061: The Real Effects of Birth Control and How Each Phase of Our Menstrual Cycle Impacts Us with Pauline Gisele

Ladies! You’re gonna need a notebook for this one. We’re holding up a magnifying glass to every question you’ve ever had about birth control and your menstrual cycle from why you feel fine one day and crying over something someone said 5 years ago the next to how much damage birth control really does to us. We’re talking hormones, biology, menstrual phases, chocolate cravings, all of it.   My wonderful guest this week, Pauline Gisele is a hormone cycle researcher and educator who after her own year-long battle with depression as a result of coming off birth control after 10 years felt called to help other women all over the world get rid of PMS, optimize their fertility, and regulate their cycles. We talk about all the different ways birth control suppresses our bodies, creates a disconnect from our brain to our ovaries all the way down to it having a HUGE impact on how we choose our partners. It even changes our sense of smell. Did you know that? I didn’t! In the same ways that sometimes trauma can choose our partners for us, our cycle does almost the exact same thing, so we’re covering every single phase so you’re clued up on why the couch and a good bit of chocolate become irresistible at least once a month. WHAT ELSE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT:   How we attract different types of men depending on which phase of our cycle we’re in That symptoms of PMS and PMDD are actually abnormal and a sign from our bodies that something is wrong How hormones affect every single thing in our lives from our thoughts and emotions to the decisions and partners we choose The behaviors associated with each menstrual phase (there’s a reason you want to organize your entire life every month!) How having a better understanding of our cycle can help us better understand ourselves and encourage more self-love and self-compassion  Two essential things we need to control to balance our hormones especially after coming off of birth control How low moods and feelings of depression during our cycles is really just a drop in estrogen. It’s all biology, we’re totally normal! How we as women are so predictable and there is nothing shameful about that Connect with Pauline:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulinegisele/ Website: https://balanceyourcycle.com/   Connect with me:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelleymbode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelley.bode.90  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelleybode