The Period Recovery Podcast

Cynthia Donovan

cynthia@periodnutritionist.com

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Booking Overview

The Period Recovery Podcast, hosted by Cynthia Donovan, supports women recovering missing/irregular periods through science-based education on hormones, nutrition, exercise, and the nervous system. It also spotlights real recovery experiences and includes occasional expert guests (e.g., breathwork/nervous system specialists), making it a strong fit for PR pitches around women’s health, fertility, and eating/exercise recovery frameworks.

Metrics

Episodes: 114

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 204 subscribers

Instagram: 29.0k followers

Contact Information

cynthia@periodnutritionist.com

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Host

Cynthia Donovan - Registered Dietitian and period recovery expert. After recovering her own missing period, Cynthia supports women worldwide in restoring menstrual cycles and improving metabolic and reproductive hea...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Mix of (1) experienced clinicians/coaches in nervous system regulation/breathwork/somatic healing and (2) lived-experience clients in period/hormone recovery (hypothalamic amenorrhea). Guests are typically aligned with an evidence-based, recovery-focused approach centered on women’s menstrual and reproductive health.
Required Achievements:  
Clinical or practitioner background in nursing, breathwork, somatic healing, or nervous system work (for expert guests), Demonstrated client recovery outcomes/lived experience with HA/amenorrhea (for story guests), Affiliations with coaching/retreat practices or hosting related programs (commonly for expert guests)

Recent Guest Discussions

Audrey - How She Regained Her Period, Then Lost It Again; Identity/perfectionism And Food Rigidity; Exercise Addiction; Emotional Side Of Weight Gain; What Supports Long-term Cycle Return Beyond Simply Increasing Food.

Sally Davidson - Nervous System Regulation, Chronic Stress/anxiety And How It Can Shut Down Ovulation; Breathwork Support For Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Recovery; Practical Tools For Slowing Down To Support Hormonal Healing.

Recent Topics

Menstrual, Hormones, Fertility, Hypothalamic, Nutrition

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Period Recovery Podcast
:

I Had Abs, But I Lost Myself | How HA Recovery Changed Everything

June 25, 2026

Lauren spent years doing everything she thought was healthy: tracking food, exercising constantly, staying disciplined, and chasing the perfect body.On the outside, she looked like she had it all together.On the inside, she had lost her period, her freedom, and much of the joy in her life.In this episode, Lauren shares her journey through Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) recovery and the surprising realization that getting her period back required more than simply eating more and exercising less....

Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: Why You Can Lose Your Period Without an Eating Disorder | Dr. Jen Gaudiani

June 11, 2026

Cynthia Donovan sits down with Dr. Jen Gaudiani, physician and author of Sick Enough, to unpack one of the most misunderstood aspects of hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA): you do not need to have an eating disorder to lose your period.Together, they explore how under-nutrition, over-exercise, stress, and biological individuality can disrupt menstrual cycles, even in women who believe they are eating “healthy” and doing everything “right.” Dr. Gaudiani explains the physiology behind hypothalamic am...

How I Got My Period Back After Losing It Twice | HA Recovery, Identity & Food Freedom

May 28, 2026

What happens when you finally get your period back… only to lose it again?In this deeply honest conversation, Cynthia sits down with Audrey to talk about her experience with hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA), exercise obsession, food rigidity, perfectionism, and the identity crisis that can happen during recovery.Audrey shares how calorie counting, overexercise, and chasing the “healthy girl” image slowly disconnected her from herself — and why getting her cycle back required so much more than sim...

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