11. Transforming Pain to Power with Lisa de Jong

Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself

If you are anything other than a woman, you may think that the menstrual cycle and period pain doesn’t really affect you. But in fact, the only reason you exist here, today, in this world, is because someone had a period.

In this episode we’re chatting about how to transform your pain to your superpower with your cycle, chronic pain, trauma and burnout.

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So who am I and why did I decide to host this show? Well, after unraveling all of the medical lies I had been told about my endometriosis, I educated myself, and I was able to heal myself after 17 years of debilitating pain. On this show, whether it's endo or any other disorder labeled as 'chronic', we expose the lesser-known solutions that can heal your mind, body & spirit.

My experience inspired me to actually live my art, so I created an ongoing art series about it called, Every Phase––where I powerfully illustrate how I healed myself as I live by the phases of the female cycle infradian rhythm clock. The artwork shows what's happening in the brain and the body during each phase and reveals how to biohack & leverage this energy in your life. Watch for the newest release on the last Friday of this month and be the first to see it by subscribing at meredithochoa.com

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Even though I was lied to for years by big pharma, I was able to find experts who helped me achieve the impossible. This space introduces them to you.

Today we are chatting with health coach, therapeutic practitioner and educator, Lisa de Jong. Lisa specializes in women’s health, the menstrual cycle, chronic pain, and trauma. She has a 1:1 private practice coaching clients all around the world, and is also the founder of the globally accredited professional training, “Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training.”

Lisa works via a holistic, integrative and trauma-informed approach in all of her work and business. She brings a gentle yet powerful touch to her clients and groups supporting them in the understanding of their body, and in their relationship to agency and better decision making for recovery.

Most of Lisa’s clients are those who “have already been around the block” to doctors, medical professionals, courses, have read books, etc. She has a particular interest in supporting people to feel empowered and hopeful in themselves when feeling stuck or lost.

Lisa’s practice is built on her own lived experience of chronic pain and her vast portfolio of professional training in women’s health, coaching, trauma therapy and other holistic modalities. Prior to this work, she has a background in communications and business with a degree from Trinity College Dublin in Business and French and a Masters of Philosophy in Linguistics.

In her free time she enjoys being with friends, family, travelling and drinking tea. She is an aunt of 3, and lives in Wicklow, Ireland.

Check out her work at...

Lisa's Website

@lisa_dejong_coach on Instagram

✅CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

06:59 #1 Coming off the Pill + Lisa's beginning

11:10 #2 Life After Chronic Pain

13:07 #3 Trauma Trends

15:34 #4 The Body's Response to The Patriarchy + Sexism

22:24 #5 Lisa's message of making your own decisions

25:25 #6 Blood Sugar balance to prevent pain

29:49 #7 Menstrual Pain Resources

33:11 #8 Men's role in menstruation

36:24 #9 Living Cyclically

38:31 #10 Celtic roots in Biohacking with Art

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If there is a woman you know who is struggling with period pain, the foundation of how I healed myself began with reading Womancode & In The Flo by Alisa Vitti.

You can also pick up a signed copy of my printed book with a list of resources and doctors that helped me, and remember, as always...

The truth will set you free.

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