Send us Fan Mail What if the key to healing, manifesting, and feeling like yourself again was already built into your body? This week Lisa and Desi welcome another guest — Gigi, registered nurse, neurosomatic practitioner, and founder of The Cyclical Women. Gigi is on a mission to help women stop fighting their bodies and start trusting them — through cycle awareness, nervous system regulation, and simple daily rituals that actually work. And her story? It's one of the most raw, real, and inspiring ones they've had on the show yet. In this episode: How postpartum anxiety became the breaking point that changed everythingThe breath work session that cracked her open — and led her to kundaliniHow her husband's comment about tampons and tennis sparked her entire missionThe four phases of your cycle explained — what's actually happening hormonally and energetically in each oneWhy your nervous system is the conductor of your entire hormonal showHow tracking your cycle for just a few months can completely change your relationships, your moods, and your lifeThe luteal rage that was destroying her marriage — and how cycle awareness made it stopWhy your healing journey doesn't have to look like anyone else'sGigi's Big Womb Energy 11-day challenge — and how it activates the lower three chakras for confidence, creativity, and safety in your bodyThis is the conversation every woman deserves to have — and probably never got growing up. 🎙️ Real Talk Real Healing with Lisa & Desi ft. Gigi of The Cyclical Women 🩸 Your Cycle Explained — The Four Phases Menstrual (Inner Winter): All hormones at their lowestA time of quiet, rest, and inward focusLess hormonal noise — actually a clarifying timeFollicular (Inner Spring): Estrogen and FSH begin to riseEnergy comes back online — you like people againCreative, social, beginning to feel yourselfOvulatory (Inner Summer): Estrogen peaks — voice becomes more sultry, energy is magneticTestosterone rises — motivation and drive are highThe shortest phase: only about 4 days (48 hours of true peak)After ovulation, estrogen takes a nosedive — like the party girl leaving the partyLuteal (Inner Autumn): Progesterone comes online — calm, nesting, organizing energyBUT: when cortisol is chronically high (which it is for most women) progesterone gets bullied and can't do its jobResult: PMS, rage, mood swings, depletion, feeling unlike yourselfThe nervous system is the conductor — regulate it and the whole hormonal orchestra plays better🧠 The Nervous System & Your Hormones The nervous system is the conductor — hormones are the instrumentsA dysregulated nervous system = cortisol overload = progesterone suppression = PMS symptomsPractices like kundalini, Kriyas, and somatic work set a new nervous system baselineWhen cortisol goes down, oxytocin goes up — and everything else followsGigi shares how her previously severe luteal rage (divorce papers level) is now gone — through nervous system work and cycle awareness📓 How to Start Tracking Your Cycle Gigi's simple daily practice: Note your cycle day (Day 1 = first day of full bleed, not spotting)Track your most prominent moodTrack your energy levelNote any physical symptoms — cramps, headaches, breast tenderness, cervical mucusAfter 2-3 cycles you'll start to see solid patterns — and you can begin to support yourself proactively instead of being blindsided every month Shadow Stalking the Luteal Phase: Notice when PMS symptoms or mood shifts consistently appearAsk what's coming up and whySupport yourself through that phase instead of pushing throughAbout Gigi & Her Programs: 🌀 Big Womb Energy — 11-Day Practice Challenge - link here Starts October 1stActivates the lower three chakras: root (safety), sacral (creativity and flow), and solar plexus (self-sourced power)Uses kundalini and energy practices to regulate the nervous system and awaken your most expressed selfPast participants have healed chronic back pain, called in desires, felt more regulated and confident, and had people notice a visible shift in their energyPerfect entry point for women new to this work📚 The Cyclical Women Collective — Free Facebook Group - click here Monthly masterclasses including Divine Desire: How to Manifest Using the Power of Your Menstrual CycleCommunity space for women to share and support each otherGigi also works with women who have irregular cycles, are on birth control, have had hysterectomies, or are navigating perimenopause and menopause Connect With Gigi: 📲 Instagram: @gloflo.withgigi👥 Facebook Group: The Cyclical Women Collective🔥 Big Womb Energy Challenge — starts October 1st (click here)Connect With Us: 📲 Instagram: @RealTalkRealHealingPodcast💬 DM us — what landed most for you from this episode?🎥 YouTube: Real Talk Real HealingHang out and follow us on IG! Leave a review, screenshot & DM us on IG
