Body Literacy

Episode 45: Nicole Perry on being a feminist therapist

On this episode of engendered, our guest is Nicole Perry, a Registered psychologist with a practice in Edmonton, Canada.  For the past ten years, she has worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and uses an approach called Somatic Experiencing, a body-based therapy, for healing trauma.  She is known for her work as…

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Episode 44: Georgie Barden on fertility literacy as a form of reproductive choice and freedom

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Georgie Barden, a 20 year veteran of the biopharma industry consultant specializing in process organization, change management.  Georgie started Fertility 4 me in 2019 in response to her eight and a half year struggle with infertility and her passion to fix broken processes. Our conversation with Georgie…

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Episode 43: Professor Spring Cooper on the importance of sexual health and agency

Our guest today is Professor Spring Cooper, a social researcher with academic expertise in public health, health promotion, sexuality.  Professor Cooper’s PhD focused on the sexual health education implications of menstrual attitudes and knowledge among women of varying socio-economic status in the United States.  Her current research interests are in adolescent sexual health, adolescent and…

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Episode 42: Amanda Laird on menstrual equity as a human right

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Amanda Laird, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist™ and host of the Heavy Flow Podcast – a weekly podcast dedicated to periods, reproductive health and other taboo health and wellness topics. Amanda is also the author of Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation.  We will be speaking with…

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