Mind & Body Wellness
​for Well Women

** NEW **

Women's Health & Hormones is designed to improve the health literacy of women and professionals working with women to enable true informed choice and improved wellbeing. Loaded with continuing education approvals this subject is perfect for those with a passion for women's health and/or in need of points. You have the option to credit this subject towards the Nutrition, Health & Wellness Coaching Program or the Certified Women's Health & Wellness Coaching Program.
You will gain an understanding of the subtle factors in society that influence women and girls access to health and wellbeing. The course does an extensive review of hormones, their function and effect will build a platform for your knowledge and understanding of their role in women's health. You'll explore areas of health such as adrenal fatigue, reproductive health issues, endometriosis, PCOS, sexual health and life cycle changes such as from puberty to menopause to better understand the physiological process around these and some of the internal and external factors that might affect them.

"I raise up my voice — not so that I can shout,
but so that those without a voice can be heard.
… We cannot all succeed when half of us are
held back."
Malala Yousafzai

KEY INFORMATION

  • ​Flexible online learning 24 hour access
  • ​$350 AUD enrolment fee, start anytime
  • 20 hours of study
  • Online, untimed quiz for stress-free, enhanced learning
  • Study at your own pace, take up to a year, longer if needed
  • Highly supported
  • Extensive resources and tools
  • ​Completion certificate
  • Continuing Professional Development Points (CPD/ CEC) with ESSA, Yoga Alliance, 6 CPD with HCANZA available. CLICK HERE f​or more detail. 

COURSE CONTENT

TOPICS LISTING - IN BRIEF
Women, Health and Society
  • Determinants of women's health and how they shape women's health and wellbeing
  • Gender as a construct
  • Gender based violence
  • Barriers to gender equality

Understanding Women's Hormones
  • Major hormones - oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, TSH, LH and more
  • Adrenals
  • Adrenal fatigue
  • Cortisol and health
  • The role of  DHEA

Life Cycles; what they are, how they occur and what they mean for women
  • Adolescence
  • Menstruation
  • Reproductive years
  • Pregnancy in brief (see also Nutrition for Conception, Pregnancy and Lactation course)
  • Menopause in detail

Hormones and Health; causative factors, treatment standards and natural and alternative options
  • Thyroid and health
  • Reproductive system challenges - PCOS, endometriosis, breast health, breast screening, breast cancer, thyroid function
  • Sexual health
  • Contraception
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Hormones and gut health
  • Xenoestrogens
  • Endocrine disruptors

BECOME AN ACCREDITED WOMEN'S HEALTH COACH

The Women's Health & Hormones subject is a subject of study in our newest program the in the Women's Health & Wellness Coaching Program. In completing this subject you will have completed one subject in this qualification. You can credit this unit of study into the program at any time.
Understanding the subtleties of womanhood, and understanding your body is part of your journey to your true self.

It's your body! You reside in it!
Be the person responsible for it.