Understand Your Cycle Podcast

By Understand Your Cycle

Understand Your Cycle is a medically-verified guide and platform to the menstrual cycle and women's health. The Understand Your Cycle podcast turns taboos into table topics, by sharing women’s heal

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The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.

Understand Your Cycle Podcast episodes:

October 18, 2024 SNIPPET: What does menstrual blood taste like? with Valentina
What does our menstrual blood actually taste like? That's what we explore in this SNIPPET!

This is a snippet from our conversation with Valentina around our menstrual cycle and the Fertility Awareness Method. Make sure you follow and subscribe to not miss next week's episode, where we cover:
🩸The benefits of getting to know your menstrual cycle
🩸What is the Fertility Awareness Method? How does it work?
🩸Are you ever scared of getting pregnant on the Fertility Awareness Method?
🩸The psychological aspect around cycle-syncing
🩸Why Valentina began practicing syncing her life to her menstrual cycle (practicing cycle awareness)?

Find Valentina on:
Instagram
Her website

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6min
October 11, 2024 I'm not crazy, I have PMDD with Jada
"Well now I know I'm not crazy." Jada spent years not knowing what was up and why she felt so different from one week to the next. Until... she finally got an accurate diagnosis.

In this episode we cover:
🩸Jada's journey to diagnosis
🩸what PMDD is and how it feels to someone who doesn't have it
🩸the impact of contraception
🩸how getting diagnosed changed her life (14mins30)
🩸advice to someone who thinks they might have PMDD

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33min
October 04, 2024SNIPPET: What changed since getting a PMDD diagnosis? with Jada
We're answering the question of why getting diagnosed with PMDD is important.

Stay tuned for next week's episode on Jada's PMDD and how she found out she wasn't crazy, where we cover:
the journey to PMDD diagnosis
what is PMDD
the impact of contraception
the benefits of being diagnosed properly
what changed for Jada
advice to someone who thinks they may have PMDD

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4min
September 27, 2024 Hormonal imbalance, acne, and PMS with Bo
“That’s when I learnt that our body talks to us in symptoms”

This week we talk to Bo about PMS and hormonal acne, and how Bo was able to overcome them.

We cover:
🩸PMS & what it is
🩸How the pill worsened Bo's symptoms and hormonal imbalance
🩸How Bo started cycle-syncing
🩸What cycle-syncing is
🩸Trigger foods and balancing your blood sugar
🩸Improving gut health and balancing stress

“Having had such intense acne, I was willing to try everything – including the pill.”

Find Bo on LinkedIn here

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37min
September 20, 2024SNIPPET: What is PMS? with Bo
Breaking down premenstrual syndrome (PMS) with Bo

"[PMS] is not the root cause, it's the symptom"

Stay tuned for next week's episode about PMS and hormonal acne, and how Bo was able to overcome them, in which we cover:
PMS & what it is
How the pill worsened Bo's symptoms and hormonal imbalance
How Bo started cycle-syncing
What cycle-syncing is
Trigger foods and balancing your blood sugar
Improving gut health and balancing stress

“One moment I was crying, and then I would be so mad.”

To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.com
Sign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free
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3min
September 14, 2024Egg-freezing, what it's like, and how to prepare with Diahala
"It's not easy to navigate your way through expectations and pressure, and what you absorbed growing up"

This week we talk to Diahala about EGG-FREEZING:

We start off on some fun period-related stories (featuring menstrual cups), and then dive into egg-freezing:
tips and notes on egg-freezing
how Diahala decided to freeze her eggs
how to deal with social and personal expectations around fertility
how to prepare mentally and physically for egg-freezing (25 mins)
the process of egg-freezing (32 mins)
post egg-freezing emotions: surrendering control and more
and👏🏾so👏🏾much👏🏾more!

"35 is the age where you have to have it figured out" - supposedly : Diahala tells us how she did the work to overcome these patriarchal preconceptions

Find Diahala on LinkedIn

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1h 5min
September 09, 2024SNIPPET: How to prepare to freeze your eggs with Diahala
Write all your questions into a little notebook, so that you're the one leading the conversation!

Just one of the tips Diahala gives for those who are looking to freeze their eggs.

Stay tuned for the full episode coming out next week, including:
how Diahala prepared mentally and physically to freeze her eggs
how she handled social expectations and norms
how she prepared beforehand
what the process was like
how it felt
... and lots more!

To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.com
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7min
August 30, 2024Going through abortion alone and reversing PCOS with Giulia
This week we speak to Giulia, about abortion, endometriosis, and PCOS.

"I was underestimating what women go through when they choose to get an abortion."

We cover:
getting an endometriosis diagnosis after regular painful sex
getting diagnosed with PCOS and reversing PCOS
what it was like when she first found out that she was pregnant (18 mins)
how she decided to get an abortion
how she felt throughout the abortion process
what the abortion process was like
Giulia's abortion's impact on her ego and romantic relationship
... and more!

"I still felt a lot of care for what was growing inside of me."

Find Giulia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giulia-sale/

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39min
August 16, 2024IVF, not getting pregnant, and life beyond, with Mira
This week we speak to Mira, a life balance coach and strategist, about IVF and life beyond.

Mira tried two rounds of IVF and unfortunately did not get pregnant. She built a life beyond this, and shares her learnings of the journey.

We discuss:

IVF (in vitro fertilisation), what it is and what the process is like
How Mira & her partner chose to do IVF
What Mira wishes she had known before about IVF
How Mira & her partner moved on from her IVF experience
How media often shows the easy side of becoming pregnant ("oo it was an accident"), but not the tough side

As fertility decreases, and the age we may want children at changes, IVF has become increasingly popular. But that doesn't make the experience easier - emotionally or physically.

To find out more about Mira and her coaching:
Free masterclass: https://mailchi.mp/1c98553b9830/capu_understand_your_cycle_podcast
My Business, My Flow Toolkit – A unique, proven system & tools and a coaching sessions for working with your female cycle to create business success, have more energy & ditch overwhelm: https://ruttercoaching.com/myflowcyclepodcast
& Mira Rutter on LinkedIn!

Learn more about fertility and IVF at Understand Your Cycle.
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40min
August 02, 2024Menopause, HRT and doing your own research, with Rina
This week we speak to Rina, feminist entrepreneur, CFO, soon to finish her doctorate (and Tara’s mum!), about her journey with menopause and HRT.

When she started getting debilitating night sweats she decided to take matters into her own hands. She read medical journals and papers to inform herself as best she could and tried different things until she found what worked for her.

We discuss:

HRT, what it is, why the dosage is important
Herbal remedies, diets and other non chemical ways to ease symptoms
How to speak to doctors to get what you’ve come for
Bioidentical HRT, how this differs and what the process is

A survey in 2021 showed that 72% of women weren’t treating their menopause despite 90% of women experiencing symptoms.

This is hugely important listen for all of us, at any age. Menopause is not spoken about nearly enough and it impacts 50% of the population at some point in our lives.

To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.com
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FAQs about Understand Your Cycle Podcast:

How many episodes does Understand Your Cycle Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 53 episodes available.