Welcome to the R.U. Menstrual podcast where we dive deep into all things women's health to support you on your healing journey.

I'm Amanda Montalbo, functional and integrative dietitian, also known as the hormone healing RD.

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Our goal with this episode is to create a very extra special episode just for moms, specifically trying to deal with

this often like hidden stress load of motherhood.

And, you know, I love being a mom.

I know Amy loves being a mom.

It's truly the greatest gift, but it doesn't mean it's not incredibly challenging.

It's like the best thing you'll ever do and the hardest thing you'll ever do.

And I think as a society, we don't get enough support for moms.

We just kind of expect them to do everything and be able to handle it all.

And then when their health falls apart, everyone's like shocked.

But in reality, that's really what

we're set up for. So we're going to start out. Amy's going to share her background. I think a lot of

you will connect with her story. And I just think it's so important to know, like, where she's coming

from. Because it's really easy for us to have this conversation. We're both in the health field. We care about women's health and mom

specifically. So Amy's going to go through her background that we're going to talk about creating

crafting the culture in your home and how you can adjust that. And then we'll get into more

like the practical tips. So as always, this episode is for informational purposes only. Please make sure if you make

any nutrition, health changes, or anything like that related to this episode, you clear them with

your doctor first. All right, Amy, give us your background. Tell us your story. How did you start

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