• The Imperfect PCOS Podcast

  • By: Cory Ruth
  • Podcast

The Imperfect PCOS Podcast

By: Cory Ruth
  • Summary

  • Why is it so hard for me to lose weight with PCOS? How do I boost my libido? How do I manage hormone-fueled mood swings and irregular periods? How do I balance my hormones so I can finally be pregnant? If you find yourself asking these questions, you’re in the right place. I’m your host, Cory Ruth, a PCOS Registered Dietitian & fellow PCOS warrior who guides women through PCOS symptom mastery, permanent weight loss, and optimal fertility. On the Imperfect PCOS Podcast, me and my expert guests help you step into the best version of yourself by helping you take control of your hormones & health— it’s YOUR turn now.
    Cory Ruth
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Episodes
  • Achieving Permanent Weight Loss with Medication with Merris Taylor, RD
    Dec 3 2024

    There is so much noise and misinformation out there about GLP-1 medications (aka Ozempic) when it comes to weight loss and PCOS. Today we have the pleasure of sitting down and separating some of the facts from fiction with Merris Taylor, a Registered Dietitian who also has PCOS and has been on both sides of the weight loss struggle.

    She has had her own journey with GLP-1 medication and has had truly incredible results! She’s taken her own personal experience and combined it with her clinical background in nutrition and science to bring us evidence-based insight and strategies to help the medication work better and more efficiently for us.

    In this exciting episode, we review how the media tends to only focus on the negatives of this medication, but we see so many promising benefits to our health and longevity, including reducing rates of addiction. We read these in clinical trials, but also in the stories of thousands of women with PCOS currently taking these medications. We dispel some of the myths of using GLP-1s, like they’re the “easy way out” and weight regain is “100% unavoidable” after coming off them. On the contrary, Merris reveals how these medications can be a catalyst to healthier habits we can maintain far beyond the point of discontinuing the meds.

    We also chat through how GLP-1 medication can quiet food noise and cravings, and really help those with Binge Eating Disorder. And yes of course, we go over some of the potential side effects, but also explore why they’re not always a reason to avoid trying a medication like Ozempic or Wegovy.

    Come hang with Merris and I as we delve into the big wide world of GLP-1 medication!

    Connect with Merris Taylor:

    Website |

    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/glp1.weightloss/

    Connect with Cory:

    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thewomensdietitian/

    Website | https://thewomensdietitian.com/


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    43 mins
  • Weight Loss Without Restriction with Jackie Kirschen, MS, RD
    Nov 5 2024

    Jackie has lost over 65 pounds and kept it off for over 14 years. She struggled with food noise, cravings, mindless eating, you name it, and landed herself with a Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diagnosis at the young age of 19. After that, she decided everything about how she viewed and used food for comfort needed to change.

    Instead of falling victim to one of those ultra-restrictive yo-yo diets, Jackie took her weight loss journey into her own hands. She discovered the power of mindful eating, and now is ready to teach us how to do the same.

    Learn with us about “the power of the pause” and implementing “speed bumps” to reroute ourselves into healthier habits with food. Jackie explains how to rewire the way we talk to ourselves, and how this easy strategy can completely transform the results we’re looking for when it comes to weight loss. Jackie taps into our psyche to help us dust off the hunger and fullness cues that came to us so innately as children: eat when we are hungry and stop when we’re full. Sounds simple, but the power of it is immeasurable.

    From figuring out how to effectively lose weight using our own internal motivators, to busting through weight loss plateaus, to leaning on an accountability partner, this episode is going to open your mind to new weight management tools you have likely never implemented along the way.

    Pull up a comfy chair and let’s do this!

    Connect with Jackie Kirschen:

    Website | jaclyn@eatright4life.com

    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/the.mindful.nutritionist

    Connect with Cory:

    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thewomensdietitian/

    Website | https://thewomensdietitian.com/

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    48 mins
  • Filling in the Gaps of Sexual Wellness with Dr. Lindsey Harper, Ob/Gyn and CEO of Rosy
    Oct 8 2024

    When Dr. Harper first started practicing medicine, she realized how many women were coming to her with issues surrounding their sexual health. Complaints like “sex hurts so bad” or “I don’t care if I never have sex with my partner again.” She began to see how many tools and resources we have out there for men, and yet the complete lack of quality support women have access to.

    In fact, Dr. Harper has found around 43% of women have a sexual health concern, and this is totally missing from our healthcare experience!

    So, Dr. Harper created Rosy! Rosy is a digital health platform giving women the education and tools they need to advance their sexual health and wellness. Rose has worked with over 250,000 women and serves a wide variety of needs when it comes to sexual pain, low sexual desire, perimenopause, menopause, PCOS, and migraines.

    This fascinating episode explores the gaps we face in women’s healthcare when it comes to our sexual health, reveals many of the disparities of care between genders, delivers supportive tactics and tools to advance our knowledge base, and elaborates on how the Rosy platform can help you NOW.

    I am so pumped for this one!!

    A gift from Dr. Harper and Rosy:

    Click this link: https://meetrosy.com/promo?code=IMPERFECT and use the code “IMPERFECT” for one month FREE inside Rosy’s Silver Membership!

    Connect with Dr. Lindsey Harper:

    Website | https://meetrosy.com/

    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/meet_rosy/

    Connect with Cory:

    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thewomensdietitian/


    Website | https://thewomensdietitian.com/

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    40 mins

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