Food Freedom and Fertility Podcast

Welcome to a very special episode of the Food Freedom and Fertility Podcast! Sophia talks in depth about her most recent birth story! This is a heartfilled, faith-based, all around amazing story you will NOT want to miss especially if you have been following Sophia's trying to conceive journey. Sophia chats about her mindset entering her third trimester, the tests and interventions she had done and how it led her to shifting her mindset to prepare to welcome her baby. Sophia shared how Caitlin played a huge part in helping her navigate her fears and past birth traumas and how important it is to have the right birth team cheering you on. Don't forget you can also watch the podcast on Youtube! You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia speak with Stone Jamison on the fertility benefits of reverse dieting. Stone Jameson is a registered dietitian with four years of experience in nutrition care. She spent two years working in inpatient eating disorder treatment and now works in outpatient nutrition focusing on general health, wellness, and weight management. She primarily works with people who want to heal their relationship with food or reach a weight that supports their overall health. She is passionate about helping people step out of the diet cycle and make sustainable, health-promoting changes that actually last. This episode is one you will want to listen to and then go back and listen to it again! There is a wealth of knowledge in the episode about healthy eating, why working with a registered dietitian is so important and how the standard model of care isn't always the best. Both Sophia and Caitlin talk about individual care with their patient and how one size does NOT fit all. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 10% with code FFF10 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Cozy Earth has offered our listeners 20% off their first purchase with code FFF20 at checkout! Check them out! You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson speaks with Patience Axmann and shares a very special song dedicated to her and all TTC warriors! Patience is a singer, songwriter, wife and mother, entrepreneur and currently lives in Wichita Kansas. Since she knew how to talk she has been telling stories. Through words, photography, film, and most recently through music. She writes songs to give space to feelings too deep for words. Seasons of struggles, awe in the ordinary. Often as a way to tell her own story, often as a way to encourage others as they face their own battles. She spends her time writing, recording, producing, serving in worship ministry at her local church, documenting families and love stories through photography, and raising my three beautiful children. This episode is a GEM! Not only do you get to hear the inspiration behind such an incredible song, but you get to hear the passion, drive and faith of Patience. It is one you will want to listen to, share and have in your back pocket for when TTC gets tough. You can follow patcience on Spotify to check out her work, head to her website for more infomration on the many projects she is currently working on or click here to listen to this amazing song on REPEAT! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/67ob09ry6LzQchD43e2zhq?si=BjuxnvnRQUG9ejKxQvBFGg iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-father-you-are/1876511668?i=1876511669 Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 10% with code FFF10 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Cozy Earth has offered our listeners 20% off their first purchase with code FFF20 at checkout! Check them out! You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat about trying to conceive while being scared. Whether you are scared to start the process of getting healthy enough to try and conceive, scared to give medicine a try to help you get that positive pregnancy test, scared after a traumatic loss or scared after a traumatic birth this episode is for you! Sophia and Caitlin talk in depth about their fears when it came to trying to expand their families, how they navigate their feelings, how they lean on each other, their family and God and more! Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 10% with code FFF10 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson has Natalie Kovarik on to talk all about the beef and dairy industry. Natalie is a 4th generation cattle rancher turned social entrepreneur who weaves western & urban living to feature agriculture in a unique & alluring fashion. She is the dynamic co-host of the popular podcast Discover Ag & has carved out a niche for herself beyond the digital landscape as a sought-after, vibrant speaker. Unlike some agriculture podcasts (which can feel dry or niche), Discover Ag blends farming with trending headlines, viral moments, & cultural conversations to make ag feel fresh, relatable, & undeniably fun. Discover Ag is NOT about cows and crops — it's about how agriculture shows up in everyday life, from Starbucks cups to TikTok wellness trends. It's smart, relatable, and wildly fun. Natalie, alongside her husband Luke, owns and operates Kovarik Cattle Co, a cattle ranch located in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills. Caitlin asks Natalie all of her burning questions about how beef gets to your grocery store, what dairy products are worth splurging on and her thoughts on buying only organic produce! It is one you will NOT want to skip. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 10% with code FFF10 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Cozy Earth has offered our listeners running a buy one get one pajama promotion from 1/25-2/8! The code is FFFBOGO. Be sure to snag your pj's before the promo ends! You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Host Caitlin Johnson has Kristin Brogaard with Path Fertility. Kristin Brogaard, PhD is Co-founder and CSO of Path Fertility, a division of Inherent Biosciences, a molecular diagnostics company at the intersection of epigenetics and AI. Dr. Brogaard is an experienced molecular biologist, study director, and operations manager for early stage biotech startups. Dr. Brogaard received her PhD in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University developing novel epigenetic technologies. She subsequently worked with Dr. Leroy Hood, a pioneer in personalized medicine technologies, first as a post-doc and then as a colleague launching a novel scientific wellness start-up, Arivale. Caitlin and Dr. Brogaard have an indepth chat about sperm health and how most sperm tests done when looking at a couple's fertility is simply not enough. She believes infertility affects men and women equally, but technology has not allowed men to be an equal partner in the fertility testing process – until now. SpermQT analyzes the sperm's ability to find, bind, penetrate, and fertilize an egg. The ability to complete these important steps relies on the sperm quality and function, critical factors that are measured by SpermQT. According to Dr. Brogaard a lot of infertility goes undiagnosed because men go undiagnosed. When men go undiagnosed, women go through procedures that will not work. In this episode Caitlin and Dr. Brogaard chat about why it is important to look into your partner's sperm and get more testing done for both male and females. SpermQT is givving our listeners a discount to their product! Use code FFF20 at checkout. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 10% with code FFF10 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Cozy Earth has offered our listeners 20% off their first purchase with code FFF20 at checkout! Check them out! You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Hosts Caitlin and Sophia chat all about New Year goals and becoming your most fertile self in 2026! This episode is a fun episode if you are wanting to make small improvements that add up and make a big impact on your fertility! Caitlin chats about what goals she is holding herself accountable for and what goals she has for her business, family and lifestyle! If you feel like you need a restart for 2026 and need some motivation this episode is for you! Be sure to have your notepads ready, as this episode is a goldmine of wisdom that you won't want to miss. Tune in to gain the knowledge and confidence you need to navigate your fertility journey with grace and clarity. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 10% with code FFF10 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. Cozy Earth has offered our listeners 20% off their first purchase with code FFF20 at checkout! Check them out! You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Dr. Victoria Maizes. Dr. Victoria Maizes is the Founding Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Arizona. Internationally recognized as a leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes is committed to helping individuals live healthier lives and pioneering change efforts that address US health care system challenges. She stewarded the growth of the Program in Integrative Medicine from a small program training four physicians annually into an internationally recognized Center of Excellence. With her team at the Center, she created and implemented educational programs that train thousands of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals and impact the care of millions of patients. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Maizes is the editor of the Oxford University textbook Integrative Women's Health and the author of Be Fruitful: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child. Her newest book, The Rapid Recovery Reflex: How to Jump-start Your Body's Natural Healing Response to Get Better Faster will be published by Simon and Schuster in 2026. Named one of the world's 25 intelligent optimists by ODE magazine, Dr Maizes co-hosts the podcast Body of Wonder with Dr. Andrew Weil. Sophia, Caitlin and Dr. Maizes have an in depth conversation about PMS symptoms, medicine to take while working on getting pregnant, what to avoid, how to incorporate a low toxic lifestyle and so much more! For more information about Dr. Maizes, to purchase one of her books or schedule an appointment to be seen with her head to her website. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 15% with code FFF15 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Gabriela Rosa. Gabriela Rosa created a fertility program studied at Harvard, reviewed by experts, and presented in scientific forums. She founded the first tele-health integrative medicine fertility clinic, which provides precision diagnostics, effective treatment, and personalized emotional support with highly reproducible results, accessible worldwide. She and the team at The Rosa Institute are dedicated to finding the root causes of fertility problems and helping people succeed, even after long-term infertility, repeated miscarriages, and unsuccessful treatments. Gabriela is the creator of the F.E.R.T.I.L.E. Method®, an evidence-based framework shown in clinical research to help couples overcome infertility, miscarriage, and failed treatments. She holds a Master's in Reproductive Medicine and Human Genetics from the University of Sydney and a Master's in Public Health (Clinical Effectiveness) from Harvard, where she was awarded for academic excellence. Currently completing her Doctorate in Public Health at Harvard University. Sophia, Caitlin and Gabriela have an in depth conversation about finding the right practitioner who can look at you as an individual rather than just an infertility case. This episode is great if you are wanting to make a change and do not know where to start. For more information about Gabriela, to purchase her book or schedule an appointment to be seen with her head to her website. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 15% with code FFF15 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin Johnson and Sophia Pavia chat with Kendall Vanderslice. Kendall is a baker and writer whose best thinking occurs as she works dough between her hands; She scribbles down thoughts on pieces of parchment dusted in flour, until she can parse them out later before her keyboard. When she embarked on a career as a pastry chef, she found that her love of bread transformed the ways she read Scripture. Fascinated by God's use of food throughout the arc of the Gospel, she merged her work in the kitchen with academic study of food and theology. In this episode Caitlin, Sophia and Kendall go over Kendall's book, Bake and Pray and how it can help women who are in the deep trenches of trying to conceive and relying on their faith. For more information about Kendall or to order her book head to her website. There you can dive deep in baking and theology, purchase one of her workshops or order her book! Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 15% with code FFF15 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin and Sophia chat about the purpose of this podcast and why they stray away from controversial fertility and political topics. When the podcast first launched it was at the beginning stages of the COVID pandemic. With shutdowns in place, vaccine pressure, isolation and mandatory work from home orders it was a difficult time for many. The podcast has been releasing valuable information on PCOS, endometriosis, hypothalamic amenhorhea and more. Both Caitlin and Sophia chat about how important it is for them to be on your side and help you get those positive two lines despite the current political climate. The two of them go over controversial topics they have discussed and ones that they feel does not matter in terms of trying to conceive, finding out what labs to order, advocating for your overall fertility health and eventually getting that big fat positive! They hope this episode gives insight on why they started the podcast, what they want others to take away from the podcast and how they can help you with your fertility goals! Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://myfertilitycloud.com/PCOS-Nutrition FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 15% with code FFF15 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to another episode of the Food, Freedom, and Fertility podcast. Caitlin and Sophia chat in depth about Hypothalamic amenorrhea or called HA. HA is a condition when menstruation stops due to a dysfunction in the hypothalamus. This can be from undereating and working out too much. Caitlin said within her practice she sees a lot of PCOS clients who were diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome actually have HA. She also sees women who have PCOS go on a very restrictive diet and work out too much and develop HA. It's important to add that women of all body sizes can develop HA and if you aren't going over what you are eating with an experienced practitioner this diagnosis may be missed! This episode is one to watch on Youtube if you can. That way you can follow along with Caitlin and Sophia as they chat about how to avoid HA, what warning signs to look for if you believe you might have HA and how to reverse it. Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertilitty FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 15% with code FFF15 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility

Welcome to tour season 5 opener episode of Food, Freedom, and Fertility. Caitlin and Sophia start the episode off with a very hot topic... FIBER! Fiber has been making its way around the social media algorithm, rightfully so, because of its fertility benefits for a high fiber diet. Both Caitlin and Sophia chat about the importance of getting enough fiber into your diet and break down how to do it. They chat about the different types of fiber to eat, what fiber rich foods to avoid and how not all fiber is created equal. Not only is eating enough fiber important for your fertility but it also does your body wonders. This episode is great if you are ready to work on your nutrition and feel stuck on where to begin or how to add more fiber into your diet without the supplements! Feel free to grab a snack and have your notepads out! Thank you to our Season 5 Sponsors. Be sure to use the code on their site for a Food, Freedom and Fertility discount. MyFertilityCloud: $25 off first appointment with link: https://bit.ly/Food-Freedom-Fertilitty FullWell: FullWell is offering our listeners 20% off your first order by using our code FFF20. Head to their website for more information on their products. Tempdrop has generously offered our listeners 15% with code FFF15 at checkout! Click right here for the discount! Or copy and paste https://www.tempdrop.com/ Tempdrop is not an approved contraceptive and can be used as a fertility awareness tool. Since the recording of this episode, Tempdrop has adjusted its pricing to make the device more accessible. The discount code discussed (FFF15) is still active; however, it now provides 10% off the base price of a Tempdrop device. You can find us on IG at FoodFreedomFertility