Understanding Your Period: Hormones, Stress, And Real-World Healing | Nicole Lange | Fertility & Women's Health

Your period is not a riddle—it’s a roadmap. We sit down with acupuncturist and holistic educator Nicole Lange to decode what your cycle is saying about hormones, stress, and whole‑body health. Nicole blends evidence‑based Chinese medicine, modern science, and trauma‑informed care to show how nervous system safety is the foundation for steady cycles and better fertility outcomes.

We start with the basics most people never learn: what a healthy luteal phase looks like, why a single progesterone number can mislead, and how color, clots, and flooding point to stagnation, infection, or inflammation. From there, we dig into the stress connection. Cortisol and sex hormones share the same raw materials and receptors, so when your body is stuck in threat mode, cycles go off‑track and treatments struggle to land. Nicole offers a humane reset: build felt safety first, then add targeted testing and interventions only if needed.

This is not about quick hacks or supplement stacks. It’s about unsexy habits that compound—sleep scaffolding, predictable meals, boundaries that hold, micro‑practices that downshift your system. We explore gentle acupuncture for those who respond, alternatives for those who don’t, and a redefining of “adrenal fatigue” as a narrative that misses the real fix. Nicole also shares how perimenopause can shift ovulation timing and why that matters for IVF, IUI, and cycle planning. Her framework helps you advocate for your body with data you can feel: timing, flow quality, and stress load.

If you’re craving clarity without overwhelm, this conversation gives you a method to read your cycle, regulate your nervous system, and make smarter choices about testing, treatment, and timing. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs cycle validation, and leave a review to tell us one insight you’ll apply this month.

Connect with Nicole at https://www.lifehealinglife.com/ or on IG at @notafixer

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