Episode 34: Cycle Syncing, Optimizing Hormonal Health, and the Truth About Birth Control with Period Educator, Berrion Berry
Do you suffer from hormonal symptoms, such as PCOS, bad cramps, moodiness, or breakouts? Are you interested in cycle syncing but unsure of where to begin? Berrion Berry is on a mission to help women heal their hormones, one relatable TikTok at a time. Berrion is a cycle synching consultant, period educator, and founder of Optimize Your Flo, a program to help you sync with your cycle and change your life. On this episode of The Everygirl Podcast, Berrion is sharing all her hormonal health tips, from the honest truth about birth control pills to why you can't really "balance hormones" and other common misconceptions. We also talk about how to tap into your reproductive cycle to optimize productivity and get into the nitty gritty about adapting your workout routine and social life. Berry also breaks down her entire supplement routine (including supplements for various period symptoms) and leaves the audience with countless tangible, easy tips you can begin today to heal your hormones.
SHOW NOTES:
Here on The Everygirl Podcast, we love a hormone health episode, which is why this week we’re chatting with Berrion Berry, a menstrual health educator and coach. This episode begins with a conversation between Josie and Berry about how they first connected through an article on cycle syncing for The Everygirl, and how they’re excited to dive deeper in this episode. Then, Berrion dives right into her personal story and how she came to be a menstrual health coach, getting deep into her relationship with her period. She tells the tale of how she moved from working as a functional nutritionist to discovering how she could heal her period pain through cycle syncing. Josie asks Berrion to explain why cycle syncing works, and how we’ve ended up in a world where so many women have toxic relationships with their periods. Berrion discusses the negative, limiting cultural narratives that we have built around periods. Josie and Berrion then have a conversation about the importance of rewiring our brains to think about our periods differently, from our first period memory until now. Josie asks Berrion to unpack many of the myths and misconceptions that surround menstrual health and cycle syncing, and Berrion discusses everything from pregnancy to hormonal birth control. The episode then turns towards sex drive and cycle syncing; Josie explains why people with female hormones will have a different sex drive than people with male hormones, and Berrion gets into the specifics of where our sex drive should be the highest throughout our cycle. She also discusses the impact of caffeine on our cycle, and then enumerates the top few things we can all do to better create hormonal harmony. Josie asks Berrion to walk the listeners through her own cycle syncing routine, and Berrion shares her “Fab Five” checklist for daily cycle syncing habits. The two discuss the complications of attempting to sync your work life with your menstrual cycle, and what to do when life starts to get in the way. The episode closes with Josie asking Berrion to list off some products that help her through her cycle syncing, and Berrion provides a full grocery list of supplement recommendations.
Must-Listen Moments:
[14:01] Why have we developed such a negative cultural negative about our periods, and how can we change that narrative?
[23:04] Berrion addresses some of the common misconceptions about reproductive health and cycle syncing
[35:16] The relationship between our menstrual cycle and our sex drive, plus when during your cycle to monitor your libido
[41:30] The “Fab Five” checklist that Berrion uses daily to make sure that her periods are as easy and pain-free as possible
[1:00:46] Berrion’s product recommendations for having the best periods possible, from multivitamins to teas
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