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Can birth control alter your brain and who you're attracted to? In this explosive episode of the Awake & Winning Podcast, Kaylor sits down with Dr. Sarah Hill, PhD—evolutionary psychologist and author of This Is Your Brain on Birth Control. They dig deep into the science and controversy behind hormonal contraceptives, exploring how birth control affects brain development, stress response, sexuality, and mental health. Dr. Hill shares how going off the pill felt like “waking up” and reveals shocking research that isn't being talked about in doctor's offices. Whether you're on the pill, considering it, or just want the truth, this conversation will shake your assumptions and empower your choices.     Episode Highlights: brain development, hormonal birth control, women's health, fertility, medical autonomy, attraction changes, lifestyle medicine, functional health, puberty suppression, informed consent, evolution and hormones, pharmaceutical risks     Takeaways:   How birth control can dampen emotional and sensory experiences The pill's overlooked impact on brain development in teens Doctors focus on safety and efficacy—but ignore full-body impact Birth control can alter partner preferences and attraction Hormones affect brain function, stress, immunity, and sexuality Every pharmaceutical is a trade-off—not a fix Women need full information to make empowered choices     If you enjoyed the episode, please be sure to take a screenshot and share it out on Instagram and tag @thekaylorbetts. Also, please make sure to give us a review and a five star rating if you're loving what we are doing! _____________________________   RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:   Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/sarahehillphd X | https://x.com/sarahehillphd Websites | https://www.sarahehill.com/ Book | This Is Your Brain On Birth Control By Dr. Sarah Hill _____________________________   SPONSORS: Truly Tallow | https://www.trulytallow.com/ Use code “SUNNYBALLS10” at checkout for 10% off your order   The Wellness Company | https://www.twc.health/collections/signature/products/ultimate_spike_detox  Use code “WINNING” at checkout for 10% off your order _____________________________   IMPORTANT UPDATES:   Check out the Awake & Winning Website | https://awakeandwinning.com/ Join the Awake & Winning Life AW-cademy | https://theawlife.com/ Join the Awake & Winning Business AW-cademy | https://theawbiz.com Join the Awake & Winning POD-cademy | http://yourwinningpodcast.com/ Follow Kaylor on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thekaylorbetts/ Join Kaylor's Newsletter | https://awakeandwinning.lpages.co/optin/ _____________________________  

Is hormonal birth control affecting more than just pregnancy prevention? In this Habits and Hustle podcast episode, I am joined by Dr. Sarah Hill, an evolutionary psychologist and author who explains the surprising ways birth control pills influence women's brains, behavior, and mate selection. We discuss how synthetic hormones alter women's natural cycles, changing partner preferences and affecting emotional responses. We also explore the fascinating science behind mate selection through an evolutionary lens, why men are attracted to women at peak fertility, and how birth control can disrupt the pheromonal cues that influence attraction. Dr. Sarah Hill is an evolutionary psychologist, author, and researcher who earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin working with Dr. David Buss. Her research focuses on understanding behavior and motivation through the lens of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, with particular emphasis on women's psychology, hormones, and sexual motivation.  What We Discuss:  (00:00) Birth Control & Women's Psychological States (04:14) Effects of Birth Control on Emotions (15:26) Relationship Changes After Birth Control (19:22) Hormonal Birth Control and Pheromones (27:05) Partner Preferences and Attraction Triggers (34:43) Modern Dating Challenges and Hormones (39:01) Modern Dating Delays Marriage (42:51) Women's Relationship Choices and Evolution (48:07) Competition, Jealousy, and Marriage Threats (55:27) Divorce, Dating, and Female Friendship (01:04:43) Hormonal Birth Control and Side Effects …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off  TruNiagen: Head over to truniagen.com and use code HUSTLE20 to get $20 off any purchase over $100. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HUSTLE for up to $300 off and a 3-year warranty on air purifiers.  Bio.me: Link to daily prebiotic fiber here, code Jennifer20 for 20% off.  Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off DavidProtein: Try David today—buy 4, get the 5th free at davidprotein.com/habitsandhustle.   Find more from Jen:  Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen   Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Dr. Sarah Hill: Website: https://www.sarahehill.com/  Books: https://www.sarahehill.com/your-brain-on-birth-control/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/

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Ever wondered how birth control affects your natural hormonal rhythm? Listen to Dr. Sarah Hill reveal the truth about hormones, health, and life choices. This episode explores how synthetic hormones from birth control pills can influence a wide range of bodily functions, from brain activity to immune system responses, and how these effects can differ significantly from natural hormone cycles. Dr. Hill addresses the potential long-term impacts of starting birth control at a young age and staying on it for years, including fertility concerns and hormonal imbalances. Uncover the hidden truths about birth control, menopause, and hormone therapy with Dr. Sarah Hill! Let's embrace a healthier, natural rhythm.  To view full show notes, more information on our guests, resources mentioned in the episode, discount codes, transcripts, and more, visit https://drmindypelz.com/ep279 Dr. Sarah E. Hill is a researcher and professor at TCU, lead science advisor for 28 Wellness, and the author of “This Is Your Brain On Birth Control”. Sarah's groundbreaking research has resulted in close to 100 research publications. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, The Economist, and on television shows like Good Morning and Today. Sarah is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and media expert in women's hormones and sexual psychology. More at https://www.sarahehill.com/ Check out our fasting membership at resetacademy.drmindypelz.com. Please note our medical disclaimer.

 Dr. Sarah Hill – researcher and professor at TCU, lead science advisor for 28 Wellness,and the author of “This Is Your Brain On Birth Control.” Sarah's groundbreaking research has resulted in close to 100 research publications and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, The Economist, and on television shows like Good Morning and Today. Sarah is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and media expert in the area of women's hormones and sexual psychology. Her new book, "The Period Brain" is due out in September.Social Handles:Sarah is on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Her handle is the same across all platforms. Social Handle:@sarahehillphdRelevant Links:Website:http://www.sarahehill.comWhere to find her book (This Is Your Brain On Birth Control):https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Birth-Control-ebook/dp/B07MYLLP21Support the show

This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, LMNT, and Lumebox. There's no denying that birth control has given women greater freedom and control over their fertility. However, many young girls and women have been on birth control for decades without fully understanding the long-term effects of hormone-altering medication. Today's guest shares her research on birth control and provides key insights into its potential impact on long-term health and wellness. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Sarah Hill to discuss the impact of birth control on women's health and brain function. Dr. Hill shares her personal journey with birth control and how it led her to research this topic. She reveals what her findings say about the long-term effects of birth control on the brain and explores alternative options for women. She also explains why informed consent should include comprehensive education on birth control's potential impacts. Dr. Hill discusses her hopes for the future of women's health and highlights the research still needed to provide women with accessible, well-informed options for managing their health and fertility. Dr. Sarah Hill earned her PhD in evolutionary psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied under Dr. David Buss. She is currently a researcher and professor at TCU, the lead research advisor at 28, and a recognized thought leader in women's hormones and sexual psychology. Her groundbreaking research has led to nearly 100 research publications. She is also the author of This Is Your Brain on Birth Control, which sheds critical new light on the psychological impact of women's sex hormones and the birth control pill. Her upcoming book, The Period Brain, is set for release in September. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Hill dive into: What Dr. Hill noticed after stopping birth control (00:25) The long-term impact of taking birth control (4:08) The benefits of birth control for women's rights (12:20) The lack of fully informed consent in birth control decisions (16:06) Using birth control as a prescription for period problems (21:06) What happens to your brain on birth control (27:18) How birth control influences partner choice (38:15) The possible link between autoimmunity and birth control (44:15) Recommendations for young women considering birth control (51:15) Alternatives to birth control (54:15) The research we still need on birth control (59:25) Dr. Hill's hope for more options for women (1:05:15) Also mentioned in this episode: Dr. Hill's book This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences For more on Dr. Hill, follow her on Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and her Website. This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, LMNT, and Lumebox. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com/dhru and use code DHRUP. Right now, LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase. Head over to drinkLMNT.com/dhru today. For 48 hours, from February 13th through 15th, Lumebox is offering my community $284 off their FDA-approved portable Red Light device!  That's over 45% off! Go to thelumebox.com/dhru and get your Red Light device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"All companies need chief storytellers. If you don't know where to find them, hire a former journalist." - Sarah HillIn this episode of The Storytelling Lab, Sarah Hill, the Chief Storyteller and CEO of Healium, shares her journey from journalism to entrepreneurship, highlighting the transformative power of immersive storytelling experiences. Sarah Hill's journey into immersive storytelling began as a television journalist, where she uncovered the power of sharing individuals' stories. Her deep understanding of the profound impact of storytelling led her to explore ways to enhance the storytelling experience. Through her work with Healium, Sarah was drawn to the potential of immersive meditation, fueled by the user's biometric data. This innovative approach offers a unique way for individuals to engage with and influence the stories they experience, creating a deeply personal and interactive journey that allows them to heal from trauma.Sarah's passion for mental wellness and human connection is evident in her dedication to providing drugless and non-harmful coping mechanisms through media. Her mission to merge the power of technology with the healing properties of storytelling is not only inspiring but also essential in today's stress-filled world.In this episode, you will be able to:Discover the transformative benefits of an immersive storytelling platform for mental wellness.Explore the potential of using biometric data for enhancing meditation practices.Uncover effective mental fitness tools for stress relief and emotional well-being.Harness the power of visual narratives to elevate mental health therapy experiences.Learn about the crucial role of a chief storyteller in driving business success through compelling narratives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready to feel more in tune with your body? ✨ This episode explores the fascinating world of hormones, attraction, and the hidden side effects of hormonal birth control. I'm breaking down Dr. Sarah Hill's research on why the pill could be affecting your sex drive, mental health, and even who you're drawn to!

From sabotaging sex to axing attraction, new research is showing that the birth control pill can have impacts you never imagined  Dr Sarah Hill is a renowned evolutionary social psychologist whose work focuses on women and health. She is also the author of the book, ‘How the Pill Changes Everything: Your Brain on Birth Control'.  In this conversation, Dr Sarah and Steven discuss topics such as, how the pill affects a woman's choice in partner, the real reason people are having less sex, the link between the pill and orgasms, and the optimum time to initiate sex.  00:00 Intro 02:18 What Is the Mission You Are On? 03:12 Is This Conversation Only for Women? 04:01 Why Does Sarah Hill Do This Work? 05:27 Is There a Problem in Dating When Women Have More Resources? 09:14 Is Sex Trending Down? 10:37 Why Don't Women Date Broke Men? 12:23 Is This Patriarchy? 14:49 Why Do Men Take More Risks? 16:36 Are Men Better at Business Than Women? 23:00 Why Don't We Live Like Our Biology Intended? 25:36 Signs of a High-Status Male 27:19 How Women's Preferences Change During Their Cycle 33:32 High Testosterone and Relationship Status 34:27 Do Men's Testosterone Levels Plummet After Having a Baby? 36:12 Do Nice Guys Get Laid? 37:22 What Makes Us Attracted to Someone? 41:21 Are Men Less Attracted to Successful Women? 42:55 Jealousy Among the Sexes 47:17 Why Do Women Have Gay Best Friends? 49:12 Why Did Sarah Write Her Book on Birth Control? 53:49 What Does Sarah Wish She Was Told About the Pill? 55:48 How the Pill Changes Your Sexual Desires 01:02:19 If My Partner Is on the Pill, Will She Like Me If She Comes Off? 01:06:02 Would a Man's Attraction Change If a Woman Is Off the Pill? 01:08:18 Will My Testosterone Be Lower If My Partner Is on Birth Control? 01:11:14 Is There a Population Crash Coming? 01:12:59 What Is a Good Man? 01:15:07 Sex Appetite Across Genders and Why 01:18:26 Advice for Young Men Struggling to Get a Woman 01:21:17 Advice for Daughters on Attracting a Man 01:23:43 Are Men Attracted to Confident Women? 01:26:38 What Are Daddy Issues? 01:28:18 What Role Does a Father Play in a Woman's Sexual Partner? 01:28:53 What Impact Does the Birth Control Pill Have on Stress? 01:31:37 Depression and Suicide Linked to the Pill 01:33:31 How Did Sarah Feel About Her Daughter's Decision on Birth Control? 01:38:36 What If Men Had to Take the Pill? 01:42:26 What's the Most Popular Email Sarah Gets? 01:45:53 Guest's Last Question

Randi Fain, MD interviews author Diane Button, an end-of-life doula and instructor in the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program and end-of-life doula Sarah Hill, owner of East Bay Doula for the Dying, LLC. They discuss what an end-of-life doula does, how they work with other healthcare professionals, and…

Beyond pregnancy prevention, birth control pills affect the way women think and behave. Dr. Sarah Hill explains their invisible impacts here! [Part 2/2 — find part 1 here!] What We Discuss: Birth control pills can potentially affect brain development in teenagers, raising concerns about prescribing them for non-contraceptive reasons like acne treatment. There's a possible link between birth control use and increased risk of depression, especially in younger women (up to 300% increased risk for teenagers). The politicization of birth control information has led to extreme views on both sides, making it difficult for women to access balanced, scientifically accurate information. Current research methods may mask individual experiences with birth control, as averaging results can hide significant variations among women. How women can empower themselves to take control of their reproductive health while being mindful of potential impacts on their overall well-being. And much more — be sure to catch part one of this two-part conversation here! Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1032 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom! Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!

Beyond pregnancy prevention, birth control pills affect the way women think and behave. Dr. Sarah Hill explains these invisible impacts here! [Part 1/2] What We Discuss: Birth control pills affect more than just fertility — they can influence a woman's partner preferences, career choices, and overall behavior due to hormonal changes. Women on birth control may choose different types of partners compared to when they're off the pill, potentially leading to relationship changes if they stop taking it. The pill can alter women's stress responses and immune function, potentially increasing the risk of anxiety, depression, and autoimmune issues. Birth control pills may reduce sexual desire and change how women perceive attraction cues in potential partners. Women can make more informed decisions about their health and relationships by understanding these effects. Consider discussing with a healthcare provider about trying periods off birth control when making major life decisions or choosing long-term partners. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1031 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom! Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!

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Sarah Hill, professor of social psychology at Texas Christian University and author of This is your brain on birth control: The surprising science of sex, women, hormones and the law of unintended consequences, shares her journey into exploring the effects of oral contraception on mental health.  “I actually spent my early career studying the way our sex hormones can affect psychological states and motivation…and the desire to attract romantic partners.” It wasn’t until Hill went off oral contraception herself that she began to connect the dots. “I started to feel so differently, that I started to really wonder what we did not know and about the way the pill affects the brain and the way that women experience the world.” Hill recounts  her personal experience and the research she conducted on the Pill’s effects, highlighting a range of impact on physical and mental wellbeing. Everything from “having less energy” to “being at a greater risk for depression and anxiety,” and how “it can reduce sexual desire and sexual functioning.” Emily Dossett, a clinical associate professor of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences at USC’s  Keck School of Medicine, addresses another often-overlooked aspect of  women’s health: the prevalence of mental health disorders before, during, and after pregnancy. Dossett underscores  that “pregnancy is a time of tremendous and rapid physiological change,” and that “if a woman is susceptible, really to anything; diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disorders,” that pregnancies with those disorders “are more likely to come to the forefront or even emerge for the first time. The same is true for mental illness.” Dossetts points out  that society tends to attach  immense  joy to pregnancy and the celebration of pregnancy that women feel ashamed, even stigmatized, if they mention or complain about how they feel. “We're just realizing how common some of these challenges are in terms of mental health because we're just now at a point where we're allowing women to actually speak up about it.” Roughly “one out of every four to five women” suffer from some kind of mental disorder, Dossett says, with depression and  anxiety being most common.    Because there has been little research on women’s mental health and pregnancy, Dossestt explains that there’s a general “lack of understanding and comprehension and naming of these disorders in the mental health world.” And when it comes to medication; “ the FDA, which approves all drugs, does not permit pregnant or lactating people to be included in drug trials.” So, what options are available for  women who require medication and aspire to conceive? “The question is not really whether or not these medications are safe but it's more of a risk, risk analysis for each individual person,” Dossett says.   “I firmly believe everyone has the right to have a child. Everyone has the right to not have a child and everyone has the right to raise a child in a safe and healthy environment. Those are the tenets of what we call reproductive justice. And I believe they apply to people with mental illness just like anyone else.”  Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the Life Examined discussion group on Facebook.

In this episode, I discuss 5 ways in which you can boost your gut health naturally. Given its significant influence on metabolism, hormones, detoxification, cognitive function, and the nervous system, prioritizing digestive health is crucial for our overall well-being. Use code “podcast” to save on your first order of gut-healing herbs → https://www.peacelovehormones.com/collections/all/products/soothe  CHAPTERS: 0:00 introduction 1:50 What is the digestive system 3:40 Symptoms of a sluggish digestive system 4:15 Five tips to support your digestive health 4:20 Tip 1 5:40 Tip 2 6:40 Tip 3 7:55 Tip 4 10:00 Tip 5 12:00 Conclusion

Imagine being deeply in love, but constantly feeling the weight of judgment from society merely because of an age difference. Age gap relationships often face challenges beyond the typical trials of love, grappling with stereotypes, stress, and the pressure of public perception. In this episode, we peel back the layers of these complex relationships to reveal the surprising benefits and often-overlooked dynamics at play. Learn how partners can triumph over societal stigma through open communication, humor, and intentionality. Discover the true essence of what makes these relationships thrive, the power of embracing joy and playfulness, and the critical importance of challenging cultural norms to foster deeper connection and satisfaction. Prepare to rethink what you know about age gap relationships, and gain insights that could transform how unconventional love is viewed. Dr. Sarah Hill is an award-winning research psychologist and professor with expertise in women, health, and sexual psychology. At the intersection of evolutionary biology, social psychology, and neuroscience, her research aims to understand how hormones, the immune system, and the environment play in relationships and health behaviors. She appeared in the 2022 Netflix documentary, “The Principles of Pleasure" and is currently a consultant for Cougar Life, a dating site for confident women looking to meet younger men. Check out the transcript of this episode on Dr. Jessica Higgin's website. In this episode 7:06 Exploring double standards in age gap relationships. 9:48 Debunking stereotypes in female-led age gap relationships. 13:26 Various factors influencing power dynamics in relationships. 17:38 Redefining age gap relationships: Gender dynamics and societal perceptions. 21:08 Unveiling joy and satisfaction: Insights from research. 28:17 Advancing research to challenge stigma and enhance understanding of non-normative relationships. 30:17 The importance of open communication in navigating stereotypes and fostering acceptance. 39:42 The influence of hormones on relationships. Mentioned This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything (*Amazon Affiliate link) (book) Connect with Dr. Sarah Hill Websites: sarahehill.com Facebook: facebook.com/sarahehillphd X: twitter.com/sarahehillphd Instagram: instagram.com/sarahehillphd LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarah-hill-39668431 Connect with Dr. Jessica Higgins Facebook: facebook.com/EmpoweredRelationship  Instagram: instagram.com/drjessicahiggins  Podcast: drjessicahiggins.com/podcasts/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/EmpowerRelation  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drjessicahiggins  Twitter: @DrJessHiggins  Website: drjessicahiggins.com   Email: jessica@drjessicahiggins.com If you have a topic you would like me to discuss, please contact me by clicking on the “Ask Dr. Jessica Higgins” button here.  Thank you so much for your interest in improving your relationship.  Also, I would so appreciate your honest rating and review. Please leave a review by clicking here.  Thank you!   *With Amazon Affiliate Links, I may earn a few cents from Amazon, if you purchase the book from this link.

In today's episode, Dr. Hill and I discuss the topic of birth control and its effects on women's health. Dr. Hill shares how hormonal birth control can impact mental health, including an increased risk of depression and anxiety. The synthetic hormones in birth control pills can affect neurotransmitters in the brain, leading to mood changes and emotional fluctuations. Contrary to popular belief, Dr. Hill shares how the impact of birth control on weight gain is not a simple yes or no answer. Research shows that the effects of birth control on weight can vary depending on factors like starting weight and individual metabolism. Additionally, the pill can also affect the physicality of oneself due to the absence of the natural rise in estrogen. Dr. Hill later highlights the potential risks of putting teenagers on hormonal birth control, especially during a crucial period of brain development. The pill's impact on hormonal flexibility and oxytocin signaling could have long-term effects on mental health and attachment, raising concerns about postpartum depression and other mood disorders. This episode is a must listen as it teaches about the complex relationship between birth control and women's health. Dr. Sarah Hill's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/?hl=en This Is Your Brain on Birth Control book: https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Birth-Control/dp/0525536035/ref=sr_1_1?nodl=1&keywords=this+is+your+brain+on+birth+control&qid=1553089834&s=gateway&sr=8-1&dplnkId=d77ca013-96fe-4b93-ac1a-e854e0d4f4f0 Dr. Sarah Hill's Website :https://www.sarahehill.com/ For 30% off at Truly Free Use Code JUSTINGREDIENTS at https://trulyfreehome.com/ Want more Just Ingredients content: https://www.instagram.com/stories/just.ingredients/3277567597818090802/ https://www.instagram.com/just.ingredients.podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2433401933539581/ Find our non-toxic product line here: https://justingredients.us/

This 200th episode of "This Week in XR" is recorded with a live audience on AWE's Expo Stage on June 20, 2024. This is the 15th edition of the largest XR conference and expo in the world. We invited five guests who have never been on our show, AWE Program director Sonya Haskins, developer and blogger, Tony Vitillo, Cosmo Scharf, founder of VRLA, and Jenni Ogden, founder of Eye-Q Productions, which specializes in volumetric capture. We shared TWIXR's 2020 origin story, our views of the 15th show, our personal XR journeys, which included Sonya's touching and dramatic tale of self-discovery. We are joined midway by the very first guest, Sarah Hill, founder and CEO of Healium. She's a former broadcaster with an air of professionalism we hoped would rub off on us. Then Andrea Lowery of AWE brought us a cake! Be sure to listen to the end to hear our predictions for AWE 2028. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Jordan Peterson's interview with Sarah Hill about her book, This is Your Brain on Birth Control, he suggests that what the pill is doing in essence is to change women into men. He calls it “the biggest biological transformation in our species' history.” In many ways, Dr. Hill is a champion of the birth control pill, but what she has to say about its dangers well may shock you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abort73.substack.com

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Today I am talking about easy ways you can tap into your feminine energy throughout the four phases of your cycle. Living in harmony with your menstrual cycle will allow you to be your healthiest, happiest, most vibrant self. Use code “podcast” to save on your first of hormone-regulating herbs → https://www.peacelovehormones.com/collections/all/products/soothe  CHAPTERS: 00:00 Episode overview 03:16 Menstrual phase tips 06:20 Follicular phase tips 09:35 Ovulatory phase tips 13:40 Luteal phase tips 19:00 Conclusion

Dr. Sarah Hill, PHD, is one of the top researchers when it comes to women's health. She is the author of This is Your Brain on Birth Control - How the pill changes everything and a professor of psychology at TCU. In this episode, we talk about: The pros and cons of hormonal birth control The impacts of hormonal birth control on brain development The fallacies of mainstream media when it comes to women health The abysmal state of women's health research Use code “podcast” to save on your first of hormone-regulating herbs → https://www.peacelovehormones.com/collections/all/products/soothe  TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Sarah E. Hill, PHD, introduction 02:00 The Washington Post's misleading article about hormonal birth control 08:40 The current state of women's research: the current research on women is abysmal. The research is still done mostly on men and male animals. Research is required to be done quickly and cheap. 17:20 The importance of progesterone 20:24 This IS Your Brain on Birth Control: How the pill changes everything 21:20 the PROS of hormonal birth control: women having more ability to make plans, go to school, pursue career goals, and its convenient usage. 24:30 The CONS of hormonal birth control: normal hormone functioning is shut off,  turns down/off the HPG axis, lowered mood, lowered energy and libido, synthetic progesterone side effects, anxiety, depression. 32:30 Hormonal birth control can change who we are attracted to! 34:50 Teens and hormonal birth control 39:40 Women need more health and hormone education. 45:30 Postpartum anxiety 48:00 Closing thoughts THE DOWNSIDES OF HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL → https://www.peacelovehormones.com/blogs/life-style/birth-control-pills-things-to-consider-before-starting?_pos=2&_sid=3d5e411a6&_ss=r BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS, SYNTHETIC + NATURAL → https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peacelovehormonespodcast/episodes/Ep-31-Birth-Control--hormonal-and-non-hormonal-options-e1ed30k  BOOSTING PROGESTERONE LEVELS NATURALLY → https://youtu.be/FeqodA_50GA Connect with Sarah → https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/?hl=en Her Website → https://www.sarahehill.com/  Her Book → https://a.co/d/dlsw1zP 

Hormones don't get the credit they deserve. Hormones are beautiful optimizers for our bodies and can be super beneficial in managing ALL kinds of disorders and diseases.  Menopause expert and registered dietician Esther Blum joins me today to help YOU understand hormone replacement– so you're empowered to advocate for yourself in perimenopause, menopause, and beyond.  Hormones have played a big part in her healing journey– optimizing her well-being, promoting her brain function, enhancing her mood, and more. In this podcast, we'll dive into the benefits and doubts around hormone replacement therapy, and learn why hormones may be exactly what you need to live your best life– for the rest of your life! If you really want to be a participant in your life– and NOT just watch it go by– then hormones are a VERY important piece.  Don't miss the podcast here!  Esther Blum, MS, RD, CDN, CNS Esther is an Integrative Dietitian and Menopause Expert who's spent 27+ years helping thousands of women master menopause through nutrition, hormones, and self-advocacy. She's a best-selling author with appearances on the Today Show, ABC-TV, and Good Day NY. She has earned her Bachelor AND Master of Science degrees in Clinical Nutrition, and she's a Registered Dietitian, Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist, and Certified Nutrition Specialist.  IN THIS EPISODE Esther's hormone replacement journey  Navigating changes in perimenopause and menopause The stress response and regulating your nervous system The importance of functional labs throughout menopause  Optimizing detox pathways through the liver and gut  Addressing the awareness around hormone replacement therapy The difference between birth control and menopause care  Is hormone replacement therapy safe for long-term use? Hormones after a hysterectomy  Hormone replacement in addition to lifestyle improvements  RESOURCES MENTIONED 14-Day Menopausal Metabolic Meal Plan with recipes Esther's Instagram Esther's Website  Ester on TikTok! RELATED EPISODES  #404: Do Women Need to Wait till Menopause to Begin Hormone Replacement Therapy? With Esther Blum #557: What Every Women Needs to Know About Hormone Replacement in Their 40s And beyond with Felice Gersh 578: The Far-Reaching Physical and Psychological Impact of Hormones, Hormonal Birth Control and the Menopause Transition with Dr. Sarah Hill #572: How To Know You Are in Perimenopause Including The 40+ Symptoms Associated with Declining Hormones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women should NOT be made to feel bad about wanting something better, right?  That's the case when it comes to hormones and hormonal birth control.  Unfortunately– there's a lot of fear and uncertainty that women– and even their doctors– have around hormone replacement and hormone options.  Some doctors are still stuck in thinking that hormones like estrogen are dangerous. So my goal is to empower you to find a provider willing to listen to you– because hormone replacement can be CRUCIAL as you reach perimenopause and menopause! In this podcast, expert researcher and educator Dr. Hill opens the door to learning more about our bodies as women, hormones, and beneficial options for our health.  Check out this podcast today to take charge of your hormonal health through every stage of your cycle– and your life!  Dr. Sarah Hill  Dr. Sarah Hill is an award-winning research psychologist specializing in women's health and sexual psychology. Dr. Hill's research focuses on the role of hormones, the immune system, and the environment in relationships and health behaviors. She got her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin.  IN THIS EPISODE Adjusting your lifestyle to different phases of your cycle  What happens to your body through perimenopause Addressing modern day's standard of care for women's health  Hormone replacement options and their benefits  Hormonal birth control and the side effects of it  Birth control's connection to the stress-response system  Tips for getting your body off birth control  View the podcast page here: https://drmariza.com/episode578 RESOURCES MENTIONED Get Dr. Hill's Book: This Is Your Brain on Birth Control Dr. Hill's Instagram Dr. Hill's Website RELATED EPISODES  #557: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Hormone Replacement in Their 40s And beyond with Felice Gersh #547: What You Need to Know About the Opill and Hormone Changes in Perimenopause with Dr. Carrie Jones #539: Everything You Need to Know About Navigating Hormone Changes in Perimenopause #439: The Business of Birth Control and How It Affects Women with Abby Epstein #424: Move Over Birth Control Pills, There's A New Type of Contraception in Town That's Completely Natural with Elina Berglund Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Introduction:  Dr Laura McHale (PsyD, CPsychol) is a consulting leadership psychologist, executive coach and writer specialising in Leader Development, Team Psychology, Communication and Organisational Culture, Laura is the author of the acclaimed book: Neuroscience for Organisational Communication:  A Guide for Communicators and Leaders. Podcast episode Summary:  This podcast explores and explains the impact of communication in organisational life employing the lens of Neuroscience and Psychology of Communication.  Topics covered include Gaslighting, Absentee Leaders, The use of Pronouns, Weasel Words and Communication Practices that undermine employees. Laura sheds a light on a discipline that is often unspoken. Points made across this Episode:  o    Laura can you share a bit about how you got to where you are today? Laura is now a Psychologist and in her mid-forties she made a radical decision to go back to school and take a doctorate in Leadership Psychology. Prior to this move Laura was working in major international investment banks as a Corporate Communications Specialist. In 2010 Deutse Bank moved her to Hong Kong to head up internal communications for the Asia Pacific Region. Laura loved her career working with International Banks & she was really curious about human behaviour at work and wanted to go deeper and in particular understand the mysterious process we call Leadership. o    There were a number of reasons that prompted Laura to study Psychology including several transformative experiences with psychotherapy,  She was curious about the way we frame and talk about work and the psychological injury experienced at work. o    What inspired you to write your book? The book happened organically. As part of Laura's Doctorate she had a required course on the Neuroscience of Leadership. Laura was fascinated by the discipline and had a sense it would become a big part of her intellectual life as well as her career. She noticed that nobody was talking about organisational communication and neuroscience and Laura wanted to close the gap with her book. o    What are the salient messages housed in your book that explain Neuroscience and Psychology at work? There is a natural interest in behavioural science. It is often hard to make the link about how the science can impact a leaders presence or choices in communication. There is a fundamental tension between the promotion strategies employed by internal communication teams and the prevention strategies they employ. In promotion strategies communicators are very assertive about the companies value proposition, what it offers and its unique differentiator's. A prevention strategy often results in very cautions communications, judicious and a little bit like politicians the communications are somewhat evasive. Whilst understandable it can be a slippery slope and sets off all kinds of triggers with employees. The tension between promotion strategies, a desire to be open & transparent and prevention strategies can be tricky to navigate. It is often a schizoid perspective where communicators are trying to toggle two different strategies. o    The Psychology of communication is also important for another reason. It is a very difficult time for communication specialists. The scope of the role in the last five years has changed dramatically. Corporate affairs, ESG and Government affairs are rolled up into the typical role of a communications department. This is leading to increased stress. If you add AI, chat gpt and other generative models can pose an existential threat to these groups and teams. The changing nature of the role of communication professionals is also one of the reasons Laura wrote her book to help make sense of the changing landscape. o    The Neuroscience or physiology of behaviour is a bit different. Insights into neuroscience can shed light on how and why we are showing up at work. Understanding rewards and threat centres in the brain, knowing how we use pronouns and its impact on others is fascinating and can be leveraged to be more effective in our communications. o    How do leaders and internal communications understand the paradigm from which they are operating? Important to understand the paradigm you are speaking or when you are moving too quickly between the two. Employees smell spin from a mile off. Internally it can be tricky for executives to  over relying on prevention strategies in their communication. There are a lot of traps Leaders can walk into, sometimes unintentionally or at least unconsciously. Knowing about human needs can really help leaders be effective communicators. o    What are some of those traps that Leaders walk into, maybe unintentionally? Some of it is structural. Pronoun use for example. I and We pronouns can signal more or less personal involvement in any given situation. Pronoun use can also reveal the many assumptions a leader is living. It can also give potent signals about who is in or out or who has a legitimate stake in an organisations success or failure. For example there are two different kinds of We, the inclusive or exclusive We. Senior Executives are often confused about which We they are in and how they are communicating exclusion or inclusion. This sends messages to the brain to trigger threat responses whether we are part of the in group or out group. If in the in group we get a dose of dopamine from the brain & if in the out group we can experience significant amounts of pain. I pronouns are also very interesting, some are cultural, and a really high proportion of I pronoun use can trigger a threat response in the brain. There is also an assumption in organisations that communication needs to be sanitised. This can infantilise employees and does an injustice to the complexities operating in an organisation. o    What is your advice to executives and leaders who erroneously practice sanitising their communications. One of the biggest pieces of advice Laura gives is to speak the truth. Laura references The Loughran-McDonald sentiment analysis research to explain why telling the truth can be so instructive. The two financial researchers used sentiment analysis or the use of positive versus negative sentiment and modal or weasel words. The research showed the lengths that organisations go to obfuscate the truth or to describe adverse events. In fact many of the negative words were couched in positive words that the messages were almost impossible to work out. Curiously the negative words used were very weak words or weasels like impairment, disappointing which suggested something was bad but it was never clear. The companies using negative words more creatively had negative stock performances. The researchers noted that companies use of words in their corporate communications could be used as a smart investment strategy.  o    How do Leaders manage the responsibility they hold to use language appropriately and not Gaslight or cause unintentional emotions at work? Organisations are like people using all sorts of defence mechanism sometimes very elaborate ones to avoid difficult and painful emotions. It important to understand why we are using these words, weasel words. It is because of an environment that lacks psychological safety, where we are not allowed to fail, or ask a question that might be interpreted as stupid. Is it an environment where people get punished for taking risks. Laura does not wish to come across as the language police she also uses weak modals and weasels in her communications too, because they have a purposeful use to indicate uncertainty. None of us can speak in with absolute clarity all of the time. o    The link to absentee leadership is for Laura an interesting link. She imagines that weak leaders, or those who are unable to fulfil the core functions of Leadership, would employ weasel words quite a bit more than strong leaders. o    In 2022 Laura read a “cracker jack” of an article by Robert Hogan who mentioned this phenomenon called absentee Leadership. Laura was struck by the idea that absentee leadership is an epidemic that nobody had ever named but that most of us have experienced in one form or another. It speaks to the idea of people who occupy an authority position of leadership and fail to fulfil its core functions. Laura refers to those functions as giving direction, protection, role orientation, conflict resolution and setting and establishing and protecting group norms. The interesting thing about absentee leadership is how common it is. It is reported 7 times more than any other destructive leadership behaviour. Because it is so common and can feel so mild it can go unnoticed and is experienced as neglect. o    Gaslighting surfaces when someone is at the mercy of an absent leader they can be blamed or they blame themselves for their inability to cope with whatever is occurring. One of the things that inspired Laura to write this article for the psychologist was because of her many conversations with coaching clients. Many of her clients were  being given feedback that they were having trouble managing ambiguity. Managing ambiguity is becoming a core competency. The issue with managing ambiguity is that almost everyone struggles with it. Laura knows this from Neuroscience, it is a known stress trigger. This is a universal biological phenomenon albeit some people can handle ambiguity better than others. Laura wanted to highlight the subjects of Gaslighting, Absentee Leadership and emotions at work in her article in the Psychologist, to shift attention from blaming people for their lack of this competency as a  subjective fault to an understanding of the human needs within all of us and our need for Leadership support. o    The fundamental attribution error is yet another trap that Leaders and executives can fall into. o    What are some of the Villains of Communication, Threats and Triggers you would like to see squashed? The rapid communication of bad news. Communicating bad news badly. If bad news is not communicated in an open and transparent manner it can infantilise an audience. This tendency is really prominent in politics where there seems to be a tolerance for misinformation and it is seeping into the fabric of organisations too. Laura is not trying to malign all politicians but recognises that politicians regularly protect themselves against the loss of power and influence and often engage in this form of communication. This perpetuates cynicism and mistrust that Laura hopes we do not want to dial that up in our organisations. o    The Corporate Communications Reset Workshop is a  new workshop and is really the greatest hits from her book. Her workshop helps corporate communications professional access more joy at work by reclaiming their mo-jo and about being  more strategic in their work, whilst being cognisant of the changing landscape and being able to fend off some of the threats posed by Chat GPT and other generative language models. A lot of comms people are closeted behavioural scientists and this workshop gives them a taste or a lot  taste for Psychology and Neuroscience understanding. Included in her workshop is the methodology called Structural Dynamics, the building blocks for how we communicate and don't. o    Structural Dynamics is a methodology created by David Kantor. It is David Kantor's theory of interpersonal communication dynamics. It is a very interesting theory to describe the patterns that emerge when teams are together. There are a few different levels to this theory and the ones that are most often used to explain team dynamics and patterns are what David describes as the action mode, the operating system and the communication domain. The least discussed is the last one called the Childhood Story, work made infamous now by Dr Sarah Hill and her work. o    Structural Dynamics at its essence gives people a vocabulary to describe  what's happening in a room & a roadmap for how to change those patterns to develop a more balanced behavioural repertoire.   Resources  a)       Neuroscience for Organisational Communication: A Guide for Communicators and Leaders by Dr. Laura McHale. b)        www.conduitconsultants.com c)       The Loughran-McDonald Master Dictionary Sentiment  Words list d)       David Kantor www.kantorinstruments.com e)       Ronald Heifetz, one of the world's foremost authorities on Leadership https://hbr.org/2002/06/a-survival-guide-for-leaders f)        Sarah Hill and her book Where did you learn to behave like that? g)       Corporate gaslighting, absentee leaders and the emotions of work – 07 November 2023, The British Psychological Society. h)       Robert Hogan: https://www.hoganassessments.com/research-project/absentee-leadership/      

Last Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a review of the Apple Vision Pro on his Instagram page where at the end he made the claim that Meta intends on being a much more open platform and ecosystem than Apple. While Meta has pushed forward standards like OpenXR and has an industry-leading implementation of WebXR, their curation strategy on the Quest store has been highly curated and much more similar to a closed, walled garden strategy of a gaming console. According to my informal count, Meta has only launched around 620 official Quest apps in 4.7 years since the Quest launched in May 2019, while the Apple Vision Pro already has over 1000 apps launched after 11 days. Sarah Hill was able to launch the Apple Vision Pro version of her Healium app onto the Apple Store on day 1 while they've been relegated to Meta's App Lab for over 3 years now with no hope to ever be promoted. App Lab was originally inspired by the success of SideQuest, which was an third-party method for apps that were rejected from Meta's official store to be side loaded onto a Quest device. But Meta launched their own alternative store competitor of App Lab in February 2021 and slowly made SideQuest harder and harder to use. Being App Lab is still not the same on being on the main store as Meta makes it much harder for consumers to organically search and discover her app. Despite all of the traction that Healium has found with enterprise customers, they still have not been promoted to the main Quest store. Given Hill's experiences with both Meta and Apple, then she does not buy Zuckerberg's claims that Meta will somehow prove to be the more open of a platform. I wanted to touch base with Hill to have her elaborate on her experiences with both ecosystems, and how she's been able to continue to thrive in delivering mediation experiences with biometric data integrations with different watches and EEG sensors by finding enterprise customers, integrating with other headsets, and making the most of their constrained access to the Quest ecosystem despite all of the disadvantages of being stuck on App Lab.

Over 150 million women around the world are on the birth control pill. And while “the pill” has given women the ability to control their fertility, there are things that every woman should know about its effects, short-term and long-term.    Our guest today - professor, research psychologist, and author Dr. Sarah Hill -  is here to discuss her must-read book This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything, where she sheds light on all the ways hormonal birth control affects women – the good, the bad, and the unsettling.    So if you're interested in learning the truth about how the pill could impact your - or someone you love - brain,  sex life,  choice of partners, or even how it's shaping our society and culture, tune in to be blown away by the information we discuss in this episode!   “I was at a research talk, and one of my colleagues was giving a research presentation on the effects of early life trauma on the stress response, and he'd mentioned in the presentation that they only looked at the men and their sample from all these people that they collected because most of the women in their study were on hormonal birth control. And everybody knows that women who are on hormonal birth control don't have a cortisol response to stress. Then, I went up to him after his presentation. I was like, ‘What is it that you said about women on birth control not having a cortisol response to stress?' And he said, ‘Oh yeah, you know, surprised me too, but they've been publishing on this for a really long time and nobody really understands why.' I felt different when I went off of hormonal birth control. Women have a different stress response when they're on hormonal birth control compared to when they're not. Because when you take the pill, it's gonna change your hormones, and when you change your hormones, that changes everything.” - Dr. Sarah Hill   What we discuss in this episode: - How Dr. Hill's life changed after she stopped taking hormonal birth control. - The birth control pill and cortisol response.  - The birth control pill's effect on body weight. - The neurobiological effects of the pill.  - How attraction to your mate is altered by the birth control pill.  - How the pill affects libido and sexual function. - Why testosterone levels are lower in men than at any time in recent history. - Adolescents and the pill.   Resources: - Dr. Hill's website: Sarah E. Hill, PhD - https://www.sarahehill.com/ - Instagram: Sarah E Hill (@sarahehillphd) • Instagram photos and videos - https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/?hl=en - Twitter/X: Sarah E. Hill (@sarahehillphd) / X - https://twitter.com/sarahehillphd?lang=en - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahehillphd2/ - TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdwLAyWHBVs - Her book: This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything: 9780593713914: Hill, Sarah: Books - https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Birth-Control/dp/0593713915/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1707092772&sr=1-1   ★☆★ Click the link below to support the ADD SOY Act! ★☆★ https://switch4good.org/add-soy-act/ ★☆★ Share the website and get your resources here ★☆★ https://kidsandmilk.org/ ★☆★ Send us a voice message and ask a question. We want to hear from you! ★☆★ https://switch4good.org/podcast/ ★☆★ Dairy-Free Swaps Guide: Easy Anti-Inflammatory Meals, Recipes, and Tips ★☆★ https://switch4good.org/dairy-free-swaps-guide ★☆★SUPPORT SWITCH4GOOD★☆★ https://switch4good.org/support-us/ ★☆★ JOIN OUR PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP ★☆★  https://www.facebook.com/groups/podcastchat ★☆★ SWITCH4GOOD WEBSITE ★☆★ https://switch4good.org/ ★☆★ ONLINE STORE ★☆★ https://shop.switch4good.org/shop/ ★☆★ FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM ★☆★ https://www.instagram.com/Switch4Good/ ★☆★ LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ★☆★ https://www.facebook.com/Switch4Good/ ★☆★ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER ★☆★ https://mobile.twitter.com/Switch4GoodNFT ★☆★ AMAZON STORE ★☆★ https://www.amazon.com/shop/switch4good ★☆★ DOWNLOAD THE ABILLION APP ★☆★ https://app.abillion.com/users/switch4good

Angela and guest Dr Sarah Hill discuss the fascinating research on the stress response and cortisol in relation to hormonal birth control, highlighting the profound influence of sex hormones on the body and how women on hormonal birth control have a blunted cortisol response to stress. KEY TAKEAWAYS Women on hormonal birth control have a blunted cortisol response to stress. Cortisol is beneficial in the short term for coping with stress and memory formation. Chronic exposure to cortisol can be detrimental to the body, leading to a shutdown of the stress response. Women on the birth control pill exhibit a blunted cortisol response similar to individuals with PTSD or trauma. The first three months of birth control pill use may cause the HPA axis to go into overdrive, leading to a shutdown of the stress response. BEST MOMENTS "Cortisol helps our body and our brain cope with whatever it is that we're experiencing that's stressful." "Women who are on the birth control pill exhibit this blunted cortisol response to stress because they essentially have the HPA axis, which is the brain adrenal axis, which is the thing that drives cortisol release and regulates cortisol release." "I think the body goes into cortisol overdrive when you go on the pill, and I think it probably has to do with the progestins binding to these cortisol receptors." VALUABLE RESOURCES Get a free snapshot of your health and personalised report at www.yourtotalhealthcheck.com Join The High Performance Health CommunityFree Fasting Guide - www.angelafosterperformance.com/fastingPodcast Shownotes - www.angelafosterperformance.com/podcasts Episode 101 - https://omny.fm/shows/high-performance-health/how-the-pill-changes-everything-your-brain-on-birt ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster is an award winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Speaker and Host of the High Performance Health podcast. A former Corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela has been featured in various media including Huff Post, Runners world, The Health Optimisation Summit, BrainTap, The Women's Biohacking Conference, Livestrong & Natural Health Magazine. Angela is the creator of BioSyncing®️ a blueprint for ambitious entrepreneurial women to biohack their health so they can 10X how they show up in their business and their family without burning out. Angela's BioSyncing®️ Blueprint is currently closed. Click here to get on the waitlist. The High Performance Health Podcast is a top rated global podcast. Each week, Angela brings you a new insight, biohack or high performance habit to help you unlock optimal health, longevity and higher performance. Hit the follow button to make sure you get notified each time Angela releases a new episode. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn

Bio Marsha is the founder and CEO of TeamCatapult, a respected and sought-after leadership   development firm that equips leaders, at all levels, to facilitate and lead sustainable behavioural change.  She partners with leaders and leadership teams to clarify their desired change, develop communicative competence and think together - accessing their collective intelligence to bring about change. TeamCatapult is a partner to mid-size start-ups and global fortune 500 companies across sectors like entertainment, game development, banking, insurance, healthcare, communications, government, information technology, consumer goods, and retail. Clients have included Microsoft, Riot Games, Epic Games, Capital One, Blizzard Entertainment, Starbucks, Liberty Mutual, Fidelity, and Chef. Marsha Acker is an executive & leadership team coach, author, speaker, facilitator, and the host of Defining Moments of Leadership Podcast. Marsha's unparalleled at helping leaders identify and break through stuck patterns of communication  that  get  in  their  way  of  high  performance.  She is known internationally as a facilitator of meaningful conversations, a host of dialogue and a passionate agilist. She is the author of Build Your Model for Leading Change: A guided workbook to catalyse clarity and confidence in leading yourself and others.  Interview Highlights 04:15 Having effective conversations 04:45 Move-follow-bystand-oppose 09:30 Functional self-awareness 15:50 Build Your Model for Leading Change 18:00 Articulating your own model for change 26:00 Collective alignment 27:20 Getting messy 30:00 Making space for open conversations 35:40 TeamCatapult    Social Media  ·         LinkedIn: Marsha on LinkedIn ·         Website:  www.teamcatapult.com ·         Twitter: Marsha on Twitter    Books & Resources ·         The World of Visual Facilitation ·         The Art & Science of Facilitation, Marsha Acker ·         Build Your Model for Leading Change, Marsha Acker ·         Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders, David Kantor ·         Where Did You Learn To Behave Like That? (Second Edition), Sarah Hill ·         Coaching Agility From Within: Masterful Agile Team Coaching ·         Making Behavioral Change Happen - Team Catapult ·         Changing Behavior in High Stakes - Team Catapult   Episode Transcript Intro: Hello and welcome to the Agile Innovation Leaders podcast. I'm Ula Ojiaku. On this podcast I speak with world-class leaders and doers about themselves and a variety of topics spanning Agile, Lean Innovation, Business, Leadership and much more – with actionable takeaways for you the listener. Ula Ojiaku Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Agile Innovation Leaders Podcast. In this episode, I have Marsha Acker, the CEO and founder of TeamCatapult. Marsha is a respected and sought after leadership development expert and her team, or her company organisation, TeamCatapult, focuses on equipping leaders at all levels to facilitate and lead sustainable behavioural change. So this is the second part of my conversation, the second and the last part of my conversation with Marsha. And in this conversation, in this part of the episode, we talk about, or Marsha talks about having effective conversations, functional self awareness, what does that mean? She also talked about how one can articulate one's own model for change, and the need for getting collective alignments and the fact that it's not easy, sometimes it gets messy, but it's important to make space for open conversations. I found both the part one and this conversation, which is the final part of my conversation with Marsha, very insightful, and I hope you get something useful out of it as well. So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, Marsha Acker. Marsha Acker I'm very focused on behavioural-led change at the moment. And so in that behavioural-led change, what I place at the centre of any change is how are people communicating with one another? Are they able to actually have the real conversation? Is there enough awareness in the system that they can kind of catch sight of when the real conversation starts to go underground? And can they actually have the muscle, the range in their leadership to catch sight of it and then bring it back in the room? Change doesn't happen until people feel heard and understood. I think one of the biggest questions that I think we help leadership teams look at is how do we work with difference, and actually welcome it rather than try to minimise it, because I think that's the rub where, if we don't have skills to work with it, we tend to minimise it or send it out of the room or suppress it. Like we say, you know, we don't have enough time for that, or, gosh, we've got this deadline, so we've become super deadline driven, and I think sometimes at the expense of having a real conversation with one another. And I don't know that I could find you an example of any organisation that I've worked in, including my own TeamCatapult, where something that we're trying to do or accomplish or move forward doesn't meet a roadblock when some aspect of our conversation isn't fully online or we're not fully having the conversation that we need to have. So you asked how would I do so how, one of the ways that I would do that today is, first, whenever I'm engaging with a leadership team or any other team that's really trying to bring about change and just noticing like they're trying to level up or there's something that they're wanting that they feel like they're kind of capped at is I just start to help them look at the way they engage in conversation, because I think in the conversation there are lots of indicators about how that conversation plays out and are people really able to say what they're thinking or do we get stuck in some common dysfunctional patterns that can show up? So one example of that would be, we use a sort of a technology for looking at conversation and there are four actions that happen in all effective conversations, a move, a follow, an oppose, and a bystand. So a move sets direction, a follow supports it, an oppose offers really clear correction. It says, no, hang on, wait a minute. A bystand offers a morally neutral perspective, so one way is to help a team onboard that, but there are common patterns and one of the common patterns that will come out, particularly in tech teams where there's pace and we need to move things forward, is that they can get into this pattern of someone makes a move, and everyone else just sort of remains silent or, so something to the effect might voice ‘sure, you know, that sounds good.' So they start to fall into this pattern of move and lots of follow. And what's missing often is the voice of bystand, which says, hey, I'm wondering what's going on, or I'm wondering what we're not saying. And then really clear opposition. So the ability to bring pushback, constraint into the conversation. So if you go back to that original leadership team that I was telling you about, you know, way back when, I think one of the things that was going on in that team is they weren't, no one was able to say, this is an incredibly difficult decision, and I don't think I can make it unless I have these things answered. So they kept making it about the process and it wasn't really about the process at all. It was really, it had a very personal component to it that wasn't being discussed, and so the inability to discuss that really created the drag. So the way that I think about helping any team work through any change is, helping them onboard the skills of being able to have, we call it bringing, it's a principle that we hold about bringing the real conversation in the room. Can you bring the conversation online versus offline? So the other flag that you might have for when your conversations are going offline is, if you feel, I often think about if I leave a conversation with you and I, for example, if I left this conversation and I went off and I felt the need, or I was compelled to one of vent or complain about it to someone else, that's my kind hazard flag. But, there was something that I was holding back from in this conversation that I didn't say, and that's my signal to actually circle back around. And so maybe, maybe I need to check in with myself, maybe there's something that I left unsaid. Ula Ojiaku That's so insightful. I've been making notes, but the question I have, one of the key ones I have right now is based on what you've said, you know, if one is to go out from a conversation and realise, oh, there's something I'm needing to vent, which I didn't say, you know, in front of the people or the person involved, as a facilitator or coach for that team, how can you help them to, because there could be several factors. It could be that they don't feel safe, they feel that they might be punished for actually saying what they have in mind. So what would be the process for addressing it, such that people can actually say what they actually feel without feeling that they would be punished or side-tracked or ostracised for it? Marsha Acker Yeah. I think there's two things that will be happening, and so when we are working with leadership teams, we're often helping them onboard these skills collectively. And that does take a process, right? So I think there's a piece around helping them build a container. So when I say container, I mean we're talking about the four actions, we're talking about the value of the four actions, we're talking about kind of normalising that oppose can feel really scary or difficult, but that'll very much be based on the individual. So we're working at both that whole team or system level, but also at the individual level, because for me, you know, in my own behavioural profile, oppose can be low, and there are really good reasons for that. Like I grew up in a household where it was rude to oppose an adult, so I've got that, you know, childhood story about why I would not want to oppose. I've got other stories that have happened along the way that sort of started to build this kind of old internal narrative for me about, ooh, it can be dangerous to oppose. So I think there's some individual work that all of us, you know, when we're ready to engage in, can do around noticing when I might hesitate to do that, what's the story? What's sort of the old narrative that I'm telling myself about that action, and what has me hold back in the current space today. So there's that individual component of growing what David Kantor calls functional self-awareness, so the ability to sort of catch sight of my own behaviour to also be able to grow my own behavioural range. But then Ula, you've, like, you very much are naming, there's also a system level component to that. So if I'm on that team and if I'm sort of in a positional leadership role where I might hold some kind of authority over people get paid and I'm responsible for those performance reviews that we seem to do only once a year, like I need to be really aware of where I might be, even unintentionally, really closing off those conversations. So how willing am I to put out an idea and have someone offer an oppose? Or am I not comfortable with that? Like, I don't like it when someone opposes, and so how might I be consciously or unconsciously kind of squelching that? So there will be that role and then there will also be the role of the team. Teams that have this, I call it sort of the foot tapping, like we need to get things moving or rolling or we only have a 30 minute time box for this meeting. It's not that you'd never have 30 minute meetings, but if 30 minute meetings are all you ever use to meet, you are really missing an opportunity, like there are places where I think we have to slow conversations down in order to create the space for people to really be able to think together and to take risk. But if there's never any space for me to take risk, I'm just not, you know, it can be scary enough to do it, so I think there are multiple things that you have to attend to at multiple levels. I think there's an individual level, I think there's a whole team level, a system, I think there's the positional leader or whoever's in authority or sort of whose voice carries a lot of weight in that team. All those things will be playing a part in whether that conversation can fully come online, and I do think it takes work. So I'm just a big advocate of work on how we communicate, because if we can equip everyone in a team to be paying attention to how we're communicating and we sort of have that range in our behavioural ability and our communicative competence to kind of bring all those things online, then I would hold that there aren't many things that we can't work through. But when we just attend to the process first, without having some of the skills about how to engage in the conversation, I think that's where we get really stuck and then we just start searching for other process, right. It becomes hard to have a conversation and I know I need to have a conversation, so I go looking for the new facilitation tool or I go get my, you know, bag of stickies and markers and I'm like, we're going to, and I just, I think sometimes we can become sort of over-reliant on facilitation processes and look, I'm the first proponent of facilitation processes, but sometimes I think they actually, we lean so heavily on them that they actually might be hindering the real conversation coming in the room. Ula Ojiaku What you've said so far, Marsha reminds me of, you know, the values in the Agile Manifesto sets people and individuals over the processes and tools. It doesn't mean the process and the tools aren't important, but we're dealing with human beings first and foremost. And my philosophy as well is about winning hearts and minds, because that way you can go further with people once they, like to use your words earlier on, they feel heard and listened to, rather than imposing something on them and what you've said so far as well, reminds me of in your book, The Art and Science of Facilitation, this is gold dust. Yes, I refer to it almost every quarter since I got it. I refer to it in, you know, to just sharpen my myself. And you said something on page four, in other words, facilitation is not just about what tool or technique you're applying, it just as much, if not more, it's about what you believe. So you did mention something about the self-awareness and functional self-awareness and proposed by David Kantor. So it's not just about what you, you know, it's about what you believe, who you are being in the moment, and what you see and sense in the group. We could go into this, but I am also mindful of time and I'd really like to dive into this book, your latest book, Build Your Model for Leading Change. I thought, like you may have mentioned before we started recording, it's not something you'd read over a weekend. I opened the first page and I was like, no, I have to slow down and think about it. So what got you on the journey to writing this book? What was the intention? Marsha Acker You know, so I was mentioning earlier, I did several coach trainings, individual coach training, systems coach training, and then I got introduced to David Kantor's work. So he wrote a book called Reading the Room, and it was through my introduction to his work and meeting Sarah Hill and Tony Melville, who run an organisation in the UK called Dialogix. But it was through meeting them and David and really starting to understand structural dynamics that I got introduced to the concept of model building. And that does come from David's research around face-to-face communication and what it looks like for leaders to be able to bring clarity to their work. And I remember along the way, one of my first conversations with Sarah Hill, you know, I had, so I had a whole background in facilitation, what it looked like to facilitate groups, and at that moment I was really kind of struggling with what's the difference between team coaching and facilitating, and I was having this kind of personal, what I realise now, I was deep in building my own model for what team coaching would look like for me. But at the time it felt like a bit of an existential crisis or a midlife crisis, or something that I, because I saw difference between the two, but I was really confused as I onboarded all of the different tools and models for how to coach about the difference between the two. And I remember one day Sarah looked at me and I had shared with her a perspective that someone else had shared with me about what happens in team coaching, and I was really confused because it really conflicted with what she was saying to me, and so I went up to her after we'd done a session and I just said, so I really want to talk about this. You said this, and then someone else said this and it just makes no sense to me, and she just looked at me and she said, well, they have a different model. And I thought, okay, well, which one is right? And she was like, neither. You know, neither right nor wrong, just different. And boy, I walked away and I just couldn't, I don't know how many years, it's probably been at least 10 years since we had that conversation, but it really stuck with me and I think in my own journey I've gotten so clear about the value of being able to articulate your model for leading change, your model for looking at behaviour, your model for leadership. And boy, you know, one of the things that I value the most about that is David's stance that we all have our own, and that is some of our work to do, is to define our model and that there will likely be a phase where I am taking in other people's models and I'm learning how they talk about it and I'm learning the language and so there is a version of that where I'm kind of imitating others like, you do it and I'm going to do it just like you did it and I'm going to follow the language. It's one of the reasons that I published the first book around facilitation, like, that is how I think about facilitation and the facilitation stance, but I also hold that at some point, it's intended as a guide, and, you know, there are a couple of ways of thinking about just getting started and then developing and then mastering, but it's when we get to mastery that essentially the job becomes to build your own model. So there will be parts about even that facilitation book where you might find along the way, Ula, you're going yes, that's my, like, that's totally in my model too. And then, hey Marsha, you know, this thing where you talk about this, like, I don't know, it's just, it's not for me. So, I'm going to discard that, it's not here. And then there's this new place, like I do this really differently, so I'm going to start to invent, you know, this is a place where I'm going to do some model building of my own, where this is going to look like a new part that very specifically becomes mine. And David would've said that models are our picture of the world, and our map of how we intend to go about working in the world, and so much of what I see when it comes to change is that I just think we're not really uber intentional and thoughtful about how we want to go about change. And if you go on LinkedIn at any given day and just search on Agile and you can find all kinds of social media debates about, this is the way it needs to be done, and someone else will chime in, and I think that's baloney, this is the way I think it should be done. And what I would love to say to all those people is it just means there's difference, right? And I think the work to do is to be really, really clear about what is it that you are trying to change. So you've heard me say like I'm about changing behaviour first, like really focused in on using conversation as a way for that behaviour change to happen. And then I hold and trust and I've seen years of evidence of once that gets ironed out, once we're able to have more of that communicative competence in a team, that the other things become less of an issue and we're able to navigate that, but that's me, and that's my model. That doesn't mean, that doesn't make me right or wrong. It doesn't make me the only way to go about change. I think there's so many other different ways. So others listening to this podcast might have a place where they put process in the centre, and that is their focus, and that gets to be okay. So I'm just a real advocate of being clear about what is it that you're trying to change and how do you go about making that change happen in the world. Ula Ojiaku What struck me is you're saying the need to be clear about what you're trying to change, what you're trying to, if I may use the word, achieve as a result of the transformation. Would there be a place for the why? Because you might, and if so, how does that weave into the whole picture? Marsha Acker Well, I think in the process of building a model, you get clear first about how do I believe change happens? And then it becomes, okay, so what would I do to bring about change? So even if you think about leadership, what do I think about how leadership should, in my world, you know, should behave or act? How would I grow leadership? How would I grow leadership in others? And then what are some of the things that I would do? Where might I take action? And then why would I take action in those places? The same thing with change. I'm really clear about conversation and behaviour and helping people look at that. And so there are certain things that I would do in the room with a leadership team, and there's certain things that I would not do. And I'm really clear about why, like, because I hold, like what you'll hear is that phrase, because change doesn't happen until people feel seen and heard. And that's a real key, becomes a guiding North Star and I think it helps me navigate difference. So when I run across someone else who has a really different model than me, there's a version of myself years ago who, you know, it's kind of like the example that I gave of saying to Sarah, well, let's, you know, let's debate this out about which one of us is, you know, right or wrong. I don't actually think that's our work to do, but I do think our work to do is to just be really clear. So can you name what's in your model? Can you name what it is that you're trying to change? And then you and I could engage in a, what we would call, kind of a cross model conversation where it's not about beating the other down or making either of us wrong, but we can be really clear about, oh, well I would do this because this is why, this is what I believe about how change happens and this is how I'm helping the team change. And you could say, actually, I see, you know, my focus is a little bit different and here's why, and here's what I would do. And now, gosh, that's a learning conversation to have, that's not a debate. In leadership teams as leaders are trying to lead change in an organisation, I think this is the conversation that doesn't get had almost ever is how do we believe change will happen, and what are we going to do to bring about change? And even if there are ten people in that team and we each might have a slightly different personal view about how change happens, we have got to come to some alignment around how we are collectively going to look to bring about change, because if we don't, it's going to feel really dispersed and really challenging as we try to move forward in a large scale change, if we've all got ten different versions, we've got ten different models on how change happens. Ula Ojiaku What I think I'm hearing you say, Marsha, is, as a leadership team, it's really about taking the time to be aligned on what you're trying to do and also, presenting a united front, because the whole organisation will be looking up to you, so you need to be saying the same thing. But this is now me extending, extrapolating, not that you said this, but within, you should also be able, within yourself as a team to have those difficult conversations. You know, you could make your move, or follow, or oppose yourselves, but come to a conclusion which you present as a united front to the organisation in charging it forward. And there's something else you said in your, well, it's a quote in your book, Build Your Model for Leading Change, which said that leadership is being in the mess and being comfortable with being uncomfortable. Do you want to expand on that please? Marsha Acker I think it's so true. There's, it's in the space between us that I think gets messy and having, we were just wrapping up a cohort program for a group of internal leaders, just recently and I watched sort of the thinking and the shift in mindset happen over time. Like I said, I have a lot of compassion for leaders that there's a ton of pressure and expectations, you know, from bottom side, up, across and I think in those moments, some days it can be just really challenging to navigate which end is up. How do I manage through that? And I'm responsible for all of this out in front of me, and yet the propensity, like the compelling, I think, reaction is to just keep moving things forward, like the go faster. Just go faster, get through the meeting faster, get the things done, delegate it more, and that, it's not that that's wrong, and it's really helpful, but there just sometimes needs to be space where they slow it down and they actually create space, and I think that's the messy part. Like if I were to, you know, if I were to even channel what I would describe if things get tense or if I feel like somebody's possibly going to be disagreeing or not cooperate in the way that I want them to, I sometimes think the propensity to just keep moving forward and step over it or go past it is what often plagues us and the path of like, let me just slow down, I think it feels messy, I think it feels uncertain. It lacks a little bit of clarity about how, okay, so if I open this up, if I give voice, or I allow someone to give voice to a different point of view or a different perspective, am I going to be able to clean it up and move us forward? And for me, that's part of what I mean by the messy part. Like, it's unpredictable and yet I watch, I've been in a room to watch it, I've experienced it myself, there's such a gift when you do just slow down a little bit. Like, there's misunderstandings get cleared up, assumptions that are not correct, get corrected. They, people who are just really charged up and have a, they're making up all kinds of stories about why things are happening, like the pressure valve gets released off of that and then, and the anxiety comes down, like I've just watched it happen over and over again. So I just, I think there is the things that we tend to want to stay away from because they're not comfortable, I think, are the things to find a way to make space for. So it's messy, it's uncomfortable, it's feels like it's going to take more time. It all the kind of negative talk that I hear leaders say or navel gazing, that's my favourite one, it's going to feel like navel gazing, but yeah, I think we have to create space for some of it. Ula Ojiaku Thanks for that, Marsha. And there might be some listeners who, like me, are saying, okay, so in practice, how do we create the space? How do we go slow? Because in my area, in my field, I'm just quoting, you know, things seem to be going at break neck speed and there's never, things are never going to slow down for me. So how do I intentionally slow down or create the space to be able to do this? What are the practices, should we go on a retreat? Marsha Acker Yeah, well, I'll give you an example of at TeamCatapult. So, while we recommend this to all leadership teams that we work with, back during the pandemic, we, early on in the pandemic, I started to notice that we had grown, things had changed even for us internally. And so I made the decision to actually, even though we're all coaches, we brought coaches in to help us for about a year. And one of the things that we started to do for ourselves that we often recommend to others is carving out time once a month to create space where we would work on how we worked together. So, I don't, I'm not a huge, I think offsites and retreats are great, we do them, we have one coming up, we're all ridiculously excited to go to it, but we can't accomplish everything that we need to accomplish once or twice a year. And so we started to, given our size and our pace and kind of how we work together, the once a month really made sense for us. So we carve it out, it's the first Thursday of every month, it's for three and a half hours. We worked with a coach in that time night, right now we're not working with a coach and it's agenda-less. It's really an open space. It's not open space, the technology of open space, it's just an open conversation without an agenda. It's an invitation into dialogue and it is the place that we, I know that it's on my calendar, it's reserved, I don't have to, we can go at a pace in other meetings, but I know that we have that space and it's the place where we just show up, we all show up differently, we give time to actually surface the, sometimes maybe the things that did get stepped over intentionally or unintentionally across, you know, the last couple of weeks. And we have some of the most difficult, challenging, real, honest conversations in that space that I've ever experienced in my professional career, so it definitely also I've learned to try to block my calendar off after those calls to, you know, just to create a bit of processing time. So that's how we do it. I just recently, a couple months ago, interviewed someone on my podcast and he talked about, I loved this idea, of two week sprints and a one week retro. And so that was his way of really, intentionally carving out reflection time and really placing the value on catching sight of things, slowing down. So I think we need places where we're creating variability in the kind of meeting we're having, and I think when we're working at a really fast pace, just having, for me, I love knowing that it's on my calendar. I preserve the time, there's very little that will take precedence over it other than, you know, being on vacation or something, but, yeah, I really value it. So I think it will look different for every team, depending on the frequency and how often you meet and how much work is being done. Ula Ojiaku And would you say, because you know the one about blocking out the time in people's calendars as a team. What about as individuals, people as individuals also taking the time to do that for themselves? Marsha Acker Yeah. We are, you know, so in TeamCatapult, I think most people also work with individual coaches, so I think we all have a practice of doing that. When we're working with leadership teams, we often recommend both so that there's a carved out space on a monthly basis to come together collectively, and that they're each getting individual coaching as a way to help work through those things. Like I was saying, I notice when I show up in that space, my oppose goes silent, or I don't always bring my voice in, working one-on-one sometimes to help become more aware of why we're doing those things really helps us show up differently in the collective space. So yes, whether you're working with a coach or whether you're just carving out the time to do it yourself. And you asked me, you know, why I wrote the book, the Build Your Model book. It's partly that just wanting, it's a guided reflection workbook, and I really wanted to find a way to help people do this work on their own, with some handholds or some guidance around what it might look like. Ula Ojiaku Thank you. And is there, on TeamCatapult, is there any program that could be, for example, I want someone to guide me through the process, is that available? Marsha Acker Yeah. We have two public programs, where we lay down kind of the technology that I've been describing and help you think about your own model for how, so there's two versions of that, there's one path that will lead you to thinking about your model as an agile coach. And there's a second path that will lead you to thinking about your model as a leader, as an interventionist. So, kind of two different programs. So the Path for Agile Coaching falls under a program we call Coaching Agility From Within, and that's a cohort program. It's about building your own model for agile coaching. And then, if that's not of interest, we have two other programs. One's called Making Behavioural Change Happen, which is part one where you sort of onboard the technology of structural dynamics. And then the second part is called Changing Behaviour in High Stakes, and that's where we go a bit deeper into helping you think about how you would intervene in behaviour and in conversation, both at an individual level, but also at a system level, so how you might map the system. So two different paths, and very complimentary in our Coaching Agility From Within program. There's also a thread of structural dynamics, it's underneath of that and how to coach a team using structure. So yes, a couple of different ways. Ula Ojiaku Thank you. And what, I mean in addition to your fantastic books, and I'm not saying it just because you're here, what other books do you find yourself recommending to leaders? Marsha Acker Yeah. Well, I referenced one a little while ago Reading The Room by David Kantor. So all of our work really is informed greatly by that book. And my book Build Your Model for Leading Change, is based off of a lot of some of the concepts that David introduced and his book captures kind of in a narrative format, the story around it. And I would say mine is much more the workbook of how to onboard the technology of looking at behaviour and then the guided reflection of creating your model. The other thing that I am super excited, so my colleague Sarah, just re-released version two of her book. She has a book called, Where Did You Learn to Behave Like that? And I am deep into reading the new version. So it's top of mind for me. It further takes you down the path, like if you're hearing me talk about my childhood story and why I hesitate to oppose, Sarah's sort of the expert in that space around childhood story work and doing it with leaders. So her book is all about some stories around leaders who have done the work on childhood story, how it's really impacted their leadership, how they make space for difference and where they notice some of the kind of high stakes behaviours they may have as leaders. So yeah, if that's of interest, that's a really great resource to check out. Ula Ojiaku Thank you for that. It'll be in the show notes and so that the audience can get it. And any ask of the audience before we wrap up. Marsha Acker Yeah. You know, we've covered a lot of topics today and I think what I would just say in summary is an invitation to anybody to kind of be on a really intentional journey about what do you think about leadership? How do you go about leading in the world? How do you believe change happens? You've heard me share some examples today, but I think there's a calling for all of us to do some of the work because I think in the doing the work, and getting clear for ourselves, I do think that's the place of clarity and competence. I think that's where we learn to kind of find our feet when the pull, the gravitational pull of the real world kind of gets in our way. And we're all dealing with that in many ways. So that's what I want people to think about and whatever shape or form that looks like for folks, that's the big thing. Ula Ojiaku Thank you for that, Marsha. And if one wants to get in touch with you, how can they reach out to you? Marsha Acker A couple of ways. The best way to just connect with me will be on LinkedIn, so you can find me at Marsha Acker, and just, you know, when you send me them, I get tons and I don't say yes to everybody, so it's just really helpful if when people connect, they just tell me a little bit about how they're connecting. How they managed to get there, so that helps me do the sort and sift that I know we're all doing these days. The other place would be buildyourmodel.com so you can find kind of a free download there about model building, so if you're curious about that. And then our programs, you can find at teamcatapult.com. So the Making Behavioural Change Happen starts this fall and there's a Changing Behaviour in High Stakes program that starts in February, and the Coaching Agility From Within program starts in January next year. Ula Ojiaku Thank you. So the programs you mentioned that can be found on TeamCatapult, the one starting this Autumn is Autumn 2023 and the February and March dates are in 2024, just for the audience clarity. Thank you so much, Marsha. I wish we had more time, but I do respect your time and for me it's been really enriching and enlightening. And I do want to say thank you again for making the time to share and impart your knowledge, your wisdom, your experience with us. Marsha Acker Yeah, thanks a lot. I really appreciate being here. Ula Ojiaku Likewise. Thank you again. That's all we have for now. Thanks for listening. If you liked this show, do subscribe at www.agileinnovationleaders.com or your favourite podcast provider. Also share with friends and do leave a review on iTunes. This would help others find this show. I'd also love to hear from you, so please drop me an email at ula@agileinnovationleaders.com Take care and God bless! 

If you've ever been on birth control, this episode is a MUST listen. We dive deep into how taking a hormonal contraceptive impacts the brain, and how our options may be evolving in the future… with help from a self-experimenting researcher (in the name of science, of course).In this episode you'll learn: * What happens to your brain on birth control* How hormonal birth control impacts attraction* The link between cortisol and the immune system* Why we need balanced progesterone and estrogen* The best alternatives to hormonal birth controlBorn and raised in southeastern Wisconsin, Sarah Hill earned her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. It was at UWM that she was first exposed to research in human behavioral ecology and evolutionary psychology. She later earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin working with Dr. David Buss. She has an almost endless number of research interests, but tends to gravitate toward questions about relationships and health which she explored in her book “This is Your Brain on Birth Control”.This episode is brought to you by beeya: * Learn more about beeya's seed cycling bundle at https://beeyawellness.com/free to find out how to tackle hormonal imbalances. * Get $10 off your order by using promo code BEHINDHEREMPIRE10Follow Yasmin: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yasminknouri/* Stay updated & subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.behindherempire.com/Follow Dr. Sarah: * Website: https://www.sarahehill.com/* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Dr. Sarah Hill, a psychologist, professor, and author specializing in women's health and sexual psychology. Today we discuss cougars, dating, and the affect birth control has on women's brains. This is PART 2 of a 2 part series. You can find PART 1 (Episode 116) here . 0:00 Intro 01:04 Age Gap Relationships Dr. Sarah Hill's work as a consultant for Cougar Life, an app for age gap relationships. 01:28 Sexual Double Standards The double standards in society regarding men and women's sexual behavior and the labels associated with age gap dating. 06:34 Beauty Transcending Age Beauty and attractiveness transcending age is discussed, challenging the idea that youth equals beauty and emphasizing the empowerment of women in recognizing their own sexiness. 09:40 The fear of becoming irrelevant Societal script that tells women they become irrelevant and invisible as they age and how this narrative needs to be rewritten. 10:31 Realizing self-worth and desirability Women often underestimate their own desirability and how there are plenty of people who would find them attractive and interesting. 13:42 Challenging beauty standards and body acceptance The importance of accepting and appreciating one's own body, challenging societal beauty standards, and finding attraction in different body types. 19:41 The hormonal effects of birth control Affects of hormonal birth control on women's preferences for masculine or feminine partners. 20:50 Hormonal changes and sexual orientation The possibility of hormonal changes affecting women's sexual orientation, particularly in relation to being bisexual or exclusively lesbian. 24:53 Scent and partner choice The role of scent in partner choice, with Dr. Hill explaining that women are more sensitive to scent and how it may influence attraction and genetic compatibility. 36:47 The hormonal IUD and its effects The affects of the hormonal IUD on a woman's body, including the shutting down of the brain-ovary communication pathway and the blunting of hormonal responses. The impact of going off birth control on attraction Dr. Hill discusses the research findings regarding how going off birth control can affect a woman's attraction to her partner, including increased attraction and sexual desire in some cases. 34:09 The benefits and changes of using an IUD Jen shares her personal experience with using an IUD, including changes in smell, mood swings, and the recommendation from her OB to continue using it until menopause for its potential benefits in preventing uterine cancer. 39:43 The IUD and its effects on women's hormones The effects of the IUD on women's hormones, including the potential side effects experienced by women who are not ovulating. 40:37 Possible explanations for changes in hormonal experiences Possible explanations for the changes in hormonal experiences, including the hormonal transition of perimenopause and the effects of ovulation while using the iud. 46:28 Women's sexuality and fluidity Women's sexuality and the fluidity of sexual attraction, highlighting research that shows women's sexual arousal can be influenced by various types of pornography, regardless of their sexual preferences. 50:04 The benefits of solidifying relationships with sex Women use sex as a tool to build relationships and feel closer to a partner. 51:06 The role of procreation in sexual attraction Sexual attraction is programmed differently in men and women, with women being more flexible. 51:38 Using personalized porn to enhance sexual chemistry Jen creates personalized porn with her partners and how it has intensified our sexual chemistry. Follow Dr. Sarah Hill: Visit Me Online: ⁠http://www.sarahehill.com⁠ Book (Out Now): ⁠This is your brain on birth control⁠. Social: ⁠Facebook⁠  |  ⁠Instagram⁠  | ⁠Twitter⁠ Follow Jen: ⁠https://linktr.ee/jenniferkayloruscin⁠ Coaching with Jen: ⁠https://www.jenniferkayloruscin.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenbedroompodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenbedroompodcast/support

PART 2 IS NOW LIVE: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/MhmJJlMxaGb Meet Dr. Sarah Hill, a psychologist, professor, and author specializing in women's health and sexual psychology. Today we discuss cougars, dating, and the affect birth control has on women's brains. This is PART 1 of a 2 part series. Next week you can find PART 2 here on the podcast. 0:00 Intro 01:04 Age Gap Relationships Dr. Sarah Hill's work as a consultant for Cougar Life, an app for age gap relationships. 01:28 Sexual Double Standards The double standards in society regarding men and women's sexual behavior and the labels associated with age gap dating. 06:34 Beauty Transcending Age Beauty and attractiveness transcending age is discussed, challenging the idea that youth equals beauty and emphasizing the empowerment of women in recognizing their own sexiness. 09:40 The fear of becoming irrelevant Societal script that tells women they become irrelevant and invisible as they age and how this narrative needs to be rewritten. 10:31 Realizing self-worth and desirability Women often underestimate their own desirability and how there are plenty of people who would find them attractive and interesting. 13:42 Challenging beauty standards and body acceptance The importance of accepting and appreciating one's own body, challenging societal beauty standards, and finding attraction in different body types. 19:41 The hormonal effects of birth control Affects of hormonal birth control on women's preferences for masculine or feminine partners. 20:50 Hormonal changes and sexual orientation The possibility of hormonal changes affecting women's sexual orientation, particularly in relation to being bisexual or exclusively lesbian. 24:53 Scent and partner choice The role of scent in partner choice, with Dr. Hill explaining that women are more sensitive to scent and how it may influence attraction and genetic compatibility. 36:47 The hormonal IUD and its effects The affects of the hormonal IUD on a woman's body, including the shutting down of the brain-ovary communication pathway and the blunting of hormonal responses. The impact of going off birth control on attraction Dr. Hill discusses the research findings regarding how going off birth control can affect a woman's attraction to her partner, including increased attraction and sexual desire in some cases. 34:09 The benefits and changes of using an IUD Jen shares her personal experience with using an IUD, including changes in smell, mood swings, and the recommendation from her OB to continue using it until menopause for its potential benefits in preventing uterine cancer. 39:43 The IUD and its effects on women's hormones The effects of the IUD on women's hormones, including the potential side effects experienced by women who are not ovulating. 40:37 Possible explanations for changes in hormonal experiences Possible explanations for the changes in hormonal experiences, including the hormonal transition of perimenopause and the effects of ovulation while using the iud. 46:28 Women's sexuality and fluidity Women's sexuality and the fluidity of sexual attraction, highlighting research that shows women's sexual arousal can be influenced by various types of pornography, regardless of their sexual preferences. 50:04 The benefits of solidifying relationships with sex Women use sex as a tool to build relationships and feel closer to a partner. 51:06 The role of procreation in sexual attraction Sexual attraction is programmed differently in men and women, with women being more flexible. 51:38 Using personalized porn to enhance sexual chemistry Jen creates personalized porn with her partners and how it has intensified our sexual chemistry. Follow Dr. Sarah Hill: Visit Me Online: http://www.sarahehill.com Book (Out Now): This is your brain on birth control. Social: Facebook  |  Instagram  | Twitter Follow Jen: https://linktr.ee/jenniferkayloruscin Coaching with Jen: https://www.jenniferkayloruscin.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenbedroompodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenbedroompodcast/support

This week's guest, Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium (note spelling) was guest #1 on our podcast, in July 2020. We were experimenting with both the format of the show and recording the podcast in VR. It was a relatively slow news week, except Bytedance was booted off Azure Cloud's OpenAI for using it to train its own model, which is strictly verboten. Amidst denials, they were also caught covering it up. Rony has a lot to say about China and the theft of intellectual property, which, ironically is what OpenAI itself did when it scraped the Internet to begin with. Microsoft is shutting down its Mixed Reality OS, setting off a flurry of XR hand wringing. Healium is a platform agnostic app which uses biometrics to help users control hypertension, depression, and other conditions. Their app is available on all platforms and used by the VA to treat veterans. Healium, founded ten years ago, counts the Mayo Clinic as one of its strategic investors. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in-person with researcher, professor, and author, Dr. Sarah Hill. They break down sex-based differences in regret, competition, and academia; the balance between life exposure and safeguarding when raising a child; the practice of “mate-choice copying” among women; and why our hormones are a foundational part not just of our physical makeup, but also of who we are and who we have the potential to become. Dr. Sarah E. Hill is a researcher and professor at TCU and author of “This is your brain on birth control: the surprising science of women, hormones, and the law of unintended consequences”. In addition to being at the forefront of research on women's sexual psychology, Sarah is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and media expert in the area of women's hormones and sexual psychology.  - Links - For Dr. Sarah Hill: Website http://www.sarahehill.com On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/?hl=en On X https://twitter.com/sarahehillphd?lang=en On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sarahehillphd2/ “Your Brain on Birth Control” (Book)  https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Birth-Control/dp/0593713915/ref=asc_df_0593713915/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=658806742010&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8951630360526719621&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9013185&hvtargid=pla-2188306336691&psc=1&mcid=7d514ad8aff23a3b83c3018ff98076d9 

This is an episode every man who has a relationship with someone on or considering birth control and every woman should listen to. Dr. Sarah Hill and I discussed side effects (or rather the effects) of birth control that most people aren't aware of. We covered hacks for men to attract women and how birth control influences a woman's mental health, behaviors and choice of partners. We also talked about how to make smart choices about birth control, hormonal support during menopause, fertility and more.  Dr. Sarah E. Hill earned her PhD from the University of Texas and she is currently a researcher and professor of psychology at TCU. Her research on women, health, and sexual psychology has been published in more than 75 journal articles and is regularly featured in news outlets like the New York Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, and many others. Most recently, Sarah has authored This Is Your Brain on Birth Control, a groundbreaking book about the effects of hormonal contraceptives on women's psychology. Sarah's book, This Is Your Brain On Birth Control, can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Birth-Control-ebook/dp/B07MYLLP21 —Follow Sarah— Website:  http://sarahehill.com  Instagram: / sarahehillphd Twitter:   / sarahehillphd TikTok:   / sarahehillphd —Check Out Our Sponsors—  Air Oasis' iAdaptAir Purifier at https://www.airoasis.com/products/iadaptair-large code MP for 10% off Fuller Health's After Party at https://fullerhealth.com code MP for 15% off —Follow Me— All Platforms: https://linktr.ee/mikhailapeterson Instagram:   / mikhailapeterson   TikTok:   / mikhailapeterson   Website: https://mikhailapeterson.com Lion Diet: https://liondiet.com Biotoxin: https://biotoxin.com Facebook:   / mikhailapetersonpodcast   Twitter:   / mikhailafuller   Instagram:   / mikhailapeterson   TikTok:   / mikhailapeterson   Telegram: https://t.me/mikhailapeterson​​

In today's episode of Self Smarter, we are joined by a very accomplished guest, Founder of Bobi Media, Sarah Hill, who is a fellow Texan and marketer, current New Yorker and thriving CEO. Sarah discusses her jaw dropping career journey, and how her early discipline in education kickstarted her ambitions to get her to where she is today. Tune into this special episode to hear Sarah open up and share what her leadership once looked like, what it looks like now, and what it's becoming. In today's music moment, Sarah shares a variety of her go-to artists depending on the occasion, and how she also appreciates the quiet to be with her thoughts in a productive and creative way.  Show Notes: We have some game changing news for you – at long last, we've developed an exciting new Enneagram tool you are going to want to sink your teeth into. With this offer, you get two incredible eBooks all about the Enneagram for only $29.99. The first resource, titled All About The Enneagram, will provide you with a comprehensive look of all nine Enneagram types. The second, titled Leadership and The Enneagram, will aim to help you become a more informed and intentional leader, so that you can guide your team to begin their own personal growth journey. What better gift can you bestow upon someone other than the gift of knowledge? Visit www.beselfsmarter.com and click on the resources tab to get your Enneagram Bundle today!Bobi Media – CompanySarah Hill Commencement Speech – The University of Oklahoma College of Journalism Clear & Vivid with Alan Alda – Apple Podcast Sarah Hill - InstagramFollow the podcast:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selfsmarterpodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selfsmarterpodcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/self-smarter-podcast/about/Rate the Self Smarter Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review to help us improve our content.Advertise on the Self Smarter Podcast to reach our audience of business leaders via info@dma-solutions.com.

This particular episode is part of our series on Global Education, and we are venturing to New Zealand's South Island, to Central Otago, to find out about a Year 11 program that's keeping students in high school while setting them up for job success. So, when the Central Otago Youth Employment Program (or COYEP for short) first launched as an education ministry pilot there were 54 NEET students – that stands for Not in Education, Employment or Training – in the region. Today, that figure is zero. So, there's obviously a lot that's going right with this program, and on Episode 23 of the Global Education podcast we'll find out more. We're joined by Sarah Hill, Deputy Principal at Cromwell College, to find out about COYEP and the impact it's having on students, families, teachers and the local community. Host: Jo Earp Guest: Sarah Hill Sponsor: MacKillop Seasons

Dr Sarah Hill was Born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin, she went on to earn her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (pronounced Mwah-kee, in case you want to sound like a local). It was at UWM that she was first exposed to research in human behavioral ecology and evolutionary psychology. To make a long story short, it was love at first sight, and off to graduate school I went. I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin working with Dr. David Buss. I have an almost endless number of research interests, but tend to gravitate toward questions about relationships and health. You can learn more about what we are working on now on my Research Page.Her book here: Get my new book 'The Path of an Eagle: How To Overcome & Lead After Being Knocked Down'.► AMAZON US► AMAZON AUS► AMAZON UKCONNECT WITH JAY & THE STORY BOX► INSTAGRAM ► TWITTER ► FACEBOOK ► WEBSITE SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE! ► Apple Podcast ► Spotify ► YouTube Enjoying The Show? Consider Subscribing To YouTube & Apple Podcasts, Please Leave A 5-Star Rating and Review over on Apple Podcasts.► Support The Show Here:Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thestorybox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today, Sarah Hill PhD, is an award winning research psychologist and professor with expertise in women, health, and sexual psychology. We discuss her latest book, "This is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences." For all my men out there don't run for the exits. If you are connected to a woman this is important for you to understand as well. With Sarah's extensive expertise in neuroscience and psychology, she brings a fresh perspective to the conversation surrounding birth control-challenging and expanding our understanding of its impact on women's minds and bodies. Not to mention the influence on partner picking while dating versus going off chemical birth control and starting a family. Is there data suggesting that you may pick otherwise if you were not on some form of chemical birth control? Sarah is an esteemed professor and researcher, delving deep into the effects of birth control on the female brain. She is here to share her fascinating findings and shed light on the intimate connection between hormones, mental health, and our overall well-being. I have three daughters, Sarah has one daughter and we discuss what recommendations we would make for ourselves and for them. All women need to be armed with helpful scientific information so they are able navigate the many decisions and choices they need to make throughout the various phases of their life. Enjoy Connect with Sarah Website: www.sarahehill.com Book: This is your Brain on Birth Control. Instagram: @sarahehillphd Connect with Gabby @gabbyreece | Linktree For the full show notes visit gabriellereece.com/podcast The Gabby Reece Show talks to top experts with the goal of extracting the best information you will need to navigate the universe of health, fitness, relationships, parenting, and business. Gabby keeps it simple but gets to the heart of the conversation with the hopes of providing you with realistic takeaways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple finally announced their mixed reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro at Apple's WWDC keynote on June 5, 2023. It's a $3500 device that by accounts is the most advanced XR headset produced up to this point that's largely driven by eye tracking, hand gestures, and speaking. I was not able to score an invite to be at WWDC myself, and so I was closely tracking all of the news in my WWDC23 Twitter thread. But I wanted to get some first-hand testimonies from XR developers who were on the ground at Apple Headquarters during the big announcements to get their perspectives, reflections, and insights after being able to speak with Apple employees who were there. I had a chance to speak with Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium, and Raven Zachary, COO of ARound on Monday evening after the big announcements. Neither one were able to get a hands-on demo, but they were able to lay eyes on the device and were able to bear witness to this historic announcement first-hand. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Marni welcomes Dr. Sarah Hill in the Life Check Yourself studio, where they discuss a myriad of topics including how hormones affect your identity and how you can stay sexy regardless of age. Dr. Sarah is an award-winning research psychologist and professor with an expertise in women, health, and sexual psychology. She was also featured in the Netflix documentary, The Principles of Pleasure and is a consultant for the dating site, Cougar Life. Takeaways from this episode:  - How do your hormones affect your identity?  - Inner beauty is sexy  - Is taking hormones bad for you?   It's not you, it's your hormones [01:50] Hormones not only affect our bodies, but our psyche as well. The hormonal transitions that women go through, which span from puberty to menopause and everything in between, have a cascading effect on their entire body including how they experience the world, and the ways in which they think and feel. Hormones can also cause an identity crisis because they are a part of what our brain uses to create the experience of being the person that we are.  You are your hormones. They aren't just something that happens to you. They are a part of who you are.    Aging is the new 20s [08:58] Culturally, there has always been this belief that ties women's sexiness and attractiveness to youth. But these stereotypes are shifting as women are gaining more financial independence and embracing themselves at whatever age. As women gain more resources independently, and as a consequence more power over themselves, they become more attractive to men.  For a very long time, we were dependent on men. And what we're starting to see [now] is that we have women who have access to their own financial resources and good jobs – and that feels powerful.    Bringing Sexy Back [14:30] Beauty is only skin-deep…or so the old adage goes. And it turns out, it's true, to an extent. Beauty comes from having value and feeling valuable. So, it's important for women to find out, when they're younger, what is it that they contribute and what is it that brings them value. Whether you're a career woman or a stay-at-home parent, find out what it is that makes you come alive. People are at their most beautiful when they come alive. And that is something that lasts forever, regardless of age.    Make a Connection:  - 3 Secrets Men Wish You Knew *Free Download*  - Are You Making These Unconscious Mistakes With Men? *Free Training*  - Ready To Take Control Of Your Dating Life?  Book A Call With Us  - Dr. Sarah Hill's Website

Join the Whine Mamas as they chat with Sarah Hill. Sarah is a military mom and small biz owner (@thisiscourtesyof) who shares her insight on becoming a new mom in uneasy circumstances. To life on Guam to running her business halfway around the world, all while having a baby in the midst, Annie and Jimena ask about it all. Spoiler alert, someone finishes their entire bottle of wine. Honorable mentions:  Andy Cohen, Guam, Chick-fil-A, Watch What Happens Live, entrepreneurship, SAHM. Wine of the Week: Apothic CabInstagram: @whinemamapodcastHosts: @anniegpyle & @j.freyy

Does the pill alter our sexual preferences? In today's FAMM Research Series episode, I'm sharing a research study that asks the question: does the pill interfere with your choice of partner? If you've heard of the infamous “T-Shirt studies” then you know exactly what we'll be getting into today! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook. The first fully customizable paper charting workbook of its kind, available in both Fahrenheit and Celsius editions. Click here to grab your copy today! Today's episode is sponsored by the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship program, class of 2024!  Use this link to join the waiting list for next year's program! Topics discussed in today's episode: Does the pill effect our choice of partner  Does coming off the pill alter how we view our choice of mate The different ways this study has been looked at and viewed How someone smells effects how we select mates How the fertile windows effects how women perceive their partner or mate Studies that test men and the difference of attraction to women based on the women's fertile window How women on the pill tend to choose their partners Connect with Lisa: You can connect with Lisa on her Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and on her website. Resources mentioned: Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans? 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: FFP 405 | Getting Your Partner On Board With Charting | Lisa | Fertility Friday FFP 297 | This is Your Brain on Birth Control | Dr. Sarah Hill, PhD. FFP 295 | The IUD, The Pill, and Important Side Effects You Should Know About | Pill Reality Series | Katherine & Lisa FFP 255 | Is Questioning The Pill Anti Feminist? | Beyond The Pill | Dr. Jolene Brighten, ND Join the community! Follow Fertility Friday on Instagram! Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast in Apple Podcasts! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsors: Fertility Friday | Fertility Awareness Programs This episode is sponsored by my Fertility Awareness Programs! Master Fertility Awareness and take a deep dive into your cycles and how they relate to your overall health! Click here to apply now! Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship Program (FAMM) This episode is sponsored by FAMM! Are you a women's health practitioner looking for a solid way to incorporate comprehensive fertility awareness chart analysis into your practice? If yes, FAMM is the program you've been waiting for. Click here to apply now!

Florence Williams (@flowill) is a journalist and the author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, and Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey. What We Discuss with Florence Williams: How "real" is heartbreak? Real enough that our brains react to the emotional pain of heartbreak in the same way they react to physical pain. The chronic loneliness brought about by heartbreak can increase the risk of early death by as much as 26 percent. Just as you wouldn't expect results from "wishing" a toothache away, ignoring the distress caused by heartbreak can exacerbate existing medical problems and create new ones — from inflammation to diabetes, heart disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. Differences between the causes and symptoms of heartbreak as typically experienced by women and men. What we can do to mitigate the pain if we find ourselves suffering from heartbreak. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/790 This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors: jordanharbinger.com/deals Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course! Miss our conversation with evolutionary social psychologist Dr. Sarah Hill? Catch up with episode 280: Sarah Hill | This Is Your Brain on Birth Control here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Dr Sarah Hill is a psychologist and professor at TCU whose research focusses on women, health, and sexual psychology. Women ovulate, and this changes their behaviour across their cycle. Unless they take hormonal birth control that is, in which case their behaviour changes even more dramatically in ways that no one anticipated and there is evidence to suggest that this might not just be temporary. Expect to learn why hormonal birth control can make women prioritise wealth in men, why women who come off are less sexually satisfied with partners they chose when they were on birth control, the relationship between taking the pill with anxiety, depression, bisexuality and stress, whether it's a good thing for women to have sex with men who they wouldn't marry and much more... Sponsors: Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias' nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy This Is Your Brain on Birth Control - https://amzn.to/3g8WCUF Follow Sarah on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahehillphd  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ 

Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon. Sarah HillDr. Sarah Ashley Hill is a psychologist and lupus warrior who started sewing in 2019, after learning that she had a severe form of lupus nephritis. Having had a knack for fashion from a young age, Sarah has used sewing as an articulation of her style and to suit her current lifestyle. Lisa WoolforkLisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English, specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory and American slavery. She is the convener and founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. #Charlottesville. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation. Insights from this episode:How Sarah got started in sewingHow diagnosis with lupus led to her sewing journeySarah's lupus journeySarah's pursuit of creativity Sewing her grandma's Bridgerton Ball Quotes from the show:“An artist has to create, so it wasn't an option for me to not do something with this creative energy. Even if the body was breaking down, not creating, not finding beauty or making beauty was not an option” -Sarah Hill in “Stitch Please”“It's not going to kill me [lupus], or if it kills me, it's gonna kill me doing what I am gonna do [sewing]” -Sarah Hill in “Stitch Please”“What you can't do and can't control is your attitude, your outlook, the space in your heart, the vision that you have, and those who you've allowed to hold that vision with you and for you” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”“We all get to claim our time, and we do not have to live by someone else's calendar or somebody else's clock” -Lisa Woolfork in “Stitch Please”“If you wanna do something, just go try it, and if you do not have the resources, there are plenty of organizations like sewing communities if you do not have a sewing machine” -Sarah Hill in “Stitch Please” Stay Connected:Lisa WoolforkInstagram: Lisa WoolforkTwitter: Lisa Woolfork Sarah HillInstagram: Sarah HillWebsite: Sewing for Myself  This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

What is the definition of a Cougar? Why do people have such a hard time with female led age gap relationships, when male led age gaps are seen as no big deal? What is so appealing about older women to younger men, how can older women stop second-guessing their desirability, and what are some tips and tricks to help fuel women's sexual response at any age? Repeat guest Dr. Sarah Hill answers all this and so much more. Follow us on Tik Tok @shamelesssexpodcast! We just lost out own account and now have a new one. Follow us for entertaining and informative clips from episodes such as this one. Come meet and play with us on October 2nd, 2022 at this fun local event in Santa Cruz. About our guest: Dr. Sarah Hill is an award-winning research psychologist and professor with expertise in women, health, and sexual psychology. Her work has been written about in outlets like the New York Times, the Economist, and The Guardian, and you can see her featured in the Netflix documentary, The Principles of Pleasure. Most recently, Dr. Hill has been using her expertise as a consultant with Cougar Life, a dating website for those seeking female-led age gap relationships. To learn more go to sarahehill.com Other links: Start meditating now with 40% off a Calm Premium subscription at CALM.COM/Shameless Get your ultimate sex kit with everything you need at unwrap-pleasureshop.com Get 10% off + free shipping with code SHAMELESSSEX on Uberlube AKA our favorite lubricant at uberlube.com Get 10% off while mastering the art of pleasure at  OMGyes.com/shameless Get 15% off all of your sex toys with code SHAMELESSSEX at purepleasureshop.com

Let's dive into one of the great joys of being a woman: Birth control! We are joined by Dr. Sarah Hill, evolutionary psychologist and author of the book This is Your Brain on Birth Control, to discuss our menstrual cycles and all the ways we are affected by birth control. We're getting an education in all things hormones, PMS, sex drive, the way we pick partners when we're on birth control vs. off, whether birth control affects fertility, how to choose what's best for your body, and more. Before Sarah joins us, we're discussing female-led proposals and how soon to program someone into your phone. Enjoy! Follow Sarah on Instagram @SarahEHillPhd, and visit her website to buy her book, read articles, and more. Follow us @GirlsGottaEatPodcast, Rayna @Rayna.Greenberg, and Ashley @AshHess. Visit our website for tour dates, merchandise, and more. Thank you to our partners this week: Wildgrain: Get $30 off your first box PLUS free croissants in every box at wildgrain.com/gge and use code GGE to start your subscription. Helix: Get up to $200 off all mattress orders plus 2 free pillows at helixsleep.com/gge. Nutrafol: Get $15 off your first month's subscription plus free shipping at nutrafol.com/gge. Tushy: Get 10% off + free shipping at hellotushy.com/gge.