PMDD Redeemed | Emotional Regulation, Cycle Syncing, Monthly Cycle Hormones, Christian Women, Hormone Imbalance

This week we're doing a replay episode from way back in September of 2024! Maybe you've heard about how your body needs different foods in each phase of your cycle, and this episode takes a deep dive into this with my friend Danika Vanderpyl. 

As women, we're not linear, robotic creatures that require one thing to fuel us all month long. Throughout each of the phases, our bodies need different things- different movement, self/ soul-care, socializing, nutrition. And this is exactly what Danika and I chat about in this episode. 

The best part of it? In our conversation, she breaks it all down into more simple and bite-size strategies so you're not feeling extra overwhelmed. Because, really friend, you don't need more overwhelm than what you're already experiencing! 

I'd highly encourage you to grab a notebook and pen and take notes! 

Danika Vanderpyl is Certified in Holistic Nutrition with a passion for helping women making eating simple, energizing, and healthy. After facing her own digestive challenges, Danika transformed her favorite recipes into nutrient dense, low-sugar alternatives to heal her body. Now a food blogger she share these wholesome recipes at besidethemoutain.com. As a mom of two boys, Danika is passionate about helping women and mothers thrive in holistic living—from eating to heal the body to hiking to recharge and thrive.

Connect with Danika:

Instagram: @besidethemountain

Website: www.besidethemountain.com

Next Steps:

The Luteal Prep Guide helps Christian women with PMDD prepare for the hardest phase of their cycle by combining practical physiology with grounded, biblical truth. It walks you through supporting your hormones and nervous system while anchoring your mind in Scripture, so you’re not just surviving the luteal phase, but approaching it with wisdom, intention, and faith. (www.pmddwithlauren.com/guide)

Get My PMDD Spotify Playlist: When PMDD is loud, you need truth and grounding. I listen to this playlist a lot, and I pray these Christ-centered songs would be an encouragement and anchor to you when you're in the storm (www.pmddwithlauren.com/starthere)

Follow me on IG: @pmddwithlauren

Send me an email! [email protected]

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new diet, exercise, or supplement program. Reliance on any information provided by this podcast is solely at your own risk. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this information as medical advice to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. We encourage you to make informed decisions in consultation with your healthcare professional.

For the month of March, nutrition is what we’re talking about! If you’ve ever wondered where to start with food and what you’re putting into your body when it comes to helping manage your PMDD symptoms, I’m sharing it all here on this episode!

What I’m talking about are the core foundations for helping regulate blood sugar and reduce inflammation. These are a great (and essential!) place to start.

This is really getting to the heart of what we're putting into our bodies every day, every meal. And this matters. Because before the supplements, before the deep hormone protocols, before trying one more “quick fix,” your body needs stability. It needs steady fuel. It needs nourishment that supports your nervous system, your hormones, and your brain. When blood sugar is constantly spiking and crashing, it can magnify anxiety, irritability, rage, and hopelessness. When inflammation is high, symptoms often feel louder and heavier.

So in this episode, we’re going back to basics. Simple shifts. Practical changes. The kind that create a foundation you can actually build on. If you’ve been wondering where the heck to begin, listen in.

Next Steps:

Get The Luteal Prep Guide: The Luteal Prep Guide helps Christian women with PMDD prepare for the hardest phase of their cycle by combining practical physiology with grounded, biblical truth. It walks you through supporting your hormones and nervous system while anchoring your mind in Scripture, so you’re not just surviving the luteal phase, but approaching it with wisdom, intention, and faith. (www.pmddwithlauren.com/guide)

Get My PMDD Spotify Playlist: When PMDD is loud, you need truth and grounding. I listen to this playlist a lot, and I pray these Christ-centered songs would be an encouragement and anchor to you when you're in the storm (www.pmddwithlauren.com/starthere)

Follow me on IG: @pmddwithlauren

Send me an email! [email protected]

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new diet, exercise, or supplement program. Reliance on any information provided by this podcast is solely at your own risk. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this information as medical advice to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. We encourage you to make informed decisions in consultation with your healthcare professional.

Feeling drained, overwhelmed, or out of rhythm during your cycle? You’re not failing God—and you’re not alone. In this episode, I sit down with Rosangela Atte, a Christian life coach who blends biblical wisdom with neuroscience, to explore how PMDD affects your nervous system, your emotions, and your faith.

We talk about:

Why PMDD weariness and struggle isn’t a spiritual failure

How your nervous system signals overwhelm

Biblical truths that meet the science of your body

Practical steps to honor both your faith and your body

If you’ve been hiding your fatigue behind prayer or pushing through guilt, this episode will give you permission, clarity, and hope to navigate PMDD with grace.

Resources & next steps:

Rosangela Atte is a Certified Christian Life & Brain Coach and prophetic voice who helps women heal from survival mode and step into their God-given identity. Through her ESTHER Method, she blends faith, neuroscience, and Holy Spirit wisdom to break generational patterns and lead women into lasting freedom.

https://www.theshifthercoaching.com/

Podcast: Rewired For Purpose Podcast

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Next Steps:

~ Grab The Luteal Prep Guide, a 150 page PDF course that walks you through preparing for your worst PMDD weeks ahead of time through nutrition, habits, conversations, faith practices: www.pmddwithlauren.com/guide

~ Follow me on Instagram: @pmddwithlauren

~ Have a question? Email me: [email protected]

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new diet, exercise, or supplement program. Reliance on any information provided by this podcast is solely at your own risk. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this information as medical advice to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. We encourage you to make informed decisions in consultation with your healthcare professional

Have you ever questioned whether your PMDD symptoms are spiritual attacks, or something darker, rather than something happening in your body?

Have you thought: if I just believed harder, prayed more and was a better Christian, I wouldn't be dealing with all of this?

If these thoughts and more have come up, you're not alone. Women with PMDD who are also Christians deal with these doubts and questions every cycle, making it harder and harder to understand whether this is purely physical or spiritual.

What if it was both? In today's episode, I tackle this hard topic of whether PMDD is just women coming under demonic influence, or something else.

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic! I hope this episode blesses you as well!

Lauren

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Next Steps:

~ Keep your eyes out for The Luteal Prep Guide coming soon, a extensive and thorough guide that helps you prepare for your worst PMDD weeks through understanding biology, faith practices and implementing healthy habits. 

~ Follow me on Instagram: @pmddwithlauren

~ Have a question? Email me: [email protected]

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new diet, exercise, or supplement program. Reliance on any information provided by this podcast is solely at your own risk. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this information as medical advice to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. We encourage you to make informed decisions in consultation with your healthcare professional

Anger is one of those big PMDD symptoms that we don't love talking about. It feels uncontrollable, like you're being taken over by something. And then when it's all said and done, the shame and guilt are just as all-consuming.

In this guest interview episode with Elizabeth Andreyevskiy, an anger coach for Christian moms, we dive deep into what is going on below the surface when it comes to anger, rage, extreme irritability. 

This episode might bring out the "oh, I've been there" in you, but more importantly, Elizabeth helps you walk to the feet of Jesus where grace and gentleness live. Remember: nothing can separate you from Christ's love: not even your anger.

- Lauren

Join the mentorship: https://stan.store/pmddwithlauren

Get my fave spotify playlist when PMDD is loud: https://stan.store/pmddwithlauren

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Elizabeth Andreyevskiy:

Elizabeth is a mom of four, an anger management coach for Christian moms, and the voice behind the Emotionally Healthy Legacy podcast. With a deep passion for emotional wellness and mental health in motherhood, she helps stressed Christian moms break free from explosive anger and cultivate peace in their homes. Through her Calm Christian Mom Coaching Program, Elizabeth empowers women to respond with patience, calm, and regulate their emotions, by building a Christ-centered legacy of emotional health for the next generation.

"Working on my anger/ rage/ extreme irritability". Maybe not the most popular new year's resolution, but not any less important.

This is such a loaded topic, and as the title of this episode explains, a story I never thought I would share or wanted to share. It's that place of pain in my heart that feels too vulnerable, too exposed, and yet, here it is. 

In this episode, I'm sharing my own story with anger relating to premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and how it wasn't so apparent until after I had my daughter. Then the sin was more exposed than ever. But with exposure comes freedom.

If you're caught right in the middle of dealing with anger, rage or intense irritability, just no you're not alone and there is hope. When we can start being honest with ourselves, that's when the healing can begin.

Hope you are blessed by this episode.

Lauren

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Next Steps:

Join The PMDD Mentorship, a monthly faith-based membership that focuses on physiology and theology when working through PMDD! Doors open for the mentorship for 3 days the last week of each month (for January 2026, it's the 28th, 29th and 30th). Mark it on your calendar or join the waitlist to be notified when doors open. Learn more: (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/mentorship)

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Get The PMDD Roadmap: A faith-filled guide to understanding PMDD and helping you  move from chaos -> clarity -> healing. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/roadmap)

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Need some quick help with regulating during a PMDD spiral? Grab the PMDD Emergency Kit for emotional, physical and spiritual grounding strategies when you're in over your head with PMDD. (https://www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/kit)

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Follow me on Instagram @thechristianpmddmentor

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If you're interested in sharing your story on PMDD Redeemed, send me a message on IG (@thechristianpmddmentor) or send me an email ([email protected]) and we'll be in touch!

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Share this podcast with your friends and subscribe for new episodes (1st and 3rd Thursday of each month)

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new diet, exercise, or supplement program. Reliance on any information provided by this podcast is solely at your own risk. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this information as medical advice to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. We encourage you to make informed decisions in consultation with your healthcare professional

For years, my theological foundation was pretty sandy, crumbly and wasn't holding when the PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) storm was hitting.

The despair, the doubts, the fears and anxieties would pile up and I would just keep spiraling down.

Then I started working on the foundation that I was building my values, beliefs and  convictions on, the theology that would sustain me even through the monthly hormonal sensitivity storms: aka PMDD. 

In this episode, we're asking the question: what is your foundation? Are you building your life on strong and sound theological doctrine, or doubts, deconstruction and skepticism of God's character? 

Answering this question will make a huge difference in how the luteal phase of your cycle goes each month.

Let's dive in!

Lauren

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Next Steps:

Join The PMDD Mentorship, a monthly faith-based membership that focuses on physiology and theology when working through PMDD! Doors open for the mentorship for 3 days the last week of each month (for December 2025, it's the 29th, 30th and 31st). Mark it on your calendar or join the waitlist to be notified when doors open. Learn more (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/mentorship)

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Get The PMDD Roadmap: A faith-filled guide to understanding PMDD and helping you  move from chaos -> clarity -> healing. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/roadmap)

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Need some quick help with regulating during a PMDD spiral? Grab the PMDD Emergency Kit for emotional, physical and spiritual grounding strategies when you're in over your head with PMDD. (https://www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/kit)

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Follow me on Instagram @thechristianpmddmentor

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If you're interested in sharing your story on PMDD Redeemed, send me a message on IG (@thechristianpmddmentor) or send me an email ([email protected]) and we'll be in touch!

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Share this podcast with your friends and subscribe for new episodes (1st and 3rd Thursday of each month)

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new diet, exercise, or supplement program. Reliance on any information provided by this podcast is solely at your own risk. By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this information as medical advice to treat any medical condition in yourself or others. We encourage you to make informed decisions in consultation with your healthcare professional

If you've ever wanted to have a place to listen to truth after truth to build you up and remember God's truth and love in you life, this is the episode!

I remember so well when I was pregnant when I listened to a podcast episode with Biblical pregnancy + labor affirmations, and it was so helpful.

So this episode is just that. 50 different scriptures and truth affirmations that you can declare over your life when you are in Christ. 

Listen month after month when you need the reminders, you need the grounding + the support.

May this episode bless you and bring you back to your Loving, Heavenly Father!

Lauren

Next Steps:

Join the PMDD Mentorship Hub! **Mark your calendars! DOORS OPEN AGAIN DECEMBER 29th, 30th +31st 2025**

In the monthly membership, you’ll receive daily Scriptures, a monthly workbook, 1 group coaching call, and a private community to walk with you—helping you shift from chaotic, defeating cycles to clarity, calm, and Christ-anchored stability. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/mentorship)

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Get The PMDD Roadmap: A faith-filled guide to understanding PMDD and helping you  move from chaos -> clarity -> healing. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/roadmap)

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Need some quick help with regulating during a PMDD spiral? Grab the PMDD Emergency Kit for emotional, physical and spiritual grounding strategies when you're in over your head with PMDD. (https://www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/kit)

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Follow me on Instagram @thechristianpmddmentor

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If you're interested in sharing your story on PMDD Redeemed, send me a message on IG and we'll be in touch! (@thechristianpmddmentor)

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Share this podcast with your friends and subscribe for new episodes (will be coming out on Thursday's from now on!)

Disclaimer:

How do you view your struggle with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)? 

Do you see it through the lens of Scripture — or as something happening to you without purpose or hope?

Are you interpreting your symptoms through God’s truth — or through fear, frustration, and discouragement?

Do you believe God can bring clarity, healing, and renewal here — or have you quietly stopped expecting anything to change?

Some hard questions to grapple with, but so important for your journey through PMDD.

In this episode, we’re looking at PMDD through a truly biblical lens.

We talk about what it actually looks like to bring your symptoms, your emotions, and your monthly patterns to the Lord… and how to stop seeing PMDD as something that just “happens to you” and start seeing it through truth, clarity, and Scripture.

This is a grounding, honest, Christ-centered reframing of what you walk through every month — and I think it’s going to breathe some hope into places that have felt heavy for a long time.

Let’s walk through this together.

Lauren

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Next Steps:

Join the PMDD Mentorship Hub! In the monthly membership, you’ll receive daily Scriptures, a monthly workbook, 1 group coaching call, and a private community to walk with you—helping you shift from chaotic, defeating cycles to clarity, calm, and Christ-anchored stability. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/mentorship)

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Get The PMDD Roadmap: A faith-filled guide to understanding PMDD and helping you  move from chaos -> clarity -> healing. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/roadmap)

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Need some quick help with regulating during a PMDD spiral? Grab the PMDD Emergency Kit for emotional, physical and spiritual grounding strategies when you're in over your head with PMDD. (https://www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/kit)

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Follow me on Instagram @thechristianpmddmentor

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If you're interested in sharing your story on PMDD Redeemed, send me a message on IG and we'll be in touch! (@thechristianpmddmentor)

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Share this podcast with your friends and subscribe for new episodes (will be coming out on Thursday's from now on!)

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Resources Talked About in The Episode:

Campfire Apologetics- Episode 63: James Webb's Stunning Secrets W/Dr. Jason Lisle

The Alisa Childers Podcast- #344 A Beginner’s Guide to the Christian Worldview, with Greg Koukl

If stress makes your PMDD feel ten times louder, this episode will make everything click. We’re talking about the HPA axis — not in a science-heavy way, but in a real-life, “this is why I feel the way I do” way.

In this conversation, I’m naming the things so many of us walk through:

And we’ll walk through:

This is your permission to stop pretending you’re fine and start supporting your body with grace, truth, and the help God offers.

Lauren

Next Steps:

Get the GABA Healing Guide: A 7-step framework for helping to heal the GABA-A receptor. (https://www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/kit)

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Get The PMDD Roadmap: A faith-filled guide to understanding PMDD and helping you  move from chaos -> clarity -> healing. (www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/roadmap)

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Need some quick help with regulating during a PMDD spiral? Grab the PMDD Emergency Kit for emotional, physical and spiritual grounding strategies when you're in over your head with PMDD. (https://www.thechristianpmddmentor.com/kit)

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Follow me on Instagram @thechristianpmddmentor

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If you're interested in sharing your story on PMDD Redeemed, send me a message on IG and we'll be in touch! (@thechristianpmddmentor)

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Share this podcast with your friends and subscribe for new episodes (will be coming out on Thursday's from now on!)