This is StRest! Meet Kim Gargano: Christian content creator, podcast host of Holy and Hormonal, and a passionate advocate for helping women reclaim their health by understanding their hormones through a biblical lens. In this episode, host Kerstin Lindquist talks with Kim about how trauma, PMDD, and cultural shame around menstruation once left her feeling lost and faithless—and how inviting Jesus into her hormonal health sparked a healing journey.

From navigating the birth control dilemma to managing a bleeding disorder and launching a viral movement online, Kim breaks open what every woman should know about her hormones, why we must stop dissociating from pain, and how God’s design—through circadian rhythm, community, and rest—restores our wholeness.

Whether you’re battling monthly rage, insomnia, or perimenopausal exhaustion, this conversation offers both spiritual grounding and practical tools for cycle syncing, testing, and embracing your body as divinely made.

Major Themes & Concepts

✅ Hormones impact every system: not just mood or periods

✅ PMDD is real—and deeply misunderstood

✅ Cultural shame keeps women from healing

✅ Birth control: informed consent over default prescription

✅ God designed the circadian rhythm—sunlight, sleep, and cycles matter

✅ Faith-based hormone education is still rare—Kim is leading the charge

✅ Menopause ≠ decline—it’s a second puberty with power

✅ Dissociation numbs pain—but healing requires presence and surrender

✅ God meets you in your hormonal struggle: you are not alone

Chapters

00:00 | Culture, disconnection, and dissociating from pain

03:28 | Kim’s journey: from church hurt to hormonal health advocate

06:34 | What hormones really do (spoiler: everything)

10:08 | PMDD, rage, and realizing you’re not “crazy”

14:43 | Birth control pros, cons, and the case for deeper questions

20:15 | The problem with Band-Aid medicine

22:18 | Trauma, therapy, and why community heals

27:14 | Invite Jesus into your hormonal chaos

28:45 | Cycle syncing 101: four phases & circadian rhythm

30:45 | Sustainable steps: greens, sunlight, and protein first

32:38 | Hormone testing: Dutch, Rupa, and what to know

34:42 | Stress, self-worth, and lifestyle change resistance

35:42 | Hormones and mental health: practical tools that help

38:28 | Parenting, motherhood fears, and generational healing

40:25 | Body grace in your 20s vs. 40s—respect the season

48:37 | Kim’s non-negotiables: morning routine and movement

50:30 | Stress relief: voice notes, shaking, and creative worship

Work with Kerstin

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Health Coaching with Kerstin⁠⁠⁠⁠ – 1:1 coaching for stress reduction & wellness.

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