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September 30, 2024

Overcoming Unintended Pregnancy Anxiety with Fertility Awareness

with podcast guest

Torey Kehoe

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Torey Kehoe is a Certified Fertility Awareness and Sexual Health Educator based in Toronto, Canada. Through her virtual business, Honeypot Health, she offers online courses and 1:1 programs for women and people with menstrual cycles. Torey is here to dive into a conversation that I think so many people will relate to—the fear, shame, and anxiety around unintended pregnancy. If you’ve ever felt terrified that you might get pregnant unexpectedly, or if you’ve struggled to trust your body when it comes to fertility, this episode is for you.

In this episode, Torey and I discuss her experience with an unintended pregnancy in college and how that led to years of anxiety and fear when it came to sex and reproductive health, how the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) empowered her to heal from her past experience, overcoming the monthly anxiety that many of us feel around pregnancy, managing common fears of using FAM for birth control, how understanding our cycles can give us back control over every aspect of our fertility, and more. Enjoy the episode!

Highlights

  • The pervasive anxiety around our reproductive health
  • Societal myths that contribute to fear of unintended pregnancy
  • Inadequate sex education and the need for open conversations about sexual health within families
  • The impact of social media on sexual education
  • Torey’s experience with unintended pregnancy
  • How anxiety around unintended pregnancy affects our pleasure
  • The empowering effects of discovering the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM)
  • Making informed decisions about their fertility choices.
  • Getting comfortable transitioning into using FAM for birth control
  • The practical aspects of cycle tracking
  • Addressing common concerns about switching to FAM for birth control
  • The advantages of working with a fertility awareness educator
  • Benefits of charting and gaining insights into your overall health
  • The importance of cycle awareness from teens to perimenopause

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