Nourished to Healthy

In this episode of the PCOS Repair Podcast, we explore the powerful impact omega-3 fatty acids have on hormone health, inflammation, and insulin sensitivity. You’ll learn how these essential fats help reduce testosterone, support ovulation, and improve mood, energy, and skin, making them a foundational tool for PCOS healing. Whether you’re getting them through diet or supplements, omega-3s offer real benefits without complicated routines or extreme restrictions.

In this episode, you’ll uncover the powerful, and often overlooked, connection between your relationships and your PCOS symptoms. From partners and family to coworkers and friends, the emotional dynamics in your life can play a major role in your hormonal health. You’ll learn how things like fertility comments, family food traditions, or social pressures at work can quietly elevate stress hormones like cortisol, leading to fatigue, cravings, mood swings, and cycle disruptions.

In this episode, discover how chronic stress can quietly sabotage your PCOS healing by disrupting hormone balance, driving insulin resistance, and worsening symptoms like irregular cycles, weight gain, and inflammation. Drawing on cutting-edge research, you’ll learn how your body’s stress response, designed for survival, can become overactivated in modern life, keeping cortisol high and hormones out of balance. You’ll also uncover practical strategies for identifying hidden stressors, repairing your stress response, and creating a lifestyle that supports both your metabolic health and fertility.

In this episode, you’ll uncover the truth about insulin resistance in PCOS, how it can exist even when your lab work appears “normal” and why it’s one of the most common yet overlooked root causes. You’ll learn how insulin resistance develops, the hidden ways it impacts energy, cravings, weight, and ovulation, and why recognizing it early can make all the difference in your hormone health. Plus, I’ll share practical steps to spot the signs, understand your test results, and start restoring balance with simple, targeted lifestyle changes that work with your body.

In this episode, you’ll hear Rachel’s inspiring story of overcoming PCOS-related fertility struggles by addressing chronic inflammation, a root cause often overlooked. Learn how simple, targeted changes to her diet and lifestyle helped her heal her gut, restore regular cycles, and conceive naturally, all without extreme restrictions.

Your daily environment, whether it’s an office, a classroom, or your own living room, can have a huge impact on your PCOS symptoms. In this episode, you’ll discover how to protect your energy, reduce brain fog, and create simple routines that support hormone health in the middle of your real life, not just in a perfectly curated one. Learn how to reset your focus, manage cravings, and build a daily flow that helps you feel better, even on your busiest days.

In this supplement spotlight episode of the PCOS Repair Podcast, we explore why magnesium is a must-have for hormone balance, insulin sensitivity, better sleep, and stress management, all critical for managing PCOS. You’ll learn how low magnesium levels could be fueling your symptoms and how to restore this essential mineral through food and supplements. If you’re dealing with fatigue, cravings, anxiety, or poor sleep, this episode will show you how magnesium can be a powerful tool in your PCOS healing strategy.

If you’ve ever been told to “just lose weight” to fix your PCOS, this episode is for you. This episode digs into the complex relationship between body weight, fertility, and hormone health, and breaks down why weight is not the root issue. You’ll learn how excess weight can both reflect and worsen PCOS-related imbalances like insulin resistance, inflammation, and stress, and what it actually means to reach a fertility-friendly weight. More importantly, you’ll walk away with practical, compassionate strategies to improve your body composition without harming your hormones. This episode is your guide to moving beyond scale-focused advice so you can truly support your reproductive and metabolic health.

This episode of the PCOS Repair Podcast, discusses the fascinating connection between neuroscience, mindset, and PCOS healing. You’ll discover how a growth mindset and intrinsic motivation change your brain, and how these shifts can make it easier to follow through with healthy habits, even when progress feels slow. This episode explores research-backed ways to spark motivation from the inside out, helping you stay consistent with the lifestyle changes that support hormone balance, metabolic health, and long-term PCOS symptom relief.

In this episode of the PCOS Repair Podcast, we take a compassionate look at the emotional weight of managing PCOS in the age of information overload. If you’ve ever felt paralyzed by the endless—and often conflicting—advice online, this conversation is your permission to take a breath and come back to what truly matters: listening to your body. You’ll discover how to identify your root cause, let go of the pressure to do everything perfectly, and shift from chaos to clarity by focusing on small, meaningful changes. With practical mindset tips and empowering strategies, this episode will help you redefine what progress looks like and create a sustainable path to feeling better—one step at a time.