Light, Your Circadian Rhythm, & Your Hormones with Carrie Bennett

Are You Menstrual?

Amanda Montalvo

Nutrition, Are You Menstrual?, Alternative Health, Period Podcast, Education, Women's Health, Sexuality, Amanda Montalvo, Menstrual Podcast, Health & Fitness

5 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this episode, I am joined by Carrie Bennett, to teach you about light, circadian rhythm, and how these impact your hormones. As a college athlete, supposedly at the pinnacle of health, Carrie began suffering chronic joint issues and insomnia. After her first child was born, she developed debilitating stomach pain, adrenal fatigue, and brain fog. Armed with a BS in Biology, an MS in Nutrition, and certifications as a personal trainer, massage therapist, and breathing coach, she still couldn...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the RU. Menstrual podcast where we dive deep into all things women's health to support you on your healing journey.
0:07.9	I'm Amanda Montalbo, functional and integrative dietitian, also known as the hormone healing RD.
0:13.2	If you enjoy this podcast and you want to keep learning, check out the podcast Patreon where I share a bonus episode with additional downloadable resources each week.
0:22.4	You can go to patreon.com forward slash hormone healing RD or check out the link in the show notes.
0:31.0	All right. I have an amazing episode for you. Today, I'm doing the intro after, just recorded it with
0:36.0	Carrie. It was so good. I'm
0:38.3	excited to share this with you. In this episode, I am interviewing Carrie Bennett, and she's
0:43.9	going to teach you about light, circadian rhythm, and specifically how these impact your hormones.
0:48.6	We're definitely looking at this from more of a hormonal lens. And if you do not know who
0:52.9	Carrie Bennett is, I think you will probably be as
0:56.3	obsessed with her after this as I am. She's amazing. She is a really great practitioner. Her story,
1:03.5	I think, is a lot of women can relate to. She was a college athlete. She was definitely at the
1:10.2	pinnacle of health, supposedly, which
1:12.4	very similar to my story. And she started suffering from chronic joint issues and insomnia,
1:18.0	which I feel like kind of gets normalized. And then after her firstborn child, she started
1:24.0	developing debilitating stomach pain, adrenal fatigue, brain fog. She talked more about this in
1:28.3	the episode. But it really brought her to a point in her health where she's like, how can I fix this?
1:34.9	And she does have a bachelor's in biology and a master's in nutrition. She was a personal trainer,
1:40.5	a massage therapist, or she was a body worker as well. She has a very unique background
1:44.3	that just brings everything together so beautifully, um, breath coach and she could not figure out
1:49.6	the root of her issue. She did see some like success, um, but she still was like, I'm still not
1:54.8	feeling as good as I feel like I should. And, you know, meanwhile, she's like working one-and-one
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