Fertility Awareness Certification
for Women’s Health Professionals

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Fertility Awareness Certification
for Women’s Health Professionals

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Empowering Women’s Health Practitioners

One Cycle at a Time.

Empowering Women’s Health Practitioners

One Cycle at a Time.

Chances are …

  • You want to specialize in fertility awareness, but you haven’t found a training program specifically designed for women’s health professionals.
  • You understand the basics of cycle charting — maybe you’ve already started teaching your clients — but you haven’t found a training program that teaches advanced menstrual chart interpretation and adequately prepares you to handle complex cases.
  • You’re already working with clients who have specific concerns — irregular cycles, PMS, painful periods, fertility challenges — but you don’t always feel confident providing the support they need. 
  • Even though your formal education in women’s health touched on hormones and reproduction, it didn’t include comprehensive, science-backed training in fertility awareness or complex menstrual cycle analysis.

If any of these resonate with you,

you’re in the right place!

Setting A New Standard In Women’s Health

The Fertility Awareness InstituteⓇ (FAI) was founded to equip women’s health professionals to integrate advanced menstrual cycle analysis into their clinical practice. 

By combining comprehensive fertility awareness education with rigorous, evidence-based instruction in women’s hormone health, we prepare practitioners to work with the menstrual cycle as a clinically relevant vital sign.

Is FAMM Right For You?

Our signature Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship™ Certification is specifically designed for women’s health professionals who want to integrate fertility awareness and advanced menstrual cycle analysis into their clinical practice.

FAMM

is perfect for…
Functional Medicine

Naturopathic Doctors & Functional Medicine Practitioners who recognize the menstrual cycle as a diagnostic tool but need systematic protocols for chart interpretation and client assessment.

health coaches

Nutritionists, Dietitians & Health Coaches, and Fertility Awareness Educators working with women on hormone health, fertility, or cycle-related concerns who want to provide evidence-based guidance rooted in actual cycle data rather than generalized recommendations.

Bodywork

Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists & Bodyworkers who support women through menstrual health challenges and want to integrate fertility awareness into treatment protocols.

Midwives

Midwives, Doulas & Birth Workers who need comprehensive training in postpartum fertility awareness and preconception cycle optimization.

Mental Health

Mental Health Professionals & Counsellors supporting women with cycle-related mood symptoms who want to understand the physiological foundations of hormonal patterns.

Physical Therapists

Pelvic Floor Therapists & Women’s Health Physical Therapists addressing conditions influenced by hormonal fluctuations who need charting competency to track patterns across the cycle.

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Experience the training firsthand with real lectures taken directly from FAMM!

Two Essential Skill Sets.
One Comprehensive Certification.

Evidence-Based Fertility Awareness Educator Training

Master the FAMM double-check symptothermal method — an evidence-based approach integrating advanced cervical mucus charting strategies, basal body temperature, cervical position, and a preovulatory infertile day calculation, delivering 99.4% effectiveness when used correctly for natural birth control.

Advanced Menstrual Cycle Analysis & Clinical Application

Go beyond basic charting to interpret complex and atypical cycles with precision. Learn our proprietary FAMM Teaching and Assessment Protocols — a systematic, step-by-step framework for identifying and addressing a wide range of menstrual and reproductive challenges, from irregular ovulation and luteal phase defects to PCOS, hypothalamic amenorrhea, postpartum fertility return, and perimenopause.

This combination is what sets FAMM apart — and it’s why our practitioners are equipped to support any client, whether their cycles are straightforward or wildly atypical.

The Training Gap No One’s

Talking About

Despite years of education in women’s health, hormones, and reproductive medicine, most practitioners graduate with massive gaps in their understanding of fertility awareness and menstrual cycle analysis. 

You’re not alone if your previous training either glossed over it or didn’t cover it at all. 

Comprehensive fertility awareness education is simply not a standard part of women’s health training.

Did you know…
  • The majority of healthcare providers underestimate the effectiveness of fertility awareness-based methods and cite “ineffectiveness” as their primary reason for not offering them to patients. [1]
  • Fewer than 5% of medical professionals receive formal training in fertility awareness-based methods. [2, 3] 
  • Fertility awareness-based methods are mentioned less than 4% of the time in U.S. medical school curricula — and when mentioned, they typically use outdated terminology (such as referring to modern fertility awareness methods as the “rhythm method”). [4]
  • When surveyed, fewer than 6% of OBGYNs and family physicians could correctly identify the effectiveness of common fertility awareness-based methods. [5] 

This presents an incredible opportunity for you!

Even though most health professionals haven’t received formal fertility awareness training, that certainly hasn’t stopped the word from getting out. 

A recent survey found that 43% of women expressed interest in using fertility awareness for health monitoring, and 50-61% were interested in learning these methods for family planning. [5, 6, 7] 

The field is changing, and so is the way women want to be supported. You’ve likely noticed that more of your clients are asking you about their cycles, hormones, or even expecting you to know how to read their charts.  

As more practitioners enter the “women’s health and hormone” space, most lack the specialized training to use the menstrual cycle as a clinical tool. 

And that’s where you’ll stand out.

When you can confidently interpret charts, identify hormonal imbalances from cycle patterns, and provide evidence-based cycle support — you’re offering something most providers simply can’t.

Understanding the menstrual cycle and its connection to health is no longer “optional” for women’s health professionals
— it’s essential.

See What You’ll Learn
Inside FAI’s Fertility Awareness
Mastery Mentorship™

Certification

Yes, you can learn how to teach your clients the fundamentals of fertility awareness cycle charting, but what happens when their cycles fall outside normal parameters? 

Irregular ovulation. Persistent PMS, period pain, luteal phase issues, fertility challenges — this is where most fertility awareness educator training programs fall short. 

There has never been a fertility awareness training program that truly prepares you to both teach cycle charting and work confidently with complex, real-world charts — until now. That’s why we founded the Fertility Awareness InstituteⓇ.

FAMM is the only fertility awareness certification program that integrates both of these essential components:

  • Foundational fertility awareness education — Our practitioners receive comprehensive fertility awareness educator training to teach the FAMM method: a comprehensive, evidence-based, double-check symptothermal method, providing 99.4% effectiveness when used correctly.
  • In-depth instruction in evaluating and supporting complex and atypical cycles — Our practitioners are trained in our systematic, step-by-step FAMM Teaching and Assessment Protocols. These protocols provide a science-backed framework for supporting clients with a wide variety of common menstrual and reproductive challenges. 

You’re one click away from real lectures — taken directly from our Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship™ Certification

PREVIEW FAMM LECTURES

We could tell you about the level of depth
we go to inside FAMM — or we could just show you.

Fertility Awareness Strategies
for Conception

Most fertility awareness programs teach you how to chart, but what happens when your clients have atypical cycles? Or when they run into fertility challenges?

Your clients need a practitioner with the skills, advanced protocols, and peer-reviewed research to guide them.

Taken directly from Module 3 of our FAMM curriculum, this training session provides an exclusive look at the depth and scope of our certification program.

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Preview a real lecture from Module 3 of our
Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship™ Certification!

You’ll learn…
  • What the research actually says about cervical mucus and conception — including its role in sperm transport, filtration, and capacitation — and why this changes the way you counsel clients about timing.
  • Why only 13% of women trying to conceive correctly identify their ovulation day — and what the data says about the fertile window most practitioners aren’t teaching.
  • The sperm quality conversation that isn’t making it into most fertility awareness training — including why the WHO’s “normal” parameters represent the bottom 5% of fertile men.
  • What egg quality actually means at the mitochondrial level, why the three months before conception matter more than most people realize, and how to integrate this into your client work.
  • Why cervical mucus alone was a stronger predictor of conception than ovulation timing or LH test results in published research — and what that means for how you guide your clients.

Get a sneak peek at the level of clinical detail and peer-reviewed research that goes into each training session!

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Praise From Our

Alumni
  • A lot of health and wellness certifications these days are just self-paced, online programs, but being able to talk about cases, ask questions live, and apply what I’m learning directly to my clients has been extremely valuable.

    — Lauren Mallers, Integrative Health Practitioner, Founder of Calibrate Health & Wellness, FAMM Certified Practitioner
  • The way cervical mucus charting is done in FAMM was life-changing — the level of detail was exactly what I needed.

    — Isobel Ripley, Fertility Awareness Educator, FAMM Certified Practitioner
  • FAMM gave me a whole other bag of tools than I’ve ever had before. I really love that it’s not just learning how to interpret charts — there are so many resources and foundations to help.

    — Kate Chantry, Licensed Midwife
  • The library of vetted research studies is a game-changer, and I still pull from it.

    — Haley Smith, Women’s Health Nutritionist, FAMM Certified Practitioner

Why Share Real Lectures?

Because you deserve to know what you’re getting into before you commit to a 9-month program.

Most certification programs show you polished marketing videos and testimonials — but you don’t get to see what the training looks like until you’re already enrolled.

We think that’s backwards.

Discover why our practitioners keep telling us that FAMM changed how they work with clients for the better!

  • A lot of health and wellness certifications these days are just self-paced, online programs, but being able to talk about cases, ask questions live, and apply what I’m learning directly to my clients has been extremely valuable.

    — Lauren Mallers, Integrative Health Practitioner, Founder of Calibrate Health & Wellness, FAMM Certified Practitioner
  • My confidence has just absolutely hit a new level. The protocols are beautiful — and you can adapt them to each client.

    — Michelle Snyder, Nutrition Scientist and Fertility Awareness Educator
  • FAMM gave me a whole other bag of tools than I’ve ever had before. I really love that it’s not just learning how to interpret charts — there are so many resources and foundations to help.

    — Kate Chantry, Licensed Midwife

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Meet Our Founder And Your Instructor

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, author of The Fifth Vital Sign, co-author of Real Food for Fertility, and host of the long-running Fertility Friday Podcast.

With over 20 years experience in the field, Lisa’s work has been instrumental in shifting how the menstrual cycle is understood — challenging its cultural and clinical dismissal and reframing it as foundational health information rather than something to suppress or overlook.

Her books have played a pivotal role in bringing fertility awareness and cycle literacy into mainstream women’s health conversations worldwide, influencing both practitioners and the women they serve.

For decades, health professionals have largely overlooked the female reproductive and hormone cycle as a source of clinical insight — often defaulting to generalized advice without a complete understanding of fertility awareness-based methods or menstrual cycle physiology.

The Fertility Awareness Institute® and its signature Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship™ Certification were founded to close this critical gap in professional training.

Through rigorous, evidence-based education, FAI prepares women’s health professionals to apply insights gleaned from advanced menstrual cycle analysis in practice. Our work reflects a new standard — one that recognizes the menstrual cycle as central to understanding women’s health.

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Praise From Industry

Leaders
  • I am so thankful to Lisa for writing The Fifth Vital Sign — a book that contributes immeasurably to the field of fertility awareness. Using impeccable research standards, she has made her book easily accessible while being scientifically sound — a goldmine of practical advice for women wanting answers to the myriad of questions that usually arise around fertility and the menstrual cycle.

    — Toni Weschler, MPH, author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility
  • Real Food for Fertility isn’t your usual fertility guide. It unpacks the myths and brings real food into the spotlight, highlighting the importance of the food you eat and the lifestyle choices you make every single day. They get that your menstrual cycle is not just a monthly annoyance, but a vital sign. Lily and Lisa aren’t here to add to the noise; they’re here to change the game.

    — Aviva Romm, MD, Midwife, New York Times–bestselling author of Hormone Intelligence
  • With The Fifth Vital Sign, Lisa dives deep into the menstrual cycle and fertility and provides valuable new insights gleaned from more than 150 interviews with women’s health experts! It’s a reference that I will undoubtedly refer to again and again.

    — Lara Briden, ND, author of Period Repair Manual
  • So many women struggle with reproductive health issues these days, often not knowing where to turn for accurate advice. Now they have a place to turn. The Fifth Vital Sign provides easy-to-understand explanations for the menstrual cycle and how to approach key problem areas — from hormonal imbalances to thyroid function. The nutritional advice is especially good for not only restoring fertility but achieving overall health. Highly recommended!

    — Sally Fallon Morell, president, The Weston A. Price Foundation
  • As a Registered Dietitian with over two decades of experience supporting clients with fertility challenges, the importance of nutrition and lifestyle for egg and sperm quality cannot be overstated. Real Food for Fertility expertly curates evidence-based, actionable steps to optimize your fertility. This comprehensive book is a must-read for clients and practitioners alike.

    — Ayla Barmmer, MS, RD, founder of FullWell and Boston Functional Nutrition
  • At last, a book celebrating the menstrual cycle as the vital sign it is, an indicator of our overall health. Packed with useful information written in a warm, engaging style, The Fifth Vital Sign shows you how to take charge of your hormonal health and contraceptive needs in a way that nourishes and empowers. A must-have for all women in their menstruating years.

    — Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, co-authors of Wild Power and co-directors of Red School
  • Real Food for Fertility will help you understand exactly why you must start using food to optimize your cycle and hormonal health long before you want to conceive. The evidence-based guidance provided in this book is not only essential knowledge for any woman trying to conceive but also should be required knowledge for all practitioners who support women on their fertility journey.

    — Alisa Vitti, author of WomanCode and In the FLO, creator of Cycle Syncing®
  • The Fifth Vital Sign is an essential book for every woman’s library. Lisa blends science, tradition, and intuition in her writing — the result is a beautiful and practical guide to all things fertility!

    — Dr. Fiona McCulloch, ND, author of 8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS
  • Lisa absolutely nails the case for fertility awareness as an essential and empowering healthcare practice for women. Her incredible passion for fertility awareness and sharing this life-changing knowledge with women shines through. I will be recommending The Fifth Vital Sign widely and vigorously!

    — Jane Bennett, author and menstrual educator
  • The Fifth Vital Sign is THE book we should all have been given in preparation for puberty and beyond. From the very first page Lisa provides clear explanations for some of the most commonly asked questions about women’s periods and hormones. In each chapter she walks you step by step through important concepts like what a healthy menstrual cycle should look like, how to expertly chart your cycle, different types of natural birth control options, and so much more! Lisa’s book truly is a how-to guide for your menstrual cycle and I highly recommend it!

    — Nicole Jardim, certified women’s health coach and author of Fix Your Period
  • As someone who has devoted my life to empowering women with practical knowledge about their bodies, I so appreciate the way Lily and Lisa have already contributed immeasurably to the field of women’s health and fertility. So I’m not surprised that they’ve done it again. Even though Real Food for Fertility is impeccably researched and packed with scientific principles, it is an eminently approachable guide for women wanting to consciously prepare their bodies for the best possible chance for a healthy pregnancy and head start for their baby.

    — Toni Weschler, MPH, author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility and Cycle Savvy
  • Real Food for Fertility will become THE reference book for men and women planning pregnancy and for all their conscientious healthcare professionals. Having spent 36 years as an OB-GYN and fertility specialist, I know firsthand that fertility’s greatest ally is nutrition. This highly readable and referenced book emphasizes nutrient-dense foods to optimize the stores of macronutrients, micronutrients, and minerals so desperately needed to enhance fertility and nourish mother and baby throughout pregnancy and lactation. In keeping with recent nutrition science, a number of fertility and nutrition myths are dispelled. The two authors have produced a remarkable book, and I recommend it highly.

    — Dr. Tim O’Dowd, OB-GYN and fertility specialist (retired), and author of Our Children, Our Legacy
  • To say that this is the most comprehensive and well-researched book on fertility that I have read would be an understatement! As a Midwife I already refer all my clients to Lily and Lisa’s previous books. So it is no surprise that these two powerhouse women combined their expertise to create such a unique resource that goes far beyond what is currently taught in the fertility space. Real Food for Fertility is a book that is needed now more than ever. It’s a breath of fresh air to see such comprehensive information provided on both female and male fertility all in one resource. I believe this book has the potential to dramatically change the current trajectory of fertility issues for the better and I don’t say that lightly.

    — Kate Martyn, Registered Midwife and Registered Nurse
  • Real Food for Fertility is one of the best books I have read on fertility nutrition. It goes beyond basic meal plans to helping you to personalize your nourishment based on your unique needs, deficiencies, and fertility struggles. It is strongly evidence-based and includes preconception lifestyle, tracking, and other fertility optimization tools (for men, too, which is rarely included in other books!). I highly recommend this book to my clients with fertility, pregnancy, or postpartum nutrient deficiencies because the recipes are so good, too!

    — Dr. Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC, founder and CEO, The Integrative Women’s Health Institute
  • Lily and Lisa have done it again! Real Food for Fertility is now my fertility bible in practice, right next to Real Food for Pregnancy and The Fifth Vital Sign. All pseudoscience and outdated dietary recommendations for fertility have been busted in this book. The pages are already highlighted and worn in my copy. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to improve their fertility as well as their supporting practitioners.

    — Chelsea Leach, MS, RD, CSSD
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