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On this week\u2019s podcast, I catch up with two formidable ladies in the fields of women\u2019s health and sport. Stacy Sims, PhD is an expert in sex differences, and globally acclaimed for her research and TED Talk, \u2018Women are Not Small Men\u2019. She\u2019s dedicated the last 20 years to educating women, and men, on the female body, and how it responds differently to athleticism than the male body.

Joslyn Thompson Rule, a woman with many strings to her bow, is a Nike Global Master Trainer, a Sports Therapist, and Coaching Mentor. She draws from her years of coaching women, and young girls as we discuss the benefits of working with the female cycle: how it not only boosts health and training results, but also empowers girls to own their fitness through every stage of the menstrual cycle. I talk about my experiences with puberty, how confusing navigating that time can be, and we discuss why so many girls are dropping out of sport during puberty, after getting their period. I definitely remember skipping P.E. during that early life phase. It\u2019s crazy that something that half the population gets is still the cause of such embarrassment.

This week\u2019s episode is a reminder to start having open conversations with girls about periods and sport early on. To be honest, I spent most of this episode enthralled by Stacy and Joslyn\u2019s passion and commitment to this issue. And I learned a lot of things about my body, training, and the menstrual cycle that I didn\u2019t know. Even as an adult!

Easy listening guys - and as always mad, mad love.

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