Women Let S Break Up With Birth Control

BOOK 3 IN THE IGNITE YOUR INNER GODDESS SERIES A guide to breaking up with your hormonal birth control from mindset to nutrition. *** “Umm, excuse me? Break up with birth control? Is she crazy?” Yeah, I might be a little crazy. But aren’t we all? *Looks around while everyone dutifully avoids eye contact with me* Okay, just play along for a hot minute here for funsies. Have you ever taken hormonal birth control? PS: When I say hormonal birth control, I mean the pill, ring, patch, shot, IUD, etc. Why did you start taking it? When did you start taking it? How long have you been taking it? Yes, these questions all matter! They are also where we begin the next phase in our Ignite Your Inner Goddess journey. Women, Let’s Break Up With Birth Control! is—yup, you guessed it—all about breaking up with hormonal birth control. I know, you totally didn’t see that coming, right? ;) Real talk here. This is not an icky sermon or dry dissertation where I try to convince you to ditch the pill. Not. By. Far. And, PS, I’d never do that. Breaking up hormonal birth control is a very personal choice and wholeheartedly your decision! This part of our Ignite Your Inner Goddess journey is where I share all of the knowledge I wish I had known at the time when I’d decided to ditch the pill. We talk all things from science-based nutrition to the woo-woo (of course!) and dive into what you can do to support your beautiful mind, body, and spirit before, during, and after the epic break up! Well, kicking birth control to the curb was an epic break for me at least… and yes, I totally spill all the deets as to why. ;) Alright. So, the question now is: Are you ready to continue on your Ignite Your Inner Goddess journey? ***ENTIRE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE*** Women, Let’s Get Woo! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 1) A guide to ignite your intuition with meditation, awareness, and ancient techniques. Women, Let’s Talk Periods! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 2) A guide all about menstrual cycles—from color and clots to charting like a pro. Women, Let’s Break Up With Birth Control! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 3) A guide to breaking up with your hormonal birth control from mindset to nutrition. Women, Let’s Steam Our V! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 4) A guide to the basics of vaginal (yoni) steaming, how to do it, and some tips and tricks. ***PRAISE FOR IYIG*** “Marina Schroeder is part of a new generation of healers who are at the forefront of helping empower women to tune into the wisdom of their bodies, and access a level of healing that they never thought was possible. This is a must-read book for women everywhere!” “The book you hold in your hands is the result of these years of intense training, study, and personal experience. You’ll find in these pages profound wisdom to enrich your appreciation of being a woman, exercises that allow you to deepen the experience of yourself as the goddess that you are, and straightforward and direct information to enhance and accept your innate beauty and sexuality.” “This offering stands out from the crowd in that it is written in a light tone, easy to understand, and brings the topics of periods, and the amazing things that they unlock to a level that someone not versed in anatomy and physiology can understand.” “Marina brings a nurturing, patient, and authentic energy to everything she creates. There is nobody I know who is more passionate about helping heal the divine feminine and guiding others who feel empowered to heal it within themselves.”

BOOK 2 IN THE IGNITE YOUR INNER GODDESS SERIES A guide all about menstrual cycles—from color and clots to charting like a pro. *** How do you feel about your periods? No, really. This isn’t a trick question! And it’s where we begin the second part of our Ignite Your Inner Goddess journey! Well, actually, we start off talking about things like Aunt Flo, Shark Week, Code Red, Ketchup Week, Moontime, Dragon Week, and Potato Chip. “Wait, did she just say ‘Potato Chip’?” Yes. Yes, I did. And you’ll definitely be clued in on the insider’s secret as to why. ;) In Women, Let’s Talk Periods!, we, well, we talk all thing periods. Shocker, I know, right? “What should my period look like?” “How long should my period be?” “Why am I birthing jelly eggs?!” (Unfortunately, this is not entirely a joke here because this used to happen to me every cycle.) “Ughhhh! I’m spotting again?! I just want to wear those white pants, damn it!” “Hormones suck!” (Actually, they don’t. I promise you, they really, really don't. You totally want these precious babies by your side as a part of your super-she-ro team!) “Follicu-what?” (Follicular. And yup, you’ll learn why this is a word every woman should know. ;) ) Soooo, hop on the Ignite Your Inner Goddess Express and take a journey to a magical land filled with young witches and wizards as they learn at the school of Hog—Oh wait, we don’t live in the world where we get letters by owls, fly with majestic hippogriffs, and suffer through potions classes! Unfortunately. I know, this pales in comparison to that. But, hello! Your body is bleeding and she’s trying to tell you something here. (PS: It’s not because she’s a sadist and deliberately torturing you every month just for kicks!) So, women, let’s get this party started and talk All. Things. Periods! ***ENTIRE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE*** Women, Let’s Get Woo! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 1) A guide to ignite your intuition with meditation, awareness, and ancient techniques. Women, Let’s Talk Periods! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 2) A guide all about menstrual cycles—from color and clots to charting like a pro. Women, Let’s Break Up With Birth Control! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 3) A guide to breaking up with your hormonal birth control from mindset to nutrition. Women, Let’s Steam Our V! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 4) A guide to the basics of vaginal (yoni) steaming, how to do it, and some tips and tricks. ***PRAISE FOR IYIG*** “Marina Schroeder is part of a new generation of healers who are at the forefront of helping empower women to tune into the wisdom of their bodies, and access a level of healing that they never thought was possible. This is a must-read book for women everywhere!” “The book you hold in your hands is the result of these years of intense training, study, and personal experience. You’ll find in these pages profound wisdom to enrich your appreciation of being a woman, exercises that allow you to deepen the experience of yourself as the goddess that you are, and straightforward and direct information to enhance and accept your innate beauty and sexuality.” “This offering stands out from the crowd in that it is written in a light tone, easy to understand, and brings the topics of periods, and the amazing things that they unlock to a level that someone not versed in anatomy and physiology can understand.” “Marina brings a nurturing, patient, and authentic energy to everything she creates. There is nobody I know who is more passionate about helping heal the divine feminine and guiding others who feel empowered to heal it within themselves.”

BOOK 1 IN THE IGNITE YOUR INNER GODDESS SERIES A guide to ignite your intuition with meditation, awareness, and ancient techniques. *** “What is an Inner Goddess?” “What if I’m not sure how my intuition and Inner Goddess is guiding me?” “Wait, did she just say ‘energy vampire’? What the hell is an energy vampire?” Excellent questions! :) In Women, Let’s Get Woo!, I share what I refer to as your Inner Goddess and—spoiler alert—we all have this powerfully innate and feminine essence within us. Yes, ALL of us! I also share all the tools and techniques that have helped me tap into my intuition and Inner Goddess and trust her guidance—from the science-based to the woo-woo. Oh, and yes, we’ll talk about “energy vampires” too. PS: They’re people and they’re all around us. *wiggles fingers mysteriously* PPS: Unfortunately, they aren’t sexy and sparkly vampires that are rich beyond all measure and waiting to whisk us away into an immortal happily ever after. I know, I’m super disappointed in this too! And if the title isn’t clear enough, we totally get woo. Like, super woo. Like, we’re taking a trip to Woo-Woo-Land and going on all the rides and eating all the yummy foods to our heart’s content. So, allow this to be your official invitation to join me on the Ignite Your Inner Goddess journey, sista! Let’s get woo-woo, ignite your intuition, and liberate your Inner Goddess in a fun and easy-to-digest way! ***ENTIRE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE*** Women, Let’s Get Woo! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 1) A guide to ignite your intuition with meditation, awareness, and ancient techniques. Women, Let’s Talk Periods! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 2) A guide all about menstrual cycles—from color and clots to charting like a pro. Women, Let’s Break Up With Birth Control! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 3) A guide to breaking up with your hormonal birth control from mindset to nutrition. Women, Let’s Steam Our V! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 4) A guide to the basics of vaginal (yoni) steaming, how to do it, and some tips and tricks. ***PRAISE FOR IYIG*** “Marina Schroeder is part of a new generation of healers who are at the forefront of helping empower women to tune into the wisdom of their bodies, and access a level of healing that they never thought was possible. This is a must-read book for women everywhere!” “The book you hold in your hands is the result of these years of intense training, study, and personal experience. You’ll find in these pages profound wisdom to enrich your appreciation of being a woman, exercises that allow you to deepen the experience of yourself as the goddess that you are, and straightforward and direct information to enhance and accept your innate beauty and sexuality.” “This offering stands out from the crowd in that it is written in a light tone, easy to understand, and brings the topics of periods, and the amazing things that they unlock to a level that someone not versed in anatomy and physiology can understand.” “Marina brings a nurturing, patient, and authentic energy to everything she creates. There is nobody I know who is more passionate about helping heal the divine feminine and guiding others who feel empowered to heal it within themselves.”

BOOK 4 IN THE IGNITE YOUR INNER GODDESS SERIES A guide to the basics of vaginal (yoni) steaming, how to do it, and some tips and tricks. *** Have you ever heard of vaginal or yoni steaming? Have you ever tried it? Or are you still on the first question, wondering what the heck vaginal steaming is? Don’t worry. That was me not so long ago. It was also what prompted my journey to eventually become a certified vaginal steam facilitator. If you want to know all the tea on what vaginal steaming is, why women steam their V, how to do it, some tips and tricks of the trade, and what The Cloak of Not Invisibility is, then… *Cue the epic she-ro entrance* Women, Let’s Steam our V! For real. Are you ready to get a little woo (duh!) and steam your V? ***ENTIRE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE*** Women, Let’s Get Woo! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 1) A guide to ignite your intuition with meditation, awareness, and ancient techniques. Women, Let’s Talk Periods! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 2) A guide all about menstrual cycles—from color and clots to charting like a pro. Women, Let’s Break Up With Birth Control! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 3) A guide to breaking up with your hormonal birth control from mindset to nutrition. Women, Let’s Steam Our V! (Ignite Your Inner Goddess Book 4) A guide to the basics of vaginal (yoni) steaming, how to do it, and some tips and tricks. ***PRAISE FOR IYIG*** “Marina Schroeder is part of a new generation of healers who are at the forefront of helping empower women to tune into the wisdom of their bodies, and access a level of healing that they never thought was possible. This is a must-read book for women everywhere!” “The book you hold in your hands is the result of these years of intense training, study, and personal experience. You’ll find in these pages profound wisdom to enrich your appreciation of being a woman, exercises that allow you to deepen the experience of yourself as the goddess that you are, and straightforward and direct information to enhance and accept your innate beauty and sexuality.” “This offering stands out from the crowd in that it is written in a light tone, easy to understand, and brings the topics of periods, and the amazing things that they unlock to a level that someone not versed in anatomy and physiology can understand.” “Marina brings a nurturing, patient, and authentic energy to everything she creates. There is nobody I know who is more passionate about helping heal the divine feminine and guiding others who feel empowered to heal it within themselves.”

Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roughly 60 percent take it for non-contraceptive reasons like painful periods, endometriosis, PCOS, and acne. While the birth control pill is widely prescribed as a quick-fix solution to a variety of women’s health conditions, taking it can also result in other more serious and dangerous health consequences. Did you know that women on the pill are more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant? That they are at significantly increased risk for autoimmune disease, heart attack, thyroid and adrenal disorders, and even breast and cervical cancer? That the pill can even cause vaginal dryness, unexplained hair loss, flagging libido, extreme fatigue, and chronic infection. As if women didn’t have enough to worry about, that little pill we’re taking to manage our symptoms is only making things worse. Jolene Brighten, ND, author of the groundbreaking new book BEYOND THE PILL, specializes in treating women’s hormone imbalances caused by the pill and shares her proven 30-day program designed to reverse the myriad of symptoms women experience every day—whether you choose to stay on the pill or not. The first book of its kind to target the birth control pill and the scientifically-proven symptoms associated with taking it, BEYOND THE PILL is an actionable plan for taking control, and will help readers: • Locate the root cause of their hormonal issues, like estrogen dominance, low testosterone, and low progesterone • Discover a pain-free, manageable period free of cramps, acne, stress, or PMS without the harmful side effects that come with the pill • Detox the liver, support the adrenals and thyroid, heal the gut, reverse metabolic mayhem, boost fertility, and enhance mood • Transition into a nutrition and supplement program, with more than 30 hormone-balancing recipes Featuring simple diet and lifestyle interventions, BEYOND THE PILL is the first step to reversing the risky side effects of the pill, finally finding hormonal health, and getting your badass self back.

An eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control should know This groundbreaking book sheds light on how hormonal birth control affects women--and the world around them--in ways we are just now beginning to understand. By allowing women to control their fertility, the birth control pill has revolutionized women's lives. Women are going to college, graduating, and entering the workforce in greater numbers than ever before, and there's good reason to believe that the birth control pill has a lot to do with this. But there's a lot more to the pill than meets the eye. Although women go on the pill for a small handful of targeted effects (pregnancy prevention and clearer skin, yay!), sex hormones can't work that way. Sex hormones impact the activities of billions of cells in the body at once, many of which are in the brain. There, they play a role in influencing attraction, sexual motivation, stress, hunger, eating patterns, emotion regulation, friendships, aggression, mood, learning, and more. This means that being on the birth control pill makes women a different version of themselves than when they are off of it. And this is a big deal. For instance, women on the pill have a dampened cortisol spike in response to stress. While this might sound great (no stress!), it can have negative implications for learning, memory, and mood. Additionally, because the pill influences who women are attracted to, being on the pill may inadvertently influence who women choose as partners, which can have important implications for their relationships once they go off it. Sometimes these changes are for the better . . . but other times, they're for the worse. By changing what women's brains do, the pill also has the ability to have cascading effects on everything and everyone that a woman encounters. This means that the reach of the pill extends far beyond women's own bodies, having a major impact on society and the world. This paradigm-shattering book provides an even-handed, science-based understanding of who women are, both on and off the pill. It will change the way that women think about their hormones and how they view themselves. It also serves as a rallying cry for women to demand more information from science about how their bodies and brains work and to advocate for better research. This book will help women make more informed decisions about their health, whether they're on the pill or off of it.

"Emergency operator. May I help you?" "Yes, my name is Alex Gee, my wife is nineteen weeks pregnant and I think her water just broke! This is her second pregnancy, and . . . we lost our first baby just like this . . ." "Sir? Hello? Sir? Try to stay calm. Who is your wife's OB/GYN?" "It's Dr. Koller! Uh . . . My wife is losing more fluid . . . Hurry!" Oh God, this isn't happening again. I can't handle another loss like this. Let this be a dream! Please let this be a dream! Have you ever felt like God has let you down just when you needed him most? For Alex Gee it was the loss of his second child at birth. For others it is death, divorce, financial ruin, physical disability or a host of other trials we face in the world. In these moments of crisis our view of God is challenged and our faith is shaken. With refreshing candor in this book Alex Gee offers true companionship--though not easy answers--as you search for the way to hope.

In Belabored, Lyz Lenz will "make you cry in one paragraph and snort-laugh in the next" (Chloe Angyal, contributing editor at MarieClaire.com). Written with a blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, Belabored is an impassioned and irreverent defense of the autonomy, rights, and dignity of pregnant people. Lenz shows how religious, historical, and cultural myths about pregnancy have warped the way we treat pregnant people: when our representatives enact laws criminalizing abortion and miscarriage, when doctors prioritize the health of the fetus over the life of the pregnant patient in front of them, when baristas refuse to serve visibly pregnant women caffeine. She also reflects on her own experiences of carrying her two children and seeing how the sacrifices demanded during pregnancy carry over seamlessly into the cult of motherhood, where women are expected to play the narrowly defined roles of "wife" and "mother" rather than be themselves. Belabored is an urgent call for us to trust women and let them choose what happens to their own bodies, from a writer who "is on a roll" (Bitch Magazine).