Fix Your Period with Author Nicole Jardim!

How to Fix Your Period with Nicole Jardim

Known as The Period Girl and author of Fix Your Period, Nicole Jardim has impacted the lives of tens of thousands of women around the world in addressing a wide variety of period problems including PMS, irregular periods, PCOS, and more!

On this episode, we address common period problems and their root causes as well as solutions that can be applied methodically to improve hormone health! We also discuss different supplements for women with PCOS to help with periods.

You’ll learn about hormonal hierarchy, as explained in Fix Your Period, and the impact of blood sugar, gut health, stress, and more on your period. 

Who Is Nicole Jardim?

Nicole Jardim is a Certified Women’s Health Coach, writer, speaker, mentor, and the creator of Fix Your Period. To find more resources and order her book, go to FixYour Period.com! You can also find Nicole Jardim on Instagram (@NicolemJardim) and NicoleJardim.com!

Nicole Jardim found herself in a position that many women find themselves in—struggling with heavy, irregular, or even absent periods. When she went to the doctor to find a solution, she was put on the hormonal birth control pill. (Sound familiar?) From there, she had a whole catalog of difficult symptoms that eventually she sourced back to those pills. That kickstarted Nicole’s natural healing journey! 

She discovered that diet, exercise, and other small lifestyle changes to balance hormones like cortisol and insulin was key to period regulation. She was so grateful for the change that she quit her job and made it her mission to tell more women how to actually regulate their periods, rather than masking symptoms with birth control.  

Now, she’s known at “The Period Girl” and she’s a certified women’s health coach and author of Fix Your Period: 6-Weeks to Banish Bloating, Conquer Cramps, Manage Moodiness, and Ignite Lasting Hormone Balance. Her website calls it a “life-changing step-by-step natural protocol to ignite lasting hormone balance and improve everything from PMS, period pain, and heavy periods to irregular and missing periods.” 

She combines evidence-based research with simplicity and sass to help women reclaim their hormone health and improve their quality of life! So, basically, she’s a must-listen to guest! Don’t skip this episode! 

How To Regulate Periods With PCOS According to “The Period Girl”

Reconsider your contraception and PCOS prescriptions. 

First of all, don’t make any big moves without talking with your doctor, however, you should do your own research to understand the side effects and potential long-term health effects of your current PCOS prescriptions and hormonal contraception. 

Getting off hormonal birth control was an essential life-changing step for both me and Nicole! Yes, hormonal birth control, metformin, and other prescriptions can fix an irregular period or lack thereof and it can even help period pain and heavy periods. However, it doesn’t get to the root of the issue and often causes more symptoms than it masks. And, it’s all around unnecessary for most women, since you can regulate your menstrual cycle totally naturally!  

Get a good understanding of cortisol and insulin. 

Nicole talks in her book about hormonal imbalance hierarchy. Basically, it gives you a visual of which hormones have the biggest impact on your health. What are the worst ones? Cortisol and insulin! When these two hormones are out of balance, they spiral into a ton of issues throughout your whole body, giving you many of your PCOS symptoms. 

You need to understand these hormones through and through, so you know how to identify when they’re imbalanced and resolve the issue naturally. Here’s more on high cortisol and insulin resistance. 

Start a balanced, PCOS-friendly diet. 

Food is everything when it comes to healing your body and regulating your period. It can support insulin and cortisol balance and reverse those symptoms. Nicole and I both recommend you try a gluten- and dairy-free anti-inflammatory diet that’s going to keep blood sugar levels low, improve your gut health, and reduce inflammation! You can find plenty of PCOS-friendly recipes on The Cysterhood app. 

Track your blood sugar every day at every meal. 

Nicole recommends that anyone looking to regulate their periods do continuous glucose monitoring! Basically, check your blood sugar before a meal and then 30, 45, and 60 minutes after to see how your insulin levels change based on what you eat. She says it’s one of the best ways to understand how foods specifically impact you! The data you can get from this process is well worth the hassle of using a CGM! Here’s more on continuous glucose monitoring for PCOS. 

Take supplements to support hormone balance, blood sugar levels, and proper gut health.

Supplements can be super helpful for PCOS! The right, high-quality supplements can support all your other healing efforts to give you the best chance of success. Nicole and I both recommend a multivitamin, omega-3, and Ovasitol to get started! You can find all of those in my Ovafit supplement line! 

Prioritize getting high-quality sleep. 

Sleep is essential for hormone balance—specifically for regulating insulin and cortisol! So, prioritize getting high-quality rest by improving your sleep hygiene. 

Do the right kind of exercise for your body. 

Run or do other high-intensity workouts every day and don’t see any change in your weight or symptoms? That was me and Nicole! (I used to do kickboxing.) That’s because these types of exercises raise your heart rate and increase your cortisol, actually making your condition worse lots of time. Instead opt for slow-weighted workouts or other low-impact exercises for PCOS. You can find plenty of routines on The Cysterhood app. 

Take it one step at a time. 

Don’t try to do too much at once. When you read Nicole’s book or you jump into other episodes of A Cyster and Her Mister, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all that you can do to regulate your periods and reverse your condition. Don’t let that happen! Just do one thing at a time and stair step to healing. You’ll get there! 

Does PCOS Cause Painful Periods?

YES! Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) can contribute to not only heavy and irregular periods, but significant PMS period pain, too. This is because high androgen levels can cause your uterine lining to overgrow, which all needs to shed during your period. Ouch! 
Additionally, high androgens can lead to ovarian cysts, which can be painful as they grow and potentially burst. Outside of high testosterone, chronic inflammation and other hormonal imbalances can contribute to pelvic pain! Here’s more on PCOS periods!

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