From Pain To Power: Recent Episodes

Lisa de Jong

A podcast for women, and all those who identify as such, exploring the journey of healing and recovery from all types of pain - physical pain, mental, emotional and even spiritual pain.

In this podcast we discuss a range of topics that support us in our journey from pain to power including: women's health, the menstrual cycle, menstrual cycle awareness, hormones, the nervous system, trauma, chronic pain, embodiment, relationships, and feminism.

Join us in the community! Here we learn together on our own personal paths of coming back home to ourselves and our own sense of power in our bodies and lives.

FREE RESOURCES & CONSULTATIONS: www.lisadejongcoaching.com (http://lisadejongcoaching.com/)

Are you trying to control your menstrual cycle but getting stuck in fear-pain loops?

Today, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Stepahny Abicha. She is a recent graduate of the programme. Stephany was drawn to this work and menstrual cycle healing because of her experience with chronic pain and endometriosis.

In the programme, Stephany learned how to regulate fear of pain and she learned how to create more peace in her body during her menstrual cycle.

Join us for this conversation as you go about your day!

We chatted about:

Stephany's journey with period and endometriosis
Medicalising the menstrual cycle
Including our emotions in our menstrual healing
Using our intuition to bring healing to our cycle
Stephany's journey with intuitive coaching and the Menstrual Coach Academy
How to self-coach through fear and anticipation of pain
Hypervigilance and trying to control the menstrual cycle

🌷Links and References 🌷

🌻 Doors open soon for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

💜 Join the Menstrual Coach Academy waitlist at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

⭐️ Grab a free course at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/take-a-course
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Stephanie's details:
Website: https://www.stephanyabicha.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanyabicha/
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/stephany-abicha-8204b3381
Link to her song: She remembers https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/7y0jnVM1by9QKJhJD7Ffu4?si=d814ef7fc0264b9d

~~Loving~~ Being Ok With The Shitty Parts Of Ourselves

In this episode I chat about the power of Shadow Work when it comes to menstrual cycle healing. We all have shadow parts to ourselves and learning to bring them to the light and integrate them can be very healing for the nervous system.

I chat about:

What shadow work means and how to integrate it safely into your healing journey
Shadow work in relationships
Shadow work for your menstrual cycle
What happens in the luteal phase when we don't like ourselves
How to support ourselves through shame and fear
Thinking about this through the lens of the menstrual cycle seasons, PMDD, and nervous system dysregulation

🌷Links and References 🌷

🌻 Doors open soon for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

💜 Join the Menstrual Coach Academy waitlist at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

⭐️ Grab a free course at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/take-a-course
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

In this episode of the Menstrual Cycle Mastery podcast I share about a recent coaching client story who was struggling with PMDD and what her body and nervous system was asking of her.

I chat about:

PMDD wisdom - what your nervous system is asking of you
New ways of relating to ourselves and showing up in the world
How to work with your life force energy around your menstrual cycle
When our creativity is asking us to step into something new and scary
Emotional inflammation: what happens when we suppress difficult emotions
How avoiding who we are becoming can create burnout, fatigue, and anxiety
How the inner critic can block your creativity and create burnout

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

A story I never told before! In this episode, I share about my personal history with my menstrual cycle, how I came to do this work, and how I eventually created peace with my periods.

I deep dive into:

My personal struggles with my menstrual cycle
What things I tried, what worked, what didn't work
How I discovered I had endometriosis
My experience with a shamanic healer
My experience with mindfulness meditation
How I learned to let go of control
Pain science, pain psychology and the menstrual cycle

I'm delighted to have you here with me today!

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
🎥 Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Have you ever felt drawn down a very different path? One where you follow your curiosity and trust the process? Have you ever wondered how to become a menstrual cycle coach?

In today's episode, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Kirsten Daley. Kirsten, now in her menopausal years, shares about her experience to becoming a menstrual cycle coach and her experience in the Academy.

They chat about:

Kirsten's background as a languages teacher
Kirsten's passion for teaching and inspiring teenagers
The journey to becoming a Menstrual Cycle Coach
How to think like a coach rather than follow a rule book
How to think like a business owner and grow a practice
Facilitating women's circles, groups, and events for girls
Coaching as a healing modality in the Menstrual Cycle Awareness space
What Kirsten loved about the Menstrual Coach Academy curriculum and resources

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
💻 Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Follow Kirsten over at: https://www.instagram.com/girls.up.club/ and at https://www.instagram.com/this.red.thread/

Do you ever wonder how to blend science with your intuition when it comes to the menstrual cycle? Or perhaps when coaching clients?

In today's episode, Lisa catches up with graduate of the Menstrual Coach Academy, Miriam Rocek to chat all about her experience in the programme, her professional background in innovation and femtech, and her journey to trust her intuition to now coach clients in this space.

Lisa and Miriam chat about:

Miriam's background in femtech
Her passion for science and innovation
Why she decided to join the Menstrual Coach Academy
Why she loves the embodied intuitive approach
The importance of diversity in group dynamics
Her journey with the inner critic process work (Lisa's bonus module)
Her experience of coaching clients in this space

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Connect with Miriam:Website: femesis.studio
Instagram: @femesis.studio

Today, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Laura Cowan. Based in the UK, Laura is now a group facilitator for mothers, daughters and girls in the field of Menstrual Cycle Awareness and body literacy. She shares about her experience in the Academy, why she decided to sign up, and where her work is taking her today.

Lisa and Laura chat about:

Facilitating workshops for mothers and daughters
Why she loved the Menstrual Coach Academy
What tools she learned for coaching and facilitation
Laura's rich background in drama and storytelling
The healing power of supporting mothers and girls through adolescence and menarche
Laura's other work in the space of phone addiction for kids and teens
Her journey with birth and the fear-tension-pain connection
Her journey as a mother of three girls
The beautiful book she wrote and created for young girls and first periods
Lots more!

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
🎥 Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Follow Laura over at:https://www.girlsrisingmovement.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/girlsrisingmovement/

In this episode of the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Podcast, Lisa meets Theresa Won Kress, a loyal listener of the podcast, to chat about her journey with PMDD and trauma-informed healing.

Theresa shares how listening to the podcast has become one of the tools she returns to throughout her cycle to help navigate PMDD symptoms and emotional fluctuations.

In this conversation, Theresa opens up about her personal healing journey and how menstrual cycle awareness has supported her work as a film producer, business owner, writer, and creative consultant.

Inspired by the impact this work has had on her life, Theresa has decided to take the next step and train as a menstrual cycle coach herself by enrolling in the upcoming 2026 cohort of the Menstrual Coach Academy.

Lisa and Theresa talk about:

The importance of trauma-informed coaching
The power of emotional processing and healing grief
The stories we tell ourselves — and how to change them
Self-care when PMDD symptoms feel overwhelming
Theresa’s journey with friendships and relationships
Becoming a mother and how PMDD began for her
Hope, recovery tips, and inspiration for others on a similar path

This episode is a powerful conversation about healing, self-understanding, and how deepening your relationship with your menstrual cycle can transform both your personal life and your work.

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Follow Theresa Over At:
Substack:https://thewonway.substack.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wonwaymedia/

In this episode of the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Podcast, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate, Lili Lövei, to hear about her journey with PMDD and the Academy training.

Lili graduated in 2026 and has been on a long personal journey to uncover the root causes of her PMDD. She shares her hope, wisdom, and personal breakthroughs.

In this conversation, Lisa and Lili discuss:

PMDD and the challenging symptoms it brings
Being misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder and feeling misunderstood
Why many doctors and therapists struggle to understand PMDD
The role of trauma, rage, and the nervous system in PMDD
How Lili’s experience with divorce shaped her journey
Her experience in the Menstrual Coach Academy — and how she thrived even as someone who’s “not a group person”

If you’ve ever struggled with PMDD, felt misdiagnosed, or want to understand how cycle awareness can transform your life, this episode is for you.

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Check out Lili's work:website: https://lili-lovei.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lililovei

Today we are celebrating 100 podcast episodes! Wow! What an achievement. The podcast has been on a journey since we first began in March 2022. We want to take a moment to celebrate all the hard work behind the scenes and to celebrate YOU the community that keeps the Menstrual Cycle Mastery podcast going.

Lisa also shares what it's been like for her recording the pod, how she manages when she has personal stuff going on, and plans for her work to come.

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

In this episode, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Aga Mirz to hear about her journey through the programme and all the insights that shifted her approach to menstrual health.

Aga is a mum of twin boys, a wife, and a salon owner. Originally from Poland, she now lives in London with her family. Through her daily work with clients, she hears first-hand the challenges women face around menstrual cycles—and she knew in her heart that deeper awareness could make a real difference.

In this conversation, they explore:

What drew Aga to the Menstrual Coach Academy
Why working with the nervous system and being trauma-informed matters just as much as knowledge
The unexpected challenges she faced in the programme
How her ancestral lineage shaped her nervous system and patterns
Key learnings that went beyond information to real transformation
How her husband and twin boys talk about the menstrual cycle
The power of sharing this work with men
How she now integrates this work into her coaching practice

If you’ve ever felt like learning more and more information isn’t moving the needle, this episode is a gentle, inspiring reminder that the real work is about being, integrating, and rewiring from within. Both for you personally and if you are a coach!

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
Follow Aga Mirz at: https://www.instagram.com/cyklicznie_aga_mirz

In this episode, Lisa chats through something that she is deeply passionate about: the power of groups and facilitation skills for menstrual cycle coaching.

Have you been in women's circles or groups where you didn't feel comfortable in the group energy? Something felt off? Or you had a reaction to the facilitator? We've all been there!

Or perhaps you have experiences in groups that were incredible and you are not sure what it was they were doing.

In this episode, we chat about:

Lisa's background and experience facilitating groups
The healing power of groups vs the individual healing journey
Group dynamics theory and facilitation skills
The power of diversity
Rules vs intentions and values
How to create a group agreement of contract
What to do if someone talks too much
What to do if people disagree with you or you feel challenged
How to support your participants to feel safe and comfortable in groups
Trauma-informed group facilitation skills
The power of groups for people with PMDD, PMS, endometriosis, period pain, or perimenopause and menopause

Join us for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy below:

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Menstrual Coach Academy 2026 Doors Open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

In this episode, Lisa chats with you about nervous system regulation for menstrual health, PMDD, endometriosis and chronic pain. She explains why the nervous system needs to be the pillar of women's health and why it is so important.

We chat about:

The fight/flight response of the nervous system
What hormones do when we are dysregulated
Ways of relating to ourselves in the fight/flight response
The power of receiving help and connection
Leaning into our humanity and vulnerability
Sneaky ways the fight/flight response and inner critic shows up
How to heal your nervous system without having to 'work hard'

Enjoy!

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Menstrual Coach Academy 2026 Doors Open! Apply at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Is fixing your menstrual cycle stressing you out? Perhaps you suffer with endometriosis, period pain, mood swings, anxiety, PMDD, or chronic pain and symptoms?

Perhaps you have been endlessly researching, trying to understand it all, trying different things... but the whole journey is stressful, confusing, and overwhelming.

In this episode, Lisa shares with you how you can stay on track with your healing journey without always feeling stuck and stressed.

We talk about:

Why the dominant healing model keeps us in fight-or-flight mode
How “fixing” your body can become another form of stress
What happens when letting go doesn’t feel safe
The menstrual cycle as a blueprint, not a problem to manage
How symptoms often carry identity, meaning, and protection
What it means to soften, listen, and relate differently to your body
Rewriting internal blueprints through nervous system safety and curiosity

This is a conversation about healing that doesn’t rely on effort, optimisation, or urgency , but instead invites a deeper relationship with yourself and your body.

This conversation is for anyone with period pain, PMS, chronic pain, trauma, PMDD, endometriosis, fibroids, etc.

If you’ve ever felt exhausted by healing itself, this episode is for you 💜

🌷Links and References 🌷🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

👉 Interested in joining Lisa's pilot programme 'Business and Marketing for Practitioners and Creatives'. Join the waitlist here

This week brings you a different episode! I have been receiving A LOT of questions about business and marketing for practitioners, and so... I have recorded a podcast episode especially for you 💜

In this episode, I chat about: My own journey with business and marketing as a practitioner * Why you feel stuck in your business * Why you don't feel seen in your brilliance and your skillet as a practitioner * Why your skills and talent don't equal sales and business success and what to do about it * How to not feel salesy when selling your work * Exactly what skills you do need, and what you don't * My TOP THREE TIPS* for business and marketing as a coach, educator, therapist, practitioner

If you'd like to learn directly with me, come and join me on my upcoming 12-week group programme especially for practitioners, coaches, and creatives. This is a bonus service to what I normally offer in my work as a menstrual cycle educator and coach, never a replacement 🙂
👉 Lisa's business course: Join the waitlist here!
🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

In this episode, Lisa dives into one of the biggest misconceptions about menstrual cycle healing: the idea that you just need more information.

Drawing from years of coaching individuals and groups, she shares why real change happens when you move from simply knowing about your cycle to actually embodying the skills that support it.

Lisa introduces her 7 Menstrual Cycle Mastery Skills, the foundation of her new programme Menstrual Cycle Mastery, and explains how these practices help you shift from surviving in spite of your cycle to thriving with it.

She also talks about why she chose the word “mastery,” and how it reframes the cycle from something we’re taught to endure into something we can skillfully work with to reduce symptoms, pain, and overwhelm.

You’ll also hear a personal update on her engagement and early wedding planning adventures—because life and cycle awareness always weave together!

In this episode:
The biggest mistake we make when trying to heal the menstrual cycle * Why information alone isn’t enough * What “embodying” your cycle actually means * Lisa's 7 Menstrual Cycle Mastery Skills * Why Lisa created her new programme, Menstrual Cycle Mastery* * How these skills support regulation, symptom reduction, and deeper self-understanding * A quick update on Lisa’s engagement + wedding planning

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
👉 Be part of Lisa's research interviews at: https://calendly.com/lisa_dejong/research-interview
Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Let's chat about fear. Did you know that fear can make pain symptoms worse? But we also need fear for human protection and survival. So what do we do then?

In this episode, Lisa explores with you:

What fear is and the purpose of fear in our life
The biology of fear and what is happening in our nervous system
How to practice mindfulness with fear
How to build a whole new relationship with fear
How to rewire fear so that it doesn't impact us so much
The role of fear in endometriosis, PMDD, pain, pms, perimenopause, menopause, and chronic pain
How to open your heart to fear so that it doesn't run the show.

Leave a comment below to let us know what you thought!

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

👉 Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

👉 Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Today Lisa sits down with Briana Villegas, another graduate of the Menstrual Coach Academy in 2023. Briana came to the Academy with her own personal journey of living with and navigating PMDD.

Lisa and Briana go deep on:

How she got diagnosed with PMDD and what that even means
How Menstrual Cycle Awareness can be helpful but what downsides it might have
How to be in 'negotiation' with your cycle rather than in a rigid self-care structure
How to rewire our nervous system for safety and regulation in difficult PMDD or chronic pain moments
The power of presence, connection, and building intimacy with ourselves
Briana's experience at the Menstrual Coach Academy and how that has supported her to build the practice she has today
The intersection of business and practice as coaching practitioners

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

👉 Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

👉 Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Connect with Briana:Follow on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/brianavillegascoaching/
Learn more at: https://www.brianavillegas.com/

In this episode, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate, Amelia Brunt, to chat about her experience on the course, her journey with menopause and her work as a trauma-informed supervisor.

They get chatting about:

Amelia's journey with burnout and teaching that led her to doing the work she is doing now
Her experience in the Academy and how she processed her creativity for her menstruality work
The "Pause" retreat days she offers at her home in Hebden Bridge to provide holding and nurture for her attendees going through perimenopause and menopause
How and why she doesn't have social media for her business and what she does instead
Her work as a trauma-informed supervisor and why that is so important for coaching

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
👉 Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
👉 Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Connect with Amelia:
💖 Amelia's Website: https://well-educated.co.uk/

In this inspiring episode, we speak with Sarah Rudge — The Reconnection Coach — a graduate of the Menstrual Coach Academy, life coach, former nurse, choir singer, and mother of four.

Sarah shares her journey through PMDD, perimenopause, and career transitions, and how the Academy helped her reconnect with herself, manage her symptoms, and step into her role as a guide for other women in transition.

We talk about the power of blending medical knowledge with coaching, finding joy in unexpected places (like singing in a choir!), and embracing hormonal changes with confidence and compassion.

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
👉 Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
👉 Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Connect with Sarah:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_the_reconnection_coach/

Today, Lisa catches up with Spandana Araga, another graduate of the Menstrual Coach Academy. Spandana, an Inner Growth coach for women and based in India, shares her journey on the programme and how she came to this work.

They chat about:

Her career and professional background
Why she chose the Menstrual Coach Academy
How she coaches her clients
Her experience of chronic pain and endometriosis
Supplements and diet
The power of the mind and meditation in this work

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the waitlist for the next round of the Menstrual Coach Academy course at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

💖 Thanks to Cleanmarine PeriodPlan for sponsoring the episode! Find out more about Cleanmarine PeriodPlan at: https://cleanmarine.ie/

Connect with Spandana:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spandana.innerflow/
Website: https://www.innerflowbyspandana.com/

Today, Lisa welcomes Vanessa Martin to the podcast. Vanessa is a graduate of the Menstrual Coach Academy and now a certified coach in her own right.

In this chat, Lisa and Vanessa discuss:

Vanessa's journey with burnout and menstrual challenges
How tracking her cycle support her to heal burnout
How her relationships improved with menstrual cycle awareness
Vanessa's experience on the Menstrual Coach Academy training
How business is going for her now

Tune in to join us for this nourishing conversation!

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Coach Academy: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Connect with Vanessa:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessamartin.fem/

Today, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Adriana Tantau. They chat about her journey with PMDD, her healing story, meditation, building emotional intimacy, following our intuition and much more!

Adriana is based in Australia, she gives a special shout out to people living in Australia who might be interested in joining the course. How she navigated the timezone difference and made it work for her.

🌷Links and References 🌷💜 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Coach Academy: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Adriana's Links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adriana.tantau/
The Cycle Codes: https://www.instagram.com/thecyclecodes/

In this episode, Lisa dives into a powerful — and often overlooked — dynamic in the menstrual cycle coaching space: triangulation.

This can show up when a well-meaning spouse, partner, parent, or friend steps into the coaching process, sometimes unintentionally undermining the client’s progress.

Whether you're a coach or someone on your own healing journey, Lisa unpacks:

What triangulation is (and what it isn’t)
How to spot it in your clients — or yourself
Why it can keep people feeling stuck or disempowered
How to set clear, loving boundaries
Ways to support clients in navigating overbearing relationships
How to move from confusion to clarity and empowerment

Lisa also shares how this topic ties into her professional training at Menstrual Coach Academy — a 6-month program for coaches and facilitators ready to go deeper into their skillset.

Learn more about the Academy and upcoming cohort via the link below 👇

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open & close on Sept 2nd 2025. Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

In this episode, Lisa explores the quiet yet powerful force of belief — specifically, what happens when we lack belief in ourselves, and how the belief of others can become a catalyst for change.

Whether you're navigating your own growth or holding space for others as a coach, Lisa dives into:

How self-doubt shows up in sneaky, everyday ways
Why belief is so deeply tied to our past experience.
How to begin rebuilding your own self-belief
The life-changing impact of having someone believe in you
How to hold belief for others—friends, partners, clients
The role of belief in transformational coaching relationships

Plus, Lisa shares how this concept of belief is woven into her 6-month professional training for coaches and facilitators at the Menstrual Coach Academy—where you can deepen your presence, confidence, and impact as a guide.

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open. Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

In this episode, Lisa chats through what it means to suppress positive emotions such as love, joy, excitement, and gratitude.

In the wellness and healing space, we often hear about what happens when we suppress difficult emotions such as fear or anger, and the impact that has on our nervous system and experience of chronic pain.

But today, Lisa discusses how the same is true for suppressing more positive feelings.

Positive feelings can also be overwhelming and there is a vulnerability in experiencing them. She shares with you ways that you can embody the somatic intensity, and how to hold curiosity and compassion for yourself in this piece of personal process work.

This topic is taken from one of Lisa's 7 Menstrual Cycle Mastery Skills ~ Emotional Clarity. You can learn more about Lisa's Menstrual Cycle Mastery Skills in her courses and programmes below.

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open. Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

In this episode, Lisa catches up with Martyna Przybysz, a graduate of the Menstrual Coach Academy in 2024.

Martyna and Lisa chat about:1. Her journey with endometriosis 2. Her journey with the contraceptive pill and menstrual cycle tracking 3. Grief and the mind-body connection 4. Ancestral trauma healing 5. Menstrual cycle coaching and facilitation skills 6. What Martyna got from the 6-month course 7. Their love of books

Interested in joining us in this year's course? We begin in September and you can join us using the links below.

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open. Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Connect with Martyna:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thekindspace/?hl=en
Website: https://www.thekindspace.co.uk/

In this episode, Lisa chats through the professional training over at the Menstrual Coach Academy and what it's all about. Interested in becoming a certified trauma-informed menstrual cycle coach? This episode is for you!

Lisa covers:

Menstrual Cycle Coach Programme overview
Who it's for and who has done it in the past
What the training help you with exactly
The role of the Menstrual Coach Academy
How this work is different to psychotherapy and life coaching?
Our teaching approach and model
The course curriculum
The mind-body connection
The nervous system and Polyvagal theory intersection with the menstrual cycle
How we teach you to become a confident menstrual cycle coach
Assessments and accreditation
Course structure and requirements
What graduates are doing now
Lots more!

Links and References

Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open.

Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

Hear from our graduates at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/testimonials

Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Do you relate to regularly feeling the energy of urgency in your body? Or maybe you are a coach or facilitator and your clients bring urgency to the table? In this episode of the Menstrual Mastery Podcast, we chat about how to understand our own urgency and no longer feel trapped by it.

Lisa chats through:

Why it's important to understand how to work with urgency as a coach or facilitator
What's happening in the body and nervous system with urgency
Urgency and the mind-body connection
Why urgency happens and where it comes from
How to recognise it in your coaching practice
How to support a client with urgency
How to be a regulating resource for your clients
How your coaching practice, boundaries, and policies can become a healing agent for your client's process

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open. Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

🌼 For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Welcome back to the podcast! I've decided to rename it to Menstrual Cycle Mastery. I'm excited to be back speaking with you all!

In this episode I share a about my plan for the podcast, what's being going on in work with my courses, as well as a personal update.

I'm so glad you're here!

Links and References:

Doors to the Menstrual Coach Academy are now open. Sign up over at: https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/

Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

For more from Lisa follow her on instagram @menstrual_coach_academy: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

In this episode, I share my decision to hit pause on the From Pain to Power Podcast and chat about my plans for 2024 including 1:1 coaching and the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training.

Be sure to follow the @menstrual_coach_academy to stay up to date with exciting developments throughout 2024. We are really making waves in this space, and as our field grows in popularity, I'm needing a bit more time and space to give that my full attention.

Since 2022 the intention of this podcast has always been to provide a supportive, educational voice for those experiencing chronic pain or menstrual cycle difficulties such as PMS, PMDD and endometriosis, as well as those wanting to understand Mensural Cycle Awareness. This body of work will remain here for you to access whenever you need.

It has been a pleasure growing this community with you all and I look forward to sharing the insights I uncover after I take some time to look internally and cultivate clarity.

I chatted about:

Where I am professionally
1:1 coaching for business professionals and individuals experiencing chronic pain, PMS, PMDD, endometriosis and Menstrual Cycle Awareness.
Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training, a missing piece in the wellness industry
2023 highlights
2024, creating space for creativity
Healing, professional support and the gift of time

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here * Sign up to the newsletter here

Follow our work here on Instagram

Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

Do you ever crave a more aligned place to belong and fit in? In this episode I had a gorgeous conversation with fellow peer and yoga teacher, Gilly Bow. Gilly shares about her journey to becoming a yoga teacher, to finding spaces where she feels belonging, and the power of self-compassion through yoga.

The topics we chatted about:
* Belonging and fitting in * Social anxiety * Allowing yourself to be who you are * The inner critic and comparison * Syncing yoga with your menstrual cycle * How to be yourself in a yoga practice and tending to your needs * The difference between vinyasa, hatha, ashtanga, and yin yoga * The Eight Limbs of Yoga * Sleep yoga

Gilly Bow is a yoga teacher from Greystones and a mental health advocate ♡ she started her wellness page during covid to create a little community and support space for anyone who was having troubles with their mental health. Gilly then completed her yoga teacher training as a addition to this page and has been teaching for 2 years in her hometown. She has studied elements of somatic therapy , trauma informed yoga, energy anatomy and hopes to continue her studies into a 500 hour teacher training.

Gilly's website
Gilly's Instagram

Lisa's Resources:

*Professional Support Group 2024*Join the Community Practice Supervision Group for Wellness Professionals.
Email Lisa at lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com. Limited to 6 participants.

NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here * Sign up to the newsletter here

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In this episode I share a simple and enjoyable reflection exercise for your personal life and professional life in 2023 to get you clear for the year ahead.

This reflective exercise contains 15 short questions that take you on a journey to clarity and celebration.

This exercise is for people in employment, people in business, stay at home parents, and people with side businesses. The reflection will help you to identify wins, areas for development, and clarity for your direction for the year 2024 to come.

The 2023 Reflective Headings:

Personal wins / personal progress
Areas for improvement in your personal life
Work wins and celebrations
What have I learned in work?
What do you want for your life and work in 2024?
What is there to celebrate?
Areas for improvement in work for 2024
What supported me in 2023?
What energised me?
What drained me or what took energy away?
Skills and priorities for 2024
Supports needed for 2024 (personal and professional)
What what I not be seeing?
2023 was about...
2024 will be about...

Email me with your insights! lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com ❤️

*Professional Support Group 2024*Join the Community Practice Supervision Group for Wellness Professionals.
Email Lisa at lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com. Limited to 6 participants.

NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here * Sign up to the newsletter here

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

We are at the end of the year. Let's take a minute to reflect on the year, the holiday season ahead, and how you can practice a little self-love during this time. The world needs more love now more than ever, and that includes you!

In this episode I share some personal updates with you, some thoughts about planning for 2024, and why it's important to carve out time in our diary for reflection and planning.

We chatted about:

Carving out time in your diary for planning
How to 'love on' yourself and why it's hard
Regulating your nervous system
Planning for Christmas, the holiday season, and family
Menstrual Cycle Awareness
Connecting to ourselves
Self-compassion, self-kindness, self-forgiveness
The phrase: "You can start your day at any time"
More details about the Women and Pain course starting soon (below)

NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here * Sign up to the newsletter here

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

My friends, I'm excited to share a new Group Coaching Course starting in January 2023 called Women and Pain. Read more here.

In this episode we chat about the mind-body connection, women's health, chronic pain, the menstrual cycle, hormones, and the nervous system. Join us for this chat to support you on your healing journey.

We chatted about:* The nervous system and chronic pain * Endometriosis, period pain, PMDD, PMS * Anxiety and depression * Suppressed emotions * Mood swings * Anger * The mind-body connection * Neural pathways and pain science * Fear and the fight/flight reponse * Building safety into the nervous system * Our relationship with ourselves * Shame about being a woman

The different ways the fight/flight response shows up:* Worry about the past or future * Catastrophising * Hyper-vigilance * Over educating or intellectualising * Self protection * Beliefs that you are doing things wrong * Self blame * Strict routines * Restrtictive diets * Lack of hope, belief, or trust * Obsessive thinking, being preoccupied * Identifying with pain and being a sick person * Always looking up Dr. Google

NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

We loved this episode with friend and colleague Aoife McCormack! Aoife is a mindbody coach and we chatted about all things healing, chronic pain, our core beliefs and values, rewriting our identity story, and so much more. Aoife has an incredible recovery story from chronic pain and we are excited to share this with you today.

What we chatted about:

The mindbody connection
The biology of stress
Trauma
Perfectionism in healing
Fear of pain and fear of "doing it wrong"
Disability and the 9-5 workplace
Our core beliefs
Chronic pain and period pain
Repressed emotions
Self-care and self-compassion when in pain
Self-love and self compassion

Join us for this very engaging and encouraging chat about the holistic and relationship nature of self healing!

Find Aoife's work:
Aoife's website
Aoife's YouTube channel
Aoife's Instagram
Aoife's Facebook Group

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In today's episode I had a lovely chat with Taoist instructor Máire Ní G. Having been a student of Máire's courses, I'm excited to share this conversation on the many benefits of Taoist healing practices. This episode will serve those on a healing journey with their menstrual cycle, sexuality, nervous system or any of the other topics we discuss on this podcast.

Máire Ní G is a Taoist instructor with a health science degree and the founder of Feminine Sexual Alchemy. She has a postgrad diploma in bereavement and loss and postgrad training in Polyvagal Theory. She helps women have more energy, improve their cycles and have better sex through Taoist practices and the latest in neuroscience.

We talked about:* What Máire does (Inner Alchemy Taoism) and how she arrived to her work * "The way of nature" in Taoism * Similarities in the Taoist and Celtic calendars * Overworking as it relates to the libido and energy * Relinquishing control and allowing nature to do its thing * A practical tip on fostering a connection with one's inner universe and relationship with organs * How Taoist practices can be used to harness sexual energy to improve individual experiences of the menstrual cycle as well as minimize energy depletion * The benefits of breast massage as a daily practice

Máire's Work: * Máire's website * Máire's Inner Smile Meditation * Follow Máire on Instagram

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Support the From Pain To Power Podcast:* Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

On today's episode I talk about overwhelm and burnout when things get busy. As we shift into the autumnal energy we may feel a higher tendency towards overwhelm, and we may even be unconsciously contributing to our own burnout. I'll share some ideas about how to think creatively in order to manage the busyness from a place of more ease and less stress.

Tips for managing busyness: Invite in more ease - When you have a lot on your plate ask yourself, "how can I make this easier for myself?" * Take things off your list - Make a list of what you're trying to achieve and strike out the things that don't need to happen today or tomorrow (this includes appointments and social commitments) * Step back and prioritize your own needs - Give yourself space from things when you feel the need * Ask for help - Make use of your community and ask for help or advice wherever you may need it * Try artificial intelligence - Chat GPT can be used to make your life easier in a variety of ways * Relieve pressure - Check in with yourself about what you're available for and ask yourself, "what is not required of me?" * Assess your own standards - Bring awareness to your own standards, reject societal expectations and don't compare yourself to others * Embrace the mess - Whether it's your home, your workspace, a relationship...allow some space for messiness * Less is more - Try to avoid reinventing the wheel * You can choose* - Decide to have a calm moment, or even a calm day! Learn how to build calm energy for yourself.

Links for the Professional Training:* Read more about the programme here * Click here to apply for the 2023 round of the programme * Course Information Booklet

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Support the From Pain To Power Podcast:* Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In today's episode I had a lovely chat with Sara Slattery, a colleague and graduate of The Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training. We spoke about Sara's experience in the programme, honoring cyclical changes, managing our experiences of societal expectations, and more.

Sara Slattery supports values-led women to liberate themselves in life and work by reclaiming their time, energy, passions and purpose.

She has over 20 years experience in working with individuals and families in the process of change in the community sector, education and welfare services, and more recently in her own private practice.

We chatted about:* Navigating uncertainty when our cycles change * Why Sara decided to partake in the professional training and how she benefitted from it * How connecting with our bodies can help us to stay in tune with our purpose * Cycles and seasons of different purposes and callings * Major life transitions and how they can empower us to embrace what we value vs. what society values * The need for work environments that are more supportive of all bodies * What it takes to move from the tolerating phase to our own personal version of thriving * A glimpse into Sara's coaching practice 5 years in

Sara's work:* Sara's website

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Support the From Pain To Power Podcast:* Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In today's episode I talk about a big piece of the work I do with women and people with menstrual cycles, which is learning to regulate your nervous system through life's ups and downs. This topic is important because the reality is that life is always going to have high and low points and while we can't control what happens, I believe we can learn to navigate these challenges from a regulated place. If you struggle to stay regulated through life's difficult moments, I encourage you to have a listen.

Here's what I cover:* The loss of Sinead O'Connor * A quick cycle check-in * A funny personal anecdote * What regulation means * The social-cultural "soup" we live in and how to care for ourselves and hold our boundaries within it * Practical tips for when you're wanting to improve your ability to navigate life's ups and downs from a more regulated place (see the list below) * Finding pockets of joy and tapping into your own humanity

PRACTICAL TIPS1. Get support 2. Have practices in place to support your mind and body 3. Pause and check in with yourself 4. Be aware of any pressures or expectations you're putting on yourself 5. Human being, human feelings 6. Find the next best feeling 7. Climb your polyvagal/nervous system ladder 8. Self trust 9. Know your needs and know what helps 10. Lean into spirituality and trusting something greater for yourself

Resources* When You're Afraid Of Your Own Dark Feelings And Thoughts * The Nervous System And Polyvagal Theory * How To Regulate Your Nervous System

Links for the Professional Training:* Read more about the programme here * Click here to apply for the 2023 round of the programme * Course Information Booklet

Work with Lisa:* Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Support the From Pain To Power Podcast:* Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar

Follow our work here on Instagram
Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

On today's episode I'll be sharing about something I'm passionate about both personally and professionally. I believe this topic is really important when it comes to our nervous systems, our wellbeing, our identity and our mental health.

Here is what I talk about: * My personal journey with money management and how that's evolved since becoming a business owner * Learning how to make money vs. learning how to manage money as a business owner * How at the systemic level there's a lot of gatekeeping of & limited access to information * The cultural and societal shame many of us carry in our relationship with money and finance * Seeing this topic through the feminist and social justice lens * Examining your personal history with money, the beliefs & thoughts you hold & what sort of messages you've absorbed through the years * Taking your power back in your relationship with money * Long term goal setting and taking small steps to achieve your goals

Resources Mentioned:

Rachel Rodgers' book
Ramit Sethi's series on Netflix
Tiffany Aliche's book
Eoin McGee's book
Kelly Diels

Links for the Professional Training:

Read more about the programme here
Click here to apply for the 2023 round of the programme
Course Information Booklet

Work with Lisa: * Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa * Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Take a free course with Lisa here

Support the From Pain To Power Podcast: * Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar

Follow our work here on Instagram

Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

www.lisadejongcoaching.com

On today's episode I talk about the 2023 Menstrual Cycle Coaching And Facilitation Professional Training for anyone who is interested in joining us, or for those who've already signed up and are trying to prepare for our work together in October. My intention is to provide clarity, give you some insight in terms of what to expect and how I work in this programme, and support you with your decision making.

Here is what I cover: * How this programme came about and why I offer it * Programme practicals * Programme curriculum and an explanation of the emergent process I use * The importance of having a strong relationship with your nervous system and an understanding of your own needs so that you can support clients to do the same * The focus on skills and ability as coaches and facilitators * The support provided to help you build a sustainable practice for yourself and your clients * What some of the programme graduates are up to now

Read more about the programme here

Click here to apply for the 2023 round of the programme

Course Information Booklet

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Elizabeth Tidwell joins me today to speak about reconnecting with herself after leaving a high-demand religion, and how menstrual cycle awareness has played a key role in her journey.

A graduate of the 2023 Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training, Elizabeth Tidwell is a menstrual cycle coach who helps women and menstruators learn vital body literacy and facilitates a deeper relationship between their cycles, bodies and whole selves.

She is also a mom and the founder of My Club Red, a hormone-friendly period self-care subscription box designed to transform menstruators' periods into a time of self-nurture, radical rest and self-connecting ritual.

We talked about:

Elizabeth's self-proclaimed transformational experience after participating in the Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training
The impact of institutional trauma
Coming back to a place of personal sovereignty after leaving a high-demand religion
Reclaiming one's relationship with their menstrual cycle
The importance of a mindful approach to bringing menstrual cycle coaching into the world
Elizabeth's new group program

Elizabeth's work: * Elizabeth's website * Elizabeth's Instagram

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Briana Villegas is a graduate of the 2023 Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training. In addition to being a certified Menstrual Cycle Coach, Briana is host of the podcast "Hormone Rants." With five years of personal and professional experience in cycle syncing, Briana specializes in helping entrepreneurs harness their menstrual cycle so they can optimize productivity through sustainable practices.

Briana joins us today to speak with me about her journey with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) and how that's helped form the foundation of her business, navigating uncertainty as an entrepreneur, and how she's embodied the learnings from the professional training. Join us for this engaging chat!

We talked about:

Briana's overall experience as a student on the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
Negotiating the transitions between the seasons of the menstrual cycle
Prioritizing clients' agency and supporting them in their power
How Briana arrived to her work through her own journey of menstrual cycle awareness
Staying confident as an entrepreneur while balancing masculine and feminine energies
The importance of our own menstrual cycle awareness while doing this work, trusting ourselves and minding boundaries
Navigating the discomfort and vulnerability that comes with running a business
Practical tips for dealing with uncertainty
Briana's new coaching program for entrepreneurs

Briana's work: * The Hormone Rants Podcast * Briana's website * Briana's Instagram * Grab Briana's 'Entrepreneur's Guide to the Menstrual Cycle' here

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In this epsiode I share some personal updates, how I am currently managing my energy and preventing a near burnout, moving in with my partner, and the decision to now publish podcast episodes every two weeks instead of every week.

Sign up for the Life Info Webinars for the Menstrual Cycle Coaching & Facilitation Professional Training here.

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In this episode I have a powerful conversation with artist, author, photographer AND podcaster, Meredith Ochoa all about her 17 year long journey with healing from debilitating Endometriosis.

What if there were powerful intuitive messages in your pain? What if your pain had wisdom to offer you? Listening deeply to those inner voices are what will support us back to our true authentic selves.

We chatted about:

The path of the healing journey
The power of authenticity
Using art as a healing tool
Meredith's creative work capturing the inner seasons and cyclicality
Spirituality and the menstrual cycle
Accessing your intuition
Self-care

If you are looking for some inspiration on your healing journey and feel you need a little nudge to support you back into connection with your true authentic self, this episode is for you!

Meredith Ochoa

A true explorer and creative, Atlanta artist Meredith Ochoa has been reinventing alternative and digital photo processes since 2007. She has created an ongoing 13-year augmented reality (AR) interactive art series, Every Phase, illustrating how she healed herself from endometriosis by incorporating the female infradian rhythm clock. Meredith is a podcast host, photographer & award-winning author of Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself with a Masters of Art from Savannah College of Art & Design, creating artwork that helps others face their pain and see themselves for who they really are.Meredith's links:

art // meredithochoa.com
All art + teaching + photo services // https://www.anotherfingartist.com/services
photo portfolio // anotherfingartist.com
Quick & relevant links // https://www.meredithochoa.com/quick-links
Order a signed copy of Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself Augmented Reality (AR) interactivebook: https://www.meredithochoa.com/face-your-shit-heal-yourself-book
Podcast // https://faceyourshithealyourself.captivate.fm
Every Phase Blog (about how I healed myself from Endometriosis)
https://www.meredithochoa.com/every-phase-blog
Every Phase Gallery
https://www.meredithochoa.com/every-phase
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Her social media:

Youtube - ANOTHER F*#%ING ARTIST

Facebook - ANOTHER F ING ARTIST

Instagram @meredithwochoa

Twitter @AnEffinArtist

Pinterest

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In this episode, Lisa shares a personal update from her own journey with period pain and PMS. We discuss the pressures from the wellness industry to have a "fixed period" and no period pain, which is often not the reality. We chat about the importance of healing not being linear and learning how to "be with what is."

If you are on a healing journey that is not going "to plan," then this episode is for you!

Professional Training Waiting List & Webinars:Join the waiting list here to receive details about the upcoming live webinars.

Webinar dates:
1. Wednesday, June 28th, 4:00-5:00pm Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)
2. Thursday, July 6th, 7:30-8:30pm Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)
3. Thursday, July 27th, 4:00-5:00pm Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)

Register for the webinars by joining the waiting list. You will receive an email response. (Please check your spam for your invite email)

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In this episode as part of the Cyclical Business Series, I chat with you about the different ways that you can "receive" in business that are not financial.

At the beginning of starting a business or coaching practice, we invest a lot of time and energy into marketing, giving things away for free, planning the business, setting things up. After a while, this can become exhausting especially if you feel you are not receiving anything in return.

Reciprocity is so important in business. It allows your nervous system to receive energy and allows us to build, over time, a strong and secure attachment with our business, our audience, and our customers.

Tune in to hear more about building reciprocity into your business model, and how you can receive more energy in return for the great work you are doing.

Professional Training Waiting List & Webinars:Join the waiting list here to receive details about the upcoming live webinars.

Webinar dates:
1. Wednesday, June 28th, 4:00-5:00pm Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)
2. Thursday, July 6th, 7:30-8:30pm Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)
3. Thursday, July 27th, 4:00-5:00pm Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)

Register for the webinars by joining the waiting list. You will receive an email response. (Please check your spam for your invite email)

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In this episode, I had to pleasure of speaking with Self Health Coach, Sinéad Kelly about her personal journey of navigating fertility and IVF. We chatted about the ins and outs of her journey, the emotions and thoughts, and moving between trying to control the outcome vs. surrendering to the process.

It was such an honest and intimate conversation and I enjoyed learning from her on the professional support she now also offers people in this space.

Sinéad Kelly is a Self Health Coach and Corporate Wellbeing Speaker based online & in Cork Ireland, focusing on helping busy professionals take control of their own health and wellness.

Sinéad's work:
The Self Health Podcast
Sinead's Website
Sinead's Instagram

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In this episode, I reflect on and discuss the feeling of disillusion that often comes when things don't work for you on your healing journey.

Feeling hopeful about healing our health issue is a great first step on the path, but when we try lots of things and they don't work, we end up exhausted, hopeless, and disappointed. What do we do then? Do we give up? Do we keep trying?

The steps I discussed with this process:
1. Feelings: allow for the feelings to be present with some space. Feeling is healing!
2. Meaning making: enquire what meaning we are making from the disillusion. What narrative are we making?
3. Blind spots: do you feel there is something you are missing? Do you get a sense that there could be a block in the unconscious field or in the ancestral field?
4. Nervous system: how has your nervous system been in the journey of healing and recovery?
5. Beliefs: do you believe that you can recover or have ease and peace in your body? What believes do you have? What is your truth?
6. Loyalties/benefits: what or who could your chronic pain be serving?
7. Personal growth: what personal development and growth lessons have you acquired along your journey e.g. boundaries in relationships
8. Mindset & Expectations: Some reflection questions might be – can I go easier on myself? What have my expectations been? What works? What doesn't work? Can I let that go? What do I not like or not want?
9. Well-enoughness: what is your well-enoughness place in the reality and context of your life?
10. Safety with emotions: what other emotions need processing and safety to process?

Take what you like and leave the rest!
Book mentioned: Anam Cara by John O'Donohue

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I regularly get asked about the pill. People wonder whether they should go on the pill, come off the pill, etc. I often hear from people who have been around the block to different medical professionals and holistic health practitioners, and are now back wondering if they should on the pill. In this episode I discuss this question from a trauma-informed, systemic, and inclusive perspective. I support you in staying in your agency, staying informed, staying connected to yourself so that you can make the best decision for your quality of life.

This episode is especially for anyone who is considering going on the pill to support them with any menstrual related suffering e.g.:

Endometriosis
PMDD
PMS
Period pain
Fibroids
PCOS

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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Ellen Franklyn-Carr all about what it means to be busy from a place of ease. In the wellness space, we are all eager to have more ease in our lives. But how can this look in reality when we have things to do and places to be? Ellen and I explore this concept, where it comes from, and what it looks like in reality!

About Ellen:

Ellen Franklyn-Carr *is a multipassionate creative, holistic coach, yoga
teacher & student & facilitator of transformation. Through her coaching
she supports creatives, heart-led entrepreneurs and quiet rebels to
deeply know and trust themselves so they can live and work in ways that
feel good to them.

She also makes creative work that encourages us to question the way we
do things, and supports positive change in individuals and society.

She combines her lived experience with her work as a creative and
training as a trauma sensitive yoga teacher and holistic coach. Her
coaching work is rooted in the philosophy and practice of yoga, its
sister science Ayurveda and the pagan wheel of the year.

All of her work is trauma sensitive and rooted in a radical wellbeing
philosophy.*

Find Ellen's website and podcast here
Follow Ellen on Instagram here

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Pleun Elsa Andriessen is a graduate of the 2022 Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training. She now runs the Bloody Practical menstrual education and coaching platform, and has an extensive background of facilitation and learning design consultancy in the human rights space.

Pleun joins us today to speak with me about her vast professional work experience as a facilitator, her journey with Bloody Practical, and all the things that make a skilled facilitator and educator. Join us for this engaging chat!

We chatted about:

Pleun's professional journey that led to the Bloody Practical branch of her practice
The intersection of the professional and personal in facilitation work
Facilitation, learning design, course design
The point of change where we meet our clients
Looking after ourselves as professionals
Pleun's My Cycle And Me menstrual cycle awareness workshops
Working with clients who 'want to be told what to do'
Group facilitation
Why workshops can sometimes be messy

Pleun Elsa is an MCA facilitator and coach, she hosts the Bloody Practical Platform to support people in improving their cycle experience in a hands-on way. She also works as a facilitator and learning designer in the human rights spheres.
Follow Pleun's work:
Follow Bloody Practical with Pleun on Instagram here
Sign up for the My Cycle And Me workshop here
Pleun's professional website

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Today I chat with you about navigating disappointment and how when we learn to befriend it, it can be easier to be with. Often we avoid taking risks if life in order to protect ourselves from disappointment. Here I talk you through some mindset tips to get better at being with disappointment so that you can go after the things you want in your life.

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Do you take time to celebrate yourself? The small wins? The big wins? The small steps towards progress in something?

In this episode I reflect on what celebrating ourselves can look like and why it's so important to do.

Last week during a supervision session for my work, I realised how important and helpful it is to celebrate how far we've come.

Tune in to hear my story!

What does celebration mean to you?
How can you mark celebration for yourself?
What small things can you celebrate?
What big things can you celebrate?
How can you bring self celebration into your life regularly?

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In this episode I chat about something that is not talked about much in the wellness and trauma space – the healthy fight/flight response. There is so much focus on calming, soothing, and down-regulating the nervous system, but it's also really important to have safe access to our healthy fight/flight energy.

In this conversation I discuss:

What is the fight/flight response
Why they fight/flight response happens
How to access our 'healthy aggression'
How the fight/flight response is helpful for: anger, boundaries, clarity, motivation, creativity, etc.
The results my clients are getting by creating more capacity with their healthy fight/flight response.

Enjoy! 💜

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In this episode, I share with you my own personal relationship with driving and why I have had my challenges with it as a result of trauma. I also discuss how there seems to be a lot more aggression in society since the pandemic, and how to mind ourselves when we are navigating systems and cultures elements of life we cannot avoid e.g. driving.

Enjoy!

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I've officially completed one whole year of the From Pain To Power Podcast! In this episode on my reflections from the creative year it's been.

We chat about:* Why I started the podcast * The unfolding creative journey * Commitment and what that really means * Choosing a form of marketing * Being with discomfort * My ups and downs with the podcast * Imperfection * Reflecting on our disappointments * Celebrations

Popular episodes:1. Navigating Beginnings 2. The premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle 3. The inner winter of the menstrual cycle 4. Taking back your power with endometriosis

Things mentioned:
My brilliant physiotherapist, Brian O'Rourke
Dr. Shirley Graham

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In this episode as part of the Cyclical Business Series, we explore the common barrier to creativity and business which is "looking for approval" from family or friends. I explain to you exactly why it happens and how we can free ourselves from this pressure so we can finally focus on what it is you are here to create!

We discussed:

Why saying "you don't need approval is not helpful
Understanding what is underneath "looking for approval"
What you might be looking for instead of approval
Why this happens to women
Why this happens in creativity
How to take care of our creative vulnerability
How to get clear on where to get important business needs met

Prompts for reflection: What are the things you are needing rather than approval? And where can you get those things met? What part of you is looking for approval? And what does that part need?

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In this episode I get to chat to naturopath and herbalist Siobhán Carroll who is based in Co. Clare, Ireland. Siobhan has a clinic treating her clients through naturopathy and herbs. We talked about all things healthy eating and herbs for hormonal health and period problems.

We chatted about:* Siobhan's journey as a naturopath and herbalist * Period pain and PMS * Diet for period problems * Going gluten free or not * Having a healthy relationship with food * Me-Search! * How to cook healthy when you're busy * "One good decision at a time" * Blood sugar balance * Herbal medicine for period pain * Being in relationship with plants * Ginger and Agnus Castus/Vitex for women's health * Flaxseeds for hormonal balance * Nettle tea * Siobhan's herbal online courses

Making a Ginger Decoction:
1. Chop fresh ginger root in water and pot
2. Pop on the lid
3. Bring to boil
4. Simmer for 10-15 mins
5. Drink and store in the fridge
6. Reheat as needed

Episode mentioned:Episode 35: Cosmetics And The Beauty Industry

Resources mentioned:The Glucose Goddess
Glass food storage
Agnus Castus
Siobhan's free herbal course

Siobhan's details:
Website: www.nerdynaturopath.com
Nerdy naturopath instagram
Siobhan talks periods instagram

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In this episode, we chat about what "regulation" means exactly when it comes to your nervous system, and how to have more of it in your body and emotional life.

When we have more access to the rest and digest, or the ventral vagal part of the nervous system, we are able to regulate ourselves more frequently. So, regulating the nervous system is about working on our capacity with difficult feelings and experiences. And then knowing how to come back to feeling settled in rest and digest again.

Listen to this episode if you'd like to react less in your life, and get better at regulating your nervous system

Topics we discussed were:

What happens in your nervous system when you are stressed
Growing our nervous system capacity
Choosing your regulating resources
Making your regulating resources list
What to do when you are dysregulated
The hijacked freeze or fight/flight response
Noticing your "glimmers"
Polyvagal Theory and Trauma

Episodes mentioned:
Episode 48: The Nervous System And Polyvagal Theory
Episode 43: What is trauma
Episode 44: Trauma And The Mind Body Connection
Episode 45: Trauma And Chronic Pain

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In this episode I go into more detail on the nervous system and the Polyvagal Theory. We chat about the fight/flight response, the freeze response, trauma, and regulating your nervous system when you feel stuck.

Join us to learn more about your nervous system, understand what is happening and why it's important to know how to come out of the hijacked trauma responses for long-term health

The topics we discussed:

What the polyvagal theory is
Why it's relevant to the menstrual cycle and hormones
How to regulate your nervous system
How to expand your nervous system capacity
Understand your trauma respones
Understand the flight/flight and freeze response
The nervous system and chronic pain
The importance of safety
Co-regulation
Neuroception
Trauma responses
References to: Dr. Stepen Porgess and Deb Dana

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In this episode, I share a personal update from my life at the moment in relation to making difficult decisions. We reflect on our past difficult decisions, what decisions we might be facing today in the present, and why they are sometimes so important to make for our wellbeing.

Episode mentioned:
Reclaiming Our Relationship With Sport And Movement

Enjoy!

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I've decided to launch one episode a month on running a "cyclical business." Running a cyclical business aims to integrate the values of inclusion, self-care, feminism, menstrual cycle awareness, and anti-oppressive values into the ways we do business and marketing.

You can be a coach, healer, therapist, etc. AND be a great business owner!

In this month's Cyclical Business Episode, we explore the topic of Support and investing in support. We chat about how important having support is and why it matters so much.

Support helps with:

Making business decisions
Navigating confusion
Building a trauma-informed business
Clarity on what mainstream business advice to reject
Business with a feminist lens in mind
Understanding why professional support needs to be different to friendships
Building regular commitment
Building a business with a lot of integrity
Acknowledging our blind spots
Unlearning "bro-marketing"
Lots more!

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In this episode, I chat with you all about what role trauma plays in chronic pain. I explore different types of traumas, what happens in the body and how to start thinking about trauma healing work in your body. Learn about the fight/flight response and why trauma causes inflammation in the body.

Listen to the previous 2 episodes on trauma:
- Episode 43: What Is Trauma?
- Episode 44: Trauma And The Mind-Body Connection

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Support grants available* for**: under-earners, people living with disability, members of BIPOC and LGBTQ+, students, single mothers.

"What can I do to shift my nervous system, so that these critical thoughts aren't there all the time?"

In this episode, which is a follow-on from episode 43, I explore the mind-body connection when it comes to trauma. We chat about coming back into the body, what role the mind also plays, why our thoughts are still important alongside our feelings.

I explain what happens, not just in the body on the somatic level, but also the types of thoughts we have when we are in a hijacked trauma response such as the fight/flight and freeze response.

We chatted about:
- Tracking your nervous system
- Knowing your capacity
- Creating space for the body and the mind
- Our trauma responses in the body
- The fight/flight and freeze response
- The importance of having options and choices
- Brain fog and confusion
- Isolation
- The symptoms of the freeze response
- Polyvagal theory
- The emotional experience of the different trauma responses
- The inner critic
- Regulating resources I use to support a trauma response

Workshop: Finding Ease With Period Pain And Menstrual Cycle Difficulties. Monday 30th January at 7pm GMT.

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Support grants available* for**: under-earners, people living with disability, members of BIPOC and LGBTQ+, students, single mothers.

In this episode we chat about what trauma is, how it impacts us, why it's important to be trauma-informed in the women's health space, how I work with it, and more!

We explore what happens in the body and the somatic experience when trauma is present, and the relationship between female sex hormones and trauma physiology.

I also explain why I decided to study trauma, and trauma-informed therapeutic practices and coaching.

We chatted about:
- What trauma is
- How trauma impacts us
- Survival responses
- Trauma physiology for women and people with menstrual cycles
- My personal journey with trauma
- Somatic experiencing
- Systemic trauma and social justice
- Safety and trauma

Workshop: Finding Ease With Period Pain And Menstrual Cycle Difficulties. Monday 30th January at 7pm GMT.

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Support grants available* for**: under-earners, people living with disability, members of BIPOC and LGBTQ+, students, single mothers.

In this episode I share some personal reflections on my last week. I had my work featured in the mainstream media here in Ireland which also included a radio interview. I share about my experience, about getting nervous, and why it's important to move slowly out of your comfort zone.

You can read the media interviews here.

I also have a workshop coming up at the end of this month if you'd like to work with me in person.

Workshop: Finding Ease With Period Pain And Menstrual Cycle Difficulties. Monday 30th January at 7pm GMT.

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In this episode, I chat with a former client of mine and graduate of the Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training, Jennifer Van Uffelen.

We chatted about:* Jennifer's coaching practice and her approach * Her experience of the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training * Goals, results, and feelings * Learning to sit with uncomfortable feelings * Intellectualising v embodying * Morning routines * Structure v routine * Mindfulness

Episodes mentioned:
The Inner Spring of the Menstrual Cycle

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Jennifer's website
Jennifer's Instagram

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In this episode I share a personal update with my journey with endometriosis as I approach the end of the year. This is relevant for anyone with any kind of chronic pain condition, trauma, or PMDD.

The topics disucssed:

My professional practice vs my personal journey
Uncertainty and no guarantees
Disappointments
Acceptance and presence
Responsibility and action
Spirituality
Being "well enough"

Prompts mentioned for home reflection:
What is well enough for you?
What can we let go of?
What works?
In what way does it work?
What doesn't work?
What could be different or better?
How can we bring softness to our vulnerable parts?

Richard Rohr quote: "When we come into relationship with reality, that is where we meet our God."

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In this episode, we chat about what hidden loyalties are, how they play a role in our lives, and how we can uncover them?

In episode 37, we spoke about how to plan our self-care for Christmas and the holiday season, and in that episode I mentioned that "hidden loyalties" can get in the way of our self-care. Tune into this episode to learn about this topic more deeply.

Prompts to think about:

Which people, groups, and systems do you have loyalties towards?
What price do you pay for these loyalties when they play out?
What actions do you take out of loyalty?
What comes to mind when you think about the role of belonging in your life?
What behaviours do you stay loyal to?
Are you staying longer in a situation than you want?
How can you soften the edges around your loyalties?

Listen to episode 37 here: Self-Care Inspiration For The Holiday Season

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of being joined by singer/songwriter and recording artist, Shannon Curtis, to speak about all things creativity, recovery, and personal power.

Shannon has just launched her new album titled Good To Me this December, which is inspired by her journey of healing and recovery in the 12-step programme Codependents Anonymous (CoDA).

Her music and message in this album is described as "Kate Bush meets Glennon Doyle"*.

Good to Me* is a collection of ten 80s-inspired synthpop songs, which take listeners through the practice of recovery concepts like identifying failed coping mechanisms “From the Inside Out”, coming to terms with radical acceptance “Be With What Is”, learning to trust your inner truth “The Silent Sea”, and reconnecting to your serenity and power “I Am”.

You can find Shannon's album by searching her name on all music streaming services.

Click here to listen to Good To Me on Spotify
Click here to listen to Good To Me on Apple Music
Shannon's Website
Shannon's Instagram
Shannon's Facebook

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In this episode, let's chat about how we can prepare our self-care for the holiday season and Christmas this December.

What we discussed and what to consider when preparing our self-care:

Menstrual Cycle Awareness
Chronic pain
Preventing burnout and feeling resentful
What went well, what didn't go well, what could be better?
Loneliness, expectations, emotions, family dynamics
Our actual reality

The prompts were:

How do you want to feel during the holiday season?
What does that look like?
What would you like to "get done"?
What do you not want to "do"?
How can you take care of your energy management?
What people do want to connect with?
Do you want to stay connected online?
Think about boundaries and family dynamics
What do you want to yes or no to?
How can you look after yourself in your family?
What buffers can you lean into?
What are you expectations? Are they helpful or realistic?
What griefs, losses, or unmet desires do you have?
What responsibilities can you take?
What do you want to pack?
What kind of presents do you want to gift?
How can you mind your soul and your heart?

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In this episode I explore the concepts of the Inner Wise Woman, the Cailleach, and the Jaguar as they pertain to Celtic and Shamanic wisdom traditions.

In the Celtic wheel, which celebrates the different festivals around the seasons of the year, you meet your Inner Wise Woman energy in the dark time between Halloween (Samhain) and the Winter Solstice.

From a psychosomatic perspective, this Cailleach energy is the part of us and the part of life that is associated with: the dark, the unknown, uncertainty, letting go and surrender, death, the shadow self, fear, courage, trust, disruption, and chaos.

But this energy is also associated with transformation and the void space giving way to new life and new beginnings once we courageously meet it and move through it.

Listen to this episode and you will learn how to come into relationship with your inner Cailleach or Jaguar in a more safe and trusting way.

Resources mentioned:Episode 9: The Inner Autumn of the Menstrual Cycle
Episode 13: When you're afraid of your own dark feelings and thoughts
Episode 17: Recovering from PMDD
Episode 30: The Power of Support
Book: Shaman, Healer, Sage by Alberto Villodo
Leanne O'Sullivan poetry collection
Journaling prompt: "My Inner Wise Woman is knocking at the door..."

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In this episode, we chat about the role cosmetics and the beauty industry has on our hormonal health and on our relationship with ourselves.

The cosmetics and beauty industry is a huge industry that plays a role in our every day lives. Having a relationship with cosmetics and beauty allows for us to feel empowered in our bodies and in ourselves. However, are we paying a price in terms of our hormonal health?

Let's chat about just that! Our relationship with cosmetics, choosing better cosmetics for your hormonal health, and a reflection on our past and where all this came from.

I also share my own personal journey with cosmetics, skincare, acne, feeling insecure and shame.

Resources:

Book mentioned: Womancode by Alisa Vitti

Green beauty app: Yuka app

Irish store: The Clean Beauty Edit. Use code LISA10 for 10% discount :)

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In this episode, I was delighted to be joined with a former client, peer, and co-founder of Move2B, Órna Murray. We dive deep into our relationship with sport, movement, and why it can be difficult to get started.

Órna is the co-founder of the social enterprise Move2B with her sister Niamh.

Move2B provides education and coaching for individuals and organisations to support young girls and women in sport across Ireland.

Órna dives deep into her personal journey as a competitive athlete and how she struggled with managing the sporting lifestyle in her 20s.

She offers wisdom and support for anyone struggling with their relationship with sport and movement, and lots of tips to enjoy it again if it was once difficult.

I also share my personal journey with sport and movement, and Órna very lovingly offers me some amazing words of wisdom.

Find Órna's website at: www.move2b.ie

Find Move2B's Instagram at: @move2b.ie

Find Órna's Instagram at: @orna.murray

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In this episode I am joined with a dear listener of the podcast, Elizabeth Moreton, to talk about her journey with PMDD and how Menstrual Cycle Awareness helped her.

Liz had suffered with PMDD symptoms for many years. She struggled to navigate the medical system and get the adequate support she needed.

After years of searching, looking for answers and "doing all the right things," that didn't lead to much relief, she finally now has a deeper understanding of what was going on and what she needed.

We chatted about:

What Menstrual Cycle Awareness is and how it can support PMDD
The Inner Critic and always being "on"
The nervous system and the fight/flight response
Navigating the medical system
Anger and rage
Nutrition and lifestyle
Mindfulness meditation
Advocating for yourself
Boundaries and self-care
Getting support

Resources and Links:

Elizabeth's Instagram

Elizabeth's Website

Work with Lisa:

Book a free consultation with Lisa here

Take a free course with Lisa here

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Email Lisa at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

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In this episode I talk about what it means to show up for yourself and the different ways we can do that.

Sometimes we can't always feel amazing, peaceful, or joyous, but we can take small actions towards showing up for ourselves.

I also share a recent personal story of a trip to a day spa and how it didn't turn out as I had hoped.

This mindset for showing up for ourselves is incredibly important when we are on a journey of recovery with chronic pain, trauma, endometriosis, PCOS, or PMDD.

Some showing up for yourself suggestions:

Menstrual Cycle Tracking
Marking your Inner Seasons
Prioritising things on your long list
Prioritise small actions over feelings

Menstrual Cycle Tracking Journal:

Ireland and UK: Grab your copy here

USA: Grab your copy here

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In this episode I speak about what power is, the different ways power shows up in the world, the different power dynamics, and how we can access our own internal power more often.

I explore the different power dynamics that show up in the world: * Power over * Power under * Power with * Power within

Reflective questions from the episode: 1. How do you feel your power in your body? 2. How do you experience your power in life? 3. How does it show up in your nervous system? 4. How does it show up in your menstrual cycle? 5. What supports do you need to access your internal power? 6. What people inspire you with their power? 7. Can you think of power over/under/with/within dynamics examples in your life? 8. In what ways do you access your own internal power?

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In this episode I speak to the power and magic of getting support in your life. There are so many ways we can access support. And even though it might not seem like an exciting topic, there is true alchemy when we lean into support.

I speak about the different ways I receive support in my life, why I choose to do that and how it benefits me. It benefits me with my personal life, my relationships, my health, my work, and my business.

Because we live in quite an individualistic society with a huge focus on "self-help," it might seem weak or like wasting time to lean into support. But in actual fact, the right supports open up huge amounts of creativity, possibility, and results!

Exercise for this week is to think about:

the different ways you would like to be supported in your life
an area of your life where you could benefit from more support
different types of supports: people, places, objects, nature, etc.

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This week I have found myself quite busy in my inner spring of the menstrual cycle. I would love to share with you live in this episode a simple guided grounding exercise that you can practice anytime and anywhere.

This grounding exercise is a nervous system regulation practice called, 'orienting.' It comes from Somatic Experiencing which is a trauma body-based therapy that I am currently training in.

Our nervous system is always scanning the environment for cues of safety and danger. In this episode I guide a grounding meditation to support your nervous system to ground and come into the here and now.

This is a perfect practice for you if you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious. It is also perfect for period pain, pms, or PMDD.

Enjoy!

Episodes mentioned:

Episode 7: The Inner Spring Of The Menstrual Cycle

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I was asked by a client in a group I was facilitating recently what she should do when she gets emotionally triggered.

We had been doing work on Menstrual Cycle Awareness and nervous system regulation together. It was a great question.

This week's podcast is inspired by this question. I do my best to answer this from my point of view.

We discuss what happens in our body when we get triggered, the times we are more vulnerable to being triggered, why we can get triggered, and how to move through and away from the emotional trigger.

Here are the coaching questions from the episode that you can use at home:

Name the emotion
What is this emotion communicating to me?
What is not ok with me and why?
What boundary has been crossed?
Has a boundary I didn't know I had been crossed?
Look at the situation: is your emotional trigger justified?
What uncommunicated expectation am I holding here?
What have I not communicated?
What assumptions have I made?
What clients do I need to get?

Episodes mentioned:

Make sure you listen to the Inner Critic Series:

Part 1: Meet the Critic

Part 2: Boundary the Critic

Part 3: Befriend the Critic

Part 4: Integrate the Critic

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Click here to read more about the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training

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How can we make the most of our self-development, healing, and recovery work?

How can we take the benefits away with us after coaching or therapy sessions?

Sometimes it feels so great to be in the session with your coach or therapist, but how can we take the benefits away with us?

Integration is the answer!

Integration time after we do inner work, or after changes in our lives in general, is powerful and therapeutic.

In this episode I speak about the power and importance of integration, what happens in the body and nervous system exactly, and how you can do it.

Make sure you listen to the Inner Critic Series:

Part 1: Meet the Critic

Part 2: Boundary the Critic

Part 3: Befriend the Critic

Part 4: Integrate the Critic

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Click here to read more about the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training

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In this episode, I invited my good friend Shirley onto the podcast, or Dr. Shirley Graham!

We had a lovely and engaging conversation on all things pleasure, power, and patriarchy.

Tune to listen to hear about Shirley's work as the Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington D.C, USA.

We also talked about how she looks after herself in terms of self-care and spirituality to sustain her in this feminist work.

You can read Dr. Graham's more details bio below.

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Links:

Shirley' Website and Mailing List

Shirley's LinkedIn

GEIA:

Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) website

GEIA Instagram

GEIA Facebook

GEIA Twitter

Dr. Shirley Graham is the Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) which convenes the George Washington University/Elliott School of International Affairs curriculum and engagement in the policy and practice of promoting and achieving gender equality globally. She teaches two graduate courses on Global Gender Policy and Gender, War and Peace; and an undergraduate course on Women in Global Politics.

Shirley is a member of the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace & Security (CSWG) a coalition of experts serving to inform and educate U.S. Congress, the Administration and civil society on Women, Peace & Security (WPS) thematic areas. She is the founder of the D.C. Student Consortium on Women, Peace & Security which brings together students from several D.C. universities to critically analyze gaps in the WPS policy agenda, develop new research projects, and advocate for gender equality in all decision-making processes.

Shirley received her PhD on Gender & International Peacekeeping from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in 2014. She has an MA in International Affairs from Dublin City University where she is a research fellow at the Institute for International Conflict Resolution & Reconstruction (IICRR).

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Join us for the 4-part series on the inner critic in our healing and recovery journey. In this episode, we discuss the 4th stage in the process, which is to integrate our own inner critic.

In this episode, we explore how the inner critic is not always there to harm us, but that it can become a big part of our intuition and our inner compass. We just need to learn how to integrate it, understand it, and put it in the right place in our lives.

This is the most powerful stage in the process and when you learn how to do this, you will experience a lot of personal power and inner freedom!

Make sure you listen to the previous two episodes:

Part 1: Meet the Critic

Part 2: Boundary the Critic

Part 3: Befriend the Critic

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Click here to read more about the Cycle Coaching Professional Training

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Join us for the four-part series on the inner critic in our healing and recovery journey. In this episode, we discuss the third stage in the process, which is to befriend our own inner critic.

In the first episode we got clear on how our inner critic was showing up. Then in the second episode of the series we set boundaries with the inner critic and work on self-compassion. In this episode, we begin to welcome the critic back in and see what it has to say.

The three key words for befriending the critic are: allow, converse, listen, and reason.

The self-coaching questions for the at home exercise are:

What does this inner critic have to say?
What is it keeping me safe from?
What is it pushing me towards and why?
What is it holding high standards about and why?
It cares about something. What is that?
What is it wanting from me?
What is it ambitious about for me?

Make sure you listen to the previous two episodes:

Part 1: Meet the Critic

Part 2: Boundary the Critic

Click here to book a free coaching consultation with me.

Click here to read more about the Cycle Coaching Professional Training

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Join us for the four-part series on the inner critic in our healing and recovery journey. In this episode, we discuss the second stage in the process, which is to set boundaries with our own inner critic.

In the first episode, we got clear on what the inner critic was saying and how it was showing up.

Now we begin to take back the reigns and start practicing more assertive discipline with ourselves with regards to who is in the driver's seat! Is it your authentic self driving or is it the inner critic?

We explore different ways to be self-disciplined, how to set boundaries with the critic and how to learn the art of fierce self-compassion.

This second step is a crucial step towards healing. You will hear all the secrets and my personal experiences in this episode.

Click here to listen to the first episode on this 4-part series on the inner critic: Meet The Critic

Click here to learn more about the Menstrual Cycle Coaching & Facilitation Certification.

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Join us for the four-part series on the inner critic in our healing and recovery journey. Many of us have a strong inner critic that prevents us from living the lives we want to live. It affects our creativity, our dreams and goals, and our relationships. It can also impact our journey of healing, recovery, and self-care. In this series, we take steps to get to know our critic and heal our critic once and for all!

In this first episode, we get really clear on the different ways our inner critic shows up and impacts our life. Once we know how to name the critic and give it its place, then we can understand more clearly where it comes from.

This first step is a crucial step towards healing. You will hear all the secrets and my personal experiences in this episode.

For more detailed notes that I mentioned in the episode, head over to the podcast page on my website here for the notes and at-home exercises.

Click here to learn more about the Menstrual Cycle Coaching & Facilitation Certification.

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How do we practice Menstrual Cycle Awareness or live cyclically when we don't have a cycle or when our cycle is irregular? In this episode, I am joined by my peer and friend, Kate Codrington to discuss just this. Kate specialises in the journey of menopause and is the author of the book Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause.This episode is perfect for anyone who has learned about menstrual cycle awareness and the inner seasons but who has a different experience of their cycle in their embodied reality.

Perhaps you have an irregular cycle, or you are on the pill, you might be navigating a pregnancy journey, , or even illness.

There are so many reasons why a cycle may not be present or regular.

Not having a regular cycle, does not mean we can't tap into the inner seasons and work with other forms of cyclicality in our lives.

In this conversation, Kate and I explore:

Menstrual Cycle Awareness for people without a cycle or with an irregular cycle
Kate's book Second Spring
Kate's creative journey and the seasons of her writing process
Why returning to kindness matters so much
Guiding questions to support cycles of contraction and cycles of expansion
The inner critic
Life cycles and life seasons

You can find Kate's website at: www.katecodrington.co.uk

You can find Kate on Instagram at: @kate_codrington

You can buy Second Spring here.

You can apply for 1:1 coaching or professional support with me at: www.lisadejongcoaching.com

You can sign up for the accredited Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Certification here.

Join me for this rich and interesting conversation with my recent Professional Training graduate Anna Przybylo. We talk all things menstrual cycle awareness, business, becoming a menstrual cycle coach, and her experience on the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification Program.

Anna is originally from Poland but is now living in Dublin. She is also a yoga teacher and wellbeing coach specialising in hormonal health and women's wellbeing.

In this episode she shares her experience of the professional training and how it has supported her to bring this work out into the world in her own unique way.

Anna offers coaching and courses online and in person in Dublin. She is also on a mission to bring Menstrual Cycle Awareness to her workspace and to the tech industry in Ireland.

You can find Anna's work at: www.seedsofjoy.space

You can find Anna's Instagram at: @seedsofjoy.yoga

Interested in becoming a Menstrual Cycle Coach & Facilitator?

Click here to read more about the Menstrual Cycle Coaching & Facilitation Certification.

Don't forget, you can book a free consult with Lisa here to enquire about the professional training or about 1:1 coaching.

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In this episode, Lisa is joined with a former student of the Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training – Rachel Lewis. Lisa and Rachel speak about the recovery journey from PMDD, Rachel's experience of Menstrual Cycle Awareness, being a highly sensitive person, and Rachel's current journey with creativity.

Some other things discussed in this episode were:

Rachel's experience of the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification Programme
The recovery journey of PMDD
When we approach self-care from a place of fear or urgency
No longer pathologising the menstrual cycle
Having an identity with a diagnosis and moving away from labels
The badass bitch power of the inner autumn
Rachel's poetry and creative energy from her inner autumn
Being a highly sensitive and intuitive person

Find Rachel's work at: www.cyclicalwellbeing.com

Find Rachel's Instagram at: @cyclicalwellbeing

Find Rachel's Poetry at: @my_life_rhymes

Read more about the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification here. Spaces available now!

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In this episode, I am joined by a former student and graduate of my Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Certification, Paula Byrne. We chat through her story from pain to power with period pain, how the professional training was for her, and some exciting news about how she is bringing this work to schools around the country.

Paula shares with me her personal lived experience of pain, her journey with the pill, and with endometriosis. It wasn't until she discovered Menstrual Cycle Awareness and the mind-body connection that things really turned around for her.

She shares that the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training was the most enjoyable professional training she has ever been on and that it has made such a difference in both her personal and professional life.

I also talk about my experience of group facilitation and what I learned for myself as the facilitator of this course.

If you are interested in joining us for the next round of the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification, you can read more here and book a call with me here.

You can find Paula and her work over on her Instagram: @appleblossomholistic

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Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder or PMDD affects 1 in 20 women worldwide. It is a mental health condition that is linked to female sex hormones and the menstrual cycle. In this episode, we discuss in detail what PMDD is, PMDD causes, and natural treatment options for PMDD.

PMDD can have a huge impact on a woman's mental health and very often the people who experience it have depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. There is hope however! And what is required is a holistic and integrative approach to recovery.

As a women's health coach, I have worked with many people and groups have have different experiences of PMDD. In this episode I offer you my professional perspective and the approach I take when supporting people to recover from PMDD.

Trauma is also a huge missing part in PMDD healing, which is something I also integrate into my coaching practice.

Key takeaway from the episode: "How can I create hope for myself in the darkness?"

If you would benefit from 1:1 support, book a a free enquiry consultation with me at www.lisadejongcoaching.com

If you are interested in becoming a menstrual cycle coach or integrating this work into your already existing role or practice, join me for the next round of the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification.

In this episode I share with you some reflections and coaching guidance on our relationship with commitment, why it's hard, and how to improve our ability to commit to something or someone.

We live in a world that is full of options – a new diet to try, a new healthcare practice, a new approach, a new podcast, book, coach, therapist, relationship, etc. Alternatives are always available which creates hope and excitement.

However, can we really build something great and get results if we are constantly in search of the high of options and alternatives?

Commitment requires a choice, dedication, focus, and an ability to stay with uncomfortable feelings such as boredom, fear, anxiety, and ambivalence.

If you are ready to uplevel your life and take your healing and recovery journey to the next level, commitment is required. I can help you with that!

Book a free consultation with me at: www.lisadejongcoaching.com

Interested in my professional training? Read more here at: Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification Programme

See you there!

In this episode I share with you my top 7 tips for soothing pain. These can be used for period pain, PMS or PMDD pain, endometriosis pain, ovulation pain, or any other chronic pain such as fibromyalgia or an unexplained pain condition you have.

Pain is both an emotional and a physical experience that causes a lot of suffering for many people. Pain can come with stress, anxiety, grief, or fear of the pain itself.

However there is a lot we can do to both prevent pain and to down-regulate the nervous system to support our body in coming out of pain or to take the edge off the experience.

My top tips include an in-depth discussion on painkillers, very specific breathing exercises for pain, mantras, suggestions for movement and exercises, herbs, nervous system regulation tools and tips for supporting our emotions.

Have a go and let me know what you think!

If you would like to sign up to the 3 month 1:1 coaching container with me, book a free consultation with me here.

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In this episode we explore the difference between two important words in feminism: Sexism v Misogyny. It is important to understand the difference and how to use these words so we can empower ourselves in our understanding of what harm is being done in a situation involving either.

These two terms can be confused, which often then gets criticised or can result in the words losing their power.

When we understand the difference between sexism and misogyny, we then understand how to navigate these invisible forces, how to point them out, how to empower ourselves and others.

These two definitions are also important in understanding what is happening in the world with regard to abortion rights.

I reference in this episode the works of Kate Manne and Caroline Criado-Perez.

I also give examples from my own life of sexism and misogyny.

I give some tips on how to be involved in your own activism or feminist work in a way that doesn't exhaust you.

If you are interested in integrating this work into your professional practice, you are welcome to join the 6-month Menstrual Cycle Coaching Certification Programme.

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If you are looking for 1:1 support for yourself personally or professionally, I can help you.

Click this link to book a free consultation with me and we can have a chat together.

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In this episode we discuss the common reality of being afraid of your own feelings and thoughts. We talk about why it happens and what you can do to bring down the fear inside your body and mind.

Being afraid of your own feelings and thoughts is very normal but it creates a lot of tension and anxiety in the nervous system. When we resist dark feelings and thoughts, they can get stronger and then the fear can increase.

I work with many women who struggle with PMS, endometriosis and PMDD, and many of them often have suicidal thoughts. When we create some safety with these thoughts and feelings, they begin to soften and our capacity to be with them grows.

I also share in this episode my own personal experience of navigating dark feelings and thoughts with lots of practical tips and tricks I have picked up along the way.

If you would like personalised help with your healing journey, you can book a free coaching consultation at www.lisadejongcoaching.com

You can also check out my online courses here to get started today from your own home.

In this episode we explore how to overcome procrastination in a way that is sustainable and truly long lasting.

Many of us struggle with procrastination weekly, especially with the things that really matter to us, such as our creative dreams and our careers. It can be debilitating and can prevent us from achieving our true potential.

When it comes to overcoming procrastination, we have been taught and socialised to push through, to try new mindset strategies or build new habits. However, after some time, procrastination sneaks back into our life and we are back at square one.

So what then?

In this episode, I share a whole different perspective and solution that is rooted in an understanding of your nervous system and what is happening in the body. I offer coaching questions and suggestions for you to overcome procrastination in a way that will change your understanding entirely.

If you'd like personalised help with your creative journey and navigating your nervous system, book a free consultation with me at: www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In this episode we explore the ways in which you can become a menstrual cycle coach or period coach, or, how to integrate menstrual cycle coaching into your existing career or professional practice.

I share my own professional journey to becoming a menstrual cycle coach, how I got here, and why!

I also tell you all about my upcoming Menstrual Cycle Coaching and Facilitation Professional Training Certification. Doors are now open and taking bookings!

If you are interested in getting a menstrual cycle coaching certification, join us in this episode.

This work has changed many lives and is perfect for any coach, therapist, facilitator, healer, practitioner, etc. interested in this area of women's health

Read more about the qualification over at: https://yourcyclematters.thinkific.com/courses/menstrual-cycle-coach-facilitator-professional-training

Or email me to request more information about the curriculum at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

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In this episode we chat about the Inner Winter of the menstrual cycle, or menstruation. This is the low energy point of the cycle. The dark feminine phase. We discuss how to prevent pain, how to look after yourself with self-care, your mental health, your diet, and what things you can do to bring pain levels down. The inner winter is a time of rest, renewal and surrender. When we can practice more self-care during this time, we avoid burnout, anxiety, and pain.

I also talk about my 1:1 coaching programme, what it involves, what I can help you with, and the types of results my clients have achieved.

If you would like more help on your journey, I offer 1:1 coaching. Book a consultation with me at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com

In this episode, we discuss the Inner Autumn of the Menstrual Cycle and why this time can be so challenging. So many people struggle with PMS or PMDD symptoms during this phase and so, in this episode I explain why that is and what steps we can take to improve our experience of the Inner Autumn. Once we learn to befriend this season, our lives can change for the better!

If you are looking for personalised support with your pre-menstrual phase, with PMS, or with PMDD, I can help you. Book a consultation call with me at: www.lisadejongcoahing.com

In this episode we explore Ovulation - the Inner Summer of the Menstrual Cycle. We talk about why ovulation is important for our health, how to navigate the inner summer of the cycle and what difficulties can arise during this time! It can be a high energy time for some people, but for others we can experience burnout here or a strong inner critic. In this episode explain exactly why that is and how to look after yourself during this time. If you struggle with period pain, PMS or PMDD, this episode will also offer some nuggets of wisdom to set you up better for your cycle.

If you'd like to get more help implementing this work, I can help you! Book a free consultation with me at www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In this episode, we chat about the Inner Spring of the menstrual cycle, or the pre-ovulation time. We talk about self-care, how to navigate that time, why it might be difficult in terms of mental health and energy.

Many women can experience burnout or anxiety during this time and in this episode I explain exactly why that is and how we can resolve that! We also talk about PMDD and why working with the Inner Spring can support those with PMDD or PMS symptoms.

If you are looking to take this work deeper and need support, I can help! Book a consultation at: www.lisadejong.com.

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In this episode we explore what gentleness is, how we can invite more of that energy into our lives and our healing journey, and why that's important.

For more support with this topic on your own personal journey, you can book a 1:1 coaching consultation with me at: www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In this short episode we explore what jealousy is, why it happens, why it is uncomfortable and how we can come into an easier relationship with it. Jealousy is a normal human emotion that puts our personal desires under the spotlight. Often, it is our judgements, meaning making and social conditioning that cause jealously to feel much more uncomfortable than necessary. Let's untangle it together so that we can feel free and move towards our desires!

If you would like more support with this topic, I can help you! Book a free coaching consultation at: www.lisadejongcoaching.com

In this short episode we explore how to plan your travel or holidays around your menstrual cycle to get the best out of your time and set yourself up well if you suffer. How to move through airports a bit more comfortably, what pleasure means exactly and how to have a much more pleasurable experience, and why that matters for pain and anxiety.

Book a free coaching consultation at: https://www.yourcyclematters.com

In this episode, I share my personal journey with period pain from a young age, how I navigated that through my adolescent years and into adulthood, and the path to being diagnosed with endometriosis. I discuss the complexities to diagnoses and treatment, the barriers in the medical system, the privilege that exists and the medical misogyny and gaslighting. I share my personal story of being treated abroad for endometriosis, the reasons why and the results.

If you are interested in 1:1 support, reach out to me for a free consult call at: https://www.yourcyclematters.com/

In this episode we speak about endometriosis, why I am prioritising it in this podcast, what it is, how to navigate the medical system, what things to consider, the impact of trauma and ways to look after ourselves holistically through the messiness of this misunderstood diesease.

The Facbook community I mentioned is called "Nancy's Nook".

If you are looking support for your journey with endometriosis care and management, I can help you with that. Book a consult call with me via my website: https://www.yourcyclematters.com/

In this first episode of the From Pain to Power Podcast, we discuss how to navigate beginnings in our lives whether it be a healing journey, a creative project or a business venture. How to avoid burnout when navigating a beginning and how to not get caught in perfectionism. We also chat about the Inner Spring of the menstrual cycle and why it's so common to feel burnout or anxiety in the days after menstruation. And what lessons we can take from our Menstrual Cycle Awareness journey and map to our lives.

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Hello! And welcome to the Pain to Power podcast with me, your host, Lisa de Jong. I’m really glad to have you here. Join us in the conversation on pain be it chronic physical pain, mental, emotional and even spiritual and how we as individuals and as a community journey our way back home to ourselves and to our own sense of power within our bodies.

In this podcast I’ll be exploring a range of topics that I have come to see as the most influential when it comes to healing, recovery and building our own inner power. These include women’s health, the menstrual cycle, hormones, the nervous system, trauma, embodiment, relationships, and feminism. I’ll be sharing my own personal experiences, stories from my clients and groups I facilitate, and I’ll be having guest expert speakers on these topics too. So take a look around for an episode you fancy today, and let’s dive right in!

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