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
165 episodes
165. Could Sperm DNA Damage Be Behind Your Fertility Struggles?
Normal count. Normal motility. Normal morphology. And still no pregnancy — cycle after cycle. What a standard semen analysis does not measure is the quality of the DNA inside those sperm. And that is a very different question with very differen...
164. MTHFR Is Not a Fertility Emergency But Here Is What You Need to Know
MTHFR gene mutation is one of the most searched fertility topics online — and one of the most misunderstood. Some clinics treat it as a fertility emergency. Others dismiss it entirely. The truth lands in a much more nuanced place, and most wome...
163. Heavy Periods and Infertility — Could It Be Adenomyosis?
Heavy, painful periods. Large clots. An enlarged uterus on ultrasound. And a workup that keeps coming back normal. If this sounds familiar, there is a condition called adenomyosis that is responsible for a pattern of suffering that has been nor...
162. "We've Tried Everything" — Finding Answers Beyond "Unexplained" Infertility
"We've tried everything." It is one of the most heartbreaking sentences heard in fertility care — and almost always, it is not true. Not because couples have not worked hard or followed every recommendation, but because everything in convention...
161. Ovulation Is Not Optional — It Protects Your Whole Body
Ovulation is not just about getting pregnant. It is the primary hormonal event of the entire female cycle — and when it is missing, whether because of a medical condition, a lifestyle pattern, or years of hormonal contraception, the consequence...
160. The Perimenopause Signs Most Women Dismiss for Years
Most women think perimenopause happens in their late 40s. But for many women, the hormonal shift begins quietly in their mid-to-late 30s — with symptoms that are almost always dismissed as stress, anxiety, or just getting older. By the time per...
159. Why Your Prenatal’s Vitamin D is Not Enough for Fertility
Vitamin D is one of the most commonly deficient nutrients in reproductive-aged women — and one of the most consistently overlooked in a fertility workup. It is not actually just a vitamin. Vitamin D functions as a hormone with receptors in the ...
158. What Progesterone Is Really Doing for Your Whole Body
Most women know progesterone as the pregnancy hormone. But progesterone is doing so much more than preparing your uterus for a baby. It protects your brain, builds your bones, calms your nervous system, supports thyroid conversion, and keeps es...
157. Could Silent Endometriosis Be Behind Your Infertility?
Most people think endometriosis means debilitating period pain. But what if you had no pain at all — and endometriosis was still quietly damaging your fertility? Silent endometriosis is real, it is more common than anyone is told, and infertili...
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...