Living Well with PMDD

Hi all! Hope you're having a great week! 

Pop in to hear about the newly formed PMDD Policy Council and join if you're interested! 

Take Aways

• Christina Bohn Memorial 5K is Saturday, October 17th, 2026.
• Notes from the PMDD Policy Council Town Hall from September 2026.
• Many people want to improve PMDD care. 
• Money needed for research
• A better standard of care established to avoid the EXTREMES currently available.
• Reimbursement for care
• PMDD classified as a Neuro-endocrine disorder rather than a mental health disorder

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Are you looking for more support around PMDD? Look no further. We have 12 spots and you have a few days to join the PMDD Support Group starting Tuesday, October 6th, 2026! To join us click here: https://heidibradfordcoaching.com/group/. To hear details about it, listen here. Cost is $425 for four months of support led by me, Heidi Bradford.

We usually hear about verbal outbursts and yelling related to PMDD, but it can affect some women differently. Being quiet and nearly mute can also happen. You will hear SaavikofVulcan and DemBohns interaction about mutism and pmdd on this episode.

Take Aways

• Situational or selective mutism may happen to women with PMDD.
• "Normally, my PMDD causes me to be unable to be around people for one really bad day, and then I'm fine. But every now and then, there's almost a week where I am damn near mute." -SaavikofVulcan
•  "...this time, the very thought of opening my mouth to say anything makes me want to throw up." -SaavikofVulcan
• "[My daughter] Christina would become mute and act ghostlike for about a week." -Dembohns
• "I emailed her inpatient psychiatrist and told him that she would become extremely quiet and ghostlike. I asked him what could be bringing this on. He really didn't have a reply." -Dembohns
• "When we figured out Christina had PMDD, I read a study out of India that included mutism as a symptom." -Dembohns 
• If mutism in some way happens to you or your loved one... try a different type of communication. Instead of verbal communication, switch to text messaging, emailing, or handwritten notes. 
• Physical touch from a loved one can also help. Think hugs or a loving embrace.

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Free resources:

• Heidi's website
• Heidi's YouTube

Music 

• Music- Island Breeze by Surf House Productions | https://surf-house-productions.bandcamp.com 
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YOU are invited to join the PMDD Support Group starting October 6th! To join us click here: https://heidibradfordcoaching.com/group/. To hear details about it, listen here. 

Do you experience discouragement or feel depressed sometimes? Today I will share 12 ways we can help lift our spirits and not despair. I'm sharing from a talk given in 1974! Yes, that's a while ago. It still applies today! I love this talk. I listen to it again and again. 

Ezra Taft Benson gave these 12 ways in a talk given to a group of men. I will add a bit of commentary, but will primarily read his words. His words are SO DIALED IN.  

"We can rise above the enemies of despair, depression, discouragement, and despondency by remembering that God provides righteous alternatives." 

Here are "A dozen ways, which if followed, will lift our spirits and send us on our way rejoicing:" 

1. Repentance
2. Prayer
3. Service
4. Work
5. Health
6. Reading
7. Blessing
8. Fasting
9. Friends
10. Music
11. Endurance
12. Goals

You may listen or read this talk by President Benson here. 

Watch this podcast episode on YouTube here. 

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• Heidi's website
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Music 

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YOU are invited to my PMDD Support Group. Listen to the details here and sign up to join here:  https://heidibradfordcoaching.com/group/. We start October 6th, 2026!

Dinnertime can be rushed and hectic. Here's one tip to help dinnertime be less chaotic.

Take Aways

• Preparing the pieces that will make up dinner ahead of time will make cooking dinner go more smoothly.
• 5 steps

1. Create a menu (think simple)
2. Commit to follow your menu - do a second look
3. Get groceries for the week
4. Do the pieces earlier (at noon or the night before)
5. Follow your plan (and cook dinner!)

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• Heidi's website
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Music 

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Would you like more support with PMDD? Now is your chance! I'm opening a small support group October 6th. Limit of 12 participants. Listen to today's episode for details and join here: https://heidibradfordcoaching.com/group/

I will be hosting a 4 month support group for women with PMDD. October through January, join me weekly on zoom for classes and coaching that will help you live better with PMDD. You will GROW and have FUN.

Areas of growth that we'll focus on are: intellectual, physical, social, and spiritual. Beyond that we will tackle any and all questions and problems you are currently having. 

We'll share wins too! Please sign up here: https://heidibradfordcoaching.com/group/

Take Aways

• Weekly live coaching over zoom
• Life coaching exercises done while on the call
• October 2026 through January 2027
• Tuesdays at 10 am PT / 11 am MT / 12 pm CT / 1 pm ET 
• Private online community

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Music 

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Each of us experience things going wrong. It stinks. It can make us question our choices, who we are, and if God really cares about us. 

Our family recently went through things going wrong. I will share about that and offer advice on how to deal with things going wrong in ways that give your soul the attention it deserves as well as helping you to move on. 

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Take Aways

• Our situation: Military assignment to Okinawa, Japan put on pause.
• Waiting and changing plans again and again over 1.5 months (Summer 2026).
• Being denied medical clearance to Okinawa.
• Husband given an assignment to run the legal office at an out the of way base.
• Healthy ways to process and move forward:
• Be sad and disappointed you won't get what you hoped for. [But don't let yourself transition to being depressed or hopeless.]
• Write or express all the nitty gritty ways things went wrong in regards to this situation.
• If desired, talk to someone about your feelings.
• Be patient with others going through this loss alongside you. They are entitled to their disappointment too.
• Look for fun and good things during this hard time.
• Reach out for support from those who truly love you.
• Opt-in to being with someone else INSTEAD of being alone when you are feeling THE WORST.
• Move forward... set new goals, make new friends and routines, connect with old friends/family frequently too, get involved in something that makes life better for someone else (church, community, see an individual need and fill it)
• Let the GOOD that happened during this difficult time SIMMER and be what lingers instead of all that went wrong.
• You've got this. 

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Have you ever quit a job, stopped a project, or ended a relationship suddenly? Did it feel like you were just shutting down? I invited Anji Harris, a marketing guru and prolific writer, to share with us her experiences of shutting down and her tried-and-true strategy for avoiding shut-downs in the future. You can find more from Anji at https://www.youtube.com/@livelovedreamnow/videos

Take Aways 

• "Yes, He [God] had delivered me from that suicide attempt, but what didn't go away were the triggers. The situations and the circumstances that would pull me back into that place of wanting to retreat, wanting to isolate." -Anji
• Get to know God and His love for you
• "There was a pattern in my life that showed up every time I was critiqued, I was overwhelmed, or I was on the verge of success. The same exact thing would happen. I would self-sabotage. I would retreat. I would go into isolation. The negative self-talk loop would start." -Anji
• Anji's pattern of faith:

1. Recognize the familiar twinge or desire to retreat.
2. Call it out. Acknowledge it. i.e. "I know what this is. Anxiety, you're not gonna get me. I'm not retreating. I am not going to go backwards."
3. Call out to Jesus. i.e. "Lord, help me."
4. Speak what He [God] has said.
5. Move forward. Listen to the Holy Spirit and do what it encourages. 

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Music 

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Do you realize the impressions you're making? 🙃

Let's consider the impressions you are making in the world. In this episode, I specifically discuss how GROSS I look as a person from only reading doctor's notes from past appointments. Seriously, THAT IS NOT ME. 

I also see that my approach to doctor's appointments has been leaving incorrect impressions of myself and my health. I used to approach doctor's appointments as: get right to the point. Here is the problem. What do you think? Don't waste their time!! 

Not Anymore. They get to see the happy, smilely Heidi AND her problems. Yes, I may take more of their time, but I won't be leaving impressions that I am living an awful life of suffering. Because I'm not. I am blessed and happy and whole even with my problems. 

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Want more support? ❤️Click here for a free 20 minute consultation call to help you get clear on your next best step and if working with me is good fit. 

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• Heidi's website
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Music 

• Music- Island Breeze by Surf House Productions | https://surf-house-productions.bandcamp.com 
• Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

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An unexpected phone call this morning led me to a new realization. Listen in to hear the revelation that surfaced and maybe a revelation of your own will surface for you. 

Take Aways

• NEW support coming!! Stay tuned.
• Trent and I found out that my medical clearance did not come through.
• Made and received phone calls to try and get the right information to the right people.
• In pondering and considering doctor's notes, I realized that none of the notes referred to my brother passing away or my mom passing away. 
• These two events happened within 4 months of each other and shortly after moving here. 
• Although a doctor noticed that I was struggling with my brother's passing and she advised me to seek counseling, his death is not in her notes. 
• Looking back, their deaths were greatly impacting all areas of my life and I was seeking relief from grief and anger due to their passing. I did not realize those were major factors in my emotions at the time.
• I didn't bring those up very much to doctors or health professionals. I thought my struggles were due to pmdd and other life circumstances.
• We might miss things that are affecting our emotional state that we can see later.
• What revelations might be waiting for you to discover from your past?

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hEQYK35ayGc 

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Music 

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Hello! 🎉 New and fun things are coming! Tune in next week to hear about what I've been working on. Still offering a free 20 minute consult call. Book here: https://heidibradfordcoaching.com/free/. You know you want to! Don't be shy. Come talk!

Last week, I helped at a young women's youth camp. It was delightful. The transition back to life was a bit rocky, but not nearly as bad as it has been in the past. In the past, I wouldn't know what to do with the angst that often comes from moving from one phase to another. But I know better now. It's just transition discomfort and it's normal. Listen in to hear about my camp week and how to make transitions a bit better. Watch on YouTube here. 

Take Aways

• Heidi's experience coming home from camp
• Have you ever experienced feeling weird and wondering what's wrong when ending one thing and moving on to another?
• Often this happens when we're going from structured to unstructured. Sometimes it happens going from unstructured to structured. And it can even happen going from structured to structured. 
• It's normal to feel unsettled when shifting from one activity to another sometimes.
• What to do:

1. Recognize your in a transition 
2. Remind yourself that nothing has gone wrong
3. Ask yourself, "Now what?"

• Part of "Now what" is to identify structure within the transition or the structure in your upcoming activity. This brings calm to our mind and body.
• It may be helpful to mourn leaving your last phase/activity. 

Support the show

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• Want to support the show? Consider donating a few dollars through my support page. It helps to offset the costs of producing the show. Go here to donate. Thanks! 

Free resources:

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Music 

• Music- Island Breeze by Surf House Productions | https://surf-house-productions.bandcamp.com 
• Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com