Living Luteal Loca

Jessica Johnson, Mandi Corbett, & Katie Browning
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Women's health isn't one-size-fits-all—and neither are the conversations around it. Welcome to Living Luteal Loca, where three friends explore hormones, cycles, mental health, PMOS/PCOS, nutrition, perimenopause, metabolism, GLP-1s, and everything in between—with curiosity, compassion, and a healthy dose of humor. Hosted by chiropractor and acupuncturist Dr. Katie Browning, licensed professional counselor Mandi Corbett, and curious question-asker Jessica Johnson, each episode blends evidence-informed education with real stories, practical takeaways, and honest conversations that leave you thinking, "Wait... why didn't anyone ever tell me this?" No shame. No perfection. Just thoughtful conversations that help you better understand your body—and remind you that you don't have to figure it all out alone. So grab whatever's in your chalice and join us. Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay Loca. 💜

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    003 | When Hormones Get Hard: What Actually Helped

    What actually helps when your hormones are making life harder? In this episode, we’re getting personal about the things that have challenged us most in our own women’s health journeys—and the things that have actually made a difference. Mandi and Katie talk about living with PMDD, the impact it can have on relationships and mental health, and what changed when they finally understood the cyclical pattern behind what they were experiencing. We talk SSRIs, HRT, cycle tracking, cycle syncing, boundaries, and learning that the feelings showing up during the luteal phase aren’t automatically invalid just because hormones are involved.  Then Jess shares her experience with PCOS, insulin resistance, missed periods, and discovering precancerous endometrial changes despite feeling completely fine. We get into the care that followed—including a D&C, hormonal IUD, medication, movement, nutrition, and the importance of finding a provider willing to actually investigate what’s going on.  Somewhere along the way, a conversation about vitamin D naturally devolves into perineum sunning because apparently this is who we are. ☀️🍑 Underneath all three stories is one idea we keep coming back to: What if “I’m broken” becomes “I’m curious”? Understanding what our bodies are doing doesn’t fix everything—but it can give us language, options, agency, and a whole lot less shame. Content note: This episode includes a brief, non-graphic discussion of suicidal ideation in the context of PMDD and mental health. Chapters00:00 👋 Welcome to the Chaos 01:31 🌸 Cycle Season Check-In 04:20 🥂 What’s in Your Chalice? 06:54 💜 When Hormones Get Hard: What Actually Helped 07:20 🌙 Mandi: PMDD, Relationships, & Finding Answers 13:31 🧠 Katie: PMDD, Mental Health, & Cycle Syncing 19:55 🩺 Jess: PCOS, Precancer, & Finding What Helps 26:55 ✨ From “I’m Broken” to Curious 29:30 ☀️🍑 Wait… Perineum Sunning?! 31:21 🛒 What’s in Your Cart? 36:23 💜 Stay Curious, Stay Compassionate, & Stay Loca 💌 Dear Loca Have a question, story, or topic you want us to talk about? Write to us at: mailto:DearLoca@livinglutealloca.com 🐚 Find Jess’s shell creations: Shirley’s Shell Shop on Etsy — https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShirleyShellShop A quick note 💜We’re sharing our own experiences and what has helped us—not giving individualized medical advice. Talk with your own healthcare provider about what makes sense for you. Living Luteal Loca is a podcast about hormones, health, relationships, and all the weird stuff nobody properly prepared us for. We don’t have it all figured out. We have questions, opinions, Google Scholar, and apparently microphones. Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay loca. 💜

  2. Aug 17

    002 | PCOS (PMOS?) — Why Your Cycle Didn’t Get the Memo

    What if PCOS isn’t really about ovarian cysts at all? 👀 In Episode 002, we’re talking PCOS (or… PMOS?) — what it can look like, why your cycle may not follow the usual script, and how hormones, metabolism, insulin resistance, and mental health can all get tangled together. Jess shares her own 20-year road to a PCOS diagnosis, Katie nerds out about cycles, ovulation, and insulin resistance, and Mandi brings the mental health perspective — including why understanding what’s happening in your body can be so validating. 💜 Plus: cycle seasons 🌸☀️🍂❄️, the infamous Texas-shaped period stain 🤠, what’s in our carts 🛒, bras, seashells, and a completely necessary discussion about which Disney princess each of us would be. 😂 ✨ Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay Loca. 🌸 DEAR LOCA Questions? Episode ideas? Something helpful — or hard — from your own experience? We want to hear it. 💌 DearLoca@livinglutealloca.com 💜 FIND US 🌐 Website: https://livinglutealloca.com 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/6797364789 📸 Instagram: @LivingLutealLoca ▶️ YouTube: Living Luteal Loca ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 👋 Welcome Back! 02:17 🥤 What's in Your Chalice? 05:22 🌸 Cycle Season Check-In 11:25 🌱 Your Cycle Through the Seasons 16:12 🔄 PCOS, PMOS & Jessica's Diagnosis 20:11 📋 How PMOS Is Diagnosed 23:03 🍩 Insulin Resistance Explained 30:02 🧠 Hormones, Mental Health & Your Cycle 42:13 🤝 We Get to Be That for Each Other 44:19 🛒 What's In Your Cart? 49:53 👑 Disney Princess Energy ⚕️ A LITTLE FINE PRINT Living Luteal Loca is for education, conversation, and entertainment. Nothing shared on this podcast is intended to diagnose or treat any condition or replace individualized medical or mental health care. We’ll share research, professional perspectives, personal experiences, things that have helped us, things that absolutely have not, and plenty of questions along the way. Take what’s useful, stay curious, and make the decisions that are right for you with your own healthcare team when appropriate. 🎵 Music: “Posy” — licensed through Soundstripe via Riverside #LivingLutealLoca #PCOS #Hormones #WomensHealth #InsulinResistance #HormoneHealth

  3. Aug 17

    001 | How We Got Here

    Twenty years ago, three friends found each other during late-night shifts, spinning desk chairs, and questionable amounts of workplace dancing. Somehow, we ended up here. 💜 In Episode 001, meet Jess, Mandi & Katie and hear how we went from late-night IT shifts and a disco ball 🪩 to reconnecting over hormones, mental health, insulin resistance — and, naturally, fiber 💩. We’re talking about what each of us brings to Living Luteal Loca, why we started this podcast, and the kind of curious, compassionate, judgment-free space we hope to create here. ✨ Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay Loca. 🌸 DEAR LOCA Questions? Episode ideas? Something helpful — or hard — from your own experience? We want to hear it. 💌 DearLoca@livinglutealloca.com 💜 FIND US 🌐 Website: https://livinglutealloca.com 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/6797364789 📸 Instagram: @LivingLutealLoca ▶️ YouTube: Living Luteal Loca ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:06 👋 How We Met 04:50 ✨ Meet the Locas 09:23 🌸 How Living Luteal Loca Started 14:07 🔎 What We Each Bring 18:38 💜 What We Want This to Be 23:43 🌈 What We Don’t Want This to Be ⚕️ A LITTLE FINE PRINT Living Luteal Loca is for education, conversation, and entertainment. Nothing shared on this podcast is intended to diagnose or treat any condition or replace individualized medical or mental health care. We’ll share research, professional perspectives, personal experiences, things that have helped us, things that absolutely have not, and plenty of questions along the way. Take what’s useful, stay curious, and make the decisions that are right for you with your own healthcare team when appropriate. 🎵 Music: “Posy” — licensed through Soundstripe via Riverside #LivingLutealLoca #WomensHealth #Hormones #MentalHealth #PMDD #Perimenopause

  4. Aug 3

    Introducing Living Luteal Loca

    Welcome to Living Luteal Loca! We're Katie, Jessica, and Mandi—three friends with different backgrounds but one shared curiosity: hormones and how they shape our lives. Each week, we explore the science, the stories, and the everyday reality of living in a female body. From periods and PMDD to PCOS, perimenopause, metabolism, mental health, GLP-1s, relationships, and everything in between, we're here to ask thoughtful questions, share what we're learning, and have honest conversations without pretending we have all the answers. If you've ever wondered, "Is this normal?" or wished someone would talk about women's health with both curiosity and compassion, you're in the right place. ✨ Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay Loca.

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Women's health isn't one-size-fits-all—and neither are the conversations around it. Welcome to Living Luteal Loca, where three friends explore hormones, cycles, mental health, PMOS/PCOS, nutrition, perimenopause, metabolism, GLP-1s, and everything in between—with curiosity, compassion, and a healthy dose of humor. Hosted by chiropractor and acupuncturist Dr. Katie Browning, licensed professional counselor Mandi Corbett, and curious question-asker Jessica Johnson, each episode blends evidence-informed education with real stories, practical takeaways, and honest conversations that leave you thinking, "Wait... why didn't anyone ever tell me this?" No shame. No perfection. Just thoughtful conversations that help you better understand your body—and remind you that you don't have to figure it all out alone. So grab whatever's in your chalice and join us. Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay Loca. 💜

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  • Creator
    Jessica Johnson, Mandi Corbett, & Katie Browning
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Jessica Johnson, Mandi Corbett, & Katie Browning