The Empowered Period Podcast
Welcome to the Empowered Period Podcast where we dive into the transformational and empowering process of balancing your hormones and regulating your cycle. This is THE podcast to listen to if you are interested in recovering your missing cycle, optimizing your irregular cycle, or simply learning more about your cycle. I’m your host, Gayle Trompke, Certified Holistic Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Practitioner and fellow period warrior. I recovered my cycle after being without it for 15+ years and got pregnant naturally. Now, I coach women like you who are trying to optimize their cycles to regain their health and fertility. It’s my goal to empower you on your journey by providing you with inspirational stories and informational deep dives.
Episodes
42 episodes
Ep 42: From Marathon Training to Consistently Ovulating - Tash's Recovery Story
In episode 42, I meet with my client Tash who shares her story. We talk through the challenges of shedding your identity as the "fit" girl, changing priorities from medals to babies, her wisdom on period recovery, and how her life is so much be...
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Ep 41: Busting Myths About Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
In episode 41, I go through five common myths that are spread around about hypothalamic amenorrhea and tell you the real facts so you aren't misled. 1. You have to be underweight or at a low BMI to have HA 2. You have to...
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Ep 40: 10 Signs You're On Track to Getting Your Period Back
In episode 40, I go through ten signs that your on the right track towards getting your period back. When you go through the period recovery process, your health will improve in so many ways as evidenced by the 10+ signs you will notice in your...
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Ep 39: Regulating Your Nervous System For Period Recovery
In episode 39, I discuss the importance of regulating your nervous system as part of your period recovery process so that the body feels SAFE. If we are living in fight or flight and chronic stress, ovulation is not going to occur. We have to m...
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Ep 38: A Real, Raw HA Recovery Journey - Harriette's Story
In episode 38, I am joined by my past client, Harriette. Harriette's story is a real one. She is vulnerable and honest about the trials and tribulations of eating disorders, HA, working through recovery, and having a less positive ending (misca...
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Ep 37: Taking Control of Your Menstrual Cycle Health
In episode 37, I am joined by the founders of DailyBasis, a daily nutrition supplement for menstruating women. Izzy, Sophie, and I dive deep into how our menstrual cycle is a key biomarker that is so often overlooked in the medical establishmen...
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Ep 36: When the Pressure to Look Perfect on Your Wedding Day Leads to HA - Holly's Recovery Story
In episode 36, I am joined by Holly, a client of mine who developed an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise when trying to lose weight before her wedding. She shares how she ended up losing her period (and her health) in the process of...
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Ep 35: Navigating HA and PCOS - Madeline's Recovery Story
In episode 35, I am joined by Madeline, a client of mine who had a long winding path towards getting her period back - complicated by a duel diagnosis of both PCOS and HA. Listen to better understand what having both of these means and ho...
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Ep 34: Ways Your Body is Negatively Effected Due to HA
In episode 34, I walk through all of the ways your body is negatively effected due to missing periods. This includes not just your fertility and reproductive functioning, but also your digestive health, cardiovascular health, mental health, met...
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Ep 33: From Yo-Yo Dieting and HA to Health and Liberation - Lilly's Recovery Story
In episode 33, I am joined by Lilly, a client of mine who came to me after a decade of yo-yo dieting, weight gain and loss, and missing periods. Lilly's goal was not pregnancy, but rather creating a sustainable relationship with food and exerci...
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Ep 32: Blueprint to Get Your Period Back ASAP
In episode 32, I go talk you through the exact game plan you need to execute to get your period back ASAP. I discuss the five key pillars to work on each and every day to recover from HA. This is the episode to listen to if you are wondering ho...
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Ep 31: From HA to Pregnant x3 - Catching Up With Past Clients Who Are On The Other Side
In episode 31, I catch up with three past clients who were a part of the Empowered Period community at the same time and formed an amazing friendship during the recovery process. They reflect on the importance of community and support during re...
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Ep 30: Developing HA Postpartum - Lexie's Recovery Story
In episode 30, I am joined by Lexie, a client of mine who lost her period while trying to "bounce back" after giving birth to her first child. Lexie came to me after getting no answers from her OBGYN about why her period was suddenly missing. L...
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Ep 29: Finding FREEDOM Through HA Recovery
In episode 29, I elaborate on the types of freedom you gain once you recover from HA - including exercise freedom, food freedom, and social freedom. The process of getting your cycle back allows you to find true liberation! Instagr...
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Ep 28: Having HA With a "Normal" BMI - Liz's Recovery Story
In episode 28, I am joined by Liz, a client of mine who got her period back quickly and got pregnant naturally after being told by doctors she would need to pursue fertility treatment to conceive. Liz didn't believe HA could be her proble...
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Ep 27: Getting Your Period Back on a Plant-Based Diet
In episode 27, we dive into how I got my period back as a lifelong vegetarian. We will discuss my four tips to speed up recovery while on a plant-based diet and what my journey with plant-based diets looked like during the recovery process.&nbs...
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Ep 26: Supplements for HA Recovery
In episode 26, we chat all things supplements in HA recovery. Supplements can be helpful as "icing on the cake", but if you don't address the foundational parts of recovery (eating and resting enough), they are a waste of your time and money. L...
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Ep 25: Exercise During Period Recovery
In episode 25, we discuss everything you want to know about exercise during the period recovery process, including: Signs you have an unhealthy relationship with exercise / exercise addicitionConsequences of an unhealt...
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Episode 25
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Ep 24: How to Ask For Support From Friends and Family During Period Recovery
In episode 24, I share: How I went about opening up about period recovery to my closest friends and familyWhy opening up about period recovery and asking for support is so important and liberating What I ...
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Episode 24
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Ep 23: 5 Food Rules Preventing You From Getting Your Period Back
In episode 23, I discuss five common food rules (that you may or may not know you have) that prevent women from getting their cycles back. I provide details on how I see these "rules" show up in clients' nutrition logs and how to address and ov...
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Ep 22: Finding Your Feminine Energy and Feeling Like a Woman Again - Charlotte's Recovery Story
In episode 22, I am joined by Charlotte, a client of mine who got her period back and regular after many years of seeking answers - from OBGYNs, naturopaths, Chinese medicine doctors and more. She talks through all of the "bandaid" solutions (b...
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Episode 22
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Ep 21: 5 Reasons Your Period is Still Missing
In episode 21, we dig into five common reasons your period still has not returned. If you have been working on period recovery for awhile now by yourself and are wondering why you are stuck, this is the episode for you. These are blind spots I ...
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Ep 20: Getting Unstuck and Pushing Across the Recovery Finish Line - Brenna's HA Recovery Story
In episode 20, I am joined by Brenna, a client of mine who recovered her period quickly after months of trying to get it back on her own. Brenna walks through many years of disordered eating, reaching rock bottom, pushing through discomfort to ...
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Ep 19: Natural Pregnancy After A Long Eating Disorder and Failed Letrozole Treatments - Natalie's HA Recovery Story
In episode 19, I am joined by Natalie, a client of mine who recovered her period after 11 years without it and got pregnant on her third recovery cycle. Natalie talks through navigating many years of disordered eating and feeling uncomfortable ...
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Episode 19
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Ep 18: How Period Recovery Prepares You For Pregnancy
In episode 18, I reflect on the key ways the period recovery process prepared me to handle pregnancy with success and grace. I can't imagine being pregnant in my old headspace! The lessons learned during period recovery are hugely beneficial as...
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