Mind Body Medicine for Self Healers · Sarah Dawkins - Root Cause Healing and Natural Holistic Health Coach

Reversing PCOS Symptoms Naturally with Maddy Pollack #164

·25 min·1 clip

Sarah begins gently. She introduces Maddy Pollack as an integrative nutrition health coach, hormone health coach, and yoga instructor whose wellness work grew after surviving cancer at 25. But cancer is not the center of the episode. Sarah turns back to Maddy's PCOS diagnosis and asks what was happening before that label arrived. The talk stays practical. Maddy describes prepping breakfast before coffee, adding more protein and healthy fats, and easing up on caffeine. Sarah gives those small changes room to breathe, which suits a conversation about hormones and energy that can feel wobbly. Then the episode moves into exercise. Maddy says her naturopath told her to stop HIIT and try yoga, and that advice landed as a relief because those classes were not helping. COVID shifted things further. Maddy got her yoga certification during that period, so gentler movement became part of her routine. Around 30, though, yoga sculpt and similar classes started bringing joint pain, back twinges, and less muscle than before. She changed course instead of pushing harder. Within the last year, at 32, she started strength training and says it has made a big difference. Sarah links that back to adrenals: when the body is already tired, hard gym classes can be too much, while yoga and Pilates may give the system a calmer route. By the end, both women come back to regulation, less stress, and less inflammation and dis-ease in their framing. The advice is quiet, not flashy: eat, move, and settle the body in ways it can actually receive.

As heard by us

A grounded PCOS conversation about protein, movement, and a slower pace.

This conversation between Maddie Pollack and Sarah Dawkins keeps its feet on the ground. It looks at living with PCOS through small, workable shifts: more protein at breakfast, less caffeine, yoga, strength training, and a slower pace.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

If you want a calmer, body-aware PCOS conversation, start here.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Mind Body Medicine for Self Healers