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In this week's episode, we continue with “Week Three” in our 4 part Advent study of Heather's new book Encountering Emmanuel. We meditate on the vulnerability of Jesus as a baby and how He comes as one who is little so we can know that we are loved in our littleness. We also reflect on what it looks like to have hope, how to love with an open heart, and the deeper meaning of incense. Jesus' heart is an open place of refuge where we find the comfort and relief we so desperately need this Advent season.   Heather's One Things - The upcoming women's conference at Franciscan June 6-8  (registration opens January 29, 2025) Sponsored by Abiding Together and Deacon Bob Rice's new Scriptural Rosary Cards Sister Miriam's One Thing - Restore the Glory Podcast episodes on redemptive suffering (Carrie Archual) (Part 1) (Part 2) Michelle's One Things - This mug from Deacon Bob Rice, Trader Joe's winter peonies, and The Portal of the Mystery of Hope by Charles Peguy   Other Resources Mentioned:  Encountering Emmanuel Resources Resources The Hidden Meaning of Incense w/ Fr. Boniface Hicks   Journal Questions: What does abundant life look like in my life at this time? How can I lean into Hope today? When did I become so serious? How can I allow the Lord to transform my woundedness into a sweet fragrance for the Lord?   Discussion Questions: How do you conflate abundant life with perfection? Where are you holding onto hopelessness? How can you live more openly even in the midst of pain? How can you embrace more play in your life?   Quote to Ponder: “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.” (C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves)   Scripture for Lectio: “I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.”  (Hosea 11:4)   Sponsor - Catholic Women & Couples NFP: Catholic Women & Couples NFP (CWCNFP) is a lay Catholic organization that is pleased to offer 100% free Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness Classes to any Catholic woman or couple 18 years of age and older. Their ministry exists to aid Catholics in pursuing lives in full harmony with Church teaching. By learning a fertility awareness method, Catholic women can be more in tune with their hormones, understand their fertility patterns, and plan their family in accordance with Church teaching. It is estimated that only 20% of Catholics have ever attempted a NFP method. CWCNFP's ministry exists to change that statistic. They believe  all Catholic women and couples should learn a fertility awareness method, no matter their vocation or state in life. With online classes, they work with your busy schedule and offer classes in both Spanish and English. Many NFP courses can cost up to $300, but CWCNFP's classes are ALWAYS free. They specifically teach the Billings Ovulation Method ®, which is very similar to the Creighton Method. However, they know that the Billings Method might not be for everyone, so if a client would like to learn a different NFP method they have a special partnership with MyCatholicDoctor that allows them to learn any method of their choosing as long as they have qualifying insurance. With qualifying insurance, this NFP instruction through MyCatholicDoctor would be covered. In addition, teens or non-Catholics who do not qualify for CWCNFP's free NFP program will be able to find fertility awareness courses through MyCatholicDoctor, in which CWCNFP will assist with setting up. To learn more and to sign up for free classes, visit their website www.ccnfp.org or follow them on Instagram @cwcnfp   Timestamps: 00:00 - Catholic Women and Couples NFP 01:30 - Intro 02:22 - Welcome 04:20 - Vulnerability and Hope 08:12 - Loving with an Open Heart 11:41 - Incense 16:06 - The Language of Play 22:22 - Thoughts for the Third Week of Advent 24:37 - One Things

Tune into Episode 22: Body Literacy & Birth Control! How does the female body work? with guest, Katie Vidmar to learn all about: The truth behind hormonal birth control How hormonal birth control can impact your day to day lifeHow the female body functions and the beauty within that Why holding women illiterate of their bodies is a systematic act of disempowermentand so much more! Katie E. Vidmar is a Body Literacy and Fertility Awareness Educator from North Dakota. Katie is the creator of Elevate, a training designed for federally-qualified and non-profit medical centers (including Pregnancy Resource Centers) to empower them with education and immediately actionable tools to bring the power of holistic women's health education to their community. Katie holds a B.S. in Pre-Medicine/Liberal Arts from the University of North Dakota and a Masters in Theological Studies in Biotechnology and Ethics from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute. She is trained in the Billings Ovulation Method, and has acted as an ENDOW facilitator (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women). She brings 20+ years of experience mentoring young women, and 10+ years experience serving in the Pregnancy Medical Clinic movement. She enjoys helping things grow, including her jungle of houseplants, sourdough starter and kombucha SCOBY, and last but not least, her husband and six children. Resources: Natural WomanhoodNatural Womanhood “Which FAM Method is for Me?” Quiz (Take our fertility awareness quizzes! - Natural Womanhood)Find a FAM InstructorFind a DoctorFACTS about Fertilitywww.katievidmar.comemail: katie@katievidmar.comReferences for the Episode: Hendrickson-Jack, Lisa. The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility. 1st ed., Fertility Friday Publishing Inc., 2019, https://doi.org/978-1-9994280-1-3Bennett, Lauren Elizabeth, and Lisa M. Brown. "Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign." (2018).Chen, Peng, et al. "Role of Estrogen Receptors in Health and Disease." Frontiers in Endocrinology, vol. 13, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.839005. Accessed 12 Feb. 2024.Kenney, Teresa WHNP. The Happy Girls Guide to Being Whole. 1st ed., Lumen Press and Media, 2021, https://doi.org/978-1-7352237-3-5. p. 10.Sarit O Aschkenazi & Roger P Goldberg (2009) Female sexual function and the pelvic floor, Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 4:2, 165-178, DOI: 10.1586/17474108.4.2.165Lavoisier, P., Aloui, R., Schmidt, M.H. et al. Clitoral blood flow increases following vaginal pressure stimulation. Arch Sex Behav 24, 37–45 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01541987Puppo, Vincenzo. "Anatomy and Physiology of the Clitoris,...

Welcome to the second episode of the Method Conversation series! You'll hear from trained instructors who represent a variety of organizations that provide scientifically-proven, methodologically-sound, and Catholic Church-approved fertility awareness based method (FABM) instruction that are well-respected in the fertility awareness and medical community. Remember, don't work with an instructor who creates their own rules & methods! Work with trained experts. In this episode, Bridget sits down with Heather Turner, a Billings Ovulation Method Instructor. Heather shares the history of Billings, how it works, effectiveness rates what it looks like to work with an instructor, how to find an instructor, and important aspects to consider before picking a method and instructor. Don't miss this series and this helpful conversation! Shownotes: Billings Ovulation Method: https://billings.life/en/ Billings Instructor List (for US residents): https://www.boma-usa.org/find-a-boma-usa-teacher.html WOOMB (international Billings Organization): https://woombinternational.org/ Heather Turner's Website: https://www.planninglifesbumps.com/ Heather's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PlanningLifesBumps Heather will be offering an online Billings introduction class on April 23, 2022 at 9 a.m. CST. You can contact Heather here for more details & the sign-up link: https://www.planninglifesbumps.com/contact-me/ Interviewee Bio: Heather Turner teaches Billings online to women all over the U.S. She has learned 5 NFP methods already and loves to learn about different ways of understanding fertility and teaching it. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and 3 kids and dreams about spring!

In this solo episode, Nat reviews he Business of Birth Control documentary and offers her ~opinions~ as a FAM educator. She also dives into her experience taking the Billings Ovulation Method teacher training, who Billings is right for and why the method has been SUCH a game-changer. Thanks for being here for season 3 of the podcast! Save 12% on any Tempdrop package with code NATD. Find Nat's work on Instagram and take FAM Fundamentals.

This is episode one in a series on finding the right method for you. We are discussing Mucus-Only methods of fertility awareness. We have Flenje Rose Oaferina who teaches Billings Ovulation Method and we have Lisa Morvant who is a Creighton Model Instructor. Want to learn more about the methods we talked about?Billings Ovulation Method: https://www.boma-usa.org/Creighton Model FertilityCare: https://fertilitycare.org/NaPro Technology: https://fertilitycare.org/Feel free to reach out to the instructors we talked to via the Instagram links above!Questions, comments, suggestions about the podcast?https://www.instagram.com/chartingtowardintimacy/chartingtowardintimacy@gmail.com

Mary Pat Van Epps is one of my heroes. She’s been teaching the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning for over forty years, and she is pretty stinkin’ amazing. I’m so excited I was able to have her as a guest on the ‘cast! Brilliant, hilarious, and loves to chat just as much as I do – I really hope this episode serves as a helpful foundation for those that don’t know anything about it, more insight for those who know some, and a good time/refresher for those who know a lot. As always, thanks for listening and God bless you!⁣ ⁣ PS – We definitely say “cervical mucus” like eight times in this episode!

#174 Alyssa Tait is both a physiotherapist and a nutritionist. After doing postgraduate studies in pelvic floor as a physiotherapist, she returned to university with the drive to get even better and faster results for her patients by incorporating nutrition. Two nutrition/naturopathy qualifications later, she is still incorporating more tools to help her patients, taking on a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. Alyssa has a bee in her bonnet about painful sex, leaky bladder, irritable bowel, chronic/recurrent urinary tract infections, all manner of horrible types of pelvic pain, and annoying itchy vaginal discharge issues, and has made it her mission to help as many as people rid themselves of these problems. Believing that the world of orthodox medicine and natural therapies are complementary, Alyssa Tait founded Equilibria Physiotherapy & Nutrition, which uniquely bridges the gap between the two worlds.  Intrigued by the world of women’s hormones and fertility, Alyssa Tait is is also an Accredited Teacher of the Billings Ovulation Method. In this episode we cover: What the pelvic floor encompasses The major risk factors for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Signs that indicate one has pelvic floor dysfunction How PFD is assessed The difference between control type and pain type pelvic floor dysfunction The risks of pelvic floor exercises such as Kegels And so much more

#136 Alyssa Tait is both a physiotherapist and a nutritionist. After doing postgraduate studies in pelvic floor as a physiotherapist, she returned to university with the drive to get even better and faster results for her patients by incorporating nutrition. Two nutrition/naturopathy qualifications later, she is still incorporating more tools to help her patients, taking on a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. Alyssa has a bee in her bonnet about painful sex, leaky bladder, irritable bowel, chronic/recurrent urinary tract infections, all manner of horrible types of pelvic pain, and annoying itchy vaginal discharge issues, and has made it her mission to help as many as people rid themselves of these problems. Believing that the world of orthodox medicine and natural therapies are complementary, Alyssa Tait founded Equilibria Physiotherapy & Nutrition, which uniquely bridges the gap between the two worlds.  Intrigued by the world of women’s hormones and fertility, Alyssa Tait is is also an Accredited Teacher of the Billings Ovulation Method. In this episode we cover:   What the pelvic floor encompasses The major risk factors for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Signs that indicate one has pelvic floor dysfunction How PFD is assessed The difference between control type and pain type pelvic floor dysfunction The risks of pelvic floor exercises such as Kegels And so much more      

Guest interviewee Anna Saucier discusses how she overcame seven years of infertility through using the Creighton Method of cycle charting and NaPro Technology. Anna is the founder of the Cycle Power Summit ( fpbacademy.com (http://www.fpbacademy.com) ). What payment method/prices do you think are most appropriate for teachers offering Natural Family Planning services? Take the google questionnaire here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCJ36cxvXAADP4u_JOOVxEvUNy7b_Hg6robA8P8d-OFNIc_g/viewform?usp=sf_link) . Ready to learn how to chart your cycle? Sign up for an online class (https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=18072977&appointmentType=10914318) with Alana and learn the ORIGINAL modern natural family planning method: Billings Ovulation Method Support this podcast

Welcome back, lovely listeners! Today we dive into what restorative reproductive medicine is and why to choose it over assisted reproductive technology. We'll also touch on complementary modalities to RRM such as fertility awareness methods and functional medicine. Get ready for an information-packed episode!Your host,Malori Mayor, BSN, RN and infertility warriorSHOW NOTESMake sure to listen to Episode #1 if you haven't already!What is restorative reproductive medicine (RRM)?Official definition from the International Institute of Reproductive Medicine: "...any scientific approach to reproductive medicine that seeks to cooperate with or restore the normal physiology and anatomy of the human reproductive system.”NaProTECHNOLOGY is the most standardized form of RRM. It was built on the Creighton Model FertilityCare System of fertility charting.Other methods of fertility charting that work with RRM: Sympto-Thermal (Couple-to-Couple League), Marquette (sympto-hormonal), Billings Ovulation Method.Complements to RRM include: nutritional intervention and functional medicine.Definition of functional medicine from the Institute for Functional Medicine: "...a systems biology-based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease..."Why choose RRM over assisted reproductive technology (ART) like IVF?It matters how you get to the end-state of having a baby!RRM respects the life and dignity of everyone involved. ART does not.This podcast is focused solely on RRM and other forms of medicine that complement it. This was created because of a hole in the marketplace for this kind of information.RRM doesn't believe in "unexplained infertility." It's just a matter of finding the reason.LINKS MENTIONEDInternational Institute of Reproductive Medicine: https://restorative-reproductive-medicine.comInstitute for Functional Medicine: https://www.ifm.orgNaProTECHNOLOGY: https://www.naprotechnology.com/, https://fertilitycare.org/what-is-naprotechnologyDaisy's story for "Warriors in the Wait": Part 1 and Part 2*Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not to be used as a substitute for medical advice from your healthcare provider.

Living the lifestyle of an Atheist for many years on the west coast, then moving to New York and meeting a few joyfully married Catholics, Alana and her husband fell head over heels for the Catholic faith. The Catholic teachings on the human person, specifically, NFP, was a powerful driving force in their conversion. As a donor-conceived child, Alana knows first hand the implications of third-party reproduction. Through this episode, Alana shares more about The Sexual Revolution Movie, the history of the pill, the contribution of the Billings, and her own personal life with Christ.   Please consider financially supporting our Podcast Thank you to Gina Fensterer of Someday Saints for supporting this episode – Check out her blog on Facebook, Instagram, and Etsy. “Inspired by our own little space, I started designing cloths and prints for your home. I hope you enjoy them. The Family Litany of Saints is original to my shop, and one of the most popular items you’ll find listed here. Each one is custom-made for your family or loved one, with family name and favorite saints included.”  Gina Our Guest:     Alana Newman is a Catholic convert, mother of 3, songwriter and recording artist and narrator of the new film Sexual Revolution: 50 Years Since Humanae Vitae. She is also an advocate for donor-conceived people and started the online story-collective The Anonymous Us Project. A big advocate for Natural Family Planning, Alana teaches the Billings Ovulation Method in Louisiana. websites: www.sexualrevolutionmovie.com www.anonymousus.org  www.alananewman.com  

Interview during the HV50 conference in Ontario, California - Sue EK BOMA-USA - Monday, September 10, 2018

Stories from The Hidden World of Girls with host Tina Fey: Nigerian writer Chris Abani tells about his English-born mother enlisting him at age 8 to be her translator in Nigeria as she travels door to door through the villages teaching women the Billings Ovulation Method of birth control. Plus stories from singer/actress Janelle Monae, science fiction writer Pat Cadigan, Estonian activist Tiina Urm and her “Let’s Do It Campaign” and more stories about girls and the women they become.

Clare is the founder of Fertility Massage Therapy. Fertility Massage Therapy combines massage and emotional healing to enhance successful conception using techniques such as abdominal sacral massage, pulsing reflexology, and guided visualizations.  After qualifying as a holistic massage therapist in the United Kingdom, Clare became one of the few qualified therapists, in abdominal sacral massage (fertility massage). She continued to train in numerous bodywork styles before studying naturopathy and the Billings Ovulation Method in Australia, which provided her a deeper understanding of women’s health. In today's show, we talk about the benefits of Fertility Massage Therapy, and how this type of work can help women to connect to their bodies and their femininity. Clare incorporates naturopathy and the Billings Ovulation Method into her practice, and we delve into how applying these modalities help women to not only improve their menstrual health and fertility but also to connect with their bodies in a powerful and meaningful way. Topics discussed in today's episode Why are so many women so deeply disconnected from their bodies, particularly their womb and their reproductive organs? What impact does Fertility Massage Therapy have on women experiencing fertility challenges? How women view our reproductive organs as separate from our "selves" and why this matters for women throughout our lives What does a healthy menstrual cycle look like? How does the position of a woman's uterus impact her menstrual cycle? How does sitting for long periods of time impact the position of and blood circulation to the uterus? Why might you want to think twice about doing strenuous and hard physical training around menstruation Why is it important to connect to your body's wisdom around menstruation and slow down a bit instead of "pushing through the pain"? The seasons of the menstrual cycle, and how understanding them can impact how you view your cycle and help you to structure your commitments accordingly How to time sex to increase your chances of conceiving a girl versus a boy How hormonal birth control impacts your ability to produce cervical mucus Connect with Clare You can connect with Clare on her website, and via email. Resources mentioned Fertility Massage Therapy | Clare Blake FFP 044 | Taking Charge of Your Fertility | Fertility Awareness Method | Toni Weschler FFP 033 | Why Having Healthy Menstrual Cycles is Important for All Women | Night Lighting & Cycle Regulation | Electromagnetic Radiation | Katie Singer FFP 070 | Healing, Illness, Fertility & Pregnancy | Getting to the Root Cause | Dr. Thomas Cowan Join the community! Find us on the Fertility Friday Facebook Fan Page Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast on iTunes! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by Sirc of (The Nock)

At the United Nations Beijing + 10 Commission on the Status of Women, Adriana James discusses the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning. Reporter: Cassie Bloedow. (3:08, 1.4 MB)