Your Cycle, Your Fiat: Hormone Health & Catholic Faith with Jamie Rathjen - 10/08/2026

What if understanding your hormones could bring you closer to God? Julie Nelson and Chris Magruder welcome Jamie Rathjen, fertility care practitioner, certified Creighton Model instructor, and founder of the Fiat Institute, for a faith-filled conversation on women's health, fertility awareness, and the genius of how God designed the female body. In this episode: Jamie's fiat moment: How her University of Northern Iowa master's research on fertility awareness-based methods became her calling, and how the word "fiat" (Mary's yes to the angel Gabriel) came to her in the middle of the night Beyond NFP: Why cycle charting does more than help you achieve or avoid pregnancy. It also reveals hormone patterns through perimenopause, menopause, and every life stage Low progesterone, explained: Three common root causes (thyroid issues, under-eating or low BMI, and chronic stress) and why addressing them matters for women facing miscarriage and infertility Bio-evangelism: How a couple who came in for natural fertility care, and said up front they didn't believe in God, gave their lives to Christ by the end of their Creighton Model follow-ups Truth that lights people up: After one UNI lecture on the cycle, several students changed their final research papers to the topic with three weeks left in the semester The Fiat Institute: Jamie trains and certifies women as hormone coaches who partner with physicians. No nursing degree is required Truth, Beauty & Goodness: Chris reflects on surrender and living in the present moment. Julie recommends the Eucharistic adoration docudrama Adore Him: He Is Here Become a certified hormone coach or find one near you at the Fiat Institute: fiatinstitute.com Keep learning with Jamie on The Hormone Genius Podcast: hormonegenius.com Listen to more Catholic Women Now at IowaCatholicRadio.com Hashtags #CatholicWomenNow #CatholicWomen #NFP #NaturalFamilyPlanning #CreightonModel #NaProTechnology #HormoneHealth #FertilityAwareness #WomensHealth #Fiat #CatholicPodcast #IowaCatholicRadio Listen Live · Program Schedule · Our Stations LINKS You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok! More on our website. If you would like to support Iowa Catholic Radio you can donate Here! More from Iowa Catholic Radio: Sunday Dive with Katie Patrizio Man Up! with Joe Stopulos Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr Be Not Afraid with Fr. Fabian Moncada and Fr. Bruce Riebe Be Not Afraid en Español con el P. Fabián Moncada Making it Personal with Bishop William Joensen Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle The Great Men of the Bible with Joe Stopulos Liturgy & Devotions The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith The Daily Mass from St. Francis of Assisi The Daily Mass from St. Pius X The Daily Mass from St. Theresa Sunday Mass from the Basilica of Saint John Want to support your favorite show? Click Here Iowa Catholic Radio - Connecting People to Christ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.