{"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":"85 - Dr. Jeffrey Brown: Painful Periods Are Not Normal: Rethinking Hormones, Endometriosis, and Women’s Health","slug":"85-dr-jeffrey-brown-painful-periods-are-not-normal-rethinking-hormones-endometriosis-and-women-s-health","published_at":"2026-03-13T18:07:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823/85-dr-jeffrey-brown-painful-periods-are-not-normal-rethinking-hormones-endometriosis-and-women-s-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823","url":"https://embracing-flow.simplecast.com/episodes/85-dr-jeffrey-brown-painful-periods-are-not-normal-rethinking-hormones-endometriosis-and-womens-health-NLXxaS4f","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/832829f1-0a27-4fb6-a178-278bc0a0dccb/9e187f4b-2be8-4cb1-9296-3ba9f142e049/episodes/audio/group/e7879138-5c96-4983-b935-db307393d7fe/group-item/3debbf89-4132-42f8-a95e-81224ddeb47d/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=iddlVpAh","summary":"Painful periods are often dismissed as “normal,” but many women live with debilitating symptoms that deserve deeper attention. In this episode of Embracing Flow, Heather Allmendinger speaks with functional medicine physician Dr. Jeffrey Brown about hormone health, endometriosis, and why severe menstrual pain should never be ignored. Together they explore how stress, gut health, inflammation, and hormone balance influence the menstrual cycle, and why women deserve more than symptom management when it comes to their health. This conversation brings education, empowerment, and hope to women navigating painful cycles.","meta_description":"Painful periods are often dismissed as “normal,” but many women live with debilitating symptoms that deserve deeper attention. In this episode of Embracin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3033,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embracing-flow-6710823/episodes/85-dr-jeffrey-brown-painful-periods-are-not-normal-rethinking-hormones-endometriosis-and-women-s-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-6710823/85-dr-jeffrey-brown-painful-periods-are-not-normal-rethinking-hormones-endometriosis-and-women-s-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}