Discover how to ditch your painful or heavy periods (for good)

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September 27, 2021

How to Address Fibroids and When to Go the Surgical Route

with podcast guest

Christine Garvin

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Christine Garvin, MA, NE, is a Whole Health Coach based in Asheville, NC. She weaves together her personal health journey – including a fibroid surgery that went terribly wrong – with her training in holistic health, nutrition, and hormones to help women heal their gut and achieve hormonal balance.

In this episode, we talk about how fibroids develop, the non-surgical route Christine recommends for shrinking your fibroids and reduce your symptoms, the connection between fibroids and your hormones, and so much more!

Highlights

  • How Christine’s discovery of a fibroid turned into a life-threatening episode
  • What is a fibroid?
  • The shocking percentage of women who develop fibroids
  • Signs you may have fibroids
  • How to work with fibroids before taking the surgical route
  • The connection between fibroids and hormone imbalance
  • Why diet is so important in managing fibroids
  • Getting your microbiome in check
  • Emotional and energetic aspects of fibroids
  • Relieving fibroid symptoms through non-surgical interventions
  • How long does it usually take to see results from non-surgical interventions?
  • When should you consider taking the surgical route?

Resources

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Bonuses include: Fix Your Period workbook to use alongside the actual book
Period Toolkit that includes a series of ebooks on vaginal steaming, how to use CBD for your menstrual cycle problems, seed cycling, how to use castor oil packs to support your period and fertility, and how to live in harmony with your cycle

You shouldn’t live in fear that you’ll be dealing with hellish symptoms forever. Suffering does not have to be a mandatory part of your journey – you have the power to bring about big change for yourself and begin a new chapter in your period story.

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