26. Is Your Period Missing? Recovering from Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) - Sarah Liz King
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While periods can suck sometimes, they're also an important indicator of health. If you miss getting your period for several months and you are not pregnant, you could have a condition called hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA). The main causes are stress, disordered eating, being underweight, and/or too much exercise. In this episode, Kiah and Meg chat with Sarah Liz King about: Sarah's personal journey with recovering from HAWhat HA actually is, and how it's diagnosedThe steps to get started on a recovery journeyCoping with body changes that might happen during the renourishment processHow to safely reintroduce or increase exercise after your period comes backSarah's top 3 tips for anyone who is healing their relationship with food & exerciseSarah is a Health At Every Size® Accredited Exercise Physiologist & Personal Trainer, Qualified Pilates Mat & Reformer Instructor, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She is passionate about helping women recover from disordered eating, heal their relationships with physical activity, and successfully address hormonal challenges (such as PCOS and hypothalamic amenorrhea). Through her own journey with an eating disorder, Sarah discovered Intuitive Eating, which gave her the body freedom she had been searching for through endless other approaches. Sarah has over 10 years of experience helping people achieve full recovery so they can enjoy positive relationships with movement, food freedom, and fall back in love with their bodies! Find Sarah at: Instagram: @sarahlizking Podcast: Holistic Health Radio At Imbodi Health, our mission is to empower you to ditch diet culture, make friends with food and find peace with your body. Find your version of ‘whole health’ no matter your body shape or size. Tune in weekly for bite-sized episodes on all things non-diet nutrition, disordered eating recovery, joyful movement, self-care and body acceptance. Join the community on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imbodihealth/ Visit The Butterfly Foundation: https://butterfly.org.au/ Imbodi Health website: www.imbodihealth.com If you enjoy our episodes, please give us a written review on Apple podcasts. It helps our podcast to be shown to more people!
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