How we physically feel impacts our openness towards sex + intimacy. But what if the pain + challenges were actually serving as a protective mechanism for our inner insecurities + unresolved wounds + fears? Dr Mary Pardee talks to us about the truth behind our gut struggles, how our mentality + self-induced pressure impacts our hormones, + how your woman's hormone cycle impacts her sex + openness to dating (and how you can support her). 

In this episode you’ll hear:

• Gut Health, the underlying mental causes, + Healing from Workaholism
  
• Body challenges protecting you from deeper intimacy + sex
  
• Why does she do that? Dating + Female Hormones
  
• The relationship between the brain + gut health + why you’re so tired
  
• The types of tests you should be getting to understand your gut challenges
  
• The elimination diet...what you didn’t know
  
• What to consider with Probiotics + why not all are the same
  
• Evolving Cultural Shame around Bleeding
  
• Endometriosis + other autoimmune reactions of the body
  
• Dr Cat + Dr Mary even share their own struggles around gut health + their personal, holistic paths towards optimal health + healing
  

She even answers some listener questions:

1. What does it mean when you have your period 3 times in one month with excruciating cramps?
   
2. Struggling w/ chronic candida for 8 months, also have endo. Help!
   

THE SKINNY ON OUR SEXY GUEST

Dr. Mary Pardee is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor and a Certified Functional Medicine Doctor who specializes in integrative gastroenterology and hormone balancing in Los Angeles, California. She is the founder of modrn med, a telemedicine and virtual wellness company that provides medical and health services to clients from the comfort of their homes. For those who can not work one-on-one with a modrn med practitioner, Dr. Mary also created a gut-health course that dives into the most common gut related complaints and natural solutions to start healing. Dr. Mary is also a board member for R Academy Global, an organization whose mission is to provide opportunity to homeless and previously incarcerated individuals with a holistic 360 approach.

You can find more about he + how to connect at https://www.modrnmed.com/

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