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The Hormone Genius PodcastS5 Ep. 20: Books That Inspire: Our Top Picks for Wellness, Hormones, and LifeHello, Hormone Genius friends!
In today’s episode, Jamie and I share some of our absolute favorite books from the last year, and we can’t wait to tell you why we love them! We all know that reading is a powerful way to learn and grow, so if it's been a while since you've picked up a book, consider this episode your sign to dive into something new and inspiring!
One book I totally forgot to mention, and I kicked myself for it, was Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means. I recently finished it, and it’s an amazing read f...2025-02-1647 min
Persistence in Prayer with Kylie Hein#91 Finding Intimacy With God: A Dominican Perspective with Christina ValenzuelaSend us a textIn this episode of the Persistence in Prayer podcast, Kylie Hein welcomes special guest Christina Valenzuela, wife, mother, and owner of Pearl and Thistle LLC. Discussion centers on ways moms can nurture a meaningful prayer life amidst a busy schedule. Christina shares her unique journey with Dominican spirituality, discussing how it complements her role as a mother and professional. She talks about the importance of being flexible and gentle with oneself in prayer, the significance of charisms, and the central elements of Dominican life—prayer, study, community, and apostolate. Christina also sh...2025-01-2152 min
The Natural Womanhood PodcastYou need to teach your daughter about her cycles: Here's howAn estimated 44% of girls don't know what's happening when they start their first period. And when it happens, many of those girls are fearful that they are sick—even dying—and suffer in silence, too embarrassed to admit what's happening or ask any questions about it. Fear, confusion, lies: This is the sad reality of puberty for far too many young American girls today. But it doesn't have to be that way for your daughter. In today's episode of The Natural Womanhood Podcast, Grace Emily Stark discusses not only the importance of teaching our daughters abou...2024-09-1653 min
Fairest Love PodcastS4 Ep. 37 - How to Speak to Our Daughters About Their Changing Bodies with Christina ValenzuelaContinuing the conversation about human dignity and sexuality, we brought Christina Valenzuela on the show to share with us practical advice on how to approach the conversation with our daughters about their changing bodies.Christina has been a Natural Family Planning instructor for over a decade and found the desire to share St. John Paul II’s beauty of the “language of the body” with parents and children. Christina has several courses on her website for women at all different stages of development to help them better understand their bodies and to help parents explain the changes to their daught...2024-09-0334 min
The Springs in the Desert Podcast: Catholic Accompaniment Through InfertilityIs Your NFP Chart Distracting You?This week's special guest is Christina Valenzuela, a certified NFP instructor, owner of Pearl & Thistle, LLC, and author of a new book entitled, The Language of Your Body: Embracing God's Design for Your Cycle. NFP charting is an important activity and can benefit our lives and our marriages immensely, however, sometimes during a season of infertility, we can become hyper focused on the chart and it becomes a major distraction depleting the health of our marriage or preventing us from being fruitful in other ways. One of those examples of fruitfulness we dive into is the idea of radical hospital...2024-07-2426 min
Twelve Stripes DeepDon't Demonize the Lady Bits with Christina ValenzuelaThis is an interview with Christina Valenzuela, owner of Pearl & Thistle, a Certified Boston Crosscheck instructor, and author of the new book: "The Language of Your Body: Embracing God's Design for Your Cycle," published by Our Sunday Visitor. This is the first book of its kind and it is pretty spectacular.
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OSV Catholic Bookstore2024-07-2344 min
The Sounds of Brooklyn and BeyondEpisode 370Featuring live music from NYC bass legend Arthur Kell; the modern soul sound of Candice Ivory; a brand new track from Colorado drummer extraordinaire and solo artist Michell MiLo; another drum legend and his fantastic big band, Ulysses Owens Jr.; the dope electronic beats of Montparnasse Musique; Pakistani Pitchfork darling Arooj Aftab; essential brooklyn songwriter/violinist Christina Courtin; and finally, piano prodigy Julius Rodriguez.2024-07-1550 min
Happy, Holy MamaSupporting Relationships Through Cycle Prep with Christina ValenzuelaTalking about our bodies is a fairly uncomfortable conversation for most people, but when it comes to talking about what's menstrual cycles and even charting with our daughters, sometimes mamas feel a bit lost. Christina Valenzuela felt similarly unprepared with her own children and that's when God placed on her heart to create Pearl and Thistle, cycle prep courses for Catholic families rooted in St. John Paul II writings on the Theology of the Body. Christina wanted her courses to be something that would bring parents and daughters together. Her courses provide a foundation for families to have a better un...2024-04-2937 min
Lightweights PodcastSTAR OF MIRACULOUS LADYBUG, HELLUVA BOSS, HUNTER HUNTER, AND SAILOR MOON, CRISTINA VEE!Star of the hit shows MIRACULOUS LADYBUG, Helluva Boss, Hunter Hunter, Seven Deadly Sins, Sailor Moon, and 495 other shows, CRISTINA VEE! Cristina doesn't do many podcasts and I couldnt be more honored for her to share her story of voice acting! Her resume speaks for itself as we dive into the art of her work, conventions, anime, music, who inspires her, and her next steps in the industry!WATCH THE VIDEO PODCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/fg3gKSEZ2X8Leave a review saying "wow joe this was incredible youre...2024-04-241h 00
The Exposing Catholics ShowCATHOLIC BIRTH CONTROL? Talking with Natural Family Planning Instructor Christina Valenzuela | EP 24
We talk with Christina Valenzuela a Catholic Cycle, Period, & Fertility Educator about Natural Family Planning.
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FemammalShifting Fertility in PerimenopauseToday's guest is Christina Valenzuela, who is the owner and creative director of Pearl & Thistle, LLC, where she offers a unique blend of theology and science to bring better body literacy to Catholics. She has been a certified instructor in the Boston Cross Check™ method of Natural Family Planning since 2013. Her latest book, The Language of Your Body: Embracing God's Design for Your Cycle, is scheduled for release with OSV in 2024. In this conversation, she shares information from her Perimenopause Prep: Navigating NFP with Shifting Fertility resource, and reflects on the transitions she is getting ready to navigate as she app...2024-03-2757 min
Deliberate Motherhood Podcast133. First Period Prep with Pearl & ThistleToday, we have the pleasure of chatting with Christina Valenzuela…a wife, mom of four, and the owner and creative director of Pearl & Thistle. She offers a unique blend of theology and science to bring better body literacy to Catholics. She's been a certified instructor in the Boston Cross Check™ method of Natural Family Planning since 2013 and her signature course, Cycle Prep, was a 2021 OSV Innovation Challenge finalist. She holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Notre Dame as well as a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She is...2024-03-1845 min