her menstrual cycle
• Challenges with hormonal contraceptives
• Kate’s experience with her healthcare providers and her diagnosis with PCOS
• How the pill can relate to gut issues
• Why healthcare providers always lean on the pill as the cure
• Kate’s experience with the IUD
• How Kate heeled her body naturally
• Kate’s symptoms after getting off the pill that concerned her she had PCOS
• Kate’s experience and how long it took her to normalize her period
• How the pill masks female health and cycle issues
• Kate's life after her menstrual cycle normalized

Connect with Kate:

You can connect with Kate on Facebook, Instagram and on her website.

Resources mentioned:

• Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship (FAMM) Class of 2021

• The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

• Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook

• Fertility Awareness Mastery Online Self-Study Program

Related podcasts & blog posts:

• [On-Air Client Session] FFP 279 | Post-Pill Amenorrhea | Lisa & Jennifer
• [On-Air Client Session] FFP 278 | Regulating Your Cycles Post-Pill | Lisa & Natalie
• [On-Air Client Session] FFP 275 | Recovering from Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Lisa & Catherine
• FFP 270 | Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | How Laura Got Her Period Back 5 Years After Coming Off The Pill | Laura Bruner
• FFP 223 | Overcoming Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | No Period. Now What? | Dr. Nicola Rinaldi, PhD
• FFP 163 | PCOS & Fertility | Improving Fertility & Balancing Hormones with Diet & Lifestyle Changes | Robyn Srigley
• [On-Air Client Session] FFP 147 | Managing PCOS Symptoms Naturally | Fertility Awareness Reality Series | Lisa & Erica
• FFP 142 | Endometriosis, PCOS, Acne & Infertility | Getting to the Root Cause | Dr. Pamela Frank
• FFP 141 | Surviving Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Getting Your Period Back Without Fertility Drugs | Nicola Rinaldi
• FFP 138 | Post-Pill Amenorrhea | Why It Took 4 Years For Her Period To Come Back | Andrea Petrus
• FFP 111 | 8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS | Inflammation, Gut Health, Thyroid Disorders & PCOS | Infertility | Autoimmunity | Dr. Fiona McCulloch, ND
• [On-Air Client Session] FFP 105 | Fertility Awareness Reality Series | Fertility Awareness Method | PCOS | Balancing Blood Sugar | Nutrition for Fertility | Teri & Lisa
• FFP 103 | Real Food for PCOS | PCOS, Insulin Resistance & Diabetes | Managing PCOS Naturally with Diet |  Balancing Blood Sugar | Lily Nichols
• FFP 086 | Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Period Repair Manual | Healthy Hormones | Dr. Lara Briden
• FFP 022 | What is PCOS? | Healing PCOS Naturally | PCOS Diva Amy Medling
• FFP 019 | Fix Your Period | Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea and The Pill | Nicole Jardim
• FFP 012 | Recovering from Post-Birth Control Syndrome | How to get your period back | Laura Schoenfeld
• FFP 007 | What the pill really does to your hormones | PCOS & Menstrual Irregularities | Dr Lara Briden

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

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