Episodes

  • Her Shift: Is This PMS or PMDD? The Brutal Truth About the Difference.

    Her Shift: Is This PMS or PMDD? The Brutal Truth About the Difference.
    Nov 21 2025
    If you’ve ever sat there thinking, “Is this PMS? Is it PMDD? Why does my brain turn into a crime scene every month?” — you’re not alone. This episode dives into the messy, blurry, very real space where PMS and PMDD overlap.If you’ve ever wondered, ‘Is this PMS, PMDD… or am I just losing the plot?’ — this episode is your wake-up call. We’re breaking down the real difference between PMS and PMDD, why they overlap far more than the internet admits, and why minimising women’s struggles helps absolutely no one.And yes — we’re going there:PMDD + personal accountability.When is PMDD a valid explanation for extreme behaviour… and when is it being used as a shield for emotional chaos, cruelty, or untreated trauma?Anna unpacks:•What actually differentiates PMS from PMDD (and why many women sit somewhere in the middle).•Why we shouldn’t minimise anyone’s experience, whether mild or severe — because suffering is suffering.•How trauma, CPTSD and past emotional neglect can intensify hormonal reactions — making PMS feel like PMDD and PMDD feel like the world ending.•The uncomfortable truth about “PMDD as diminished responsibility.”Anna shares her take on when PMDD genuinely dysregulates the nervous system, and when it’s used to excuse repeated, harmful or abusive behaviour.•Compassion without self-abandonment — how to honour your hormonal reality and uphold boundaries in relationships, parenting, and your sense of self.•Why self-awareness is the real power tool for any woman navigating a sensitive cycle, perimenopause, or trauma-linked monthly intensities.This is an honest, nuanced, no-shame conversation for women who want to understand their bodies, their minds, and their patterns — without falling into guilt, blame, or helplessness.🔑The RoomThis is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.👉 Step inside: THE ROOM✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!Buy Me A Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/annaprFuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness contentSEO Keywords: PMDD vs PMS, PMDD symptoms women, PMDD trauma link, premenstrual dysphoric disorder help, PMS mood swings, hormone sensitivity and trauma, PMDD rage, cycle-related anxiety, perimenopause and PMDD, accountability in relationships, women’s mental health podcast, trauma-informed healing for women.📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for more insights📌 Join my Her Shift community for deep healing work HERE📌 Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review!👉 If this episode resonated, take a screenshot, share it on social media, and tag me—I’d love to hear your takeaways! 🎙️✨I'd love it if you could subscribe to the podcast and spread the word by sharing it with your friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    36 mins
  • Her Shift: Tis the Most Stressful Time of the Year: The Real Reason Women Burn Out — and How to Change It

    Her Shift: Tis the Most Stressful Time of the Year: The Real Reason Women Burn Out — and How to Change It
    Nov 15 2025
    If Christmas usually leaves you exhausted, sick, overwhelmed, or emotionally fried by January, this episode is your early-warning siren. We’re diving straight into why the festive season is the most stressful time of the year for so many women — and how to stop repeating the burnout cycle.For years, Anna spent every December in survival mode: doing everything for everyone, meeting endless expectations, and collapsing into Boxing Day burnout. She hadn’t enjoyed Christmas in years. Now? Everything’s changed — because she shifted her approach way earlier.In this practical and honest episode, Anna shares how prepping in November, syncing plans with your menstrual cycle, setting boundaries without guilt, and actually asking for help can transform your entire festive season. This is Christmas without the chaos — led by intention, energy, and women finally stepping out of the default role of “festive project manager.”You’ll learn how to:• Stop festive burnout before it starts• Plan Christmas with your energy, not pressure or panic• Say no to draining expectations without feeling guilty• Delegate and ask for help so you’re not doing everything alone• Replace obligation with joy, calm, and rituals that actually fit your life now• Create a Christmas you can enjoy, not just surviveThis is your permission slip to make December feel lighter, calmer, and genuinely joyful.Because you deserve a Christmas that doesn’t break you.💡 Key Takeaways•November is the new December — start early, and give Future You a calmer month.•Planning beats panic: prep, delegate, automate, and protect your downtime.•Boundaries are love: saying no makes room for what matters.•Energy matters more than effort: your body’s rhythm is a guide, not a barrier.•You deserve rest and joy: you don’t have to earn them by burning out first.✨ Reflection PromptPause for a moment and ask yourself:“How do I want to feel this Christmas?”Write it down, and let that be your starting point.🔑The RoomThis is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.👉 Step inside: THE ROOM✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!Buy Me A Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/annaprFuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness contentChristmas burnout, festive stress, avoiding holiday exhaustion, planning Christmas early, setting Christmas boundaries, how to enjoy Christmas again, Christmas self-care, women’s 📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for more insights📌 Join my Her Shift community for deep healing work HERE📌 Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review!👉 If this episode resonated, take a screenshot, share it on social media, and tag me—I’d love to hear your takeaways! 🎙️✨I'd love it if you could subscribe to the podcast and spread the word by sharing it with your friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    39 mins
  • Her Shift: How to Stop Burnt-Out Boxing Day and Start Enjoying Christmas (Prep in November!)

    Her Shift: How to Stop Burnt-Out Boxing Day and Start Enjoying Christmas (Prep in November!)
    Nov 7 2025
    If Christmas usually leaves you wiped out, sick, or emotionally wrung dry by January, this episode is your early-season wake-up call.For years, Anna was in survival mode — juggling the to-do lists, family expectations, and guilt until she hit Boxing Day burnout. She realised she hadn’t enjoyed Christmas in years. Now, everything’s changed.In this raw and practical episode of Her Shift, she shares how starting your prep in November can completely transform how December feels — so you get to enjoy the season instead of enduring it.Anna talks through how she now plans and preps early, aligns tasks with her menstrual cycle, holds firm boundaries, gives herself grace, and actually asks for help — because Christmas isn’t meant to be a solo performance.You’ll hear how to:•Stop running on adrenaline until New Year’s Day.•Get intentional about what kind of Christmas you actually want.•Plan with energy, not pressure — by syncing with your body’s natural rhythm.•Say no (without guilt) to draining traditions or expectations.•Schedule fun first and let everything else fit around that.•Create new rituals that reflect where you are now — not where you used to be.⸻💬 We Answer Questions Like:These are the real-world struggles so many women are Googling right now — and what Anna unpacks in this episode:•How can I avoid getting burnt out during the holidays?•What are the early signs of festive burnout — and how do I stop it before it starts?•How far in advance should I start prepping for Christmas to reduce stress?•How do I set boundaries during the festive season without feeling guilty?•What self-care routines actually help during the holiday season?•How can I ask for help so I’m not doing everything myself?•How do I stop feeling obligated and start genuinely enjoying Christmas again?⸻💡 Key Takeaways•November is the new December — start early, and give Future You a calmer month.•Planning beats panic: prep, delegate, automate, and protect your downtime.•Boundaries are love: saying no makes room for what matters.🔑The RoomThis is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.👉 Step inside: THE ROOM✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!Buy Me A Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/annaprFuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness content📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for more insights📌 Join my Her Shift community for deep healing work HERE📌 Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review!👉 If this episode resonated, take a screenshot, share it on social media, and tag me—I’d love to hear your takeaways! 🎙️✨I'd love it if you could subscribe to the podcast and spread the word by sharing it with your friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    28 mins
  • Her Shift: What I Did When I Realised My Life Looked Fine But Felt Wrong

    Her Shift: What I Did When I Realised My Life Looked Fine But Felt Wrong
    Nov 1 2025

    I'm Anna, Im Her & these are my Shifts!

    Most of my life looked fine on paper — a functioning business, a tidy home, the “strong one” badge polished daily.

    But inside, I was breaking every promise I made to myself.

    In this episode, I talk about how I stopped self-sabotaging and started rebuilding trust with my future self — the woman I kept letting down.

    From packing my metaphorical handbag with what I actually needed, to finally taking responsibility for everything within my control, this is the raw truth about how I got unstuck without a glow-up or guru.


    You’ll learn:

    •The quiet ways we sabotage ourselves while calling it “coping”

    •How to treat your future self like someone you love, not someone you disappoint

    •Why responsibility is the most freeing thing you’ll ever take on

    •The three tiny shifts that build lasting self-trust


    🔑The Room

    This is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.

    👉 Step inside: THE ROOM


    ✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.

    👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!


    Buy Me A Coffee

    https://buymeacoffee.com/annapr

    Fuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨

    It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness content



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    📌 Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review!

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    33 mins
  • Her Shift: The Two Truths That Decide Whether Your Relationship Will Last!

    Her Shift: The Two Truths That Decide Whether Your Relationship Will Last!
    Oct 24 2025

    In this raw, real episode of Her Shift, Anna breaks down the two factors that decide whether your relationship will last — shared values and mutual support for each other’s dreams. Drawing on her own marriage, she unpacks why love, effort, and communication aren’t enough when your core values clash. You’ll learn how to spot misalignment before it drains your spirit, why you can’t “fix” someone with different values, and how reclaiming your own dreams is the start of your next shift.


    This is a must-listen for women who’ve ever asked themselves: “Why does love feel so hard when we both care?”


    Keywords: relationship advice, relationship compatibility, values in relationships, personal growth, self-worth, healing from codependency, how to make a relationship work, trauma-informed relationship advice.


    Takeaway:

    Discover the two key ingredients every successful relationship needs: shared values and mutual support for each other’s dreams. Learn how misaligned values quietly destroy love and what to do when you realise you can’t change someone.


    🔑The Room

    This is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.

    👉 Step inside: THE ROOM


    ✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.

    👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!


    Buy Me A Coffee

    https://buymeacoffee.com/annapr

    Fuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨

    It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness content


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for more insights

    📌 Join my Her Shift community for deep healing work HERE

    📌 Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review!

    👉 If this episode resonated, take a screenshot, share it on social media, and tag me—I’d love to hear your takeaways! 🎙️✨

    I'd love it if you could subscribe to the podcast and spread the word by sharing it with your friends.

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    41 mins
  • Her Shift: I Spent Over £50,000 on Courses and Self-Improvement — and Still Felt Worse

    Her Shift: I Spent Over £50,000 on Courses and Self-Improvement — and Still Felt Worse
    Oct 17 2025

    I’ve spent over fifty grand on self-development — courses, masterminds, coaching, therapy, the lot. Every time I clicked enrol I thought, “This will be the one that finally fixes me.”

    It never was.


    In this episode I unpack why learning and healing don’t stick when you’re still living in survival mode — and how trying to “improve” yourself can quietly become another trauma loop.


    We talk about:

    •The shame spiral of buying courses and ghosting them.

    •What actually happens in the brain when you try to learn while dysregulated.

    •Why “investing in yourself” can feel like punishment when you don’t feel safe.

    •The moment I realised I wasn’t lazy — I was traumatised.

    •How to start again, small and guilt-free.


    Takeaway:

    You don’t need another program to prove your worth. You need peace, space, and a nervous system that believes you’re already enough.


    🔑The Room

    This is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.

    👉 Step inside: THE ROOM


    ✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.

    👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!


    Buy Me A Coffee

    https://buymeacoffee.com/annapr

    Fuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨

    It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness content


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for more insights

    📌 Join my Her Shift community for deep healing work HERE

    📌 Share your thoughts on this episode by leaving a review!

    👉 If this episode resonated, take a screenshot, share it on social media, and tag me—I’d love to hear your takeaways! 🎙️✨

    I'd love it if you could subscribe to the podcast and spread the word by sharing it with your friends.

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    34 mins
  • Her Shift: They Called Her Trash — She Wrote Bestsellers: Lessons from Jilly, Jackie & Megan on Reclaiming Female Shame

    Her Shift: They Called Her Trash — She Wrote Bestsellers: Lessons from Jilly, Jackie & Megan on Reclaiming Female Shame
    Oct 11 2025

    They called them trash. They called them disgraceful. They called them everything but what they were — powerful women who refused to carry other people’s shame.


    In this episode, Anna unpacks how women like Jilly Cooper, Jackie Collins, and Megan McKenna were publicly shamed, mocked, and dismissed — yet turned pain into power and kept showing up. From “trash-lit” novels that outsold their critics to public scandals that changed laws, these women remind us that shame is often a reflection of the accuser, not the accused.


    If you’ve ever been judged for your body, your choices, or your voice — this one’s for you. It’s time to drop the shame that was never yours to carry.


    🔑The Room

    This is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.

    👉 Step inside: THE ROOM


    ✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.

    👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!


    Buy Me A Coffee

    https://buymeacoffee.com/annapr

    Fuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨

    It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness content


    female shame • women shamed by media • reclaiming feminine power • slut-shaming • female sexuality • patriarchal double standards • Jilly Cooper • Jackie Collins • Megan McKenna • shame recovery • empowerment podcast


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    34 mins
  • Her Shift:3 Surprising Things That Helped My PMDD Recovery & Healing Journey

    Her Shift:3 Surprising Things That Helped My PMDD Recovery & Healing Journey
    Oct 3 2025

    What if the biggest breakthroughs in PMDD recovery and trauma healing don’t come from therapy rooms or wellness hacks, but from the small rebellions you make in everyday life?


    In this episode of Her Shift: Surviving PMDD, Trauma Healing & Women’s Wellness Stories, Anna shares 3 surprising practices that transformed her emotional healing journey:

    •The Angel of Death Gratitude Theory — how imagining life as wasted and starting again today unlocked a whole new way of practicing gratitude and coping with PMDD.

    •Why saying “I’ll never do that again” (from ironing for others, to fake bathroom trips with friends, to pretending not to like sex in mums’ groups) became a radical act of healing and boundary-setting.

    •How reading, listening, and learning new ideas nourished her soul, shifted stagnant thinking, and helped her survive PMDD symptoms and trauma.


    This isn’t about fixing yourself — it’s about unlearning martyrdom, questioning the rules you never chose, and reclaiming joy, pleasure, and your own story.


    If you’ve ever asked:

    •What really helps PMDD recovery beyond treatment?

    •How can I cope with PMDD and trauma day to day?

    •What women’s healing practices actually work in real life?


    …this episode will surprise you.


    ✨ Listen now and discover how these three unexpected shifts can wake you up to your own power.


    🔑The Room

    This is not your average book club. The Room is a secret podcast, real talk, and a community that actually gets it. Come sit with us.

    👉 Step inside: THE ROOM


    ✨ Download your FREE PMDD Survival Kit—practical support and guidance for your toughest days.

    👉 Get Your PMDD Survival Kit Here!


    Buy Me A Coffee

    https://buymeacoffee.com/annapr

    Fuel the coffee, fuel the movement ☕✨

    It’s exactly what it sounds like — you buy me a virtual coffee, and I use that energy (and caffeine!) to keep growing this community, sharing content, and supporting women to rise.


    📌 Follow me on Instagram @theannapr & TikTok @theannapr for daily PMDD tips and women’s wellness content


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    👉 If this episode resonated, take a screenshot, share it on social media, and tag me—I’d love to hear your takeaways! 🎙️✨

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    36 mins