The Best Endometriosis Audiobooks of All Time

“In Vagina Problems…Lara Parker unpacks the personal and economic costs of endometriosis.” ―Vanity Fair. “A refreshingly honest read about living with chronic pain.” ―Hello Giggles. With unflinching honesty, Lara Parker, the Deputy Director for BuzzFeed, shares her day-to-day challenges of living, working, and loving with chronic pain caused by endometriosis in this raw, darkly humorous, and hopeful memoir. I wasn’t ready to be completely honest about my vagina yet, and the world wasn’t ready for that either. But I was getting there.

I wanted the world to know that all of this pain I had been feeling…that it was related to my vagina. Thus, Vagina Problems was born. It was a cutesy name. It was my way of taking this pain and saying, “Whatever. I’m here. I have it. It sucks. Let’s talk about it.”. In April 2014, Deputy Editorial Director at BuzzFeed Lara Parker opened up to the world in an article on the website: she suffers from endometriosis. And beyond that? She let the whole world know that she wasn’t having any sex, as sex was excruciatingly painful. Less than a year before, she received not only the diagnosis of endometriosis, but also a diagnosis of pelvic floor dysfunction, vulvodynia, vaginismus, and vulvar vestibulitis. Combined, these debilitating conditions have wreaked havoc on her life, causing excruciating pain throughout her body since she was fourteen years old. These are her Vagina Problems. It was five years before Lara learned what was happening to her body. Five years of doctors insisting she just had “bad period cramps,” or implying her pain was psychological. Shamed and stigmatized, Lara fought back against a medical community biased against women and discovered that the ignorance of many doctors about women’s anatomy was damaging more than just her own life. One in ten women have endometriosis and it takes an average of seven years before they receive an accurate diagnosis―or any relief from this incurable illness’ chronic pain. With candid revelations about her vaginal physical therapy, dating as a straight woman without penetrative sex, coping with painful seizures while at the office, diet and wardrobe malfunctions when your vagina hurts all the time, and the depression and anxiety of feeling unloved, Lara tackles it all in Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics with courage, wit, love, and a determination to live her best life.

Endometriosis Is Not A Life SentenceHow I Ended My Endometriosis Naturally chronicles Wendy K Laidlaw's personal success story and road map from being bedridden (in daily chronic pain and disabled by her stage IV endometriosis and adenomyosis), to full health by establishing the root underlying causes of her pain, inflammation and hormone imbalance - and putting all conditions into remission after 33 years. Wendy has been symptom and pain-free for several years and now helps other women around the world achieve the same results naturally through her books, Laidlaw Protocols and EndoBoss® Academy online Programs.

This fully revised and updated 2nd edition has three new chapters and more advice and guidance than before. This book has the added benefit of also being backed up with studies and research in addition to some of the many testimonials from students and doctors. Inside this book, you will find a helpful road map detailing the basic principles the author used to put her endometriosis into remission after suffering for over 33 years, based on scientific research and backed up by many success stories of her online students. If you suffer from endometriosis, are in pain each month, and have “tried everything”, or have been told by your doctor that there are no other solutions, then this story will inspire you. The pelvic pain that usually occurs just before menstruation, or at ovulation, abdominal cramping, pain during intercourse, pain with bowel movements or urination, infertility, and pain with pelvic examinations, etc can be severely debilitative. Wendy K Laidlaw is a best selling author, certified life coach and endometriosis health coach who suffered from stage IV endometriosis for over 33 years after the medical machine failed her. In this How I Ended My Endometriosis Naturally book, Wendy shares with you a multidimensional and pragmatic approach to identifying the root causes of the inflammation and hormone imbalance. She shares details of her recovery journey and remission using natural methods which led to her recovery from pelvic pain and symptoms of endometriosis and adenomyosis (as well as other medical conditions). Discover how to:Eliminate underlying triggers of endometriosisIdentify root causes of pain within three-four menstrual periodsDissolve cysts and adhesionsBeat chronic fatigueEat in a new way that will help reduce painEasily maintain the natural approach and establish a practical approach to healthThis book offers a road map to have a new relationship with your bodyPain is a symptom of a much bigger problem that is a little harder to see, but a lot easier to address when you know why and how.Some of the basic protocols include:Testing for hormonal, nutritional, and stomach imbalancesAvoiding wheat products (including possible hidden wheat on common product labels)Choosing food alternatives that support a healthy bodyThe Stomach Acid TestIncreasing Protein IntakeCorrecting Nutritional DeficienciesRemove Toxins and Estrogen MimickersUsing Natural Progesterone CreamNatural Aromatase Inhibitors to metabolise excess estrogensSystemic Enzyme Therapy to ensure you get the maximum nutritional benefit from your food.Endometriosis Naturally is NOT a 'quick fix'. The author notes that the information should not be treated as a substitute for professional medical advice. What is contained within the book is based on her own experience and healing journey to put her condition into remission along with thousands of other students and readers.

“A brilliant, blistering read.” — Heather O’Neill, author of When We Lost Our Heads. A scorching examination of how we treat endometriosis today. Have you ever been told that your pain is imaginary? That feeling better just takes yoga, CBD oil, and the blood of a unicorn on a full moon? That’s the reality of the more than 190 million people suffering the excruciating condition known as endometriosis. This disease affecting one in ten cis women and uncounted numbers of others is chronically overlooked, underfunded, and misunderstood — and improperly treated across the medical system.

Discrimination and medical gaslighting are rife in endo care, often leaving patients worse off than when they arrived. Journalist Tracey Lindeman knows it all too well. Decades of suffering from endometriosis propelled the creation of BLEED — part memoir, part investigative journalism, and all scathing indictment of how the medical system fails patients. Through extensive interviews and research, BLEED tracks the modern endo experience to the origins of medicine and how the system gained its power by marginalizing women. Using an intersectional lens, BLEED dives into how the system perpetuates misogyny, racism, classism, ageism, transphobia, fatphobia, and other prejudices to this day. BLEED isn’t a self-help book. It’s an evidence file and an eye-opening, enraging read. It will validate those who have been gaslit, mistreated, or ignored by medicine and spur readers to fight for nothing short of revolution.