The Cycle Advantage
Business & Finance
About
Welcome to The Cycle Advantage Podcast—where we're redefining what it means to be a woman in business.We believe your hormones aren't a hindrance—they're your greatest asset. Your menstrual cycle holds the key to scaling your business, leading with confidence, and making a bigger impact without the burnout. It's not about doing more—it's about syncing your work, creativity, and leadership with the natural rhythms of your body.Here, we challenge the hustle culture and rewrite the rules of success through feminine leadership, cycle syncing, and aligned business strategy. Tune in for raw, unfiltered conversations and practical strategies that will help you harness your cycle as your ultimate superpower—so you can work smarter, earn more, and thrive in both business and life.It's time to stop fighting your body and start working with it. Let's dive in.
Episodes
- How I Sold Out My Retreat After Almost Canceling It
This episode details the journey of a retreat that went from zero sign-ups to selling out, exploring the creator's experience with scarcity, trust, and leadership. It covers lessons on holding energy for a vision, co-creating transformatio…
- 2 Non-Negotiables to Grow Your Business
This episode of The Cycle Advantage discusses the importance of focus over busyness for business growth. It covers strategies for selling effectively, simplifying offers, and serving clients deeply to create momentum and sustainability, em…
- The Belief That Will Help You Attract More Wealth
The Cycle Advantage episode "The Belief That Will Help You Attract More Wealth" explores how women may cap their financial potential through limiting beliefs and habits, rather than lack of skill or effort. It suggests mindset shifts, such…
- This One Shift Will Change the Trajectory of Your Business
This episode discusses shifting business trajectory by addressing self-doubt not as something to fix, but by making one's vision and identity strong enough to overcome it. It explores cycle-based approaches to identity work, the role of ma…
- Why I Stopped Cycle Syncing (And What I Do Instead)
The host of The Cycle Advantage discusses discontinuing rigid cycle syncing, noting the difference between body awareness and dependency. The episode explores how to listen to your body, honor energy, and find true alignment through self-t…
- What's Actually Blocking Your Next Level (It's Not What You Think)
Recording this one from my car. After dance class, with a dead microphone and ya know, life is life-ing right now. It's been a beautiful, wild, a little chaotic season and it's teaching me so many things in the midst of the mess. This epis…
- Burnout, Menopause, and the Lie About Women in Midlife with Dr. Melanie Gray
What if burnout isn't just about doing too much? What if it's also about how long you've been trying to prove your worth? In this conversation with Dr. Melanie Gray, we go way beyond the surface of burnout and menopause. We talk about the…
- 5 Surprising Ways Your Cycle Can Change How You Run Your Business
For so long, I believed the problem was me. Why could I feel so clear, creative, and confident one week… and then feel exhausted, foggy, and questioning everything the next? But when I began understanding how my menstrual cycle influences…
- Why Diets Backfire: What Women Need to Know About Food, Fear, and the Nervous System with Sherry Shaban
If you've ever thought… "Why can't I just be normal around food?" You're not alone. So many women who are smart, disciplined, and deeply self-aware still find themselves stuck in cycles of guilt, restriction, cravings, and starting over. A…
- Why So Many Women Are Burnt Out Before 40 with Kate Gregory
If you've been told "that's normal" one too many times, I need you to hear this: Feeling exhausted every day should not be your normal. Far too many women are being gaslit into believe that their symptoms are because you're "just getting o…
- Why Chasing 10K Months Will Never Fill You Up with Cailen Ascher
If you've ever hit a "goal" and thought… Wait. That's it? Welcome to the part of entrepreneurship nobody puts in the launch graphics. You can build the business. You can hit the number. You can get the praise from mentors, clients, and str…
- What Every Woman Entrepreneur Should Know About Her Menstrual Cycle's Impact On Business
What if I told you that the reason you feel like a genius one week and want to burn your whole business down the next is not because you're inconsistent? It's because no one ever taught you how your hormones actually work. You were never t…
- 2026 Predictions for Feminine Entrepreneurship + Businesses
This episode is a transmission. We talk about timing and why I held this episode until the Lunar New Year. We talk about feminine energy not as softness, but as power. We talk about the shift from shedding to activation. If you're a woman…
- Boudoir Photography and Body Confidence: A New Way Women Are Healing
What if the very thing you were taught to hide was actually the doorway to more confidence, power, and freedom in your life and business? Most women don't avoid boudoir because it's "naughty." They avoid it because they've been trained to…
- The Secret to Making More Money During PMS
What if your luteal phase became your most profitable time of the month? Wild, I know. But this is the phase that can expose energy leaks, sharpen your message, and double your conversions with tiny tweaks. Episode Summary In this solo epi…
- Why Motivation Doesn't Work and How to Stay Inspired in Your Business
You know that moment when you sit down at your desk, open your laptop, and think… "Okay, what should I post today?" And then instant energy drop. 😩 You're staring at the blinking cursor, already exhausted before you've even started. Somew…
- Pleasure, Power, and The Hidden Key to Feminine Leadership Nobody Talks About with Brooke Jean
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you're hustling to be the perfect mom, perfect partner, perfect boss… and secretly wondering if it's slowly killing you. No wonder we're exhausted, anxious, and quietly wondering if this is really what life…
- Why High-Achieving Women Burn Out (and How to Finally Break the Cycle)
If you've ever pushed through exhaustion with another cup of coffee, ignored your period cramps to meet a deadline, or worn "busy" like a badge of honor, you're not alone. You want the thriving business and the thriving body, but right now…
- The Hidden Ick in Online Business (And How to Stay in Integrity While Building a Business You Love)
The online business space can feel like walking through a carnival funhouse. One moment you're dazzled by shiny promises of "six figures in six weeks," and the next you're clutching your wallet wondering if you've just been sold snake oil…
- No One Is Talking About THIS Reason Women Burnout in Business
You know that feeling when you've been running so hard that suddenly… your body, your brain, and even your bank account are like: nope, we're done? Burnout isn't just a buzzword, it's a full-body STOP sign. And yet, most women entrepreneur…
- The Secret to How to Run Your Business With More Ease
You've read the books. You've followed the strategies. You've checked every box the "experts" told you to. And yet… your business still feels heavier than it should. If you've ever wondered whether you're doing something wrong (spoiler: yo…
- Why Trying to Look "Professional" Is Killing Your Business
Your business isn't stalled because you're lazy. It's stalled because you're waiting until you "look professional" enough to show up or you're stuck in the self-help hamster wheel, journaling on your limiting beliefs but avoiding the scary…
- The Shocking Stories of Women Thriving in Male Dominated Fields
Have you ever felt like you had to shrink yourself just to "fit" into the room? Like the louder, bolder, more buttoned-up version of you is the only one allowed to succeed in certain spaces? You're not alone, and my guest today proves that…
- The Secret to Leading Without Losing Yourself
If you've ever thought "What's wrong with me? Why can't I just handle this like everyone else?"... this one's for you. Because nothing's wrong with you. You're not "too emotional." You're not lazy for wanting more freedom in your schedule.…
- The Secret to Making Confident Life Decisions (Without Second-Guessing Yourself)
Have you ever been halfway through a decision and thought, "Wait… is this even my choice, or am I just doing what I should?" That's where this conversation is going today. Because if you've been feeling pulled in a million directions, chas…
- Why Letting Go of Your Old Self Might Be the Best Thing You Ever Do
Ever feel like your life is one big, safe bubble… …and yet there's this whisper in your soul saying, "There's more"? That's exactly where Whitney Joy found herself before she walked away from her husband, her house, and her career in one s…
- You Don't Need to Have It All Figured Out to Grow with Renae Saager
If I'm being honest… there's no part of me that thrives on pretending I have it all together. There's no finish line when it comes to growth. We spend so much time trying to "get there," whatever there means. But real growth isn't about ar…
- What They Never Taught Us About Sex (But Should Have) with Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer
So many of us grew up absorbing the message that being a "good girl" means being quiet, agreeable, non-needy, and definitely not too sexual. But that version of womanhood has expired. Because when we stay silent about our sexual health, we…
- What Happens When Your Energy No Longer Matches Your Brand with Julie Chandler
You've probably heard it a hundred times: "Just be consistent." Show up every day. Push through resistance. Stay in momentum. But what if your "lack of consistency" isn't the problem? What if the real issue is trying to force a rhythm that…
- Why Feeling Good Is Your Most Underrated Business Strategy
What If Prioritizing Pleasure Made You More Money? How often do you check in with how you're feeling while running your business? If you're anything like I used to be, it's easy to get caught up in the strategy, the numbers, the next thing…
- The "How to Keep More of Your Money" Tax Strategy Every Business Owner Needs To Hear with Tiffany Phillips
We've been told a thousand times over to "know our worth." But what happens when we start actually charging it? What happens when our business grows… and so does our income… and suddenly, we're navigating tax brackets, money guilt, and a s…
- What Motherhood Is Really Teaching You About Yourself with Carly Ely
They say motherhood changes you but what they don't tell you is that it reveals you. Every trigger, every tantrum, every moment you snap and feel guilt bubbling under your skin. It will hold up a mirror to the parts of you you've spent yea…
- Biggest Tool I'm Using to Get my Clients Bigger Results
In this solo, from-the-heart episode, I'm sharing something completely unplanned, but too important not to record. After a powerful call with a client (and some serious energy downloads), I had to jump on and unpack what might just be the…
- Why Most Coaches are Stuck and Struggling and How a Body Based Business Shifts Everything with Brianna Rose
There was a time in my business journey where I truly believed that more effort = more results. That if I could just master the strategy, stick to the schedule, and keep showing up consistently, I'd finally "make it." But then my body star…
- Your Hormone Friendly Morning Routine Musts
If you're dragging yourself out of bed before your body's ready, ignoring your hunger cues, and skipping presence for performance… it's no wonder you feel like you're running on fumes. It's not that you're doing it wrong. It's that the rul…
- The Fight We're Not Talking About: Trauma, Power & Belonging with Laurien Zurhake
What if I told you your power doesn't come from being strong, but from being safe? In this week's podcast episode, I sat down with Laurien Zurhake, a martial arts expert, educator, and absolute powerhouse and we cracked open a conversation…
- 5 Energy Leaks Crushing Your Biz
You're doing all the things: chasing visibility, hiring mentors, watching your insights like a hawk... and yet, something still feels off. Maybe you're exhausted and the results don't match the effort. Been there. In this week's podcast ep…
- Why Growth Can Feel So Hard Even When You're Ready for It with Kate Gregory
This episode might be one of the most important ones I've ever recorded. Not because it was perfectly polished. But because it was real. Raw. Unfiltered. The kind of conversation that lingers in your body long after it's over. Kate Gregory…
- What Every Woman Needs to Know About Grief and Growth
You can be incredibly capable and still cry in the shower. You can lead a business, raise a family, and hold space for others while silently navigating waves of grief, loss, or healing that no one else sees. In this intimate and powerful c…
- The Truth About Women's Health No One's Telling You with Natalie Garay
Most women are taught to numb the symptoms. Pop a pill. Power through. Hustle harder. And when things still don't feel right? They're told, "You're fine. It's normal." But what if it's not? What if the bloating, burnout, mood swings, and m…
- The Courage to Be Seen: Alva Gardner on Breaking Stigmas Around Disability, Sexuality, and Success
Have you ever met someone who redefines what courage looks like? There are moments that crack you open in the best way and my conversation with Alva Gardner in this podcast episode was exactly that. Alva is a speaker, advocate, and unapolo…
- What Most Women in Business Are Missing (And How to Get It Back)
Something powerful happens when women gather. Not to plan. Not to hustle. But to remember who they are. That's exactly what happened at the Awaken Retreat, and I'm still integrating all the magic that unfolded. So much came through that I…
- From Proving to Power: The Feminine Shift That Creates Offers that Sell Themselves
You know that feeling when you're creating an offer and suddenly you're like… "Okay but is this enough?" "Should I throw in another bonus?" "Maybe add a Voxer thread, a workbook, six coaching calls, and a puppy for good measure??" Yeah. Be…
- The ONE Thing I did to Manifest $16k in 2 Weeks
I recently manifested over $16,000 into my life and it didn't come from hustling harder, launching something new, or burning the candle at both ends. It came from something so simple, yet so transformative… and it shifted everything. Now b…
- Why Everything You've Been Told About Menopause Is Wrong with Jessica Green
Somewhere along the way, we were taught that menopause is a loss… A loss of youth, energy, clarity, and vibrancy. That we have to brace for weight gain, exhaustion, brain fog, and mood swings. That we should just "deal with it" because it'…
- The Secret to Effortless Success? Stop Hustling and Do THIS Instead with Anna Nichols
You know that feeling… where you're doing all the things—showing up, grinding, checking every box and yet, deep down, you still feel stuck? Drained? Like you're missing some invisible key that makes success feel easier for everyone else? T…
- Why I Quit My Podcast (And the Real Reason it's Back)
A year ago, I hit pause on the podcast. At the time, it felt necessary… life was full, and I wasn't sure I wanted to keep producing content just for the sake of it. I needed a break. But deep down, I knew I wasn't done. Over the past year,…
- Balancing Self-Care and Business: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Staying Motivated as a Woman Entrepreneur with ilona Varo
As a woman entrepreneur, I get the grind—we're always pushing ourselves to excel, right? But to be honest, society has set some pretty high expectations for women and it's easy to fall into the trap of tying our self-worth to our achieveme…
- How To Dress According to Your Menstrual Phases with Katie Allen
Isn't it amazing how something as simple as a piece of clothing can change our mindset? Have you ever noticed how wearing your favorite outfit can boost your confidence? Or how putting on a suit makes you stand a little taller and feel a b…
- The 2 Biggest Red Flags of Binge Eating & How You Can Avoid Them with Kelly Lyons
You know those moments when you grab a bag of chips or a tub of ice cream because you're feeling stressed or overwhelmed? Have you ever wondered why that momentary comfort is often followed by guilt and regret? I know that feeling all too…