🐚Topics covered

• Why measuring progesterone directly changes everything
• The difference between temperature tracking & hormonal data
• How technology can be a conversation partner
• What true contraceptive autonomy requires
• Why contraception should be collective responsibility
• The shift that happens when you stop the pill
• How to evaluate "non-hormonal" options
• The pharmaceutical industry's response to declining pill use
• Nature's collective design of fertility

About Eirini Rapti

Eirini started inne in 2017 motivated by her own desire to use natural contraception, but realised that traditional natural fertility methods were almost impossible to use reliably in real life. She was determined to find a way of leveraging technology to enable all women to have a greater understanding of their bodies and take control of their contraceptive choices, so that they could make the most of their careers and relationships. Eirini set about developing a saliva biosensor device that enables women to identify and predict the fertile phase in their natural cycle. Based on her own experience and through multiple user interviews, Eirini understood that a new product had to be compatible with a busy daily life, simple and hygienic to use, and more insightful than the period-tracking apps already on the market.

Where to find Eirini Rapti and Inne

📝Website: https://inne.io/
📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inne_io/

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more.

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cycleseeds

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/cyclseeds-newsletter

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-waitlist-2027

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97

🐚Topics covered

• Karissa's journey from corporate wellness to birth work through personal initiation
• Why intellectualizing birth doesn't prevent power outsourcing during labor
• Four waves of Wavework: physical prep, emotional alchemy, trance state, primal intelligence
• Rehearsing birth intensity through simulations before labor arrives
• Emotional cathexis versus catharsis: befriending fear rather than clearing it
• The cervix as frequency gate responding to safety & environmental attunement
• Bringing birth partners into rehearsal for nervous system regulation
• Why men struggle witnessing powerful birthing women without preparation
• Connection between birth trauma & postpartum depression epidemic
• Wavework for postpartum integration, loss, preconception & life thresholds

About Karissa Bollinger

Karissa is a physiologist, birth worker, and founder of WaveWork™, a method that bridges biomechanics, nervous system science, and altered states of consciousness to prepare the body for birth. Her work reframes labor as an initiated state of expanded awareness and teaches women how to condition their physiology for intensity, coherence, and trust. After supporting hundreds of women through birth, trauma healing, and psychedelic integration, Karissa created WaveWork™ to bring the body back to the center of birth. She’s passionate about helping women rehearse intensity before they meet it, rewire their nervous systems for safety, and return to their power as creators of life.

Where to find Karissa Bollinger

📝Website: http://www.goldenteacherwellness.com

📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wavework.birthing/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wavework.birthing

Join Karissa’s Masterclass and get a $50 usd off (CYCLESEEDS50) https://www.goldenteacherwellness.com/waveworkbirthing

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more.

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: @cycleseeds

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-training-2025-selfstudy-vip

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97

🐚Topics covered

• Zaid's journey from competitive athlete to circadian biology educator
• Circadian biology defined: body as a timing system tied to the sun & moon
• Master clock (SCN) & peripheral clocks in every organ & cell
• Natural versus artificial light impacts on the circadian system
• The light bulb invention correlated with chronic disease emergence
• Ancient sun worship confirmed by modern circadian science
• Early 1900s heliotherapy curing tuberculosis & lupus with sunlight
• UV light as a hormetic stressor, not inherently toxic
• Near-infrared preconditioning removes isolated UV cytotoxicity
• Sunscreen breaks apart the hormetic signaling
• Chemical sunscreens are transforming into photo-carcinogens under light & heat
• Sunscreen blocking UVB & preventing vitamin D synthesis
• Morning sunlight creates collagen, elastin, & natural SPF
• Midday UV treated like exercise: progressive overload approach
• Sunglasses blocking master clock signals & creating light sensitivity
• Sunglasses prevent melanin production & increase burn risk
• Violet light stops myopia progression via the EEG1 gene activation
• Circadian eyesight regeneration through unfiltered light exposure
• Skin is a circadian organ with light-sensing proteins in all layers
• Blue light disrupts skin's circadian signaling, not just eyes
• Practical timing: sunrise, UVA rise, midday UV, nighttime darkness
• Natural fabrics for nighttime skin protection from artificial light
  
  
  

About Zaid K. Dahhaj

Zaid K. Dahhaj is a circadian biology educator and coach, helping people reconnect with sunlight, natural rhythms, and the body’s innate clocks to restore health. His work bridges quantum biology, ancestral wisdom, and modern lifestyle design, making circadian science practical, relatable, and transformative.

Where to find Zaid K. Dahhaj

📝Website: https://www.zaidkdahhaj.com

✍️Substack: https://zaidkdahhaj.substack.com

📲X: https://x.com/zaidkdahhaj?s=21&t=lMyKdyY1i1JiMEgQImSA-w

📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zaidkdahhaj

🎙️The 2AM Podcast: https://beacons.ai/the2ampodcast

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones, and more.

Let’s stay connected:

📸 Instagram: @cycleseeds

📧 Join my newsletter: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

💻 Visit the Cycle Seeds website: https://www.cycleseeds.com/

📝 Check out the blog: https://www.cycleseeds.com/blog

🎓 Holistic Hormone & Cycle Coaching Certification Training: https://www.cycleseeds.com/hhcc-training-2025-selfstudy-vip

📚Join my courses: https://www.cycleseeds.com/courses-masterclasses

📊 Chart Your Cycle Masterclass: https://cycleseeds.plugandpay.nl/checkout/chart-your-cycle-97