{"podcast":{"title":"Embracing Flow","slug":"embracing-flow-6710823","podcast_index_feed_id":6710823,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/iddlVpAh","website_url":"https://embracing-flow.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7097a184-62f7-4697-afc1-20e316cb804a/20428156-ad4f-4a27-895a-2b1bca862762/3000x3000/2025-20podcast-20button.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Heather Allmendinger","episode_count":87,"summary":"Imagine celebrating Christmas with a newborn, a 9 year old, and your 39 year old husband passing away suddenly in your bedroom. On the outside, I looked calm and collected, yet internally, I was numb and actually telling myself to breathe, any thought beyond the inhale/exhale pattern was too overwhelming. Not only was I dealing with the passing of my husband and life with a newborn, my corporate life changed too when a new management team was assigned. As I pulled the broken pieces back together, realization hit, I needed a new start; I’d outgrown the corporate world, it was time to share my love of the products I’d been using, but sales felt gross to me. So, I went back to school, earning three health coaching certifications. In the process, I saw how little we know and talk about the menstrual cycle. We don’t know how it works or how it interacts with every single system in our body. The taboo of menstruation had to stop! Flashbacks of my grandmother giving me the period talk, the absolute hatred of my painful, heavy, nauseating, passing out periods, to the embarrassing nurse’s office trip with bled through dark pants and being handed WHITE sweatpants! I remember the shock and e…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:21:22.670365+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823"},"episode":{"title":"74 - Heather Allmendinger - Menstrual Cycles: The 5th Vital Sign and What They Reveal About Your Health","slug":"74-heather-allmendinger-menstrual-cycles-the-5th-vital-sign-and-what-they-reveal-about-your-health","published_at":"2025-10-08T21:08:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823/74-heather-allmendinger-menstrual-cycles-the-5th-vital-sign-and-what-they-reveal-about-your-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823","url":"https://embracing-flow.simplecast.com/episodes/74-heather-allmendinger-menstrual-cycles-the-5th-vital-sign-and-what-they-reveal-about-your-health-fadyl8ST","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/9e187f4b-2be8-4cb1-9296-3ba9f142e049/episodes/a6bb231c-c606-4f07-b7ce-69c5ce19a745/audio/e51465a0-4dc9-4764-9aca-8a2eb2908c0c/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=iddlVpAh","summary":"Your menstrual cycle isn’t just about fertility — it’s your body’s fifth vital sign. In this episode, Heather explains what your cycle reveals about your hormones, thyroid, stress, and overall health. Learn why every period is a monthly check-in with your body and how to help your daughters understand this wisdom early. This episode empowers women to understand their cycles beyond reproduction — and gives moms practical ways to help daughters see their cycles as powerful health indicators, not inconveniences.","meta_description":"Your menstrual cycle isn’t just about fertility — it’s your body’s fifth vital sign. In this episode, Heather explains what your cycle reveals about your…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":548,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embracing-flow-6710823/episodes/74-heather-allmendinger-menstrual-cycles-the-5th-vital-sign-and-what-they-reveal-about-your-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823/74-heather-allmendinger-menstrual-cycles-the-5th-vital-sign-and-what-they-reveal-about-your-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}