Sometimes it can seem like we need TONS of things to be able to handle life. Really, we just need THREE things. 

Take Aways
-We need:
1. Purpose
2. Support
3. Flexibility

-We need to believe we have purpose (or that there is purpose in each task we do).
-We need to feel supported.
-We need to be flexible.
-We can find purpose in simple tasks when we take time to look for the purpose in having the task accomplished.
-Support can come from outside of us or can come from within ourself.
-The blend of outside and inside support will vary throughout our life.
-Flexibility in how we think about a situation, the actions we take, and in our interpretation of the feelings we have about something are key to being okay in any situation.
-We want the ability to be okay in any situation so that we can grow and continue moving forward with life (not so that we can avoid negative emotions or dodge dealing with problems).

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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

Here we explore menopause and our PMDD symptoms related to menopause. Key questions answered are: Will my PMDD symptoms end when I go through menopause? What to do if my PMDD symptoms haven't gone away and I'm finished with menopause?

Websites Consulted
https://www.womenshealthdenton.com/blog/4-benefits-of-menopause
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/introduction-to-menopause
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menopause/symptoms-causes/syc-20353397
https://iapmd.org/menopause

Take Aways
-The thoughts we have and that we have practiced for a long time are going to affect if we still have PMDD symptoms even when the physical side of menopause is finished.
-Whether or not your PMDD symptoms persist, is very influenced by  what you do leading up to it.
-Making small adjustments to be a little bit healthier NOW will go a long way to improving your menopause experience.
-If you're still experiencing PMDD symptoms after menopause: 1. Get your hormones checked 2. Consider counseling, life coaching, and/or cognitive behavioral therapy.
-Be patient. Don't rush into decisions.
-Recognize that your brain feels it feels productive when it makes a decision. Don't make a BIG decision just to feel better and to feel productive.
-"Menopause is when periods stop for good. It's diagnosed after 12 months without a menstrual period, vaginal bleeding, or spotting." -Mayo Clinic
-Average age of women experiencing menopause is 51 in the United States. 
-Menopause can happen as a result of: a natural decline of hormones, a surgery that removes the ovaries, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, POI (premature ovarian insufficiency), or chemical menopause.
-"It is the big drop in estrogen levels that causes most of the symptoms of menopause." -John Hopkins
-"It’s not uncommon to experience a renewed vigor for life in your postmenopausal years....Being free from the pressure that comes with reproductive years combined with coming out on the other side of menopause gives many women a newfound sense of empowerment and self-esteem. Women have more ener

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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

Listen in for ways to modify your thinking in times of high stress.

Click here for the pdf titled "Thoughts to Think" Heidi promised to give you. 

Take Aways
-For this podcast, a special circumstance is anything that takes us out of our normal routines and life practices
-Examples include: having a baby, moving to a new home, losing your job, moving in with your parents/in-laws/friends.
-In and of itself the circumstance is not positive or negative, but the thoughts we have about it can potentially add a lot of stress.
-Example: Heidi recently moved and lots of boxes still need to be unpacked. Normally she could tell herself, "Just buckle down for ten minutes and this room will be cleaned up." But because of her special circumstance of recently moving in and still having boxes everywhere, that thought won't help her. Instead she thinks, "Let's do ten minutes; it will make a difference," and she created a chart where she has the total number of boxes to be unpacked written down and she crosses off a number each time she unloads a box.
-When you notice thoughts like, "Why isn't it working? It worked before." Shift to: It is not working now. What do I think will work this time?
-Listen to your own wisdom.  It can be so simple. It can just  come to you. Take it and run with it. 
-Another helpful thought when feeling confused or stuck about a particular thing or decision: What if it were easy?
-When wanting everything to be done right now...Ask yourself, "What really needs to be right now?" This is helpful for when you feel overwhelmed.
-We don't want to not acknowledge our feelings.  We also don't just want to spin in confusion, indecision, or sadness for too long.
-You can channel your inner _____ (insert person's name here) when you're struggling to do or be something that's hard for you but you think and witness another person do it so well.

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 wondered if your personality changes when your PMDD symptoms are active? In this episode, Heidi talks about the results of a personality test considering her current non-PMDD symptoms mood vs her mood when her symptoms are active.

Here is the True Colors Personality Test which Heidi talks about. Personality tests can be fun and somewhat informative. 🙂

Take Aways
-There are four personality colors discussed: BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE, GOLD.
-When Heidi's PMDD symptoms are not active, Blue is her top color and Orange is her second most color.
-When her PMDD symptoms are active, Green is her top color and Gold is her secondary color.
-It's good to know this! Give yourself grace!
-"What matters to me and how I think is different when my PMDD symptoms are active."
-Things that are different based on Heidi's cycle and symptoms are: decision-making, likes/dislikes, how much she wants to interact with others, how she feels cared about by others, and her communication skills. 
-Let yourself shift to that other version of you.

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

Tune in to hear a set of miracles that happened for Heidi this Saturday.

Take Aways

• Look for miracles in your life!
• Recognizing miracles can lift us up
• Miracles can be easy to miss if we don't look for them
• Listen to God--He will bring about miracles for you.
• Listen to your internal compass--it will lead you to good places and create opportunities for miracles.
• Being in tune with yourself and open to the things that you truly want and desire makes it easier for God to bless you with those things miraculously.

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 describes her life in 2019 and 2020, when she was introduced to life coaching.

Time Stamps
01:22 Returning from living overseas
02:36 Feeling like this was too much
03:17 Purchasing vehicles
03:47 Moved in with Heidi’s parents
04:15 Closed on their first house purchase
04:20 Their belongings were moldy
05:47 Remediation of items and home
07:17 Had baby #7
07:37 Taking inventory of any moldy items and getting rid of them
08:05 Filing a claim
08:16 Dinner with girlfriends
09:08 Heidi’s husband deploys
09:25 Heidi plans the holidays
11:49 She panics and looks for more help
12:12 Heidi looks up a life coach that was recommended to her
13:02 Changes and transformations that came
14:07 Heidi trains to be a life coach

Take Aways
-Unfair and unjust things happen to us and it doesn't say anything about you. 
-"You might be okay today and not okay tomorrow." -Heidi's friend
-There is a lot of value in having things to look forward to.
-It’s okay to get help.
-There are almost always beliefs behind what’s casing pain, stress, anxiety, and anger.
-Life coaching has brought peace, clarity, relief, and me being more in control of my life and my impact.

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 wondered what the Love and Support Calls are all about? Here's your chance to listen in to the beginning of one.

Today's podcast is the recording of the first 12-15 minutes of the most recent Love and Support call. Hear about some struggles Heidi has been going through with her move and how she improved her situation through journaling.

To WATCH the July Love and Support call, go here and click on the free access button. This may be the only time we add the Love and Support call to the podcast or it may become a regular thing...we haven't decided yet!

Time Stamps
01:57 Recently moved from Colorado to New Mexico
02:39 Feeling stressed out
03:46 Realizing I needed to STOP and process my thoughts and emotions
06:17 Journaling
06:38 My journaling plan
07:01 Wrote down current thoughts and feelings (in general)
07:13 Wrote about WHY...
07:44 If I had a magic wand, what would everything look like?
08:22 The seven things that needed to change
09:40 Caveat: Don't feel guilty if you can't journal today...try to do it sometime though.
10:10 Recognizing the current reality and that it will change, but this is it for now
11:19 Go a little deeper and ask why? And what do I want to do about it.

Take Aways
-Really the stress comes from the energy that we are going at it with.

-"I recognize I'm feeling sorry for myself and overwhelmed to the point that I don't want to do anything. And I want to do something about it." That's a good indicator journaling may be helpful now. Waiting until you want to do something about it will likely make the outcomes better.

-There were only seven things that if Heidi had a magic wand would be different. Those seven things would bring her enough peace and confidence to face everything with hope. 

-Write and post the main insight you have from journaling in places where you'll see it often.

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

Remember to sign up for the Love and Support Call this week here!

Today we explore some better ways to complain (so it doesn't end up everywhere!) and Heidi details her recent move experience that led to LOTS of desire to complain. Heidi then applies the Model to her situation and shows how it made the whole experience better.

Take aways
Better ways to complain:
1. Choose one person to complain to
2. Choose one person to complain to about this. Another person you complain to about a different topic. Another about something else, etc.
3. Stop complaining to someone if it seems to be the foundation of the friendship or they can't stop talking about your issue.
4. Complain through prayer/talking to God
5. Complain through writing, journaling, and letter writing (that you don't give)

The Model
(developed by Brooke Castillo)
Circumstance:
Thought:
Feeling:
Actions:
Results:

Time stamps
03:32 Better ways to complain
04:22 Choosing people to complain to
06:08 Other ways to complain
06:13 Using prayer to complain
07:30 Using journaling, writing, letter writing
08:40 The balloon idea
09:44 The better way to complain... actually deciding you want to influence the result and following a plan to get the result 
11:24 STORY
21:40 Applying The Model to Heidi's move story

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

Does it feel like complaining is helpful? While it can feel productive, Heidi argues that it doesn't lead us to the results we want.

Take aways
*Sometimes we complain because we are trying to make things better. But it doesn't work.
*Even if we get what will satisfy the complaint, we don't feel better.
*Venting is not always a good thing.
*Feel emotion rather than skipping over it or avoiding it.
*Your body is very able to take care of anger if you allow it to.

Time stamps
01:28 Why we complain
02:36 Sometimes we complain to fit in
04:04 We don't complain when we are satisfied or feeling happy
05:29 Complaining can be a habit
06:58 Even if we get what will satisfy the complaint, we don't FEEL better. 
08:31 What things DO happen when we complain?
08:38 Hypothetical example... I get fired from my job
08:53 Look at the WHAT rather than the WHY
10:16 Possible actions that will come from anger
11:18 Has any good come from the complaining?
12:36 The results of Hypothetical Heidi's complaints
13:08 Feeling emotion 
16:30 Analogy of barfing everywhere vs in the toilet

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

Get a glimpse of some jobs and roles (i.e. daughter, aunt) that Heidi had as a teenager and in her early twenties. What made them harder or easier to handle because of her having PMDD? What was good about them? What was difficult about them? Heidi adds some recommendations along the way.

Take Aways
-Heidi found being a college student easier than being a high school student.
-Before serving as a full-time missionary, figure out ways to handle your difficult days of the month. Practice them. Heidi didn't know she had PMDD at the time she served... she believes knowing would have helped.
-Recognizing when your PMDD symptoms are active may help reduce stress, frustration, and disagreements.
-Doing work that includes both mind and body helped Heidi reduce the amount of negative thinking about herself. 
-Having some social interaction when desired (but not expected) was a happy medium for Heidi.

Time Stamps
00:54 A little about the previous episode
02:40 Invitation to reflect
03:35 Challenges as a high school student
04:04 High school student vs College student days
06:29 Full-time missionary role
08:55 Working outside...doing farm work
10:57 Doing an inventory of the grandparent's things
12:46 The role of being a daughter
13:26 Being an aunt
13:49 Babysitting

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