Cycle Wisdom: Women's Health & Fertility
Welcome to Cycle Wisdom: Women's Health & Fertility, where we empower women to achieve natural menstrual cycles to improve health and promote fertility. This enlightening podcast is hosted by Dr. Monica Minjeur, the physician-founder of Radiant Clinic, who specializes in Restorative Reproductive Medicine. She shares her expertise and passion for helping to find root cause solutions for menstrual cycle irregularities, educating on the importance of lifestyle modifications for improved health, treatment for recurrent miscarriages, and natural solutions for fertility troubles. Tune in for valuable insights, expert advice, and a deeper understanding of your body's natural menstrual cycles.
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Episodes
156 episodes
156. The Immune Evaluation Every Fertility Patient Deserves
Autoimmune disease is one of the fastest growing health categories being diagnosed worldwide — and it disproportionately affects women of reproductive age. Yet in most fertility evaluations, immune health is barely mentioned until something has...
155. Pregnancy Symptoms Explained - With Real Solutions That Work
Nausea at 6 AM and again at 6 PM. Dizziness when you stand up. Breathlessness climbing the stairs. Fatigue so deep it surprises you. Constipation that nothing seems to fix. These experiences are common in pregnancy — but common does not mean yo...
154. Why Am I So Tired?
Fatigue is one of the most common complaints women bring to their doctors — and one of the least thoroughly investigated. "You're doing too much" and "it's probably stress" are not diagnoses. And for the millions of women walking around exhaust...
153. Infertility Is Hard — And Your Mental Health Matters Too
The psychological burden of infertility is comparable to a diagnosis of cancer, heart disease, and other potentially terminal illnesses. And yet most fertility clinics offer no mental health screening, no referrals, and sometimes no acknowledge...
152. Is Chronic Stress Disrupting Your Hormones and Fertility?
Everyone has heard that stress impacts fertility. But stress does not just make you feel anxious — it activates a specific hormonal axis that can delay ovulation, shorten your luteal phase, and suppress fertility in measurable, identifiable way...
151. Could Inflammation Be Behind Your Cycle Symptoms?
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150. Is Your Diet Too Clean for Your Hormones to Function?
What if the way you are eating — the way that feels disciplined, clean, and healthy — is actually the reason your hormones are struggling? This is one of the most overlooked and least discussed causes of cycle disruption. Not junk food. Not poo...
149. Your Cycle Roadmap for Your 20s, 30s, and 40s
A 22-year-old and a 42-year-old can both have regular cycles and have completely different hormonal pictures underneath. What is normal for your cycle changes across your reproductive life — and most women are never told what to expect, what to...
148. What Happens to Mom and Dad's Hormones After Baby Arrives
Everyone prepares for the sleepless nights. Almost no one prepares for what happens to hormones after a baby arrives — for either parent. For women, the postpartum period represents one of the most dramatic hormonal shifts in human biology. For...
147. Pelvic Floor PT Not Working? Your Hormones Could Be Why
Many women spend months — sometimes years — in pelvic floor physical therapy making only partial progress. They follow through on every exercise, attend every appointment, and still find their symptoms cycling in and out without explanation. Wh...
146. Are Everyday Exposures Quietly Disrupting Your Hormones?
The products in your bathroom, your kitchen, and your environment may be quietly interfering with your hormones in ways that show up as irregular cycles, shortened luteal phases, unexplained infertility, or symptoms no one can quite explain. Th...
145. Gen Z: Your Missing Education on Cycles and Fertility
Gen Z tracks everything — sleep, steps, macros, mood. But when it comes to their reproductive health, 59% of Gen Z women feel uninformed, and 69% are worried about their future fertility. This is not a personal failure. It is a systemic one. An...
144. IVF Is Everywhere — But Is It Right for You?
IVF is dominating the national conversation about fertility right now — in the news, in legislation, and in doctors' offices across the country. But there are questions almost no one is asking. What if IVF is not the right first step for most c...
143. Trying to Conceive? Here Is What Both Partners Need to Do
When a couple struggles to conceive, the focus almost always falls on the woman. Her labs. Her cycle. Her body. But conception is a team effort — and the three to six months before trying to conceive may be the most important and most overlooke...
142. Meet Samantha: Your Guide to Thriving In Menopause
The average woman with hot flashes and night sweats suffers for seven to ten years. But what if meaningful relief was possible in weeks — not years? In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur sits down with Radiant Clinic's new menopau...
141. Menopause: Hormone Therapy Is Safer Than You Think
For over 20 years, millions of menopausal women have avoided a treatment that could meaningfully improve their health — not because of solid science, but because of a study that has since been reanalyzed, reframed, and largely walked back by th...
140. Is Your Uterine Lining Too Thin for Implantation?
What if your timing was perfect every month — great cervical mucus, a clear LH surge, a healthy luteal phase — and still no positive test? For some women, the missing piece is not ovulation at all. It is the uterine lining that receives the emb...
139. What Nobody Told You About Your Semen Analysis
If you have been focused entirely on your own cycles, hormones, and fertility markers — and your partner has not yet had a full semen analysis — you may be missing half the picture. Male factor contributes to fertility challenges in up to 40-50...
138. Is Your Luteal Phase Too Short to Get Pregnant?
Have you ever tracked your cycle carefully, confirmed ovulation, and then watched your period arrive just eight or nine days later — wondering if something is wrong? You are not imagining it. A consistently short luteal phase is one of the most...
137. What Causes Mid-Cycle Bleeding and When Should You Be Concerned?
Have you ever noticed a bit of pink or brown spotting right in the middle of your cycle and wondered what it means? You are not alone. Mid-cycle spotting is one of the most common concerns we hear from women who are paying close attention to th...
136. The Prolactin Problem: How One Hormone Can Derail Ovulation
Many women assume inconsistent ovulation is caused by stress, age, or simply “bad luck.” But sometimes the real cause is a hormone most people associate only with breastfeeding: Prolactin.In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr...
135. Microbiome Health and Fertility: Signals You Shouldn’t Ignore
Many women experience recurring irritation or brown spotting around their period and assume it’s just something they have to live with. But these symptoms can sometimes signal an imbalance in the reproductive microbiome.In this episode o...
134. Your A1C Is Normal… So Why Aren’t You Ovulating?
Your hemoglobin A1C might look “normal,” but that doesn’t mean your hormones are. In this episode, we explore how early insulin resistance can quietly delay ovulation, shorten the luteal phase, and disrupt fertility long before blood sugar leve...
133. Thyroid Antibodies & Fertility: The Missing Link Even with “Normal” TSH
What if your TSH is “normal,” but your thyroid is still part of the fertility story? In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur breaks down how thyroid antibodies—specifically thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin antibod...
132. Low Iron, High Impact: How Ferritin Affects Energy, Periods, and Ovulation
Fatigue that won’t lift. Hair shedding. Shortness of breath during workouts. Heavy periods that leave you drained. In this episode of Cycle Wisdom, Dr. Monica Minjeur breaks down how low iron—especially low ferritin—can quietly disrupt...