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

Happy August!

After taking July off for summer responsibilities and a family gathering, I'm back at the mic! 

This week, I'm airing the replay of the live training I did back on June 17th. I talk about:

- what it looks like to be dealing with premenstrual dysphoric disorder as a Christian woman

- what strategies we can start implementing right now to help work through PMDD

- and troubleshooting strategies if you're discourag...

This was such a great conversation with Ashley, as we delved deep into shame, purity culture and the message so many of us are believing based on how our brain operates.

I really feel this chat is so relevant to us ladies who struggle with the incessant voices of shame, condemnation and guilt in the luteal phase- particularly when it comes to shame around sexual sin or your past.

I hope this episode encourages you!

Lauren

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We've all been there: We have these thoughts and desires that completely envelope us during the luteal phase, in our darkest PMDD moments.

Whether it's leaving your husband, quitting a job, moving, burning a relationship. 

For some of us, those thoughts actually turn into actions. And we're often left with intense and immense guilt or shame after everything has settled.

In this episode, I share my own struggles with the flesh ...

Happy Thursday! 

As a mom with PMDD, have you ever had the thought: "the way I'm responding is not how I want to live" after yelling again or losing it or just feeling like you have no capacity to hold it together for another minute?

You want to live in line with the Holy Spirit and to be a mom of peace, joy and gentleness, but it feels so out of reach sometimes.

In this episode, I'm chatting with Kennedy Taylor and her who...

Hey friends.

This episode is not a regularly scheduled one, but me sharing some recent difficult news about my pregnancy and inviting you into a process of meditating on Scripture with me when things seem to not go as planned.

Scripture is more than just words. Hebrews 4:12 tells us it's living and active. So when we choose to come to it, through times of joy and sorrow, it will change us. It will strengthen, comfort, encourage a...

Have you ever wondered what happens to your PMDD if/ when you get pregnant, or after you have baby?

Does it just disappear and you're in the clear for the next 9 months or longer, since it's cycle related?

In this episode, I talk about the parallels of PMDD with these other hormonally-sensitive seasons, and how symptoms may show up. It not only gives you some understanding as to what's going on in your body in these seasons, but al...

This episode is for you if A) you're trying to figure out if you have premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or B) you know you have it, but you are feeling overwhelmed or lost on how to manage it. 

I cover 4 specific topics that will help you navigate PMDD that much easier. They're almost like that initial roadmap that so many of us wish we had or are longing for in this battle with PMDD. 

I understand there are a million ot...

When you think of your struggle with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, do you feel there are certain things PMDD has "stolen" from you?

Broken relationships?

Distorted thoughts?

Feelings of inadequacy? 

In this episode, I go through 7 of those things I've identified in my own life. It's a reflection that brings with it a lot of grief and lament, and reminds me of the brokenness still in this world, in my body and in my relati...

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/...

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...

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 syst...

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 ...

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. 

T...

"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 premenst...

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 sensitivit...

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.&...

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 cha...

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: • feeling overstimulated just trying to get through the day • snapping or shutting down because your body is already at c...

Big name, simple meaning: neuroinflammation means inflammation of the brain.

It might sound like another daunting characteristic of PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder)...

But truly, when we understand what’s at the root of the problem, that’s where healing begins.

If you can relate to any of these symptoms in the week or two before your period—

• brain fog

• irritability

• sensory overwhelm

• exhaustion

• o...