Losing Your Period, Finding Yourself (EP 87)

About this episode

Carlijn shares her journey of losing her period due to stress and lifestyle factors, discussing the importance of lifestyle changes over medication.

My conversation with Carlijn digs into the parts of her story most interviews skip: what life was like before she lost her period and how slow and sneaky her symptoms really were. She shares how stress, overstudying, isolation, and “doing everything right” added up to hormonal collapse. We also explore what the doctors tested, what they missed, and why simple lifestyle shifts ended up mattering more than pills.

People in this episode

Host: Uncle Marv

Guest: Carlijn

Topics covered

• hormonal health
• stress
• lifestyle changes
• mental health
• nutrition

Keywords

• hormonal collapse
• stress
• overstudying
• lifestyle shifts
• health

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