I've decided to spill the tea on my engagement year and wedding planning!

Getting engaged is often portrayed as one of the happiest, most exciting times of your life. And while there was plenty of joy, I discovered that stepping into engagement was also a huge emotional, psychological and relational transition.

In this episode, I’m sharing some of the behind-the-scenes drama of my engagement year — including changing my wedding dress — and what the whole experience brought up for me.

I chat about:

• Why my feelings after getting engaged weren't quite what I expected
• The fear, uncertainty and doubts I experienced around getting married
• Why I hated wedding dress shopping (and ultimately changed my dress!)
• The pressure and guilt that came with creating the guest list
• Learning how to work with my fiancé on one very big collaboration
• Why I chose connection — and my relationship with my fiancé — as my north star throughout wedding planning
• Navigating everyone else's opinions
• Why I wanted my bridesmaids to choose their own dresses
• How my engagement year became an unexpected self-healing process
• Weddings, archetypes and the collective unconscious

If you're engaged, married, planning a wedding, or simply interested in the psychology of major life transitions, this is a very personal episode about everything that can sit underneath the picture-perfect version of getting married.

🌷Links and References 🌷

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• Book mentioned: The Conscious Bride by Sheryl Paul
• My dress designer: Emma Manley
• Our wedding video by David Ryan Photography
• Some of my wedding snaps on Instagram

If you’re doubting yourself in some area of your life, or finding yourself doubting somebody else’s capacity, this episode is for you.

This week, Lisa reflects on a conversation from the Menstrual Coach Academy, where a student brought her fears about starting her own menstrual cycle coaching practice.

Menstrual cycle coaching can be tender, delicate and deeply personal work, particularly when supporting clients with experiences such as PMDD, endometriosis, PCOS, period pain and difficult menstrual cycles. But what happens when our desire to honour someone’s vulnerability means we begin to see them only through the lens of their struggle?

In this episode, Lisa explores the balance between tenderness and empowerment. How can we acknowledge vulnerability, pain and difficult experiences while also trusting in our own capacity and the capacity of the people we support?

Lisa chats about:

• Her recent personal win of joining a new running club
• Her complicated relationship with sport and exercise over the years
• Learning to step into your own empowerment and believe in yourself
• Making space for tenderness and vulnerability without losing sight of your strength
• Power dynamics in menstrual cycle coaching and facilitation
• Supporting clients without unconsciously reinforcing disempowerment
• Empowerment when working with PMDD, endometriosis, PCOS, period pain and menstrual cycle challenges
• Why sometimes we need the reminder: you are well able, and so is your client

Whether you’re a menstrual cycle coach, therapist, facilitator, practitioner, or simply navigating your own self-doubt, this episode is an invitation to hold both truths. You can be tender and vulnerable, and incredibly capable at the same time.

🌷Links and References 🌷

🌻 Doors open soon for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

💜 Join the Menstrual Coach Academy waitlist at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

⭐️ Grab a free course at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/take-a-course

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Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
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Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Is your inner critic giving you a hard time for where you are at? Or where you are not at? Take a step back and ask... "What am I already doing well?"

In this episode Lisa catches up with you after her house move, how life is a little bit in chaos at the moment, how the inner critic creeps in, and what she is doing well. We chat about yoga, self-care, our intuition, and how our intuition might always be guiding us!

🌷Links and References 🌷

🌻 Doors open soon for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

💜 Join the Menstrual Coach Academy waitlist at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

👉 In-person October Retreat Wicklow, Ireland
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Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Are you trying to control your menstrual cycle but getting stuck in fear-pain loops?

Today, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Stepahny Abicha. She is a recent graduate of the programme. Stephany was drawn to this work and menstrual cycle healing because of her experience with chronic pain and endometriosis.

In the programme, Stephany learned how to regulate fear of pain and she learned how to create more peace in her body during her menstrual cycle.

Join us for this conversation as you go about your day!

We chatted about:

- Stephany's journey with period and endometriosis
- Medicalising the menstrual cycle
- Including our emotions in our menstrual healing
- Using our intuition to bring healing to our cycle
- Stephany's journey with intuitive coaching and the Menstrual Coach Academy
- How to self-coach through fear and anticipation of pain
- Hypervigilance and trying to control the menstrual cycle

🌷Links and References 🌷

🌻 Doors open soon for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

💜 Join the Menstrual Coach Academy waitlist at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

⭐️ Grab a free course at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/take-a-course
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
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Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

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Stephanie's details:
Website: https://www.stephanyabicha.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanyabicha/
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/stephany-abicha-8204b3381
Link to her song: She remembers https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/7y0jnVM1by9QKJhJD7Ffu4?si=d814ef7fc0264b9d

In this episode of the Menstrual Cycle Mastery podcast I share about a recent coaching client story who was struggling with PMDD and what her body and nervous system was asking of her.

I chat about:

• PMDD wisdom - what your nervous system is asking of you
• New ways of relating to ourselves and showing up in the world
• How to work with your life force energy around your menstrual cycle
• When our creativity is asking us to step into something new and scary
• Emotional inflammation: what happens when we suppress difficult emotions
• How avoiding who we are becoming can create burnout, fatigue, and anxiety
• How the inner critic can block your creativity and create burnout

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷

💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training

🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching

🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/

Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

A story I never told before! In this episode, I share about my personal history with my menstrual cycle, how I came to do this work, and how I eventually created peace with my periods.

I deep dive into:

• My personal struggles with my menstrual cycle
• What things I tried, what worked, what didn't work
• How I discovered I had endometriosis
• My experience with a shamanic healer
• My experience with mindfulness meditation
• How I learned to let go of control
• Pain science, pain psychology and the menstrual cycle

I'm delighted to have you here with me today!

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
🎥 Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Have you ever felt drawn down a very different path? One where you follow your curiosity and trust the process? Have you ever wondered how to become a menstrual cycle coach?

In today's episode, Lisa catches up with Menstrual Coach Academy graduate Kirsten Daley. Kirsten, now in her menopausal years, shares about her experience to becoming a menstrual cycle coach and her experience in the Academy.

They chat about:

• Kirsten's background as a languages teacher
• Kirsten's passion for teaching and inspiring teenagers
• The journey to becoming a Menstrual Cycle Coach
• How to think like a coach rather than follow a rule book
• How to think like a business owner and grow a practice
• Facilitating women's circles, groups, and events for girls
• Coaching as a healing modality in the Menstrual Cycle Awareness space
• What Kirsten loved about the Menstrual Coach Academy curriculum and resources

Ready to join us in the Menstrual Coach Academy? We'd love to have you! Doors are now open for our July 2026 cohort. Learn more here.

🌷Links and References 🌷
💜 Join the 2026 Menstrual Coach Academy. Doors now open at:
https://www.menstrualcoachacademy.com/mentrual-coach-training
🌻 Join the waitlist for the Menstrual Cycle Mastery Collective over at: https://lisadejongcoaching.com/menstrual-cycle-coaching
🌿 Join Lisa's Newsletter over at: https://subscribepage.io/ibNdL0
💻 Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LisadeJongCoach

Follow the Academy on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/menstrual_coach_academy/
Follow Lisa on Instagram over at: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/

Follow Kirsten over at: https://www.instagram.com/girls.up.club/ and at https://www.instagram.com/this.red.thread/