120. Cycle Syncing Masterclass with Alisa Vitti

Are you someone who has been on birth control for years yet doesn’t really understand its long term effects? How familiar are you with your cycle? Did you know that having horrible PMS symptoms is NOT normal and due to hormone imbalances that we can fix through lifestyle adjustments in each phase of our cycle? Unfortunately, women haven’t been well-informed about our own bodies, but it’s time to take our power back and equip ourselves with knowledge of how our bodies can function their best. And we have the best guest to lay it all out for us “hormone virgins” in this episode!

Alisa Vitti is busting female wellness myths and teaching us how to get to know our bodies and cycles better. Alisa Vitti is a women’s hormone and functional nutrition expert and pioneer in female biohacking. She is the best selling author of WomanCode, and her new book, In the FLO. She is the creator of the Cycle Syncing Method™— a female centric diet and lifestyle program that leverages hormonal patterns for optimal health, fitness and productivity. As the founder of FLOLiving.com, she has built the world’s first menstrual healthcare platform that helps women around the world put their period issues like PCOS, Fibroids, Endometriosis, and PMS into remission naturally using her highly effective FLO Protocol and the FLO Balance Supplements. 

Get out your notebooks, because this episode is full of information you need to know to optimize your life through hormone balancing with the Cycle Syncing Method. We talk about why so many women struggle with hormone imbalances, how to cycle sync your workouts, what to eat in the different phases of your cycle, and so much more. We know you’re going to learn so much in this episode, just like we did. Make sure to share this episode with a friend because all women deserve to know what’s going on with their bodies.


“That whole relationship that women historically have had with exercise, with fitness, with dieting, with their bodies, with weight has been made unnecessarily toxic because they’ve been given a blueprint that belongs to the self optimization for a man’s metabolism. I created the cycle synching method because the form of our self care must follow the function of our hormones.” - Alisa Vitti


What we talk about:

  • Alisa’s journey with PCOS that led her to this work

  • Why we haven’t learned about hormone balancing until now

  • What is cycle syncing?

  • The effects of women being left out of medical fitness and nutrition research

  • Food and fitness you should incorporate in each phase of your cycle

  • Why women shouldn’t follow a static routine

  • The root of women’s toxic relationship with food and exercise

  • Why you have brain fog

  • Where to start with cycle syncing

  • What happens to your cycle on birth control

  • The disadvantages to not ovulating during your reproductive years 

  • The contraceptive gel you should ask your doctor for

  • Ask Away: my mom is constantly bringing up my weight. What can I do?

“The cycle syncing method is the method I created to help women really understand what to do to take care of themselves correctly in each phase of their cycle. Doing this reduces stress, protects your delicate reproductive hormone balance, protects ovulation, reduces PMS, keeps blood sugar; does all the things you need it to do which is the direct opposite of how you’ve been told to care for yourself.” - Alisa Vitti

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Unpopular Opinions

Get ready for some laughs as we dive into our personal unpopular opinions. This IS a comedy podcast after all, right?! First, it’s dating story time with Raeann as she shares the awkward moment she had on a recent date in NYC. Kristina’s also sharing an update about what she’s trying to accomplish before baby #2 arrives and how she’s feeling in her body. Then, Raeann and Kristina share their unpopular opinions on foods, traditions, trends, habits, places and celebrities they think are overrated. Do you agree or disagree? What are some of your unpopular opinions? Share them in our Facebook group!

“The ‘I hate men’ narrative is so unproductive. I want a man who respects and loves women and I do think they exist.” - Raeann

What we talk about:

  • Dating storytime!

  • What Kristina’s trying to get done before the baby comes

  • Nikolas’ first Disneyland trip

  • Reflecting on pregnancy and body acceptance

  • What people are saying about Raeann on Reddit

  • Raeann’s hair extensions review: do you need to spend $2k?

  • Unpopular opinions about our culture, trends, traditions, clothes, food, celebs, etc.

  • Ask away: how do you know someone’s right for you or just telling you what you want to hear after a month of dating?


“Drinking is so overrated. When you wake up hungover and you look in the mirror and see every wrinkle and pore because your skin is so dehydrated, it is not cute.” - Kristina


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Dating & Relationship Q+A with Unsolicited Advice Podcast

Welcome Ashley and Taryne, fellow besties turned podcast co-hosts of Unsolicited Advice podcast, to the Confident Collective! We love hearing Ashley and Taryne’s amazing advice and perspectives as we tackle some complex and interesting scenarios and give our advice. We'll be discussing everything from navigating the dating scene & confidently setting boundaries after going through physical changes to reigniting the spark in your long term relationship. We all have unique insights to share based on our individual experiences, and hope we can help with situations you have or potentially will go through. Make sure to check out Unsolicited Advice to hear more from us!

“If that person can’t accept anything about you, whether it's a scar, boundaries or preferences you have then that’s not your person and that’s a reflection of them, not you.” - Taryne (@tarynerenee)

“In the fun magazines I'd look at the clothes then I'd read the advice columns in the back. I loved the advice columns: how they were funny, embarrassing, sometimes serious and mostly about relationships and that’s what I wanted my podcast to be. Once I figured that out, I knew I had to do it with Taryne.” - Ashley Nichole (@ashnichole)

What we talk about:

  • What 2023 goal Raeann has already given up on

  • Grilling is for the guys or #girlswhogirll?

  • Baby update

  • Do you shave your toes?

  • An embarrassing story from Raeann

  • Our current Tik Tok rabbit holes

  • Our hot take on the debate: women who want to have kids vs women who don’t 

  • How Taryne and Ashley’s friendship formed

  • Taryne and Ashley’s secret talents

  • Our advice for scenarios like:

    • How to be confident dating after going through physical changes

    • How to get through a sex life rut or dry spell in your relationship and support a partner going through something difficult

    • When a guy love bombs then ghosts you then comes back asking for forgiveness, should you give him another chance?


“We make excuses for people because we are looking at the potential that we see and not the facts that are presented to us.” - Raeann Langas

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