Today Heidi shares observations she has of herself, her teen daughter, and others that experience PMDD. The focus of today's episode is to offer perspective for the significant other and loved ones of those suffering with PMDD.

It is not easy to understand what is going on in a woman's head when her PMDD symptoms are active, or to know how to help her. Listen in for some help!

Take Aways
-PMDD symptoms will likely be worse when the woman is dealing with disappointment,  unmet expectations, or trauma.
-When PMDD symptoms are active, women believe things that are not true.
-It can be difficult when a hoped for solution doesn't work as expected. Remind her that trying to help herself is worth it and as she continues she is sure to find some solutions.
-Have compassion on her and on yourself.
-Take questions to God. He may have answers no one else can give.
-The things out of her control may be ever present on her mind.
-Trying to solve for her problems DURING her active PMDD symptoms is likely impossible. Wait a few days and then revisit "the problem" with her. It likely isn't a problem for her now.
-It can be difficult or impossible for her to believe that what she is thinking is ludicrous even if it is obvious to you.
-Good luck! She will be forever grateful for you if you stick it out with her.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Would you like experience less stress this holiday season? Listen in for Heidi's formula for de-stressing the holidays. Then pick out the mindset shifts you need to make to plan, follow through, and enjoy all the holiday happenings.

3 Part Formula
1. Plan
2. Follow Through
3. Enjoy

Take Aways
-Prioritizing two, one hour sessions of planning is all it takes to have a less stressful Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.
-Believing that the planning will be worth it is key to it happening.
-Complete a thought download of all the things you need to think about for the holidays.
-Calendar the items that need to be scheduled. (Get them on your phone/planner.)
-With the remaining time, write out details for each category not scheduled.
-For example, for "food" write down the specialty items that you want to purchase noting for which holiday they'll be consumed.
-For a category like gifts, write down the names of those you'd like to buy gifts for.
-For cards or newsletters, use this time to choose a family photo to use, choose a card, upload the picture, order it. 
-When the one hour is up...
-Circle the items that haven't been addressed yet.
-Follow through...Recognize that when you have told yourself you're going to do something, there will likely be resistance.
-Come to expect some resistance and plan for it.
-Practice answering the resistant thoughts. (i.e. I recognize I don't "feel like" making cookies today, but I planned to do it today so I'm going to do it today.)
-Enjoy...a thought that is helpful in reveling in a moment is, "This is the time for this."
-If you have to cancel a party or not attend an event, look at what you have instead. 
-Thank yourself for setting yourself up for success.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Hi! To watch the full interview, click here.

Today we hear Anna Hall's experiences leading to her diagnosis of PMDD.

We also hear about the incredible cycle tracking app she co-founded, called Embody.

Anna has a positive, uplifting spirit about her and is an example of who we can be when we embrace the good parts of every part of our cycle.

Time Stamps
00- Welcome and Introduction
3:17- Anna's experience with PMDD
5:18- Anna's mom tells her she thinks she (her mom) had PMDD and maybe Anna does too
6:35- "I know a lot of people who experience PMDD have bursts of rage. I found mine is more that depression is the biggest symptom..." -Anna 
6:45- In the 1960's, Anna's grandmother saw a specialist in New York City for her menses issues.
10:05- Story of Anna deciding and creating the Embody App
10:19- Embody is a privacy forward cycle app.
11:35- Embody is the first menstrual health app that is open source, encrypted, and offline first.
12:05- Currently, your Embody App data exists only on your phone or device. 
12:23- Some companies have been investigated for selling women's data entered on other period/fertility tracking apps. 
12:32- There is concern about the possibility of menstrual surveillance by law enforcement
19:58- About the Embody Widget 
22:45- Some unique work dynamics at Embody

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Join Heidi to learn (or be reminded of) the benefits that come to you by tracking your period, signs, and symptoms. 

Take Aways 
-Your brain is sneaky. You may think you always act a certain way when you have PMS, but until you track it in writing, you may be believing something that isn't true.
-The Magic... what you can receive: peace, assurance, confidence, proof, accomplishment
-Recording makes it easier to see trends and cycles in mood and behavior.

-4 reasons why tracking is powerful: 
1. You can see if the thought your brain is offering you is true.
2. You can plan around your findings (mood, behavior, etc)
3. You can prepare better
4. Easier to know when to take vitamins/supplements/medicines for extra support

-How to track: use a notebook, calendar, planner, notes app, or a period/fertility tracking app.
-Anna Hall, co-founder of the Embody App will be on this podcast in a week or two.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

In episode 1 of this podcast, Heidi talks about hearing of the death of a woman. Hearing about this woman's death was the catalyst to Heidi taking steps to finding out more about PMDD. Heidi moved to a different state a few months after learning of this woman's death, and did not remember her name...only her married last name.

This week, Heidi discovered the woman's name and the inspiring actions of this woman's mother, particularly since her daughter's death. Listen for the details.

Take Aways
-Christina Elizabeth Bohn Rudd was diagnosed with PMDD about 11 years after having symptoms.
-Christina's mother, Marybeth Bohn, has advocated for more awareness about PMDD in the hopes that women will be diagnosed within a few months.
-Missouri held their first PMDD Awareness Day in October of 2023
-Christina is an inspiration in that she sought help and did all she could to try and figure things out. 
-"PMDD is a great liar and thief. My husband and I witnessed how PMDD lied to our daughter every month, convincing her she was worthless, and we saw how PMDD stole everything from her. Had doctors and nurses known about PMDD and had asked her about her menstrual cycle, she might have received appropriate treatment options earlier." -Marybeth Bohn

Other Sources
https://www.newstribune.com/news/2023/sep/22/missouri-to-host-first-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-awareness-day/#:~:text=Missouri's%20first%20Premenstrual%20Dysphoric%20Disorder,the%20issue%2C%20said%20Marybeth%20Bohn.

https://iapmd.org/board-of-directors

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Have you tried to be happy? Are you trying harder to be happy than to be sad?

This episode explores where a simple request from her husband led her that day.

Take Aways
-Actively trying to be something or feel a certain way is different than passively going at it.
-When trying to be happy, Heidi prioritized exercise, decreased sugar, focused on the task at hand.
-She reminded herself throughout the day that two things can be true at once: she's still struggling AND she's trying to be happy.
-When getting sad (at a time you don't want to), think of the person you're sad for... think of their strengths or a memory you have of them.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Join me as I interview Marcie about her experiences with life coaching.

Marcie has been coaching with me since 2022. She is a teacher and has been a single mom to her two boys for most of their lives. Marcie had breast cancer and came out on the other side.

Topics
-About Marcie
-How Marcie and Heidi met
-Results Marcie thinks life coaching has helped her get: Feeling better, increased self confidence, losing 70 lbs to date, less negative self talk, better relationships, decreasing debt, and more.

Take Aways
-I've learned to not believe negative thoughts that I have about myself. -Marcie
-We are who we are right now because of all of the things that we've practiced in our head up to this point; the things we let ourself believe. -Heidi
-I am not responsible for someone else's feelings. -Marcie
-All of this stuff was never taught to me. -Marcie
-Life coaching has helped me be a healthier emotional being. -Marcie
-[About changing jobs] Life coaching helped me make that decision. It made me feel confident about my decision. -Marcie 
-I love life coaching because of the accountability. -Marcie
-Unconditional love is something I can give myself. -Marcie
-I'm exactly where I should be. -Marcie

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Today we discuss the duty we have TO LIVE... especially in relation to showing our children one way to live right now. 

Take Aways
What we do matters, but us DOING and ENGAGING in life matters more.
It's easy to get caught up in, "Am I doing what's right for my child?"
We don't get to decide what lesson our children learn and in what manner they learn them.
A poor example may teach them better than an amazing example.
Be sure to live!
Our children will make judgements based on us and interactions with us.
Believe that your child will gain the experience they need to learn the lessons they need.
Recognizing our duty to live is powerful to you (the parent) because... it means there isn't a way to get it "right" (they'll learn either way), it lifts the pressure of of you, and it can be inspiring rather than disheartening when we fall short of a personal expectation.
Loving them is the most important thing.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

We miss out on the opportunity to SOAK IN and LOVE being a Very Important Person (a VIP) to others so much! Heidi shares some ideas on how to SOAK IT IN and how to recognize when the opportunity to ENJOY being a VIP is there.

Take Aways
- It is a great privilege to be a VIP to people in your life.
-Some of the people that bring us opportunities for joy & fun are also the people that bring the most opportunities for frustration, stress, and disappointment.
-YOU ARE A VIP TO SOMEONE. (Even to yourself counts.)
-Recognizing when a person is seeking our attention because they admire, love, or want our attention can help us decide what to do next and alleviate stress.
-To SOAK IN being a person's VIP...follow Heidi's "RAD" Process: Recognize, Acknowledge, Decide
-It feels amazing when you can soak in the positive influence you have on a child.
-When you are feeling down about yourself, follow the RAD Process.
-Recognize you're feeling low
-Acknowledge the shortcoming(s) that are bothering you now and then acknowledge strengths you have and things you do that are good.
-Decide who you are a VIP to by considering, "Whose life is better because of me?" Think about that person, how you've helped them, and let light fill you inside as you think about the part you play/played in their life being better.
-More on applying the RAD process on Heidi's Business Facebook Page: Heidi Bradford Coaching.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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

Heidi has been struggling with accepting some health challenges that some of her family members are experiencing. Some of the challenges are part of the "natural" aging process and another is not. Heidi lets you in on her thoughts and feelings over the past few weeks surrounding these circumstances and some beautiful reminders that came in the past few days to help her begin to feel some peace around these issues. 

Take Aways
-In the 1700's Samuel Johnson said, "People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."
-Reminders and love from others are what helped Heidi through this difficult time.
-These things that come up in our life...when they come, it's still going to be hard. It isn't as though  just because they can happen and they do happen we don't feel sad, or angry, or humble, or inadequate.
-"Your value is your existence." -Brooke Castillo (LCS Mastermind, Sep 2024)
-"We are 100% valuable as we are and we can't increase that value." -Brooke Castillo (LCS Mastermind, Sep 2024)
-Somehow God knew I was going to need to hear this and He influenced it to be it in this conference (LCS Mastermind 2024) or influenced me to attend this conference so I could hear this.
-"Your worth is untouchable and always at 100%" -Christal Allen-Hallahill (LCS Mastermind, Sep 2024)
-Other reminders: People love me. They made time for Heidi and sent her well-wishes.
-This is the time for this.

Visit Heidi Bradford Coaching to find out how to work with Heidi.

Download your "5 Ways To Feeling Better with PMDD" here.

5 Keys to Living Well with PMDD

• Educate yourself
• Get support
• Try things
• Track your symptoms (and period)
• Accept grace

Heidi's 5 Part Method for Getting Rid of PMDD

1. Mindset
2. Supplements
3. Tracking
4. Defaults
5. Personal development: Set and Achieve Goals

Resources

• Semaine PMS and Period Support Supplements

Music

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