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Embracing FlowAuthor: Heather Allmendinger
Imagine celebrating Christmas with a newborn, a 9 year old, and your 39 year old husband passing away suddenly in your bedroom. On the outside, I looked calm and collected, yet internally, I was numb and actually telling myself to breathe, any thought beyond the inhale/exhale pattern was too overwhelming. Not only was I dealing with the passing of my husband and life with a newborn, my corporate life changed too when a new management team was assigned. As I pulled the broken pieces back together, realization hit, I needed a new start; Id outgrown the corporate world, it was time to share my love of the products Id been using, but sales felt gross to me. So, I went back to school, earning three health coaching certifications. In the process, I saw how little we know and talk about the menstrual cycle. We dont know how it works or how it interacts with every single system in our body. The taboo of menstruation had to stop! Flashbacks of my grandmother giving me the period talk, the absolute hatred of my painful, heavy, nauseating, passing out periods, to the embarrassing nurses office trip with bled through dark pants and being handed WHITE sweatpants! I remember the shock and excitement of my first pregnancy, the frustrating 14 months of secondary infertility plus gestational diabetes with my second child, treatment of cervical dysplasia, and my own cycle syncing journey which has allowed me to appreciate and enjoy my period. Imagine embracing your period every single month? I wondered how much of this could have been avoided? I knew I wasnt alone in these experiences. Thats why I created Vivydus, the Full of Life Company whose vision is to change how menstruation is viewed by society and the mission to provide an educational, holistic, safe space for all individuals to learn and discuss the menstrual cycle from puberty through menopause. Join me on this journey as we learn, break the taboo, and openly discuss how we can authentically and uncompromisingly be full of Language: en Genres: Education for Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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78- Erin Cutrone: Why “Powering Through” Is Quietly Wrecking Your Body — And What to Do Instead
Episode 84
Sunday, 18 January, 2026
Women are often taught that strength means endurance.That rest is weakness.That powering through is the only option.But what if that belief is quietly exhausting your body, your nervous system, and your emotional health?In this episode of Embracing Flow, Heather is joined by Erin Catron — a nervous system educator and trauma-informed therapist — for a deeply compassionate conversation about how survival patterns form, how they live in the body, and why so many high-functioning women feel tired, disconnected, inflamed, or overwhelmed without knowing why.Together, they explore:• How early experiences and unspoken shame shape our nervous system• Why your body may still be operating in survival mode• How tension, digestion, fatigue, and emotional burnout are connected• What safety actually feels like in the body• Why rest is not laziness — it is neurological repair• How to gently begin listening to your body again• And how small moments of awareness can reconnect your internal circuitryThis episode is not about fixing yourself.It is about realizing your body has been protecting you all along — and learning how to work with it instead of against it.If you are a woman balancing work, motherhood, caregiving, relationships, and responsibility — and you are tired of feeling like your body is failing you — this conversation is for you.Because you are not broken.You are responding.And you are allowed to respond with care.About Erin CutroneErin, is a clinical therapist of over 20 years who has evolved her work into nervous system and awareness training, helping people understand how stress, trauma, and protection patterns live in our bodies.With a background spanning mental health, counseling, yoga, meditation, Energetic anatomy and spirituality. Erin brings a truly holistic lens to healing. She has worked across psychiatric hospitals, schools, foster care, private practice, supporting people of all [00:01:00] ages, and through that work, she's come to see just how transformative nervous system education can be, not only for personal healing, but for collective expansion.Erin is the founder of This Space, a virtual and pop-up community wellness model, re-imagining what wellness can look like, and she's also the host of the Align With Love podcast where she explores how we soften the barriers around the heart and begin to live. Heal and lead from a place of deeper awareness and connection.https://www.inthespace.co/https://www.instagram.com/anahata_wellness/ Connect with Heather Allmendinger!Freebies: https://linktr.ee/vivydusWebsite: https://vivydus.com/podcast/FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/611487486871608/FB Personal: https://www.facebook.com/heather.m.allmendingerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivydus/Website: https://vivydus.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hmallmendinger/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@VivydusPolkaDot Powerhouse: https://www.polkadotpowerhouse.com/referral?atid=10634Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3Dpf8nwAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
