Episode #20 What's Your Period Telling You?

Most of us grow up hearing that periods are just “part of being a woman.” Painful cramps? Normal. Heavy bleeding? Deal with it. Mood swings? Just hormones.

But what if your period isn’t something to dread, dismiss, or power through—what if it’s one of the clearest ways your body is speaking to you?

Dr. Anthea Todd has spent years working with women one-on-one, helping them decode their symptoms and see their cycles as feedback—not flaws. In this episode, she offers a framework that makes understanding your period simple: red flags, beige flags, and green flags.

• Red flags are your body’s way of saying, “Get medical support now.” Think unexplained bleeding, debilitating pain, or migraines on the pill.

• Beige flags are those all-too-common-but-not-normal signs—like bloating, mood crashes, or irregular cycles—that reveal your fundamentals are off.

• Green flags? They’re your body celebrating balance—regular cycles, predictable rhythms, and a bleed that feels steady, not scary.

 

“Our symptoms are literally just our way of our body trying to tell us something.” — Dr. Anthea Todd

She doesn’t just map symptoms—she shows you how to listen. From nervous system stress to nutrient depletion, from environmental toxins to unprocessed emotions, Dr. Anthea reframes your cycle as a monthly report card from your body.

And she invites you to ask:
What if your cramps, your clots, your cravings… weren’t problems to push through, but clues to care for yourself differently?

This conversation will leave you with practical tools, new language for your symptoms, and a deep sense of relief that you are not broken. You are simply being spoken to.

To hear Dr. Anthea’s full breakdown of red, beige, and green flags—and to finally answer the question, “Is this normal?”—tune in to Episode #20: What’s Your Period Telling You? of What’s My Body Telling Me?