Have you been wondering how you can find more peace in your life with PMDD or PME? I’m Diane and I’m a dietitian, lactation consultant, mindfulness teacher and mom, living with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and helping other PMDD Warriors find management and acceptance of PMDD through mindfulness. Twice a month, I’ll discuss how mindfulness and meditation can help with the debilitating symptoms of PMDD and PME (premenstrual exacerbation of an existing condition). I’ll also explore parentin ...
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Autistic Burnout (What It Has Been Like)
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Message me with questions or comments! Last month, I shared that I recently learned I'm Autistic. This month I'm talking about the autistic burnout I've been in since the summer. Specifically: What triggered autistic burnout The first signs I was in burnout How I realized I was in autistic burnout and had it confirmed How autistic burnout came on j…
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How to Embrace Your Chronic Illness Journey with Cheryl Crow OTR/L
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Message me with questions or comments! Cheryl Crow, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist who lives with Rheumatoid arthritis and runs a support group for others living with chronic illness. She also practices and applies Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into her own life and in her work. In our chat, Cheryl shares about: Her diagnosis story and exp…
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Message me with questions or comments! I recently had an Autism assessment and learned that I am in fact Autistic. In this episode I discuss what led me to pursue an Autism assessment, how I've been feeling since having my Autism confirmed, and what this has to do with my PMDD and this podcast. Mentioned in this episode: Aspergirls by Rudy Simone U…
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Bipolar vs. PMDD *and* How to Deal With Post Episode Guilt with Robyn Tamanaha LMFT
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Message me with questions or comments! Have you ever said or done something in luteal that left you cringing with guilt and shame? Have you wondered whether you might have bipolar disorder or PMDD or both? Want to know how to tweak your daily routines to help boost your mood? This episode is for you! On it, I chat with Robyn Tamanaha, LMFT, a Licen…
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Get Out of the Downward Spiral of Luteal Thoughts *Meditation*
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Message me with questions or comments! You know the feeling... You're in your luteal phase and along comes some negative thought--about yourself, your life, your PMDD--and before you even know what is happening you are getting swept up in that thought and down an endless spiral of ruminating on this thought. You are now going down the rabbit hole w…
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The #1 Mindfulness Idea to Apply to Your PMDD with Nikki Wilson
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Message me with questions or comments! I discovered Nikki Wilson’s Mindfulness work when I was in the throes of my own birth trauma drama, which ultimately led to a diagnosis of PTSD. While I was searching for help & support and seeking out a diagnosis, I needed something to help me survive and get through the difficult early days of new motherhood…
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Meditation to Reconnect Your Body & Mind in Luteal
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Message me with questions or comments! I like this meditation for helping to align body and mind, so you can use this one if: you're feeling disconnected from your body you're feeling up in your head with your thoughts you're experiencing some uncomfortable sensations in your body you want to explore trying to bring some ease and more comfort into …
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How To Balance Family Life & Chronic Illness (Simple Living with Ali Cornish)
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Message me with questions or comments! Do you find it hard to take care of yourself when you've also got kids to parent, a demanding job, a partner to show up for, and bills to pay? Then you need to listen to this interview with Ali Cornish. I reached out to Ali because I wanted to talk to another chronic illness warrior who has embraced simple liv…
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Let Go of Perfection to Let Go of PMDD
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Message me with questions or comments! So much of my resistance to PMDD came from trying to maintain the charade of perfection that I'd been trying to keep up my whole life! Mindfulness and Acceptance taught me to be present, not perfect. That the full spectrum of emotions is normal. That the aim is not to feel better, but to get better at feeling.…
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How To Know If You're Grieving Because of PMDD with Sarah McCauley LMFT
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Message me with questions or comments! Have you thought: "Is this grief? Am I going through grief right now?" Have you wondered why your experiences don't quite match up with the 5 Stages of Grief model we've all heard about? If you've got PMDD or any other chronic illness, chances are that, yea, you very well may have experienced grief as a result…
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Tried Everything and STILL STRUGGLING with PMDD? Struggle LESS and Thrive MORE!
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Message me with questions or comments! If you feel like you have tried all the PMDD treatments and suggested self-management tools and strategies and STILL feel like you're trapped in a vicious cycle with PMDD, you need to listen to this episode. I was there. That was me. Literally doing EVERYTHING I could to take care of myself--to optimize my hea…
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How Minimalism Can Help Your PMDD Stress & Anxiety with Emily McDermott
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Message me with questions or comments! I cannot stop seeing the commonalities between Minimalism and Mindfulness! In this episode, Emily and I chat about: Minimalism and Simple Living and their relevance to living with PMDD and Chronic Illness How my relationships with minimalism and mindfulness are connected Unexplained fertility and in vitro fert…
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Meditation to Feel Less Like A Self-Conscious Anxious Island Unto Yourself
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Message me with questions or comments! Does PMDD make it really tough to be around other people? Do you deal with feelings of isolation and anxiety in even the simplest of interactions? I used to hide from my landscapers, no joke! Classic kindness helps us to take a step back and see the common humanity we all share. You are not alone in your strug…
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How to Feel Less Anxious and Alone Around Others
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Message me with questions or comments! Does your PMDD lead you feel isolated, alone and misunderstood around others...even with friends, family and colleagues? Do you suffer with social anxiety over chatting with a neighbor or making a routine phone call? Does feeling unseen, unheard, and sensitive to rejection cause tension between you and your pa…
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Don't Leave Your Self-Care for Hell Week!
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Message me with questions or comments! Do you feel the pressure to get back into the swing of things once you come back out of the luteal phase? And then the burnout of going through the cycle--yet again--of feeling completely useless for 2 weeks and then trying to do it all, all at once, for the next 2 weeks? Do you fear giving yourself what you n…
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Meditation: Intention for Self-kindness
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Message me with questions or comments! ***WAITLIST NOW OPEN FOR LIVE BETTER WITH MINDFULNESS FOR PMDD*** If you want to learn how you can use mindfulness to rediscover yourself, reclaim your life and reinvent your relationship with PMDD, you can find more info and register your interest, here. … Hi friend, Let’s pause for a moment and set an intent…
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The missing piece in your PMDD puzzle
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Message me with questions or comments! How many things are you doing for your PMDD--to minimize your symptoms and optimize your health--and you STILL feel like you haven't found that sense of stability and flow with your PMDD that you're looking for? How long is your list of PMDD self-care tasks and you STILL feel exhausted and burned out by the em…
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Message me with questions or comments! Have you ever felt like PMDD has thrown your sense of self into chaos? It's not uncommon, especially when PMDD disrupts our lives and prevents us from being the person we once knew. PMDD can alter the course of our lives–sometimes dramatically–and it can make us feel unrecognizable to ourselves. I recently cam…
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Message me with questions or comments! Hey friend, If you've been feeling consumed by your PMDD, I'm here to tell you that YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN YOUR SYMPTOMS, thoughts and feelings! I've been there, where PMDD felt like my whole identity. But I want to encourage you to consider that you are more significant than just your PMDD experience. Whil…
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From Surviving to Thriving: My PMDD and Mindfulness Journey
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Message me with questions or comments! Welcome PMDD Warrior! In this episode, you’ll hear how I struggled as a new mom–with PTSD and PMDD–and how mindfulness helped me get from a place of hopelessness and self-loathing to a place of acceptance and self-compassion. You’ll learn how mindfulness was an important part of my PMDD self-management toolbox…
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Managing PMDD Stress with Mindfulness
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Message me with questions or comments! After years of struggling with the debilitating effects of PMDD, I'm sharing my personal journey and the powerful impact mindfulness has had on my life. In this episode, I explain why I encourage a multi-pronged approach to managing PMDD, with mindfulness at the forefront. Join me as I dive into the profound c…
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Message me with questions or comments! Does irritability and overwhelm lead you to feel like you're spinning out of control in the luteal phase? You can try this quick check-in–with yourself and your surroundings–to put on the breaks when you’re spiraling. It’s totally normal if it’s hard to remember that you wanted to give it a try when you are IN…
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Empowered Entrepreneurship and Mindful Living amidst Chronic Illness with Nikita Williams
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Message me with questions or comments! What if living with a chronic illness was not an obstacle, but a catalyst for your entrepreneurial success? Join me for an insightful conversation with award-winning business and mindset coach Nikita Williams, who has mastered the art of integrating mindfulness into her coaching practice, despite battling a ch…
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Mindful Nutrition for PMDD with Mandy Rother, RD, LDN, FMNS
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Message me with questions or comments! Join me on a transformative journey as we welcome the profoundly inspirational Mandy Rother, a functional dietitian with an abundance of personal and professional experience. Gifted with a unique perspective, Mandy brilliantly intertwines data, scientific evidence, mindfulness, and intuition to guide her holis…
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Message me with questions or comments! In this podcast I’ll discuss issues related to PMDD, through the lens of mindfulness and meditation. So, if you have–or think you might have–PMDD and you’re curious about how mindfulness can help you manage your symptoms and maybe even experience a mindset shift, this podcast is for you. Check out the trailer …
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