{"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":"FF4 - Your Cycle Speaks Before Symptoms Do","slug":"ff4-your-cycle-speaks-before-symptoms-do","published_at":"2025-10-10T18:27:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823/ff4-your-cycle-speaks-before-symptoms-do","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823","url":"https://embracing-flow.simplecast.com/episodes/ff4-your-cycle-speaks-before-symptoms-do-xLCnSi2W","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/9e187f4b-2be8-4cb1-9296-3ba9f142e049/episodes/4e39407c-8859-4d55-b39d-83a668712556/audio/49b27675-6964-4bef-9d1c-a7c41390d96c/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=iddlVpAh","summary":"Your cycle isn’t random — it’s responsive. In this Flow Fact Friday, Heather shares how changes in your menstrual cycle often show up before symptoms do. Learn how your body uses your period as an early warning system for stress, nutrition, thyroid, and hormonal shifts — and why this “fifth vital sign” deserves your attention.","meta_description":"Your cycle isn’t random — it’s responsive. In this Flow Fact Friday, Heather shares how changes in your menstrual cycle often show up before symptoms do.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":163,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embracing-flow-6710823/episodes/ff4-your-cycle-speaks-before-symptoms-do/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/ff4-your-cycle-speaks-before-symptoms-do.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}