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About the episode
It’s critical for women all over the world to have financial nourishment and independence, as well as physical health. It’s all connected.
For women, one method of empowerment is through financial stability. That stability can come naturally as you gain more confidence and consistency in your work. Still, we often don’t pay enough attention to it because of the stigma and the feeling that we shouldn’t talk about money. When you also consider that income inconsistency can be a significant stressor in our lives, it’s crucial for us to start to find ways to address the existing issues.
The good news is your business can be a source of financial stability and nourishment, not stress. Today’s guest, Tekla Diriczi, is a transformative Women’s Health Coach from Hungary whose journey is as inspiring as it is impactful. After feeling stuck in the feast-and-famine cycle that many entrepreneurs experience, Tekla decided to build on her existing experience and skill set. Now, she’s one of the top three menstrual cycle coaches in her country, and her business is thriving.
In this conversation, Tekla and I discuss her path from financial instability to becoming a confident coach, the pivotal role of community support and mentorship in her growth, why it’s essential for us to share personal stories, the potential for personal and professional transformation, and more.
Enjoy the episode, and let’s innovate and integrate together!
About Tekla Diriczi
Dr. Tekla Diriczi is a transformative Women’s Health Coach from Hungary whose journey is as inspiring as it is impactful. Once a type-A student struggling to find her purpose, Dr. Tekla discovered her calling after overcoming deeply rooted emotional and menstrual health challenges. At nearly 26, she experienced her first period, sparking a passion for holistic healing and the intricate connection between the body, mind, and soul.
In 2023, she took a bold step by enrolling in the Women’s Health Coach Certification Program at IWHI. With guidance from Dr. Jessica Drummond and a supportive community, Dr. Tekla not only healed her own cycles but transformed her life and career. The program’s trauma-informed, nervous system-focused approach helped her build confidence, overcome self-doubt, and embrace her potential as a healer.
Today, Dr. Tekla is recognized as a leading voice in menstrual health and holistic healing in Hungary. As a Menstrual Health Coach, FAM Educator, and Women’s Circle Facilitator, she blends science, nutrition, and spirituality to empower her clients on their healing journeys. Over the past year, she’s grown her social media following to 10K, launched workshops and courses, and she is working on her dream membership platform to bring holistic menstrual health to more women.
Her journey, which includes achieving financial stability and even traveling to the Amazon to explore shamanic healing, is a testament to resilience and the power of trusting in the body’s innate wisdom.
While Dr. Tekla’s social media is primarily in Hungarian, she’s happy to connect with listeners who want to chat.
Highlights
- Tekla’s challenges with irregular and painful periods despite being a menstrual cycle coach
- How Tekla’s health issues affected her income and financial security
- Finding the Integrative Women’s Health Institute and her decision to join the program
- The value of community and the retreat experience during the program
- Growth, confidence, and the positive changes in Tekla’s health and practice
- Why Tekla is passionate about selling online courses
- The importance of patience during the transition from stress to thriving
- Easing into business coaching without overwhelming startup costs
- Tekla’s journey of building confidence
- Listening to your intuition and calling
- The benefits of personalized coaching over general knowledge
- How you can empower clients through skillful coaching
- How Tekla’s journey led to financial stability and personal nourishment
- First steps if you are seeking fulfillment and financial success
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Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:00:03 Hi and welcome to the Integrative Women’s Health Podcast. I’m your host, Doctor Jessica Drummond, and I am so thrilled to have you here as we dive into today’s episode. As always, innovating and integrating in the world of women’s health. And just as a reminder, the content in this podcast episode is no substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment from your medical or licensed health care team. While myself and many of my guests are licensed healthcare professionals, we are not your licensed healthcare professionals, so you want to get advice on your unique circumstances. Diagnostic recommendations treatment recommendations from your home medical team. Enjoy the episode. Let’s innovate and integrate together. Hi, and welcome back to the Integrative Women’s Health Podcast. I’m your host, Doctor Jessica Drummond. Today, I am thrilled to introduce you to one of our women’s Health coach graduates. And she’s a active participant in our membership and other programs. She is one of the leading menstrual health educators and coaches in Hungary. Meet Tekla, Trixie and grab a cup of tea.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:01:29 Settle in. Listen to her story. Her story is so calming and nourishing. It’s such a beautiful example of how when women get connection and mentorship and confidence in their skill set because they have an excellent skill set, not just because of some false confidence, they really thrive on all levels. So settle in. Listen to this story, and I’ll see you on the other side. Hi there Tekla. Welcome to the Integrative Women’s Health podcast.
Tekla Diriczi 00:02:11 Hi, Jessica. And. Hi, everyone. I’m so happy that I can be here. Thank you.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:02:16 We’re so honored to have you. So as a graduate of our Women’s Health Coach certification program and some of our other trainings, we’ve gotten to know each other through the live calls. So I know you’re up to some really wonderful things in your personal life and health and also your work. But before we get into all that, let’s start with before you started doing this training, what was going on in your own life?
Tekla Diriczi 00:02:46 My first thought is that it was kind of a mess.
Tekla Diriczi 00:02:49 I think that’s the most important word. Maybe I was struggling from cycle problems. I had very irregular and very heavy cycles, and at the same time I was a cycle coach, so I felt like, oopsie. I’m trying to do really do everything to heal my cycles. You know, I knew all the nervous system regulation techniques, and I tried out different diets, and I was trying to love my cycle and accept my menstruation. But, you know, every time it came, it was like super heavy and super painful. You know, it was like forces against each other. I felt like, I really want to do this. I really want to teach it. But something was really missing from my own house. So I felt kind of stuck. And this was really, you know, like sitting on my self-confidence as a professional. I was really struggling to show myself and earn money. My financial situation was not the the best. I would say, you know, I had a better months and then like very self-conscious months when my income was quite low.
Tekla Diriczi 00:03:57 And that also gave me stress. And I was like, oh, I shouldn’t stress. I know it’s bad for my cycle. So I was stressing even more and I knew that something was missing, but I wasn’t quite sure what.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:04:09 So you were struggling with your own menstrual cycle issues. You had lost your period for a long time, and then when it would come irregularly, it would be very heavy and painful. And you had done a lot of deep dive into understanding this for your own health and helping others. I think it’s really important that you brought up how that actually directly affected your income and your financial security, and that’s a layer of stress that I think we don’t always talk about. But for women, one method of empowerment is that sort of financial stability, which can come as you gain more confidence and consistency in your work. But a lot of times, we don’t know to even look there because it’s like, oh, I shouldn’t talk about money. You know, women shouldn’t really think about it that much.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:05:02 But I think it is another important stressor that women have to have some agency over increasingly. So having this semi successful practice in menstrual health because it would kind of come and go and same thing like your cycle wasn’t completely terrible. There were some better months and some worse months. There was a lot of inconsistency. So what was the spark? How did you find the Integrative Women’s Health Institute?
Tekla Diriczi 00:05:36 I think it was a sign from the universe. I was talking to a friend who is quite intuitive, and she was really good at making money. I was always kind of jealous of her, you know? I felt like she had discouraged. She was not perfect. She didn’t know everything, you know, in her field. But still, she was quite a successful businesswoman already And, you know, I had this feeling, Jessica, that I still don’t know enough. I have to do this and that. And I have to study for, like, another five years before I have the permission from myself to actually be successful or have, like, a financial stability.
Tekla Diriczi 00:06:12 But then this friend of mine said, so why don’t you just start? I don’t know, learning has coaching from like an institute in the US. So I’m based in Hungary, I’m from Hungary. And I thought, oh, we don’t really have that education here. Like nobody’s talking about menstrual heads in a way I want to talk about. And then, you know, I just googled, women’s health coaching, and that’s how I found you. And then I started to read, you know, the website, and I actually stalked you on Instagram because I’m the Instagram person. And then you mentioned science and nervous system and like, spirituality on the same page. I was like, wow, okay. This is, you know, my space because on my own healing journey, for me it was either this or that or, you know, doing the spiritual work, but it really lacking, like the scientific basics or, you know, like the why or it was the very scientific part, but really lacking the soul.
Tekla Diriczi 00:07:09 And I felt like, you know, in your training it might have both. So yeah, that’s how I got to you.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:07:16 That’s really nice. I think that’s one of the most important things about what we teach is that it’s always grounded and evidence based and science, but I don’t think the two science kind of that intuition that women have around what they need for their own health, which comes from various sources of spirituality and just connectedness and confidence that we can build in women. I agree, I think really it doesn’t have to be separate. And so you already knew that, and now you were looking for the credentialing, the scientific education and how we can integrate all of those things for women in a way that’s meaningful to them individually. So you join the program, tell me a little bit about anything that was holding your back or like, were you ready to just take the leap once you found us? What was the real like decision maker?
Tekla Diriczi 00:08:17 I think it was the call with the admission team, actually.
Tekla Diriczi 00:08:21 I just felt so seen. I was already crying, you know, on the first call with one of your coaches. Because I could really share my story. I come from not having a period at all. So until the age of almost 26, my cycle didn’t start. Sorry, my grammar is not always the best it had. No. That’s perfect.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:08:40 Yeah. We understood. Yeah, yeah.
Tekla Diriczi 00:08:43 It was almost two years ago when I found the WAC, and I just felt when I opened up to your coach about, like, really? I didn’t have a cycle for so long. And then I started to have it after some very deep healing connected to some emotional trauma. And my cycle started, but it still was very inconsistent. It was very heavy, very painful. And I was trying this and that, you know, when I really had the feeling I have tried it all my cycles are never going to be regular. I’m stuck in my body and I don’t know what to do.
Tekla Diriczi 00:09:15 And she was just so, I don’t know, caring, you know, she was like, this sounds really like a mission for you. And then, yeah, that’s when I felt actually. Yes. So I really want to join, you know, and I had this full body. Yes. My only fear was actually money. Like, how am I gonna invest in this training? And I, you know, I was like, this is gonna open up my world. So it was going to change how I think about money and it’s going to affect my confidence and so on. And I was like, okay, right then I was in this very, I don’t know, constricted phase where, I don’t know, this money sounded like a huge amount compared to my monthly income. But someone in me knew that it’s going to change through that one year or one and a half year. So I asked for support from family and friends, and I was there. So yeah. And I was right, you know, about the income and everything.
Tekla Diriczi 00:10:10 It really, truly changed fundamentally.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:10:14 I love that because I think it goes to show, and one of the things we do do here before we actually invite people into this program, we do have the meet with one of our career coaches who are skilled coaches, skilled health coaches, because it’s very important to me that the people who join this program are a good fit, not just for our sake, but for theirs. You know, we want people who are going to be able to get the most benefit from this program, and that’s not everybody. So I think the fact that you had that really powerful conversation and true coaching session with our career coaching team really warms my heart that how we set this up is working. And then so you were like, okay, this is what I need to improve my credentialing to improve my skill set. Because the other thing we really believe in around here is actual excellence. So unfortunately, there are a lot of coaches out there who are very good at marketing, but not good at the skill set that they’re proclaiming to be good at.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:11:24 And so we really believe in that level of excellence. And because I think that’s the key to both, first of all, getting our clients good results. But beyond that, giving you that confidence, giving our coaches, our graduates, our students that confidence that they can get those results, which is the next key to financial stability and financial growth. And then that’s a part of health. You know, we can’t separate those things. So you dived in. It was a good fit for you. And then what was your favourite part of the programme?
Tekla Diriczi 00:12:00 So I’m going to be honest, in the first two months I was hiding from the live calls. So, you know, I was like, yeah, okay, I will go there. And I was just studying the modules, the coaching modules. I was, you know, doing the homeworks and exercises, but I think it really took me some time to like get the courage and the vulnerability to like, really show up on a Monday evening.
Tekla Diriczi 00:12:22 It was an evening for me and like, share my story in front of the group, with you actually. And I remember it was still very touching and I was crying that time again, because somehow I had so many experiences from professionals before who were really trying to help me with my non-existent cycles and my extremely late menarche. And they were like, yeah, I don’t know, try this medication or try that diet. And during those years when I was searching for my period, you know, I had many experiences when nothing was successful and I had this experience of disappointment, maybe. So when I shared my story with you about my late menarche and then my heavy cycles, and also I felt some shame. And I was teaching women about their cycles and tracking their cycles. And still my cycle was a mess. Yeah, I felt so shamed, you know, in front of the group and in front of you like, oh my God, what kind of coach I am. And then the way you met me there, Jessica, you know, with loads of compassion and like, okay, Ines, I remember you then switched into this very grounded, you know, professional and told me what to change.
Tekla Diriczi 00:13:33 And I just felt so hard. And from that point, the live colors were my favorite. Actually, I felt like I got a tremendous amount of value even in 20 minutes. And I could ask you my silliest questions. I think, you know, and at some point, my questions shifted from my cycle, I think, to money and asking for support or like, you know, recording the course. How do I sell it? How do I set boundaries? So now I could really ask you anything. And that gave me so much confidence, I think, or the feeling of being supported and held. And then the retreats. the same. It did so much and shaming for me, you know, as a professional, even if there were like an ocean between us and the other students. Yeah, it was really, really great. Obviously the majors, you know, and everything, but like this connection online. Absolutely.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:14:29 My favorite I love that. And it’s so funny. You know, everyone always is like oh yes.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:14:34 And the modules are good too. And I’m I appreciate that because they do take a lot of work. But you’re absolutely right. I think one of the key differentiators of our program is that we actually are in person with you, whether it’s through the retreats or every week on our live calls in community, I have the opportunity to hold that space and coach you. Whether it’s a financial challenge or a physical challenge. You know, if you’re using yourself as an example client, which is how many, many people start, so many of our students come to us with some of their own health challenges, and then gaining that confidence to take care of their own health. It’s so much easier to take care of other people’s health and hold that space with confidence. And I enjoy it, too. I think that’s one of the most important things about our program. And and one of the reasons why we are becoming more and more specialty focused in our organization is because I want to have the opportunity to have those really complex, safe conversations about all aspects of this, whether it’s building your practice or optimizing your own health.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:15:44 In a world that’s increasingly complex and everyone’s looking for like the scalable, non-human involved model. I think we’re going to go in the opposite direction. We’re going to, of course, you know, be well aware of the growth of AI and all of that. But the reality is, when it comes to healing, there is a need for individual and small group connection to support that. So thank you for sharing that. So where are you now? So let’s talk about your practice your confidence anything your health that you want to share. Yeah. Where are we now.
Tekla Diriczi 00:16:22 I think my favorite part I have more. Yeah I really took my time, you know, in the, in the training. So I really started to implement your advices. And when I saw that my cycles became irregular and the pain was gone, I felt like it was the best guinea pig experience ever. So I really saw that what I was learning was actually working and it was not rocket science, actually. So I really love how you made everything sound simple, you know, because I remember you asked me, so how much time do you spend in parasympathetic? And I was like, I don’t know, maybe an hour or two.
Tekla Diriczi 00:16:59 You were like, okay, maybe there should be more. And I really started to pay more attention, you know, to grounding. I realized that because of financial instability, I was overworking and over giving and under charging. And I really didn’t like my business that time. And I thought, maybe this is not my mission. But I realized it was my mission, just not with this setting, because sometimes I felt like, you know, giving up, like, okay, this is really killing me. But the structure was not right. My psyche started to heal, and I don’t know, nourishing myself became so much easier, even as someone who had like eating disorder before, like a few years before, you really took off the pressure from, I don’t know, trying to do it right or, I don’t know, really trying to fix my body. And I really started to understand that there’s nothing to fix. It’s just, you know, some imbalance. And it needs so much support and nourishment.
Tekla Diriczi 00:17:55 Yeah. So long story short, I love my cycles now, and even if they are irregular, I know why. Because, you know, for so many years I was living under stress. So I don’t feel like I’m angry at my body. Then, you know, here, I know there’s irregular cycle because I’m like, yeah, okay. Oh, buddy, it was so stressful, so long.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:18:13 I know what’s going on. This is temporary. It’s occasional. It’s okay.
Tekla Diriczi 00:18:18 Yeah, absolutely. I still remember your sentence. Life from surviving to thriving. There’s always a step in between. And it’s like regeneration. Yeah. Oh my God. And I even have this huge exhale like, oh, I have time to do that. Like, I don’t have to be a shining star, you know, after decades of like, burnout or so. So my cycles are much healthier. I don’t have PMS, I don’t have cramps, which is very nice because I don’t lose, like three days from a month, you know, with this excessive pain, which gave me so much self-confidence that I started to communicate about it, you know, on social media in a more courageous way.
Tekla Diriczi 00:18:55 So I have now a really nice platform and I really enjoy, you know, like talking to, I don’t know, women there. So whenever I open like a day for coaching, it fills up very quickly because women know how I can help. But my strength is because I started to realize what my strength is. So clients flow in effortlessly, and I really, I really love that. I’m so grateful for them, so for them. But, you know, my really favorite part is that I realize that actually I can sell my knowledge because some people don’t want personal coaching, and I love talking and teaching. So I just started to record these videos and, you know, like these pre-recorded courses. I remember I was so scared. I thought you were like, Jessica, I don’t have a website. So should I do a website now? A blog? And you’re like, yeah, just put it on a Google Drive or, you know, like make the steps less stressful and wow, okay, I was overcomplicating things.
Tekla Diriczi 00:19:50 And now, you know, I was like, okay, so I need a website. They send that until I can start and then you really give me the confidence. Okay. Start now. And, you know, it really took me out from freeze. Like if I have an idea, I don’t wait three months until I know how to start, but I’m like, yeah, okay, this is going to be imperfect. Let’s see. So my favorite part is selling my online courses, educating women, teaching women. If someone needs more like, you know, the specialized advice, then they can come to personal coaching to me. But if they can’t afford it, they just buy my courses. And I really love this sort of like, you know, flowing of money and energy. I love this, this is really my favorite and this really helped me to stabilize my monthly income. Like I’m so much more relaxed. I feel like I don’t have to worry because I can count on myself and, you know, my professional skills.
Tekla Diriczi 00:20:42 So it made it possible that I can make a living out of it. That’s very amazing.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:20:47 I really love that because I think a couple of the points you highlighted was one, through the program, you used yourself as that first example, guinea pig, if you will, and gained the confidence that you actually had the skill set and ability and the capacity and, you know, you kind of accepted and received that spaciousness, that time, that patience, because it is very difficult to go from a really intense decades of stress to like thriving and perfect. And so we have to give ourselves this transitional moment, which is a place you can do that literally within the course. It’s a few months. It’s a year, you know, it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of at least a few months. You learn how to be patient with that space and that healing. Then you gain the confidence. Then you began to consistently market your practice. You know, through your Instagram platform, grow your practice and then scale it.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:21:51 And I love the ease, because one of the things we talk about a lot in the business coaching aspect of this program is that, look, there’s not just this like one cookie cutter hardcore bro business model of, you know, buying 17 kinds of fancy, scalable software. Like, you don’t actually have to have 10,000 clients to have strong financial stability in a way that is much more peaceful. So I really appreciate you sharing that. And there are lots of ways to do it scalable. So there can be a consistent income while it’s scalable, but in a modest way that’s very easy. That doesn’t require all this startup cost around websites and software and fancy video systems and all of this, you can really just develop your own presence. Which is practice. And you’ve done that so well and you get to practice it actually in the live calls, because we can give you feedback and you can do it safely and you can do it messily. That’s part of the process is really being there in a place that we’re there to give you support and then give you very individualized business coaching so that it’s really feels easy for you.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:23:12 And what I love about your story is I can sense just in your presence right now just how much more ease there is in your life and your work. So thank you for sharing that.
Tekla Diriczi 00:23:25 Thank you. Thanks for the feedback again.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:23:29 So if there’s someone listening to us today who is perhaps on the fence about whether or not to enroll in this program or any of our other coaching programs, what would you say to them?
Tekla Diriczi 00:23:46 My first thought was like, do it if you really have this strong calling, if you have this same feeling as I had, like, this is really for me, and then comes like, okay, but the financial but the time but blah blah blah, like forget everything after. But because I really loved in your program that I was not just another student doing the modules silently, you know, in my room being you money and then by but from the very start, from step zero with the admission team, I felt like I’m going to be someone, I’m going to be a name.
Tekla Diriczi 00:24:22 I mean, you know me by my name. You know my story. You remember my story. And this really, this was so healing for my nervous system. It really, I don’t know, expanded my capacity to, to just create in my life. I’m not sure if trainings without support can actually do that, even if they put so much knowledge in your head. Like I already had so much knowledge in my head, I thought, I know so much, I still, I felt I can’t start because I don’t have a website, I blah blah blah. Yeah, so if you are someone looking for support or you feel like you don’t have confidence, I think this is really the program for you. You know, I felt like I could be an excellent professional. I just don’t know how to get there. And I had this big dream that I want to be like a leading voice in my country about this topic. So I thought, okay, maybe I need to look for someone who is already a leading voice in their own topic.
Tekla Diriczi 00:25:18 You know, like, so my nervous system can, I don’t know, see an example. I just read about it or hear about it. Yeah. Do it.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:25:27 Yeah. Just do it. And and I love that reflection. It’s not just about gaining the knowledge, gaining the certification, getting the letters behind your name and all of that. It’s about being in a space where you have skilled coaching faculty and direct meetings with me, and direct meetings with your peers and your colleagues in this journey, because I agree with you. I think there’s a lot of places to just gather information, but to then take that information and confidently use it to build a business that serves you and serves your clients in a way that’s so easeful. This is one of the reasons why our organization has not tried to become giant. We’re not trying to have thousands of new students every month because we do. I do know most of our students by name. I recognize them, we meet, we speak weekly. If you come to the calls, we speak weekly.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:26:28 And that opportunity, I think, really is what it takes to even if you’ve taken a hundred courses on your topic, if you’re feeling stuck with your confidence is because you didn’t have personalized coaching and mentorship to help you actually step into that new career or advance your career in a way that feels really nourishing to you and not so burnout. Yeah.
Tekla Diriczi 00:26:57 What I can do is not just nodding like, yeah, because I felt the same with my own health. I saw that I have read it all, I’ve tried it all, but something was still not working and even I knew what I should do. And when I couldn’t do that, I felt like bad. I felt like a bad person for doing something against my cycle. And it was like, you know, this loop of trying harder and then feeling even more guilt. And yeah, this really eased in your program. And I really love the sentence. Like, you know, on the retreats, I could hear it, I don’t know, 100 times like your client knows best.
Tekla Diriczi 00:27:35 Okay, I know best. Maybe then that’s true for me as well. And you know, it really changed the way, like, I even changed my therapist by them because I realized, you know, so it really affected another part of my life because I was like, oh, my therapist was really trying to tell me, you know, the direction that I know best. And then it really started to clear out, you know, energies from my life where I really lost my boundaries or this connection to myself and my innate wisdom. So, yeah, I feel like it really, really weaved through my body in different aspects, not just my hair or my business.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:28:12 Well, and now you have that capacity yourself to give your clients that, you know, this is where the ripple effect really comes in, where our students leave this program or maintain even being a part of our community. But they step into their practices with that skill set of how to empower your clients. You know, I think that word is used a lot.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:28:38 Like we just need to empower women, empower our patients, empower our clients. Yeah. But how? And that takes practice. It takes skill. It takes mentorship, it takes coaching. It’s not intuitive. You know, it’s we sometimes undervalue these soft skills. But once you really deeply in your body understand how to do it, it is useful. But there’s a little bit of a process that it’s hard to do on your own. Otherwise people would just do it in a weekend course and that’s just not how it works. So thank you for sharing all of that. Anything else you want to share with us and then let people know where they can find you. If someone is struggling with their own menstrual health, and particularly if they’re in Hungary. But I know you can reach people anywhere, so let us know.
Tekla Diriczi 00:29:32 So guys, if you want to chat, just reach out to me on my Instagram. This is going to be in Hungarian, but just send me a message if you are English speaker or non Hungarian.
Tekla Diriczi 00:29:42 I listened to your advice Jessica when you said I maybe I should first, you know, really strengthen my community in Hungarian because I think I was in the middle of the course and I felt more confident. I was like, yeah, so maybe I should, you know, like delete my Hungarian page and start, you know, like an international one because the market is bigger and I feel like, wow. And then you just, you really chilled out. You were like so chilled out saying that maybe first focus on the Hungarian, try it out. You know, like really speak to my ideal client for six months and see what happens. And again, I saw, you know, this pattern how I would sabotage myself. Okay. So I don’t do it in Hungarian. Let’s do it in English. And then, you know, like a huge step. And then I was relaxed again. So okay let’s focus first on the Hungarian women, how I can help them, especially that we lack this knowledge.
Tekla Diriczi 00:30:33 I think this very integrated knowledge in my country. So long story short, my Instagram pages in Hungarian. But I’m very happy to chat. Or I don’t know, even give like a client calls in English. If someone feels like trusting me with the soul and, you know, with the cycle.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:30:52 So what is your Instagram handle? How can people find you?
Tekla Diriczi 00:30:55 I think it’s a bit complicated because it’s my name, it’s doctor, but it’s a very complicated name, so we’ll.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:31:03 Definitely put it in the podcast. Show notes will make it easier to find because yes, if it’s in Hungarian, it may be difficult for some people to spell, but they will find you. It’ll be in the notes. We’ll share it on our social media as well. Thank you so much for sharing your story and sharing your time and sharing your presence. Because the reality is, I see in you now so much growth that warms my heart and so much It’s confidence. And I think you’re now, whether you know it or not, even just on this podcast episode, being a mentor for other women who may be feeling like you felt less than two years ago.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:31:46 So thank you for sharing your story.
Tekla Diriczi 00:31:50 Thank you for the opportunity. And I really felt like I found, you know, like sisters in this program, big sisters or younger sisters sometimes. But yeah. Thank you so much.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:32:00 Thank you. I hope you feel calmer just by listening to that story, listening to that conversation that Tekla and I had about her journey, her own health, her own healing, and how her business is now a source of financial stability and nourishment, not stress. This is so possible for you. And I wanted to share this one because this was a person who had a lot of skill. Tekla has had a lot of skill, a lot of education in menstrual health. Well before she started the Women’s Health Coach certification and working with us at the Integrative Women’s Health Institute. But what really was the game changer was the deep support and confidence that she developed through the work in our institute and in our programs. And what you’re seeing now is someone who is thriving. She’s one of the top three menstrual health coaches in her country, her entire country.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:33:08 Her business is thriving, and we’re now seeing that it’s so important for women all over the world to have financial nourishment and independence, as well as physical health. It’s all connected. We can’t separate these things, and there’s a way to do it with so much ease. So if you’re feeling burned out, financially stressed, like, you know, a lot of information, but you just don’t know how to implement it to create ease and fulfillment and financial success in your life in a way that’s really nourishing to your clients. This is the place for you. And I just love how Tekla shares her story, and you can just feel in her words how at peace she is now. And I just want that for you and for every woman’s health professional, because it doesn’t have to be so hard. It doesn’t have to be so exhausting. You belong here. We’re here to support you. I’ve seen this thousands of times. I’ve been doing this nearly 20 years, and the story is so common among our students and graduates.
Dr. Jessica Drummond 00:34:27 It doesn’t have to be so hard. I can’t wait to see you and some of our live calls. Get to know you, know your name, and have you on to share your story. It really doesn’t have to be that hard. We’ve got to reach out, speak to our career coaches, see what your next step might be. Really? This is possible for you. Thanks for joining us this week. I’ll see you next week. Thank you so much for joining me today for this episode of the Integrative Women’s Health Podcast. Please share this episode with a colleague and if you loved it, hit that subscribe or follow button on your favorite podcast streaming service so that we can do even more to make this podcast better for you and your clients. Let’s innovate and integrate in the world of women’s health.
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Dr. Jessica Drummond
Founder & CEO
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