FFP 622 | Healing Your Cycle From the Inside Out with | FAMM Practitioner Series | Carol da Selva

About this episode

Lisa and Carol discuss spiritual approaches to menstrual cycle health and their intersection with evidence-based practice.

In this episode of the Fertility Friday Podcast, Lisa sits down with Carol da Selva — founder of Sacred Womb Rites and a practitioner completing her Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship (FAMM) certification — for a candid conversation about spiritual approaches to menstrual cycle health and where they intersect with evidence-based practice. Carol shares her personal journey with irregular cycles, painful periods, and the role that ancestral and spiritual practices played in her early healing path, alongside the limitations she encountered when those approaches alone were not enough. Together, Lisa and Carol explore why grounding spiritual and intuitive frameworks in peer-reviewed research may lead to more consistent, predictable results for both practitioners and their clients. Carol reflects on how foundational factors — including nutrition, blood sugar stability, and addressing environmental contributors such as mold and histamine — supported meaningful improvements in her own cycle over time. This episode is part of the ongoing FAM Practitioner Series, offering insights for women's health professionals who are looking to integrate fertility awareness and menstrual cycle…

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Guest: Carol da Selva

Topics covered

• menstrual cycle health
• spiritual approaches
• evidence-based practice
• fertility awareness
• women's health

Keywords

• menstrual cycle
• fertility awareness
• spiritual practices
• nutrition
• blood sugar stability
• irregular cycles
• painful periods

Sponsors

Lisa's new book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sacred Womb Rites

Products: Real Food for Fertility

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