# Episode 99: Getting Honest About Your Relationship With Exercise — You Can’t Heal What You Don’t Acknowledge

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Podcast: [Period Recovery and Fertility Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/period-recovery-and-fertility-podcast-6059114)
Published: 2025-12-29T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lindsey032/episodes/Episode-99-Getting-Honest-About-Your-Relationship-With-Exercise--You-Cant-Heal-What-You-Dont-Acknowledge-e3cokb3
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## Resource

In this episode of the Period Recovery & Fertility Podcast , Lindsey has an honest, grounding conversation about exercise, identity, and why so many women stay stuck in recovery without realizing their training habits are part of the problem. If you’re trying to get your period back or hoping to get pregnant in 2026, this episode is a must-listen. Lindsey breaks down why movement that once felt empowering (especially for former athletes or women with a history of restriction) — can quietly work against ovulation and hormone balance when your goals change. Drawing from physiology, lived experience, and years of working with women inside the Food Freedom & Fertility Society, this episode explores how old identities, fear-based movement, and unintentional underfueling can keep your body in survival mode — even when you believe you’re “doing everything right.” If you’ve ever thought: “I eat pretty well and exercise responsibly — why hasn’t my period come back?” this conversation will help you see what might actually need to shift. In this episode, we cover: How athletic identity, discipline, and “pushing through” can quietly work against ovulation The difference between training for performance vs. training for fertility How underfueling happens even when you’re not dieting or intentionally restricting Why low energy availability is one of the most common (and overlooked) reasons ovulation doesn’t return The physiology behind why your body is saying “not yet” — and why that doesn’t mean it’s broken What training for fertility actually looks like (and why it often feels uncomfortable at first) The mindset shift required to move from fear-based movement to body trust and safety The honest questions that reveal whether your current habits are truly aligned with your f…

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