Reproductive Rebel

Adrienne Irizarry, HWH
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The Reproductive Rebel Podcast is where women and womb-bearers unlearn shame, reclaim their power and rise into feminine wisdom. Hosted by Adrienne Irizarry, this show blends body literacy, menstrual cycle awareness, reproductive health, perimenopause and menopause support, sound healing and Traditional Chinese Medicine to help you remember your innate wisdom and live in harmony with your body.

  1. Biology Meets Breakup: The Hormonal Roots of the Menodivorce Surge with Alyx Coble-Frakes

    4d ago

    Biology Meets Breakup: The Hormonal Roots of the Menodivorce Surge with Alyx Coble-Frakes

    Why are midlife marriages dissolving at unprecedented rates? Is it cultural? Emotional? Spiritual? Or is it something deeper — something biological? This week on Reproductive Rebel, I’m joined by the brilliant Alyx Coble-Frakes for a raw, honest, body-literate conversation about the hormonal underpinnings of the menodivorce surge. Together, we dive into the midlife hormonal shifts that shape behavior, communication, libido, emotional capacity, and the invisible expectations placed on both women and men. This episode is for anyone navigating midlife transformation — whether personally or alongside a partner — and wanting to understand why everything feels like it’s changing at once. In this episode, we explore: The hormonal “break points” for midlife women entering perimenopause and menopauseThe often-ignored hormonal shifts of andropause in menHow estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone shape relational dynamicsThe nervous-system differences that lead to miscommunication and disconnectionWhy midlife is a spiritual and biological initiation, not a crisisHow couples can navigate these changes with compassion instead of collapseWhat sovereignty looks like inside a changing body and a shifting relationshipMoon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    42 min
  2. Metabolism Is Not Broken: Reclaiming Midlife Vitality with Carla Wainwright

    May 26

    Metabolism Is Not Broken: Reclaiming Midlife Vitality with Carla Wainwright

    If you’ve been told that midlife weight gain, low energy, blood sugar swings, or stubborn inflammation are simply “part of getting older,” this episode is your rebellion. In this conversation, I’m joined by Carla Wainwright, metabolic health educator and embodiment guide, to dismantle one of the most damaging myths in women’s health: that your metabolism inevitably breaks in midlife. Together, we explore how metabolic health is deeply influenced by hormones, nervous system regulation, stress physiology, and pleasure—not willpower, restriction, or punishment. This episode invites you to step out of the war with your body and into a relationship rooted in trust, rhythm, and repair. In this episode, we cover: 🔥 Why metabolism doesn’t “slow down” — it adapts 🌿 The hidden role of chronic stress, cortisol, and undernourishment in midlife metabolic changes 🌀 How perimenopause and menopause ask us to shift how we care for our bodies 💫 Why safety, pleasure, and regulation are foundational to metabolic resilience 🌕 Practical ways to support blood sugar, energy, and vitality without dieting Your body is not failing you. It’s asking to be met differently. Moon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    54 min
  3. Regulate to Receive: How Your Nervous System Shapes Hormones, Cycles + Conception with Christina Kantzavelos

    May 19

    Regulate to Receive: How Your Nervous System Shapes Hormones, Cycles + Conception with Christina Kantzavelos

    You’ve been told to track more. Optimize more. Fix more. But what if your body isn’t asking for more effort… it’s asking for safety? In this episode of Reproductive Rebel, we explore the deeper truth beneath fertility struggles: your nervous system is the gatekeeper of conception. Because the body doesn’t prioritize reproduction when it feels under threat— whether that threat is physical, emotional, relational, or internal. This conversation reframes fertility through the lens of regulation, not restriction. Through receiving, not forcing. We move beyond symptom management and into the energetic and physiological conditions that allow the body to open. Inside this episode: Why the nervous system determines whether the body feels safe enough to conceiveHow chronic stress + high-functioning “survival mode” disrupt hormones and ovulationThe link between cortisol, the hypothalamus, and reproductive signalingSubtle signs your body is stuck in dysregulation (even if you “feel fine”)Why tracking and protocols can fail without internal safetyWhat it actually means to shift from survival mode → creation modeSimple, grounded ways to begin regulating your system without overwhelmThis is your reminder: Your body is not resisting you. It’s responding to you. And when the body feels safe— it doesn’t just function… it opens. Moon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    47 min
  4. Same Symptoms, Different Seasons: Decoding Perimenopause vs Postpartum with Daffney Allwein

    May 12

    Same Symptoms, Different Seasons: Decoding Perimenopause vs Postpartum with Daffney Allwein

    Fatigue. Hormonal shifts. Mood changes. Weight fluctuations. Low libido. These symptoms are often brushed off as “just hormones”—but what happens when no one helps you understand which phase your body is actually in? In this episode of Reproductive Rebel, I sit down with fitness expert Daffney to explore one of the most overlooked (and misinterpreted) conversations in women’s health: the overlap between postpartum and perimenopause. Because while the symptoms can look the same on the surface, the internal landscape—and the support required—are profoundly different. This episode is a reclamation of body literacy, timing, and trust. In This Episode, We Explore: Why postpartum and perimenopause symptoms are often confusedThe physiological and energetic differences between these life phasesHow conventional fitness advice can work against women in both seasonsThe role of nervous system regulation in healing and hormone balanceSigns your body is asking for restoration vs. transition supportHow to begin rebuilding trust with your body’s signalsThis Episode Is For You If: You’re experiencing symptoms that don’t seem to “add up”You’ve recently had a baby and don’t feel like yourselfYou’re in your late 30s or 40s and noticing shifts in your bodyYou feel like your usual routines aren’t working anymoreYou’re ready to stop guessing and start understanding your bodyMoon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    40 min
  5. The Art of Savoring: Sensual Energy as a Path to Wholeness with Sacha Fossa

    May 5

    The Art of Savoring: Sensual Energy as a Path to Wholeness with Sacha Fossa

    What if pleasure wasn’t a reward, but a rhythm your body was born to remember? In this episode of Reproductive Rebel, we journey into the Sensual Erotic Blueprint — a way of understanding your unique pleasure language that goes far beyond the bedroom. For the Sensual, everything is experienced through the senses: the scent of rose, the warmth of sunlight on skin, the curve of slow movement, the deep exhale of safety. You’ll learn: ✨ What defines the Sensual Blueprint and how it differs from other erotic archetypes ✨ Why sensuality is a vital part of your nervous system regulation and hormonal health ✨ How the art of savoring can reconnect you to presence, embodiment, and pleasure ✨ Gentle practices to reawaken sensual energy in daily life This episode is an invitation to come home to your senses, soften into your body’s wisdom, and rediscover pleasure as medicine. 🩷 Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube — and explore how sensual energy can guide your healing. - Sacha Fossa provides custom designed programs for her clients to create and experience their Best Sex & Love Lives, yet and ongoing. Through her pleasure based business, Sacred Temple Arts Her credentials include: -Sex, Relationship, Intimacy & Wellness Coach & Educator -Holistic Healing Arts & Therapies Practitioner -MA in Health Arts & Sciences -Erotic Blueprint Coach™ -Advanced Certified Tantric Educator™ -Certified Sex Educator Take the Erotic Blueprint Quiz - Moon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    51 min
  6. The Body's Red Flags: Understandings Allergies as Messages on the Path to Fertility with Hanna Kok

    Apr 28

    The Body's Red Flags: Understandings Allergies as Messages on the Path to Fertility with Hanna Kok

    In this eye-opening episode, we explore the deep and often overlooked connection between allergies, the immune system, and fertility. I’m joined by the brilliant and compassionate Hanna Kok of I Thrive to unravel how our bodies create allergies—and how these immune responses can quietly influence hormone balance, conception, and overall reproductive wellness. We dive into the emotional and physiological roots of allergies: how the body becomes reactive, how stress and unresolved emotional triggers exacerbate inflammation, and how immune confusion can signal deeper misalignment in the body. Inside the episode, we explore: Why allergies are not random but a pattern of protectionHow the immune system and reproductive system communicate constantlyThe hormonal consequences of chronic inflammationHow emotional suppression or unprocessed stress may contribute to allergic responsesFertility challenges that arise when the immune system is in “overdrive”What you can do—naturally, somatically, emotionally—to support immune calm and fertile balanceSimple shifts and rituals that open the door to clearer conceptionThis conversation is for anyone trying to conceive, supporting clients, or wanting to understand their body’s signals more deeply. Your body isn’t betraying you—it’s speaking to you. Moon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    41 min
  7. The Woman Who Changed What's In Your Pad: Susie Hewson on Menstrual Advocacy and Radical Care

    Apr 21

    The Woman Who Changed What's In Your Pad: Susie Hewson on Menstrual Advocacy and Radical Care

    For decades, period products were something women were expected to use—but not question. Bleached fibers. Plastic layers. Synthetic fragrances. Pesticide-laden cotton. And very little transparency about what was actually inside. In this episode of Reproductive Rebel, I sit down with Susie Hewson, founder of Natracare, one of the first companies to create certified organic and plastic-free menstrual care products. Long before sustainability became a buzzword, Susie was already connecting the dots between environmental toxins, women’s health, and the products we use during our cycles. Her work helped spark global conversations about: Organic cotton menstrual carePlastic pollution from disposable period productsIngredient transparency in feminine hygieneThe relationship between ecological activism and reproductive justice In this conversation, we explore: ✨ What inspired Susie to challenge the conventional feminine hygiene industry ✨ The environmental and health impacts of conventional menstrual products ✨ How advocacy can begin with a single uncomfortable question ✨ Why menstrual care is still a feminist issue ✨ What women deserve when it comes to products used on the most absorbent tissue of the bodySusie reminds us that rebellion doesn’t always look loud. Sometimes it looks like quiet persistence… asking better questions… and building something better. If you care about your body, the planet, and the future of menstrual care—this conversation will leave you inspired. - Susie Hewson is a champion in the period care business, over 30 years ago, Hewson developed the first brand of organic and natural period care products. Natracare, produces chlorine- and plastic-free products that are made out of biodegradable materials. Over the years, the company has acquired a wide range of certifications and awards for its eco-friendly practices. Hewson is a lifetime active environmentalist and disrupter with respect for humanity and the natural world. https://www.natracare.com/ Moon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    1h 4m
  8. Forest Bathing for the Modern Soul: Reclaiming Calm In a Stressed Out World with John Moro

    Apr 14

    Forest Bathing for the Modern Soul: Reclaiming Calm In a Stressed Out World with John Moro

    In this episode, we wander into the woods — not for exercise or escape, but for healing. John Moro joins Adrienne to explore the ancient art and modern science of forest bathing, or Shinrin-yoku — the intentional practice of immersing the senses in nature’s living energy to ease stress, regulate the nervous system, and restore balance to the body. Together, they explore: 🌿 Why chronic stress disrupts hormonal and reproductive health 🌿 How forest bathing supports the parasympathetic nervous system 🌿 The energetic parallels between East Asian medicine and nature therapy 🌿 Simple ways to bring the essence of forest bathing into daily life — even if you live in the city This conversation is a soft reminder that you are nature — and your healing begins when you remember how to listen to her whispers. Listen if you’re feeling: • Burned out, anxious, or disconnected from your body • Hungry for stillness, ritual, and natural rhythms • Ready to reconnect with your wild, intuitive self Moon Essence®: Holistic solutions for a symptom free life. Join The Rebel Frequency Inner Circle to unlock bonus episodes and content from the Reproductive Rebel herself* Our FREE Facebook community, Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Woman! Book with Moon Essence® Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @moonessenceme “Hard Lotion” is a lotion “bar", solid at room temperature, made with 3 ingredients (shea butter, coconut oil & beeswax). Designed to heal & protect hands & feet from cracked & extremely dry skin. Use code "RR" now for 20% off Leave a Review! Help others find this helpful information.

    50 min
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The Reproductive Rebel Podcast is where women and womb-bearers unlearn shame, reclaim their power and rise into feminine wisdom. Hosted by Adrienne Irizarry, this show blends body literacy, menstrual cycle awareness, reproductive health, perimenopause and menopause support, sound healing and Traditional Chinese Medicine to help you remember your innate wisdom and live in harmony with your body.

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  • Creator
    Adrienne Irizarry, HWH
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    194
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Reproductive Rebel
  • Show Website
    Reproductive Rebel