77: Sweetening the Pill: Why We Are Addicted to Hormonal Birth Control with Holly Grigg-Spall

This episode is equal parts terrifying and empowering. HeHe is sitting down with Holy Grigg-Spall, Author of Bestselling book ‘Sweetening The Pill: Or How We Got Hooked On Hormonal Birth Control.” She has been featured in Guardian, Washington Post, NPR and CBC. Vice called her “the poster girl for a movement of women abandoning the pill in favor of contraceptives that don't wreak havoc on their body and mind.” The astonishing history of birth control as well as the disastrous impact it has on the female body. She is also sharing the gruesome truth about what numerous studies have shown and why birth control is a female specific medication. If you are on hormonal birth control (or considering getting on it) you NEED to hear this episode so you can be clear on your options and what’s really happening to your body on the pill. 

 

Fourth Trimester Workshop: https://mailchi.mp/1fb9a74623c4/fourthtrimesteronlineworkshop

Hormonal Birth Control: https://vimeo.com/129738582

Holly Grigg-Spall: http://www.sweeteningthepill.com