Note: This is a re-aired episode. Nicole is bringing back her conversation with Carly Hartwig because it's one that resonated deeply with so many listeners, and it's simply too valuable not to share again. Whether you're hearing it for the first time or revisiting it, this one lands exactly when you need it.

In this episode of Mindful Chats, Nicole sits down with Carly Hartwig of Clean Living with Carly, a low-tox living expert, educator, and holistic reproductive health practitioner certified in fertility awareness. After years of being dismissed by her doctors and told she was "fine," Carly discovered she was actually dealing with hypothyroidism, heavy metal toxicity, and a significant hormone imbalance, a wake-up call that launched her into the world of holistic health and low-tox living. Now she helps women make simple, sustainable shifts to protect their hormones, fertility, and overall health from the everyday toxins hiding in their homes, cosmetics, and food.

Together, Nicole and Carly explore the hidden endocrine-disrupting chemicals disrupting our hormones and fertility, why men's reproductive health is part of this conversation too, and how learning to chart your menstrual cycle can become a powerful window into your overall health.

What You'll Learn

• The everyday products quietly disrupting your hormones, from makeup to plastic to fragrance

• What endocrine-disrupting chemicals are, and how they mimic and lower your estrogen

• The "fragrance loophole" and why undisclosed fragrance is a red flag on any label

• Simple, sustainable detox basics: bitter greens, sweating, and loving on your liver

• Why men's fertility is declining, and the role phthalates play in sperm quality

• The preconception steps couples can take (including why men should be on a prenatal)

• How hormonal birth control can mask symptoms like migraines and mood swings

• What fertility awareness really is, and how it can be used as birth control or to conceive

• Why ovulation, not your period, is the main event of your menstrual cycle

• How charting your cycle can reveal thyroid issues, low progesterone, and perimenopause

• Why you're "not the same woman every day," and how your cycle shapes your energy and mood

• How chronic stress and excess cortisol quietly sabotage your progesterone and hormones

• Practical, free tools for nervous system regulation: meditation, breathwork, movement, and yoga
  
  

Who This Episode Is For

This episode is perfect for you if:

• You've been told your labs are "normal" but you still don't feel like yourself

• You're just starting to learn about low-tox living and feel overwhelmed by where to begin

• You want simple, sustainable swaps instead of overhauling your whole life at once

• You suspect the products in your home might be affecting your hormones

• You're dealing with a hormone imbalance, thyroid issues, or irregular cycles

• You're trying to conceive, or planning to in the next year

• You want to understand your partner's role in fertility and preconception health

• You're curious about coming off hormonal birth control and what that involves

• You want to learn to chart your cycle for birth control, conception, or your health

• You're navigating perimenopause and want to understand what's happening in your body

• You believe in informed, empowered choices for yourself and your family

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Connect with Carly Hartwig:

• Website: cleanlivingwithcarly.com

• Instagram: @cleanlivingwithcarly

Connect with Nicole:

• IInstagram: @mindfulhealthnyc

• DM Nicole what resonated with you from this episode