Menopausally Challenged

Nickeya Laycock NP
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  • Health & Fitness
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We talk all things women's health, hormones, sex, faith, and life. From pre-menopause to post, we've got you covered. Nickeya is a nurse practitioner in San Antonio, Texas who focuses soley on perimenopause and menopause care. She also happens to be a mom, lover of Jesus, and multi-business owner.

Episodes

  1. 12/09/2025

    Menopause and Divorce

    If your relationship feels different during menopause, you're not imagining it. Hormone changes affect mood, connection, intimacy, and communication. In this episode, we explore why so many couples struggle in midlife and why gray divorce is at an all-time high. You’ll learn how menopause impacts marriage—and what women can do to protect their mental and emotional health.Keywords: menopause and divorce, menopause and relationships, midlife marriage struggles, emotional symptoms menopause, perimenopause podcast, faith in marriage

    Menopause and Divorce

  2. 12/02/2025

    The Dark History of Women's Health: Hysteria

    Welcome to Twisted History Tuesday — the weekly series inside The Dark History of Women’s Health where we uncover the shocking, bizarre, and often terrifying medical beliefs that shaped women’s healthcare.Today’s episode dives deep into one of the most weaponized diagnoses in medical history: hysteria.For nearly 2,000 years, women’s emotions were labeled as illness.Grief was “madness.”Anger was “instability.”Sexuality was “dangerous.”And if a woman dared to speak up?Her voice was treated as a symptom — not a truth.In this cinematic deep-dive, Dr. Nickeya Laycock exposes how hysteria evolved from the “wandering womb” myth to Victorian medical obsession, to Freud’s psychological theories, and finally into the modern medical gaslighting women still experience today.If you’ve ever been dismissed by a provider… this episode explains why.⭐ IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:The ancient belief that the uterus wandered around the bodyWhy Greek and Roman physicians linked female emotions to the wombHow religion turned women’s emotions into moral failureWhy Victorian society obsessed over the “hysterical woman”The real story behind the pelvic treatment mythsThe horrifying “rest cure” that broke women’s bodies and mindsHow hysteria ended up in the DSM — and why it wasn’t removed until 1980How hysteria quietly evolved into modern medical dismissal⭐ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 – The chilling opening: “They said women were unstable…”04:00 – The wandering womb myth begins12:00 – Greek medicine: when sexuality became diagnosis22:00 – Rome: early medical control30:00 – Middle Ages: emotions become sin38:00 – Renaissance: science masks misogyny47:00 – Victorian era: hysteria explodes55:00 – The truth behind the pelvic massage myth1:13:00 – The Rest Cure: one of medicine’s darkest treatments1:23:00 – Institutionalization: a life sentence for women1:32:00 – Freud and the psychological trap1:49:00 – When real symptoms were called “fantasy”1:57:00 – Hysteria in the DSM2:04:00 – The ghost of hysteria in modern medicine2:18:00 – The closing monologue⭐ CONNECT, LEARN & WORK WITH ME:🌸 For Texan ladies...Book a consultation: https://bodibloomhealth.com🌸 Follow on Instagram: @bodibloom_health🌸 TikTok: @bodibloomhealth🌸 Take the Perimenopause Quiz: https://www.bodibloomhealth.com/ the quiz is on the home page!

  3. 11/25/2025

    The FDA Said WHAT About HRT?!

    The FDA recently made changes, removing the black box warning label from some women's hormone replacement therapy. Nickeya discusses how this affects you and your treatment plan going forward.

  • 3 Episodes

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About

We talk all things women's health, hormones, sex, faith, and life. From pre-menopause to post, we've got you covered. Nickeya is a nurse practitioner in San Antonio, Texas who focuses soley on perimenopause and menopause care. She also happens to be a mom, lover of Jesus, and multi-business owner.

Information

  • Creator
    Nickeya Laycock NP
  • Years Active
    2025
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nickeya Laycock NP
  • Show Website
    Menopausally Challenged