What if everything you've been told about your hormones, your cycle, and your body has been missing the point?

In this episode, Danie sits down with Gigi Hunt — registered nurse, cyclical living educator, and creator of the Bloom Method — for an honest, empowering conversation about what's really driving hormonal chaos in women's bodies. Spoiler: it's not your hormones.

After years of postpartum depletion, significant weight gain, and a deep disconnection from herself, Gigi went on a journey that took her from a drawer full of pharmaceuticals to a fully embodied, cyclical approach to life and health. What she found on the other side became the foundation of her work — helping women regulate their nervous systems, reconnect with their cyclical energy, and build lives that actually feel sustainable.

What we cover:

The Nervous System Is the Root Gigi breaks down why treating hormonal symptoms without addressing the nervous system is like putting a Band-Aid on something that needs surgery. The hormones are responding. The nervous system is driving.

Your Cycle Is a Seasonal Blueprint Just as nature moves through winter, spring, summer, and fall — so do we. Every month. Gigi unpacks each phase and what it's designed to give you: energy, creativity, wisdom, rest, and release. When you understand this, you stop fighting your body and start working with it.

The Luteal Phase: Your Inner Wise Woman This is the phase most women dread — and Gigi reframes it completely. The irritability, the mood swings, the heaviness? That's not a malfunction. That's your body surfacing what needs to be processed and released. She calls it the wise woman phase — and for good reason.

The Ancient Wisdom Returning From Kundalini yoga to menstrual rituals to the sacredness of women's blood — Gigi and Dani explore why our ancestors didn't need science to know what worked, and why we're finally coming back to what was always true.

The Spiritual Journey Gigi shares her path from a strict Pentecostal upbringing in the Caribbean, through immigration, mental health struggles, and a pharmaceutical-filled medicine cabinet — to the circle in her early 20s where she burned sage for the first time and felt, for the first time, like she remembered something.

This is a conversation about bodies, cycles, lineage, and what it means to finally feel at home in your own skin.

Gigi's Free Gift: 🎁 Luteal Liberation — A free two-day masterclass diving deep into the luteal phase, what she brings, and how to meet her with compassion and understanding. 👉 [Link in show notes]

Connect with Gigi:

• Instagram: @glowflow_withgigi
• Website: gigihunt.com
• Free Facebook Community: The Bloody Truth: Embodied Cyclical Living

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💬 Reflection Prompt: Which phase of your cycle have you been treating as the enemy and what might she actually be trying to show you? If your body has been sending signals you've been ignoring, overriding, or medicating away, what's one thing she might be asking for right now?

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Until next time, my friend...keep shining your unique light! ✨

Danie C. Muniz is the Founder of Sacred CEO, Teacher of Conscious Leadership and Guide for Self-Led Women. Welcome home.💫

Welcome to the Cosmic Mystic Podcast, the space for healers, coaches, and

conscious leaders on a mission to elevate collective consciousness.

I'm your host, Danie Simonis, a former Catholic disciple turned eclectic

witch, guiding you through the realms of astrology, spirituality,

and the quest to escape the matrix.

It's time to unleash the mystic within.

Let the transformation begin.

Hey, hey, hey, my friend.

Welcome back to the Cosmic Mystic Podcast.

Danie Simonis here, and I have a fabulous guest that I am so excited to talk to.

Let me tell you about today's guest.

I have the pleasure of talking with Gigi Hunt.

She, after years of postpartum depletion, 50-plus pounds of weight gain, and a

feeling like a stranger in her own body...

Can you relate to that, my friend?

I know I can.

Gigi discovered the truth.

Her hormones weren't the problem, her nervous system was.

Through her signature process, the Bloom Method, she helps women regulate

their hormones, reconnect with their cyclical energy, and create lives

that actually feel sustainable.

Amen to that.

She blends science and energetics, nervous system education, hormone

wisdom, and deep embodiment so women can finally feel emotionally steady,

magnetic, and alive all month long.

Gigi, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm excited.

Hey.

I love it.

I love, when I was reading your, uh, bio and when I saw your, um, you

know, what kind of topic we could explore on the podcast, I was like,

"Yes, let's have these conversations.

I'm here for it." I love it.

So Gigi, as we do with every single episode, I love to ask,

uh, some initial questions.

So let me ask you, how are you arriving today?

I'm feeling super excited.

I love having the opportunities to have these conversations.

We live in- A great, this is a great time to be alive.

Yeah.

We can have these conversations, we can talk with you, we can get woo,

and there's no one burning us down.

There's no one coming to persecute us.

Yes.

Like, this is it.

It's a vibe.

I'm excited.

Yes.

I'm for it.

I'm here for it.

I lo- I love that.

Um, yeah, I would agree.

I'm excited.

I love... I'm very, I feel very blessed right now.

Like, so I'm arriving very blessed and in a lot of gratitude, um, and excited.

I'm with you.

I think we live in one of the best times possible, and sometimes I think

it can feel like, "Ah, this is so hard.

There's so much." But yet, it is such a blessing.

Like, and I know, I truly believe, I don't know your belief system, but my

belief system is that I chose this time.

Mm. I chose this time and this space for a reason.

Mm. And I am here for all of that it is bringing for my soul, whether that

is expanding me in some way, or whether that's bringing up some stuff that

maybe I don't want to deal with, but I really believe that I chose this for a

reason, and I'm here for a reason, and whatever that is, like, I think I know,

but whatever that is, I'm here for it.

I'm here for all of it, the good and- Mm ... the challenging.

Mm-hmm.

I'm with you on that.

I truly believe that everything that has happened in my life, every journey that

I've gone through, all the lives that I've already lived- Mm ... in my 30-something

years, like- Right ... I chose it.

Mm. I had a soul contract.

I chose it.

This is what we're doing.

Yes.

So I agree with you.

This is what we're doing.

Yeah.

I love it.

I love it.

So what are you celebrating?

I think we do not, especially women, for whatever reason, we do... Well,

I know, but we don't celebrate enough and celebrate the little

things as much as the big things.

So I would love for you to share with us, Gigi, what are you celebrating right now?

I'm celebrating a lot.

Ooh.

So, um, this is my birthday month.

I celebrate all month long.

Yay.

Yes.

So I'm just celebrating life, celebrating being here, celebrating the

opportunity to have this conversation with you, celebrating my community,

celebrating sisterhood, celebrating my family, my health, and the wisdom.

We, I, I honestly just feel so blessed that I know the things that I know, and

it, I am on this continuous evolution because- Mm-hmm ... I might not know

everything that's ahead, but I know what's coming, that something's coming.

I know the feeling.

Might not know the how exact and stuff, but- Mm-hmm ... I feel

that pull, so celebrating that.

Yeah.

I love it.

I love it.

I, I would agree with you.

Like, I feel like this next season, this new opportunity, right, as we

kick off the new year, um, this is a one year, and this is new beginnings.

This is, like, the new cycle coming in, and I feel like, you know, 2025

was such a big closure for a lot of things, whether I wanted them or not.

Mm-hmm.

It was such a big closure for me that the space is now wide open, and in

some ways that is a little bit scary of like, oh, this is wide open for me.

Can I handle all of this, or can I take on all of this?

But then in the same hand, it's like I've been preparing for this.

The last 10 years I have been preparing for this, and so I'm ready.

Mm. I'm ready for it.

So I would say I'm celebrating that.

I'm celebrating this new opportunity and the space that I'm in right now of

like- Mm-hmm ... what is possible here.

Mm-hmm.

I love it.

So- Yeah ... Gigi.

Speaking of new beginnings, what are you letting go of-

Mm ... as we enter this new year?

Yeah.

Well, I find it so interesting, but no coincidence, right, that you ask

that because I've been really sitting with letting go of self-judgment.

Hm.

And not just self-judgment that is very easy to pinpoint, but that self-judgment

that comes down through generations, through generations, our lineage, right?

Like- Yeah.

Yeah ... I come from a long line of women who are judgey of

themself, of others, of, you know.

Like, I'm Dominican, and in my culture we are a little bit judgey sometimes, right?

And it's so, it's such a burden to carry, and I don't realize sometimes how, you

know, as much as I'm on this journey and I want to not be certain types of ways- Yeah

... it's, it's interesting how it comes up.

Mm-hmm.

So I was sitting with that this morning during my practice, and

it's so interesting, the card that I pulled was literally that, like- Mm

releasing the self-judgment.

Just releasing it.

Like, when we don't judge and we're just nothing is good or bad, it just

is, and just being present to what is.

So that's what I'm releasing, and the more I sit with it, the more it feels right.

Like, it's time.

I'm that cycle breaker.

100%. Yeah.

100%. I believe a lot of us that are doing, I'm gonna say the healing work,

or having, I really don't like this term, but it, it does, like, really fit,

like this concept of awakening, right?

Because we are awakening from- The conditioning or the lineage, like you just

talked about, those patterns and, um, ways in which we believed we should be, right?

We are definitely here, I feel like those of us that are doing this work,

whether we're, we're in the healer space or we're doing our own healing,

we're here to break those cycles.

Like, we're here to do that work.

We came here with that mission and that purpose as, the way I

see it, the Earth, the collective consciousness needs to rise in some way.

Um, we've definitely been in a lower frequency for many, many years,

and there's this evolution that's happening, and we've all been waking up.

We all have woken up at different times over these past decades, right?

I know for me, I've been, I've been blessed to be on this Earth over 40-plus

years, so you know, I've, I've got a little bit of... I know, I know, I know.

I'm blessed, let me tell you.

I got some good genes.

Um, but that, that is it.

Like, I, I feel really blessed that I have seen that evolution.

Um, I've seen that in our society, and I see that now, like you said, like,

I have no problem calling out on my podcast that I'm an eclectic witch.

Like, I have no problem saying that, where, you know, maybe

20 years ago I never would've considered that to be a possibility.

But here I am now in this evolut- evolution of who I am.

Mm-hmm.

And that is exciting.

Mm-hmm.

That is exciting to be here now, and to be that cycle breaker, and to have the

knowledge that we have that we've learned through our own journeys, and now being

able to support others in it, right?

Mm-hmm.

Whether you're a healer, and that's the work that you do, or

you're healing yourself, you're still breaking those cycles.

Mm-hmm.

You still have knowledge and information- Mm-hmm ... that is

impacting the next generation.

Mm-hmm.

I think you probably see it as much as I do, is the, the women that we get to

support, they are, yes, breaking the cycle and not allowing it to continue, and what

that's going to do for their children.

Mm-hmm.

I'm sure the way you're raising your children and the way that,

you know, women moving forward who have been doing this work, right?-

Correct ... are, are helping their children show up differently in the world.

Mm-hmm.

That's what's gonna change our environment and raise that consciousness,

so I feel very blessed for that.

Mm-hmm.

Absolutely.

I love it.

So with that being said, Gigi, we all have a unique way in which we

stepped into this idea of spirituality.

Now, people view spirituality in so many different ways.

Um, and we've entered it in so many different ways.

So I would love to know, if you could share with us, what your

journey into spirituality was.

So thank you for allowing me to share this.

Um, I was raised very Pentecostal.

I don't know if you've ever heard of this religion in- I

haven't ... inside of Christianity.

I haven't.

It's very extreme, right?

It is.

It is.

I bet it is.

And, and I remember as a child always feeling

odd, like I didn't belong.

Like, things didn't make sense.

The math wasn't mathing for me.

Yep.

Something in my soul was just called to different things.

I remember as a child, when I was eight, nine, 10, I would have these

notebooks, and I would write spells or poems or things like that, you know?

Yes.

Like, very intentionally.

Yes.

Yes.

And no one around me was ever, like, encouraging this, speaking

about this, living like this, so it always made me feel a sense

of disconnection from everything.

Like, I would be in the church, and I would be witnessing things, and to me,

what I was witnessing and the way people were living, it just didn't con- connect.

It wasn't vibing, and my s- ch- sh- child could wonder, my child, like, brain

was like- Curiosity ... I don't get it.

Yeah, like- Yeah ... curiosity, but I couldn't question it, right?

Because- Right ... then it wasn't, it wasn't right.

And I remember when I was young too, like, hearing that things like

meditation, you don't wanna open, you don't wanna open your mind because

you're allowing evil spirits in, right?

Mm-hmm.

Like, things like that I would hear.

Yes.

And it really... It was weird 'cause I never felt like I was there in the church.

I was baptized when I was, like, 15, but it just never felt like me.

Mm. Fast-forward many years later, I had a friend when I was in my

early 20s, he took me to, uh, like a, a circle that his friend was

having, and we were burning sage and palo santo, like, early 20s, right?

Mm-hmm.

We were with the crystals and doing this and outside and barefoot, and

there was a sense of remembrance- Mm

that resonated deep in my soul beyond what I could even explain.

Like, I can't even explain it to you, right?

Yep.

And it f- it, it was so impactful for me.

This happened in my early 20s, and it was so impactful for me that I talk

about this often because I feel like that was the first wave of me really

realizing, like, there's so much more.

Yeah.

There's so much more.

So fast-forward from my early 20s into when I had my kids, when- I, I had my son.

My son was almost two.

I found myself in a deep depression.

Like, I also in my early 20s also had a lot of, like, suicidal ideation,

a lot of mental issues, like, 'cause I, the way that I think.

Am I schizophrenic?

What's going on with me?

Oh.

You know?

Like- Yeah ... I saw a therapist, host of pharmaceuticals, all this stuff.

Wow.

Yeah.

So I reali- Like, there was just, there was disconnection, 'cause

that's what happened, right?

When there's not coherence with the heart and, and, and- Oh ... the heart

and the mind, and your spi- It's like, it's a disarray, so you start wondering,

like, "Is something wrong with me?"

Yeah.

Which is what I was in for a very long time.

Yeah.

Fast-forward to when I had my son, my, my last son.

He's, like, seven now, so this was about five years ago.

I had started before, like, a healing journey.

I got off medications.

I started meditating.

I started, um, connecting more to myself, being weird.

I'm like the black sheep of the family because I don't ta- Aren't we all?

"Why don't you take these kids to church?" You know?

Like, all the things.

And I had my son, and I realized that a lot of th- stuff was

coming up to the surface.

I had a lot of childhood trauma- Mm ... plus generational

things that were coming up.

It was coming up because I was in a more vulnerable stage at that time with- Yeah

hormones and everything.

Yeah.

And because of that, I felt a calling for more.

Hmm.

So I went on this weight loss journey.

I say it like this because, like- Yes ... it was a gateway drug for me.

Absolutely.

Like, I went on this- Well, and that's the thing is weight loss, in quotations here,

like, weight loss is, is cover - Yeah

for so much.

So I love it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It was, it was the gateway for me to discover so much more.

And I remember after I lost weight, um, the process in which I did it, it

doesn't even matter, but parts of it was I started really getting into meditation,

into listening to my intuition, into connecting deeper to my body.

Like, all the stories that this body was holding onto that was- Hmm ... coming

up in all of these different ways that I, I wasn't taught to understand, right?

Like, I grew up- Yeah ... from the generation, like, we didn't

have emotions, right, as children.

Be quiet.

You have no opinions.

What do you mean you don't like this?

You don't have a, a like or dislike.

Nope.

So I started meditating a lot, and I started just exploring and getting

curious with different concepts.

And the more I dug into it, the more I remembered, the more at

home I felt, the more it resonated, the more familiar it felt.

And it was just a whirlwind from there.

Okay.

I love that.

So I wanna go back.

Mm-hmm.

So from that transition from you being, you said 15, I believe you said, 15 or 16

when you were baptized, to being at this friend's circle, or being invited into

this friend- Mm-hmm ... of yours' circle.

Mm-hmm.

What transpired there to get you to there?

Because, right, like I'm a firm believer.

Like my, I was extremely re- religious, right?

And my love of spiritual.

And when he came into my life, I was... I've, I had always questioned

the church, and like you, I felt very much, um, this isn't adding up.

Like something's not right here, right?

But I kept with it because it's what I knew.

And so he came into my life and he was like, "I'm spiritual."

And I was like, "Great, I'm religious." Like, "So what?" Like,

"What does that mean?" Like, you know.

Um, and he started to come to church with me, but it wasn't because that's what he

liked, he was just coming with me, right?

He just wanted to spend time.

Got it.

Loved that about him.

But then he was like, "Let me take you to my thing," and

he took me to a Reiki circle.

Mm-hmm.

And that Reiki circle is what started all of this journey for me.

And I feel like that came at a time and a place where I was ready

for it, and I was open to it.

I think if he had got me a few years earlier, I probably

wouldn't have been so open.

But going to that at that time and that place, like that was, that was key for me.

Um, would you say, like how did you ma- how did you make that jump into,

all right, I'm baptized over here, I'm questioning things, but now I have this

friend who's taking me to this circle.

Yeah.

And I'm accepting of it, like I'm allowing it, right?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

So I, I actually have a pretty rich history.

Um, I grew up on an island in the Caribbean.

When I was 16 I moved, so I got baptized 15-ish, and then I moved to the US.

I lived in Miami for a while.

Wow.

During this time I went through a lot of legal issues with like

immigration, things like that.

Yeah.

Um, I started going to church really, you know, Pentecostal church in, in Florida.

And there was a lot of stuff that I was noticing.

And as I gr- as I got older- Mm-hmm ... and I'm seeing the things, I'm like,

"Man, these people are wild. What are we doing?" Like the stuff that was

going on behind the scenes with the youth, with all of that stuff, right?

Not calling anyone out, but it was very- It didn't align to me.

The math wasn't mathing.

So I was always super open, and I knew that there was so much more.

Plus- Mm-hmm ... I already felt... And that's the thing, like it's so important

to know and trust your intuition because you know innately what's for you.

You know like you know you know.

You know.

So fast, so fast-forward- But we, we block it though, right?

Like- We do.

We do ... we don't trust it because of... And I think this is interesting.

I'd love to hear it before we, we move forward, sorry.

I just wanna hear- would love to hear your thoughts on this.

I think that one of the reasons why we don't trust our intuition is we're not

clear on how our intuition speaks to us.

Mm-hmm.

And so we take certain signals that we might see or symbols or synchronicities

that we might see, and automatically we're like, "Oh, I'm gonna go, and

I'm gonna do this," and it's like, because my intuition told me, when

that's not necessarily the case.

Like- Mm-hmm ... would, would you agree, or what, what are your thoughts on that?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

And you know what?

It's true what they say, right?

Like, there's a difference between intuition and urgency.

Intuition is, it's there.

It's, it's, it's subtle, but it's not urgent.

It's not like, "You have to do this right now because if you do, do the..."

It'll be there.

It'll come back.

Like you could circle around 1,200 times, and here it is,

still waiting for you to listen.

So that's a really big difference.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

So you, you, you trusted your intuition in this- Yeah ... sense

as you continue, continued on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

So I've always trusted my intuition, and I feel like that is why I've

been able to survive this long Yeah

like I just have had an intuitive knowing of the spaces and the people and who

God puts in my life and the chain of events, the way that I in- it unfolds.

There is no coincidence.

Like, it's always right on time exactly how it was supposed to.

So I ended up moving from Florida to Pennsylvania, and I lived there.

I moved with an ex and, you know, all the things.

So by the time I was in my early 20s, and this friend of mine, which is

so crazy because he probably... And I actually spoke with him recently

about this, about how impactful that, that meeting was for me.

Um- Yeah ... but he, you know, it was just like, "Oh, we're gonna

hang out with my friend so-and-so."

But by that time, like I've always been so open because I knew that- There

was more ... it's like a soul calling.

Like, you just know.

Yep.

Right?

Like words- Yep ... can't explain- Mm-hmm ... what your soul knows.

Interesting.

It's of this world, and we're not of this world, right?

So.

Not at all.

Yeah.

So I was always, like, pretty open.

Now, was I... I was open, but was I really, like... It wasn't like that

happened and then it changed my complete life and it all changed from there.

That's not what happened.

I'm not saying that that's what happened.

But it was a catalyst moment, one of those put a pin on it moments

that I know changed the trajectory even in my thought process.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, I, I think for me, kind of very similar with that Reiki experience was

like, you know, at that par- at that time we're doing healing, like humans right,

through energy are healing other humans.

At that point in my life, like, God did that.

Like, I was the, in the belief that, like, God was the one

that was healing us, right?

Um, I didn't have this concept.

And so when that came to me it was like, wait, like I as a human being

who is unworthy and, you know, all the things that the church kinda

taught me, I have that power?

Like, I can do that?

Like, that was huge for me.

And that, just that, like, information, and then that just is what spiraled me

into like, well now I wanna learn more.

Like, because my whole concept was God was the one that healed us.

Mm-hmm.

We, we are not, we do not heal ourselves.

God heals us.

Mm-hmm.

Right?

It was like this separate thing.

Mm-hmm.

Which later on, you know, well, I am a god or a goddess for that matter.

Uh, so okay.

So you were open, which I love, and I love that you followed your intuition, but as

you said, you didn't take the next steps.

Like, it wasn't like this is where I'm going, this is, this is now who I

am, this is what I'm gonna dive into.

Where was it that that crossed over?

Was it when you had your son and that, that you be- came into

that o- awareness of it or, or was it, was it somewhere else?

Yeah.

So I, when I look back at my timeline, I really believe that it

was slowly things that happened.

Hmm.

First I decided I no longer wanted to be medicated.

Oh, that is a- Right?

... huge decision, Gigi.

That's a huge- Oh, but like- ... decision right there ... I had a

drawer full of pharmaceuticals.

I had everything- Yeah ... you could think about.

I was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety.

I had, I h- I have an autoimmune.

I had all these things.

So, I, w- it was a lot.

Okay?

Yeah, yeah.

And first I decided, you know what?

I had severe insomnia.

Like, I had several pills to take before bed, and I would still be up all night.

I remember my, in my memories it comes up every ti- every so often, 'cause I still

have the same Facebook since forever, and it comes up where I'm like, "Took X

amount of pills, still not able to sleep."

Like crazy, right?

Like, here to remind me.

But it was- Me first deciding, okay, I don't want to take

pharmaceuticals anymore.

Now I'm- Wow ... non-toxic, right?

Like, it was little things- Yeah ... compounding.

By the time I met my husband, and it was interesting too because when I

met my husband, I already... I'm like, "This is the person I'm marrying.

We're having children." It was very unlike me prior.

Mm-hmm.

Like- Yeah ... so by the time, it was like bunch of little things, so then by

the time I had my son and all of this came up to the surface, which was so

important, it was so needed- Yeah ... it was all, like, just like another wave.

It was just, it came in waves.

That's what I would say.

It came in waves.

Yeah.

Definitely.

Well, and I love what you said, and I, I think, you know, I'd love to hear your

thoughts on this, but people, people ask me all the time, they're like,

"Danie, how do I do this?" Or, "How do I do... How do I change?" Or, "How do I

become that n- that version of myself?"

Or, "How do I stop being this?" Or whatever, right?

And I'm like, "Decide." Mm. First step, decide.

Mm. 'Cause if you have not stepped into that decision yet, you can do

all the shadow work you wanna do, you can do all the healing you wanna do.

Until you decide that this is now who you want to be- Mm ... or who you

don't want to be, ain't going nowhere.

Mm-mm.

And I feel like that's what you did in that moment.

You're like, "I'm deciding that I'm a person that is free of these

pharmaceuticals." And you kind of- Mm-hmm ... said it yourself

that you're toxic free, right?

Like- Mm-hmm ... I don't think we understand the damage that pharmaceutical

drugs do to our body and our system.

Mm. And I'm sure you- Mm ... discovered, 'cause I know that's the work you're

doing now is with hormones, and how that is creating all of that chaos

that we actually don't need, but we think we need- Mm-hmm ... because

we've been sold that idea that that's the thing that's gonna fix us.

Mm-hmm.

And we're always looking for a fix outside of us.

Mm. Especially because we have been taught that something within us is flawed.

Mm. Like, God made a mistake when he made women the way that he made us.

She made us.

Whatever you wanna say.

Whatever resonates, right?

Whatever, yeah.

There's a mistake, like, oh, you have this issue, so we must give you this

pill because this is going to fix this.

Mm. And you need to be fixed.

You are broken, and we need to fix you,

right?

Like, that- 100%.

That's what, like, the more... So right now, I've actually been diving really,

going down a rabbit hole of menopause.

Oh, hello.

So I've been- You, you and me both, and that's just because I've

entered perimenopause, and I'm like, "What the F is going on here?"

'Cause my body is completely different than it was m- not even five years ago.

It's completely different.

So deal with it, girl.

Yeah, so, yeah.

So I've just been diving into, because it's very related to the work that

I do with helping- Yeah ... women with their menstrual cycles, right?

Like, what is the next thing after?

It's menopause, right?

Like- Mm-hmm ... all of this leads to menopause, which estrogen is,

like, the hormone that is the star of all of the things, right?

And- Yeah ... it's a hormone that, yes, there's a lot of thought, there's a lot

of school of thoughts that, okay, if you do hormone replacement, this is going to

help with all of your symptoms, and you're going to live longer, and it's going

to do this, and it's going to do that.

But, like, are we really... Like, why is it like this?

What is it that this particular situation where we're shifting,

what is this doing to us internally?

Yep.

Right?

Yep.

Women go through different cycles of their life, right?

Where we have major shifts in our way of thinking, in our psyche.

This happens the first time when we start our periods, when we start menstruating.

That's right.

We have a main big shift.

Yep.

Then we have another shift when we become mothers, when we have a

child, when this hormone, right?

Where our brain goes from thinking about this being the forefront to

now we have to protect this human, we have to- Mm-hmm ... whatever, right?

And then we have another major shift when we get to the stage of menopause.

Yeah.

Why is that?

And why are we allowing this patriarchal... 'Cause guess what?

Who invented this shit?

Men.

Like, ah, it's like a whole thing.

Right.

Well, it's interesting that we as women, we go through these

changes, as you've just said.

You, you hit the major three that we, we go through in our lifetime.

Men, on the other hand- don't necessarily go through all of those changes that we

do in, in the way, and I would think in the severity, in many ways, that we do.

Not that they don't go through their own journey and they don't- Mm-hmm

... have their own cycles and changes.

I don't know if it's necessarily as extreme maybe as we do as women.

So I- Mm-hmm ... I 100% agree with you.

So before we go any further, tell us how you got into this work, though.

So, because you do... I, I wanna talk about hormones and all

the stuff, but I first wanna s- like, how did you get into this?

Like, what was that catalyst for you that's like, "Oh,

I, I need to do this work"?

Absolutely.

So I'm a registered nurse by trade.

Okay.

I have a bachelor's in nursing.

I worked in the nursing field for almost 15 years.

Wow.

And I was working taking care of people with chronic illnesses,

diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, all these hormonal issues.

Wow.

And- Okay, hold on.

So f- I, I just wanted to ask because this is interesting, 'cause

we were just talking about how pharmaceutical drugs are, like, such

a thing, and here you are as a nurse.

Was there, like... I'm like, cognitive dissonance is the word

that's coming through for me.

Like, would you say that that was happening for you then?

So it's very interesting because

I just never fit the mold.

Like, I never fit the usual, right?

Like, I was- Yeah ... the nurse that was like, "You don't

wanna take that vaccine, buddy.

Don't do it." But- You don't have to take this if you don't want to.

Yeah.

Okay, got it.

So I've always been that, right?

I was always the one finding loopholes.

Like, I went to nursing school and my doctor wrote me a letter

so I don't have to get this.

And you know, I was always like- Wow ... yeah, like I had these jobs.

Wow.

But, like- Good for you ... you know, there was, there was a point where

there was still programming that, you know, I would do certain things, and

then I was like, "Oh, I don't know.

That don't feel right.

That's not what I..." You know?

But like I said- Yeah ... it was a cascade of events, so it came in waves.

But I was doing nursing, and I worked for this big pharmaceutical company about

four-ish, five years ago, when I first embarked on this journey of self-care

and love and health and holistic health.

Mm-hmm.

And this was around the time that COVID was happening, so you know

there was a very- Mm-hmm ... heavy agenda during that time, and it was

just not resonating with my soul.

I was like, "I cannot." And I wouldn't do a lot of the things that they

were asking of me, so then I was always- Wow ... on the naughty list.

Yeah.

Man, I can't imagine.

Like, I think back, like I felt so much- Like pain and, and just, just

hardship for all of the, all of the people that struggled with knowing

something was not right, but being forced- Mm ... to do something or lose your job.

Mm-hmm.

Like lose your livelihood- Livelihood.

Mm-hmm ... because you don't agree or you don't want to push something

that is not w- with your soul.

Like, ugh.

Yeah.

I can't imagine what that felt like for you, so man.

That was a time that I think that it was truly a test of my sovereignty and my

autonomy because I never participated with the chaos that was happening.

Mm, good for you.

And I know that it was a very hard time for a lot of people, but for

my family it was the best time.

Like, we did a lot of changes.

My husband quit his job because they were demanding this.

We ended up moving and traveling- Same ... around the US.

Same.

Same.

That is so funny.

I love it.

Yeah.

So it was not a time for us, like- It wasn't bad at all.

It was great.

It wasn't bad for us, but I was... We were living in a whole

different paradigm- Correct

than what was being sold, right?

Correct.

We were not feeding into the fear.

Nope.

So I was working with this pharmaceutical company.

Um, I was working with this big insurance pharmaceutical company.

We're traveling.

Um, I started getting into online coaching, and at first I didn't know

much about it, but I'm like, "I wanna help people to really heal because I

don't want people to think that they only need to take a pill to feel better."

Like, holistic healing is the way to go.

Like, our bodies- Yes ... are so smart and intelligent.

Like- Yeah ... why can't we heal ourselves?

Like, why can't we?

Well, we can.

Exactly.

I mean, like, here's the thing.

Like, I didn't know this for a very long time, but, like, the doctors,

all they're doing is putting your body into a state that it can heal itself.

Like, the body does all the work.

Like, it's not the, the pharmaceutical.

It's not the, the, the thing that the doctor did.

It's not that.

It's, it's they're putting our body into the place that it can heal.

Mm-hmm.

And so why can't we do that ourselves?

Mm-hmm.

Now, yes, maybe we're talking, like, some surgeries, but yeah,

maybe we can't do those surgeries.

Well, yeah.

Yeah.

But from that standpoint of all they're doing is putting the body into

the place where it can heal itself.

That's why we have the recovery.

The recovery is your body actually doing the healing.

Like- Yeah ... that was such a profound awareness for me of

like, "Oh, they're not fixing me.

I'm fixing me.

They're just helping me get to the place so that I can fix myself." Yeah.

Absolutely.

Now, I am not against, like, s- full transparency, I'm not against medical, um-

Support.

Intervention, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like, I'm not, like- We need- ... if I break my arm, of course I'm gonna

go to the doctor to get it fixed.

Absolutely.

You know?

If I have, uh... You know, I'm not, like, against medical.

I just feel like we outsource our power too much to the medical system.

Too much.

Especially in our medical sy- It's not really healthcare, it's sickcare, right?

So we're not really- Mm-hmm ... taught the fundamentals.

It's like putting Band-Aids on things instead of getting to the root and

actually dealing with the cause of it at the level that we need to address it at.

So I decided into my coaching, you know, I started coaching.

I had this coach.

It was my first coach.

I never knew anything about online businesses.

So I was looking for somebody to guide me because what is- Yeah ... this new

world I've never even known about, right?

Mm-hmm.

And it wasn't necessarily the right fit, but it was the fit that

was there for me at that time.

Yeah.

And through that discovery, it led me down the path of, you know what?

I'm quitting this job.

I don't need this.

I can't do this with integrity.

And at the end of the day, yes, we need financial stability, but also you... I...

Life is so in- uh, like, life is so short that we only have a finite amount of time.

Mm. After that time is up, it is up.

So why waste it doing things that doesn't bring us joy?

Hmm.

Yes.

Yes.

Right?

Yes.

I'm a, I'm 100% in agreement with you on that.

So that's what happened.

I released my job, J-O-B, my corporate job.

And then I was g- I was... It was, it's been an evolution, 'cause when

I first started in the coaching world, I was an intimate and

fasting health coach for women- Ooh

helping people lose weight, 'cause that's what I did.

And I was like, "Oh, I could help someone do this." But then I was seeing

the disconnection, and I'm like, "But I'm doing so much more than that.

It's holistic for me.

Like, I'm meditating.

I'm taking care of my mind, my body, my spirit.

Like, you know, I'm very in tune with my cycle.

Like, I'm X, Y, and Z." And then I started, like, putting things together,

and then I'm like, "Wait a minute." I had this conversation with, um, a friend.

She was doing some work, and she's very, like, hustle culture,

boss babe situation energy.

And I'm like, "Let me tell you, let me share with you a secret.

If you do this during your luteal phase, girl, your life will change."

So I started, like, giving her, like, breadcrumbs.

Like, c- "There, there.

Value.

Here, there." And she comes back to me six months later, and

she's like, "You know what, Gigi?

Ever since I started doing X, Y, and Z, I come back stronger.

I feel so good.

I could realize, I realize that I'm not just wild and crazy, but that

I am, I have a-" A rhythm Mm-hmm And it ma- it, it popped up to me.

I was like, "This is what I need to be doing. This is what I need

to do," and the rest is history.

Well, let's get into that because I, as an astrologer, I love looking at

different cycles because there's... We're always in a cycle of some sort, right?

Whether we're talking about just the moon and the moon cycle, or we're

talking about the bigger cycles of some of our bigger planets.

Cyclical, let's talk about the cyclical idea and with your cycle, with your,

your, um, your menstrual cycle.

So tell us a little bit about why, like what that involves.

Um, I, I know a lot about it because I've studied it, so I g- I get, like, I'm with

you, things to do during certain phases.

But why, why is that something that we should follow?

Because this is something we've known, like our ancestors followed.

This isn't, like, new.

This is old.

This is old becoming new again.

Like, that's what this is, and I can see why that benefited us so much in that

time, and it really did frustrate me when I started learning about this why our,

our culture doesn't follow this anymore, but I'm really happy we're coming back.

So tell us, tell us about what that all is for the person that

doesn't know anything about it.

Well, I think, like, to put it in the most simplest term, we mirror nature.

We are stardust.

Like, just like every, like we are, you know, the same atoms that make the trees,

that make everything, is, like, within us.

We are nature.

Mm. And when you think about this, and to me, when I started really

tapping into this, it blew my mind.

Mm-hmm.

Especially if you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you

see how the seasons change.

You see how each change that comes with each different season

has its own superpower, has its own different quality to it.

Mm-hmm.

We mirror that in the same way.

Yep.

Right?

The way that I li- love to explain the cycle is just like that,

like the seasons of the year.

Mm-hmm.

Just like we have a winter out there, we have an inner winter.

Mm. Right?

Just like we have our spring, we have our inner spring.

Yep.

When, when you think about it in that concept, it makes total sense

because it's not that you're crazy, it's just that you're cyclical.

And everything has a season.

There's a time to be vibrant and excited and want to connect, and there's a time

to go inward, to reflect, to detox.

So I think that that, like, when we grasp that concept, it changes

our whole- relationship with it.

Like, we are cyclical just like Mother Nature.

Yep.

Yeah.

So- Mother Nature is our best teacher.

Best teacher.

If we look at... And I love that you said this because I think sometimes,

like, we think that because it's winter outside externally, that I

should be in my arena of winter.

And yes, we have to understand that that is what's happening,

but also sometimes winter season for some of us is our spring.

That is when we are blooming, and I think we think we're off or

we're wrong or we're broken, right?

Because we're not, like, feeling that.

Like, right?

So it's the opposite.

If somebody's in their spring, um, or s- or the season is spring

but you're in your winter, you're gonna be like, "What the heck?

Why am I not enjoying spring?

Like, why am I not blooming?

I should be blooming right now." And then we think we're wrong.

Mm. And it's not.

It's just our cycle.

Mm. So tell us, tell us a little bit more, 'cause this is good.

I love it.

Yeah.

I love that you brought that up actually, because right now,

collectively, I feel like right now we're in the, the winter season, right?

Like, we're coming into the winter, and- Yeah ... I've noticed a lot

of talk about how, "Oh, we're all going through X, Y, Z." It could

be the astrology, I don't know.

And in my head I'm like, "Ooh, I don't feel like that. Like, I'm

bl- like, I feel different," right?

And I feel different every month.

Absolutely.

Like- As you should

it doesn't matter what's happening out there.

No.

It's what's happening in here that is really what's up.

Yep.

And our, our cycle is literally a blueprint that we get every month to

guide us in the way to move, to live, to relate to the world, to relate to others.

Mm-hmm.

So understanding our cycles on that level, on an individual level, and

knowing what is normal and what is good for you is the most important thing.

Mm-hmm.

Yep.

Yeah.

I think, like, this is what I love about this, and I would say, so I'm

a firm believer in everything that we do, all of our actions stem from

a need we are trying to fulfill.

And when we can understand where we are in that cycle, right?

When whether we're talking about our monthly cycle here, where we

know, like, oh, during this part of my cycle, this is what I need.

Mm-hmm.

It doesn't... It, it, it helps us understand the actions or the

things that we're doing, um, or the things we should be doing.

And I hate to use the word should, but- That we should be doing, um, that are

best going to fit that part of our cycle.

Because, right, there's parts, there's parts of the cycle, um, where we are

more creative, and we can tune into that, and then there are parts of the

cycle where we are more dormant, where we do, quote-unquote, winter, right?

Yeah.

So if I was somebody who was like, if I start looking at, like, my needs and

my desires, which are what are driving a lot of my actions, and I know that

I'm in my winter part of my cycle right now, it's how I like to look at it, I

know that I'm gonna do certain things, and I don't think I'm crazy anymore.

Yeah.

I'm like, "I just need this. That's it." Exactly.

And this is ... It's a cycle.

Mm-hmm.

Which means I'm going to move out of it in a bit, and there's

a new part that's gonna come out.

Yeah.

So it's not like, "Where did Danie go?" It's- Which is what happens, which

is what happens to a lot of women.

So here's what I see in my body of work often, and this is

also what I experience, right?

Luteal phase.

You're descending into the abyss of winter, and you start

feeling out of your mind.

Now, what's important to understand is this is very spiritual, this

is very energetic, but then this is also very biological.

Mm-hmm.

Our hormones are literally at the lowest.

When our hormones decrease in that way, estrogen decreases.

Estrogen has a role to play in each and every organ of our body, basically.

Mm-hmm.

So when it is at its lowest, correct, it's going to affect the

way that everything functions.

Our hormones do not act on a m- m- Right ... solo basis.

It's not a solo job.

It's a team effort.

Yeah.

So when there's one thing that is out of balance or that is shifting,

everything else is going to shift, right?

Wow.

So what I see often is that we get into our winter, let's say we

get into our late luteal, and we start feeling like doom and gloom.

It's like winter when you ... Uh, when I lived up in- Dark clouds.

... Maine, for instance, I remember, I don't know, wintertime, I remember it was like,

man, January was like four months long.

Yeah.

Like, is it ever going to end?

Right?

Is it ever going to end?

Yeah.

But I feel like when you have that awareness that, okay,

this is where I'm at, and also there ... It's not like an abyss.

Like, there's a very important reason why we go through these phases.

Each of it has its superpower.

For me- This is what I teach.

Our luteal phase is our wise woman phase.

Mm. It is the time when our shadows come up, shit that we have been allowing

comes up, our wounds and traumas come up- Mm ... to be processed and

released in the menstrual phase, right?

So luteal phase, it bubbles up.

That's why you, you, you get the irritation, the increased inflammation,

the irritability, the mood swings.

Correct?

During our menstrual phase, we are literally detoxing.

We're detoxing energetically because now, especially that I love new moon rituals

for this reason, because it mirrors- Yeah ... like our menstrual phase.

So during my menstrual phase, it's like a new moon, and I'm- Yeah ... doing

the rituals to energetically release all that stuck shit that

I've been carrying around so that I can open up the window for spring.

Mm-hmm.

Correct?

Mm-hmm.

So when you realize that, okay, it's not that this is something

that is here to punish me, but oh, there's a reason why it's here.

There's a, there's a superpower hidden in this snow.

What is it?

Let me utilize it so that I could be prepared for, for the spring.

A lot of women don't rest during their late luteal and menstrual

phases because of society, because we are programmed- Hustle

hustle, hustle, or we feel like we have too much responsibility, that if we

were to let go of something- Mm ... then it, we... it's gonna fall apart.

It's all gonna fall apart.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

When in reality, what we don't realize is when we allow ourself that rest, that

inner going inward, we come back stronger.

We come back more equipped to handle the shit that goes down, right?

Yeah.

Like- Yep ... we're seasonal.

It's one, it's one of the reasons why I got into somatic breathwork, because we

are, our bodies hold everything, right?

You know this.

And in being able to allow our body to release and to let go, like- Of

all the things that we hold onto when we store, we are creating space

within ourselves, within our energy, um, so that we can do the next thing.

Like a lot of people I hear say like, "Oh, I'm up to here with this," or, "I'm done

with this, I'm tired of this." And to me, that's a signal that your body is full.

Like energetically, you are full.

You are at capacity.

You don't have any more space, so you need to let go.

Which- Mm ... is so beautiful that we get that opportunity

every single month, right?

To do that.

Mm. To release.

When I learned that that, like when I saw my cycle as that opportunity

for me to naturally release every single month- Mm ... I was like,

"Bring it on. Let's go." Bring it on.

Where before I was like, "Ugh," right?

So frustrated, here we go.

But it was like, wow, this is such a beautiful process.

Oh my gosh.

I love my period.

When I tell you I love my period, like when it comes, I'm like celebrating.

My daughter's like, "What's up?" I'm like, "Oh my God, I got my period."

Like, it's a whole celebration, right?

Yeah.

I have my rituals that I do.

I know that this is, it's a, it's a sign of health, it's a sign of

vitality, it's a sign of woman.

We are here now.

Yes.

Like, our blood holds so much.

So much.

Right?

Like, there's so much research now that is being done on the capabilities.

Back in ancient times, blood, especially the blood of menstruating

women, was used in rituals.

It was used in all of these powerful, like, you know, uh, ceremonies.

Mm. It was done for a reason.

You know, the people of ancient time, they didn't need the science that we

have now to know that the things worked.

Experience.

Here's an example.

Yeah, experience and the knowing.

They were more- Yeah ... in tune with their intuition.

Absolutely.

Because the way that life is set up right now, the way that the world

is, it, everything is designed to disconnect us from source.

Yep.

The foods that we eat, the toxins in the air, the social

media, the news, the agenda.

All of it.

Everything is to disconnect us.

We didn't have that back in the day, so we were more tapped in.

Mm-hmm.

So, perfect example of this, I'm, I love Kundalini, right?

Kundalini yoga and meditation.

It is one of my most obsession of tools that I have in my somatic

toolkit, because it works.

Yep.

This is an ancient practice that has been around, the Sanskrit, the mantras.

This is before we were even really talking to each other.

Correct?

Yep.

Yep.

They knew that this worked- Before there was the science that there is

now that, you know, there's science that are being researched on different

kriyas, on different practices within kundalini that's like, oh,

they're taking images of your brain, and they see how it's changing.

You know?

Like- Yeah Yeah ... they, they, we knew because we were more tapped in.

Yep.

More connected.

I get... Yeah.

More connected to ourselves, to, like, to our bodies, to each other, right?

Mm-hmm.

Like, I think we s- we have a fake connection these days, and I, I'm

hoping that as I look at some of the transits that are happening in

astrology, right, I am hoping that some of these things that are gonna happen

are gonna bring us back together.

Mm. Because we were already disconnected before 2020 hit, but

then 2020 hit, and that just got extreme disconnection at that point.

Um, where some of us did connect, like you and I, we did have that,

um, c- more of a connection, and I think a lot of people discovered it.

And then as things started to shift and change, they kinda lost it a little bit.

But I'm hoping that we're coming back to that, because I really, really hope

that we can learn that this journey was meant to be done together- Mm. Mm

... that is a big mission of mine, is to- Mm ... bring us back together.

Yeah.

That's a very big mission of mine, too.

Um, bringing back the sacredness of a sisterhood of women joining

together with open hearts, with n- without judgment, right?

We- we're in this society now that we, we feel like we have to do everything alone.

Mm. And it's because of fear of judgment, right?

Fear of, um- Exclusion ... exclusion.

Mm-hmm.

So but I, I, I know you said that you hope, but I, like, I seriously

do believe, like, I have that feeling that this is where we're going.

Like, when you really look at the collective, we have made a

lot of advances into coming back.

Now, a lot of ancient woman wisdom is coming back up to the forefront.

More women are becoming aware.

More women are tapping in.

More women are sharing.

You know?

Like, we're having these conversations.

Just doing that is raising the vibration for all of us.

100%. Yeah.

Yeah.

Totally.

I love it.

Gigi, I have so enjoyed this conversation.

I feel like we could talk forever.

I can't believe we're already almost upon an hour right here.

So, um, with that, um, you know, if there's somebody, if our listener is

like, "Oh my goodness, Gigi, I need to learn more about this cyclical energy.

I need to know more about this work that you're doing with hormones,"

um, tell us where they can connect with you, and I believe you have a

special gift for our listener as well.

Absolutely.

So you can find me on Instagram, glowflow_withgigi.

I also have a website, gigihunt.com.

Super simple, easy to remember.

And I also have a free community inside of Facebook.

It's called The Bloody Truth: Embodied Cyclical Living.

Oh.

So definitely come join in all the spaces, tap in, send me a message.

Um, and I do have a free gift.

I recently recorded a two-day masterclass called Luteal Liberation, where I go

deep into the luteal phase, the energy that comes with this luteal phase- Mm

so that you can meet your luteal self with compassion and grace-

Mm ... understanding what she brings.

You know, it's, it's really hard sometimes.

Like, you know, like, when you meet someone and you don't even know how to

take them, and you're like, "Oh, no, what's going on with this girl?" Yeah.

It's kinda like that with our luteal.

Every time she- Yeah ... comes around every month, we're like, "Mm, I

want, I don't want." Which version?

Which version is coming?

Yeah.

We're like, "Oh, I don't know. I don't like her." But you don't really know her.

It's one of those, like, you gotta get to know her to love her.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

That's our luteal phase.

She comes in.

She might be having resting bitch face, but she's a gem.

She's a gem.

So, um, definitely we'll link that to the show notes, and everyone could,

um, come and bask in that beautiful, I think it's, like, three-ish hours

of, uh, value and implementation.

I have, um, a meditation in there as well to help you to connect

to those parts of you tapped in.

I love it.

Yeah.

I love it.

Well, Gigi, I just wanna say thank you so much for the work that you do.

Thank you.

Thank you for your brilliance, your knowledge, your spirit, your energy.

Uh, thank you for supporting this mission of raising the collective consciousness

here and being that cycle breaker.

Um- Thank you

appreciate you.

With that, any final thoughts for our listener?

One thing I am feeling really called to sharing right now is that you, if you

are feeling a pull to something more, if you're feeling the curiosity, follow it.

You never know where it's going to lead you.

You never know.

And also just knowing that, that our bodies are not broken and our

period isn't some woo, oh my God.

It's the, no, this is the literal blueprint.

It is the GPS taking you to your location.

Pay attention.

Listen.

Tap in.

And with that, remember to keep shining your unique light.