What if PCOS isn’t really about ovarian cysts at all? 👀

In Episode 002, we’re talking PCOS (or… PMOS?) — what it can look like, why your cycle may not follow the usual script, and how hormones, metabolism, insulin resistance, and mental health can all get tangled together.

Jess shares her own 20-year road to a PCOS diagnosis, Katie nerds out about cycles, ovulation, and insulin resistance, and Mandi brings the mental health perspective — including why understanding what’s happening in your body can be so validating. 💜

Plus: cycle seasons 🌸☀️🍂❄️, the infamous Texas-shaped period stain 🤠, what’s in our carts 🛒, bras, seashells, and a completely necessary discussion about which Disney princess each of us would be. 😂

✨ Stay curious. Stay compassionate. Stay Loca.

🌸 DEAR LOCA

Questions? Episode ideas? Something helpful — or hard — from your own experience? We want to hear it.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 👋 Welcome Back!
02:17 🥤 What's in Your Chalice?
05:22 🌸 Cycle Season Check-In
11:25 🌱 Your Cycle Through the Seasons
16:12 🔄 PCOS, PMOS & Jessica's Diagnosis
20:11 📋 How PMOS Is Diagnosed
23:03 🍩 Insulin Resistance Explained
30:02 🧠 Hormones, Mental Health & Your Cycle
42:13 🤝 We Get to Be That for Each Other
44:19 🛒 What's In Your Cart?
49:53 👑 Disney Princess Energy

⚕️ A LITTLE FINE PRINT

Living Luteal Loca is for education, conversation, and entertainment. Nothing shared on this podcast is intended to diagnose or treat any condition or replace individualized medical or mental health care. We’ll share research, professional perspectives, personal experiences, things that have helped us, things that absolutely have not, and plenty of questions along the way. Take what’s useful, stay curious, and make the decisions that are right for you with your own healthcare team when appropriate.

🎵 Music: “Posy” — licensed through Soundstripe via Riverside

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