Personal Growth & Reinvention for Women | say YES to yourself!
If you're ready to stop living by everyone else's expectations and start creating a life that feels authentic, intentional, and fully your own, you're in the right place.Say YES to Yourself! is a personal growth podcast for women navigating life's transitions and asking, "What's next for me?" Through honest conversations and inspiring stories, host Wendy Harrop interviews women who have reinvented themselves, trusted their intuition, overcome life's challenges, and created meaningful change—one courageous yes at a time.Every Wednesday and Friday, Wendy sits down with authors, entrepreneurs, coaches, creatives, and everyday women to share honest conversations about personal gr...
Stop Forcing Productivity and Start Leading Your Creative Work | Christine Carron
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Want to come inside La Menarderie? On Saturday, September 19, Wendy is opening the doors (virtually!) for a live tour of the château she and her friend Liz have been bringing to life in the French countryside. Come see the treasures she’s sourced, what they’ve been working on, and this beautiful old property while it’s still very much in progress. The tour is live on Zoom and will not be recorded.
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A Vision of Mary Magdalene and the Wholeness Within | Aline Ghorayeb
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Want to come inside La Menarderie? On Saturday, September 19, Wendy is opening the doors (virtually!) for a live tour of the château she and her friend Liz have been bringing to life in the French countryside. Come see the treasures she’s sourced, what they’ve been working on, and this beautiful old property while it’s still very much in progress. The tour is live on Zoom and will not be recorded.
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How Shame Keeps You Stuck in Relationship Patterns | Jessica Fern & David Cooley
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Ready for your own pattern interrupt? Explore Wendy’s upcoming experiences in France and discover what becomes available when you step outside your routine, learn something new, and say yes to an adventure that feels good.
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with therapist Jessica Fern and restorative relationship practitioner David Cooley to examine how shame shapes the way we relate to ourselves and the people closest to us. They introduce the “inner shame triangle”: an inner critic that a...
How to Trust the Next Aligned Yes | Wendy Harrop
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In this bonus mini episode, Wendy shares how a series of small, aligned yeses led to unexpected friendships, collaborations, and opportunities across France. From meeting Chef Eric in Normandy to expanding her work with Jessica Hickman-Woolcott and the Cognac Jewellery School, none of it arrived through a perfectly mapped-out plan. It unfolded one decision and one connection at a time.
Wendy also shares how she recognizes her next right step, why she doesn’t need to see the entire path before moving forward, and the pr...
Finding Belonging When You’re Living Between Two Cultures | Thymai Dong-Sheehan
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with author and educator Thymai Dong-Sheehan to talk about identity, belonging, and the courage to tell your own story. Born in Vietnam and raised in the United States, Thymai grew up navigating two cultures while never feeling fully...
Take the Action, Surrender the How | Carrie Fabris
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Carrie Fabris is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and the founder of CareerFrame, where she works with leaders and teams on the kind of self-awareness that actually changes how people show up at work. She's also a self-described activator — someone wired to...
When Your Surroundings Don't Match What You Want | Sonya Weisshappel
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Sonya Weisshappel calls herself the Chaos Whisperer, and her business card should probably read more like a dictionary than a title — she helps people move through major life transitions by starting with what's actually around them, whether that's a friend circle that no longer fits or a lifetime of inherited belongings nobody's touched since a lov...
Perfectionism: Why Your Brain Thinks It's Keeping You Safe | Martine Cohen
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Martine Cohen didn't set out to rethink her relationship with rest. Instead, a serious car accident and concussion forced the issue, stopping her in her tracks until she had no choice but to listen to her body in a way she'd ignored for years. She's since built her work, including her book No More Layers, around exactly that: understanding why we override our own needs, and how to stop. In this episode, Martine and Wendy e...
How to Return to Your Feminine Nature and Reclaim Your Power | Chelsea Ann
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Chelsea Ann was married to a man whose company sold for nearly a billion dollars. Homes across the world, nannies, staff, every material thing money could buy. Then came a prayer at the base of the Dalai Lama's temple, and nine months later she found herself at the Great Pyramid, hearing from a man who told her she'd spend her life teaching women something else entirely: how to return to their own nature.
In this episode, Chelsea Ann and Wendy explore:
What it actually l...From Stuck in a Chair at 60 to Thriving at 87 | Susanne Eden
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Susanne Eden turned 60 and thought her life was over. She could barely get out of a chair, was on 200 units of insulin a day, and had spent years on prednisone that had quietly wrecked her endocrine system. Now 87, she's the author of Healing from the Inside, Living Fully As You Age.
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What actually changed when she stopped waiting f...Why She Keeps Finding Dimes From Her Late Wife | Kathryn Henry
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Kathryn Henry spent a decade beside her wife through a grueling cancer battle, walking away from her corporate career to be fully present for it. After her wife passed, small, inexplicable things like dimes, turning up in impossible places, became something she couldn't write off as coincidence. That...
The 72-Hour Practice to Manifest a New Life | Riana Malia
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Riana Malia works as what she calls an identity architect for high-achieving women, helping them clear the old subconscious patterns running the show long before anyone notices, so they can actually build the life they're reaching for instead of quietly recreating the one they already have. She and...
How to Date From Abundance, Not Scarcity | Kathryn Morea
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Kathryn Morea spent 29 years married before a divorce in her early 50s left her rebuilding an identity she hadn't touched in decades. She'd only ever known herself as half of a marriage, so figuring out who she was on her own, in her 50s, meant starting from a blank page most people don't expect to face at that age. Now in her 60s, she coaches midlife women through what she calls the glow-up: reclaiming body confidence, dating, and desirability instead of assuming that season of life is...
What Nobody's Telling Gen Z About Work | Giselle Sandy-Phillips
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This conversation opens on calling, guidance, and what it looks like to trust a path before you can see where it leads, and that path is exactly how Giselle Sandy-Phillips ended up writing a career guide for Gen Z. (Book talk starts around 24:00, if you want to jump ahead.) She built it as a family project: her own kids gave feedback on every chapter, and her daughter's photo is on the cover.
In this conversation, Wendy and Giselle explore:
The gap she k...The Flower Shop That Wasn't Planned | Adrienne Ryser
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Adrienne Ryser moved to Paris for love with two suitcases, a cat, no visa, and no French, and ended up buying the oldest flower shop in the city. Now she's opened a second location in Oslo and just published her first book, Fleurs.
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What it took to earn a spot at a shop the original owners hadn't let an employee touch in a decade, and why they still drive by to check on her years laterAdjusting to a...Leaving the Church & Finding Your Own Voice | Joni Woods
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Joni Woods spent nearly 20 years as a youth and young adult pastor before leaving both her marriage and the church that shaped her. Now an author and corporate consultant, she joins Wendy to talk about what it actually takes to trust yourself when the people around you don't agree with your choices.
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Why "anchoring down" on your own reasons matters more than winning an argument, especially when family, faith leaders, or an ex-spouse are working hard to change your mindThe difference between g...Stop Telling Your Old Story: How Self-Talk Heals Unworthiness | Kristine Jensen
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Kristine Jensen, a psychotherapist who spent 35+ years helping clients heal shame, while carrying a deep sense of unworthiness herself. After closing her practice and moving to the California coast, she finally became her own client. What she discovered: shame is foundational, not superficial. It's not embarrassment or guilt. It's a survival mechanism rooted in childhood, where you learned to collapse, comply, and hide in order to feel safe. And it shapes everything.
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Shame vs. other...Sustainable Doesn't Have to Suck: Building a Beauty Brand on Integrity, Not Influencers | Kate Assaraf
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Kate Assaraf, founder of Dipped—a plastic-free shampoo and conditioner bar company born from 20 years in the beauty industry and a decade of frustration. In 2014, Kate discovered something most people don't know: plastic is way more problematic than the average consumers know. Recycling is a farce. Plastic leaches chemicals into our bloodstream and messes with our endocrine systems. But instead of guilt-tripping people into sustainability, she built something radical: a product so good, people switch for quality and savings first, th...
Hustle Culture Isn't Worth It: How to Build Career AND Wellbeing | Jossie Haines
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Jossie Haines, a former Apple engineer who led teams on Siri, won a technical Emmy, and looked like she had it all figured out, until she realized the cost. After years in the frenetic tech industry where success equals hours worked and busyness is a badge of honor, she left. Then she took six months off and discovered something radical: she didn't have to keep living that way.
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Why hustle culture is a lie: career...Perfectionism and Midlife Transitions: Finding Your Next Chapter | Dawn Pfingsten
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Dawn Pfingsten, a beauty and skincare creator who's spent the last decade on social media, and learned that perfectionism is the cage keeping women stuck as a result. Raised in the South with the conditioning to "look good before volleyball practice," she gradually dismantled that cage by showing up authentically: sweaty walks on camera, no-makeup days, real life. But the real story isn't about skincare. It's about seasons.
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How perfectionism shifts as you age: in...From Rock Bottom to Discovering Your Worth: A Story of Resilience | Sarah Barnes-Humphrey
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey about what happens when your entire life plan disappears overnight. Ten days before her 37th birthday, the family business she'd wanted to run since age 16 closed its doors. Job gone. Title gone. Future gone. It was the worst day of her life, but she didn't stay there.
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When you lose everything, you discover what you're actually made of, and how resilience looks less like inspiration and more like showing up brokenThe moment someone...How to Say No Without Guilt: Breaking Patterns and Reclaiming Your Voice | Angela Burk
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Angela Burk, author of The Real Girl's Guide to Midlife. Angela spent decades saying yes to everything—yes to things she didn't want to do, yes to explanations and justifications, yes to everyone else's needs before her own. Then she hit a wall. Not one explosive moment, but a gradual awareness that she'd lost parts of herself in the process of trying to be everything to everyone. So she started saying no. And her life changed.
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...Reinvention as a Way of Life: Following the Call Across Countries and Careers | Karla Freeman
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Karla Freeman, a therapist, somatic experiencing practitioner, writer, filmmaker, artist, tango dancer, and playwright. Karla's life is a masterclass in reinvention. She's lived in 5 countries, traveled to 40, and built multiple careers—each one aligned with creativity and transformation. But her story isn't about constantly running. It's about saying yes. To imagination. To calls. To the next chapter, even when the current one is beautiful.
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How discovering your voice and realizing you have insight worth sharing ch...Your Body's Messages: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rising to the Next Level | Edit B. Kiss
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Edit B. Kiss, a holistic mentor, success habit coach, #1 bestselling author, Humanitarian Award winner, and international speaker. Edit specializes in guiding individuals from misery to peace within 30 days by integrating ancient healing techniques with neuroscience. After a 15-year career in petroleum engineering, she pivoted to holistic healing—a transformation that exemplifies everything she teaches: that evolution is possible at any stage, and that your body's messages are invitations to rise to the next level.
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How ph...Work Less, Make More: Women Entrepreneurs Over 50 Doing What They Love | Patricia Noel Drain
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Patricia Noel Drain, author of 14 books, podcaster, and business mentor who specializes in guiding women entrepreneurs over 50 to step fully into their value and create the income they deserve. Her signature certification program, Your Gift Is Your Niche, empowers women to discover, own, and monetize their natural gifts, talents, and skills.
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Why women entrepreneurs over 50 are uniquely positioned to work less and make more, and why authenticity, not hustle, is the real superpowerHow to uncover...Cancer and Vulnerability: How Staying Authentic Keeps You Strong | Cara Lockwood
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Cara Lockwood, a USA Today bestselling author. When Cara was diagnosed with breast cancer, she discovered something unexpected: you don't have to be positive to be strong. You can fight cancer salty, sarcastic, and real. In this conversation, she talks about the power of authenticity, the mythology of toxic positivity, and why the universe responds to your vibration, not your words.
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Why vulnerability isn't weakness, and how being honest about fear, anger, and overwhelm is...Your Home Is Your Soul: Making Conscious Choices in Life Transitions | Kim Costa
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Kim Costa, a real estate professional and author who believes your home is far more than a financial transaction—it's a reflection of your soul. After years in real estate and a background in residential construction and design, Kim has developed a framework for making conscious housing de...
Health and Wealth: Building the Foundation for Women's Power | Nancy Griffin
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Nancy Griffin, who has spent nearly three decades exploring the intersection of health and wealth, and how both are foundational to women's self-worth, power, and legacy. Nancy started Women Worth & Wellness 30 years ago when women were beginning to earn real money but didn't know how to think...
Lead With Love: How to Show Up Well in Every Role | Jan Goss
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Jan Goss, executive consultant, bestselling author, and founder of Show Up Well Consulting. Jan teaches a comprehensive framework for showing up as your whole, aligned self—not just at work, but at home, in relationships, and in every role you hold. She's spent decades building businesses, raising foster children, and discovering that true success isn't about shiny exteriors. It's about alignment, wholeness, and leading with love.
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Why self-love and alignment are the foundation for showing up...The IEP Team Guide: Special Education Advocacy Decoded | Karen Mayer Cunningham
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Karen Mayer Cunningham, special education advocate and author of Epic IEP, a framework that transforms the complicated federal special education law into actionable steps. After years of doing 500 IEP meetings annually, Karen realized her greatest pain in motherhood had become her biggest calling: helping families navigate special education when the system feels impossibly complicated.
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What it means to advocate WITH schools, not against them, and why that partnership mattersWhy children with disabilities have capacity, but...Women in Comedy: Why We Need to Listen (Not Just Speak Up) | Lynn Harris
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Lynn Harris, founder of Gold Comedy and an industry veteran who's spent her career at the intersection of entertainment and social change. After 5 years of eldercare and other demands, Lynn is saying yes to herself again by setting boundaries, scheduling creative projects, and pursuing her own work.
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How comedy works as a delivery system for challenging conversations and cultural shiftWhy the specificity of storytelling creates unexpected connection across differenceWhat it means to set boundaries and...When Coaching Tools Aren't Enough: A Working Mom's Breakthrough | Rebecca Olson
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Join Wendy for her dreamy Summer Solstice White Party on Saturday June 20, 2026 —an al fresco evening of delicious food, intention-setting, and celebration at the Phineas Wright House. Wear white, gather at the long table in the field, and toast to the season ahead.
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Rebecca Olson, a working mom coach who spent 2025 in a deep dark hole. Despite having all the coaching tools and personal development str...
How Reverse Mortgages Can Fund Your Best Years (Not Just Protect Your Home) | Laura Phillips
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Join Wendy for her dreamy Summer Solstice White Party on Saturday June 20, 2026 —an al fresco evening of delicious food, intention-setting, and celebration at the Phineas Wright House. Wear white, gather at the long table in the field, and toast to the season ahead.
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Laura Phillips, a reverse mortgage lender. Laura challenges the generational belief that home equity is only a safety net, and explores how rev...
Align Your Head, Heart, and Gut (When Life Feels Out of Sync) | Kathleen Conner
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Kathleen Conner, coach and host of the Chasing Purpose Podcast. Kathleen spent years presenting a perfect image to the world while feeling deeply out of sync internally, until one moment of disgust became her catalyst for change.
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Why your...How to Stop People Pleasing (A Somatic Coach's Approach) | Darshana Avila
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Join Wendy for her dreamy Summer Solstice White Party on Saturday June 20, 2026 —an al fresco evening of delicious food, intention-setting, and celebration at the Phineas Wright House. Wear white, gather at the long table in the field, and toast to the season ahead.
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Darshana Avila, somatic experiencing practitioner and body-based trauma healer. Darshana is a recovering people pleaser who's spent years unwinding the cultural scripts we...
How to Be Ambitious and a Great Mom (Without the Guilt) | Laurie Maddalena
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Join Wendy for her dreamy Summer Solstice White Party on Saturday June 20, 2026 —an al fresco evening of delicious food, intention-setting, and celebration at the Phineas Wright House. Wear white, gather at the long table in the field, and toast to the season ahead.
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Laurie Maddalena, leadership consultant who started her business nearly two decades ago and has raised three children while building it. Laurie spent yea...
The Confidence You Can't Hand Out (And How to Build It Instead) | Randi Crawford
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Cognac Jewelry School, France
June 27-July 4, 2026 or August 15-22, 2026: phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations2027 Foundations: phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations-2027SIn this episode, Wendy sits down with Randi Crawford, coach and speaker who works with young adults and their moms. Moms constantly ask Randi: How do I help my daughter build confidence? Her answer: You can't hand it out. She has to...
When Your 42-Year Marriage Ends at 65 (And You Decide Who You Want to Be) | Debbie Spence
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Join Wendy for her dreamy Summer Solstice White Party on Saturday June 20, 2026 —an al fresco evening of delicious food, intention-setting, and celebration at the Phineas Wright House. Wear white, gather at the long table in the field, and toast to the season ahead.
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In this episode, Wendy sits down with Debbie Spence, who just turned 65 and is rewiring everything. Her 42-year marriage ended two years ago, and she had to ask herself: Who...
How to Listen to Your Body (A Medical Intuitive's Approach) | Katie Beecher
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June 27-July 4, 2026 or August 15-22, 2026: phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations2027 Foundations: phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations-2027SIn the 300th episode of Say YES to Yourself!, Wendy sits down with Katie Beecher, licensed counselor and medical intuitive who helps people connect to their intuition and listen to what their bodies are trying to tell them. Katie recovered from bulimia...
How to Sync Your Life to Your Cycle (Even After Menopause) | Dr. Aumatma Simmons
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Say "Yes!" to travel! Just check your calendar, book your flight, and pack your cute outfits:
Cognac Jewelry School, France
June 27-July 4, 2026 or August 15-22, 2026: phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations2027 Foundations: phineaswrighthouse.com/the-shop/p/cognac-jewellery-school-summer-foundations-2027SIn this episode, Wendy sits down with naturopathic doctor and fertility expert, Dr. Aumatma Simmons. Dr. Aumatma teaches how women operate on two clocks, the 24-hour circadian rhythm and the 28-day menstrual or moon cycle, and why syncing your life to your...
