Spilling The Tea with Aok Nutrition

This week I am chatting about one of my most requested topics - my labour story! I also chatted about being pregnant after a miscarriage, tips for each trimester that I found helped me and the rocky start we had at just 5 weeks pregnant. Thank you so much to Gigi for sponsoring this week's podcast. Gigi creates premium supplements for female hormonal health. Their PMS & Hormone Balance Blend contains 15 of the most researched and effective nutrients to support the reduction of monthly PMS symptoms and more balanced hormone levels overall and it was created by two Nutritional Therapists - So you know it's going to be good ! https://gigisupplements.com/ Practitioners mentioned on this episode: • Pregnancy Acupuncture - Paul https://acudublin.ie/ • Pregnancy chiropractor - Ros Drake https://drakechiropractic.ie/ • Lactation consultant - Rebecca Murphy https://www.instagram.com/midwife_rebecca_/ • Womens Health Physio - Helen Keeble https://womenshealthdublin.ie/ Don't forget to Follow me on https://www.instagram.com/aoknutrition/?hl=en or you can find me on my website https://www.aoknutrition.com/.

Pregnancy loss affects atleast 1 in 5 women. So I felt that i couldn't tell Theo's story (my beautiful 5 month old baby) before I shared this story first. I really hope my words can give you some comfort and hope for the future. Don't forget to Follow me on Instagram or you can find me on my website Aoknutrition.com. 

In this episode, I have the fabulous Jessica O’ Dwyer back on the pod. This is a follow on from our 1st episode we recorded in 2023 (which was one of my most listened to episodes!) Jessica has a Master's in Personalised Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine and she has a special interest in longevity, gut health, hormones, fertility and mood disorders and she is the Gut Health Queen! Together we answer the most common questions that we get in relation to hormones and gut health. The Gut Hormone Connection is a 12 week nutrition and lifestyle course where you will learn everything you need to know about how to balance your digestion and hormones through lifestyle medicine. Learn more about the course here.  Products/Links mentioned in this episode (look out for the discount code for my online shop AokNutrition.com during the episode!) Gut Hormone Connection Course  Jessica’s Clinic Jessica’s Instagram Don't forget to Follow me on Instagram or you can find me on my website Aoknutrition.com. 

Welcome back to Spilling The Tea. This is episode 3 of a 3 part series which are a little different to our normal hormone chats.  When I say the word cancer - I think we immediately think of someone we know who has been impacted. In august 2022  my mum, Roisin, was diagnosed with breast cancer. The next 10 months she underwent treatment which consisted of a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.  The next 3 episodes are her story. In this episode we chat about my mum's radiotherapy experience and navigating life post treatment. My mum wanted to share her journey in the effort to give someone else hope who finds themselves in a  similar situation. So whether you are facing a difficult road ahead, you want to understand how to support friends or family members through cancer or you just want some more insight into what people go through. I really hope this episode helps and inspires you and most importantly gives you hope for the future.  Thank you so much mum for having courage and sharing your experience with the world. A special thank you to GROUND for sponsoring this week's episode. We mentioned during this episode that my mum was kindly gifted some skincare products, created specifically for cancer treatment, and she absolutely loved them. It would be such a lovely gift for someone going through treatment. GROUND develops treatments and products to address anxiety, insomnia, hormone fluctuations, burnout, gut health and Cancer Care. The Barróg (Hug) collection was carefully created for those going through Cancer. Developed to not only bring comfort and specific relief to compromised skin, but to also support wellbeing, encouraging calm and rest at a time where self care is needed most.⁠⁠ GROUND crafts 100% natural products, handmade in small batches in Ireland, using vegan ingredients and blended with sincere intention to soothe the soul. Shop now on ⁠⁠GROUND⁠ and use code AOK15 for 15% off your 1st orde⁠⁠r. Roisin's clinic ⁠⁠⁠www.bolhealing.com⁠⁠⁠ Don't forget to Follow me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ or you can find me on my website ⁠⁠⁠Aoknutrition.com⁠⁠⁠.