Written By Kate Nguy

Episode 15: Are Painful Periods Making You Dread Your Cycle? (Interview with Colleen Jorgensen)

Period pain is not only debilitating for some women, but it is a monthly event that many suffer in silence. Men have not been taught how to hold space for women who experience this monthly take down and women have not been coached on how to care for themselves so that they can have tools to thrive during these painful days.

Birth control and the removal of the uterus are not the only options. There are other ways, for us women, to come into relationship with our pain to either heal it or to be with the pain without it feeling like it is destroying us. Menstrual pain is a way in which our body is trying to communicate with us, so that we can tune into our cycle even deeper.

In this episode, we have Colleen Jorgensen join us to explain how we can be in a relationship with pain and to make it our friend and not our enemy. She will also share some common presentations that happen in the body with period pain and how she has coached her clients with tools such as simple movements to find pain relief.

Colleen Jorgensen is an Osteopath, a graduate of Pain Care U’s Professional Pain Care program and a therapeutic Pilates, yoga and Somatics teacher. She combines manual therapy, current neuroscience research and the polyvagal theory with creative, embodied movement, mindfulness, awareness, and a distinctive, compassionate approach to pain care and movement. 

In 2020 with her desire to empower people with knowledge, awareness and practical tools she created the  D.A.R.E to Heal  – Discover Yourself to Recover Your Health an 8 - week online pain care program. 


RESOURCES:

  • Check out Colleen’s Website to learn more about her programs at www.colleenjorgensen.org

  • Find her on instagram at @_stillnessinmotion or on Facebook at @stillnessinmotionwithcolleen

  • Click here to check out her amazing YouTube library of videos

  • YouTube Video on Psoas Taffy Exercise - click here

  • Grab her FREE Bundle of Pain Care Tools - click here

  • Check out her D.A.R.E to Heal program - click here

  • Self-Compassion Bundle (Great for women dealing with pelvic issues) - Click here

    Have questions about your cycle, your hormones or how to live aligned with your womb wisdom? Email your questions to     thealignedwomb@gmail.com and your question may just be answered with one of our brilliant guest speakers.

Kate Nguy

Kate Nguy, ‘The Womb Revivalist’—a Women’s Hormone & Wellness Specialist, Certified Hormone Health Practitioner, and host of the Aligned Womb, Aligned You podcast. Kate brings a fresh, empowering approach to women’s health, making the intricate world of hormones simple, approachable, and even exciting. With a unique blend of cycle-syncing strategies, practical hormone hacks, and sacred practices, she’s here to help busy, burnt-out women reconnect with their bodies and live in sync with their natural rhythms.

Kate’s passion for helping women navigate hormonal imbalances, menstrual cycle health, and life transitions like perimenopause drives her mission to support women in defying outdated stories about their bodies. Through coaching, yoga therapy, and energy healing, she creates a space where women can rediscover their cycles, shed the fear around hormones, and cultivate a positive, empowered relationship with themselves. If you’re ready to feel cycle-wise, inspired, and radically connected to your body, Kate’s guidance will take you there.

https://sheerevival.com
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