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Kick Cramp's Ass - The Podcast

Kick Cramp's Ass - The Podcast

By: Brittany Walker M.S. RYT 500 | Kick Cramp's Ass LLC
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Award-winning Kick Cramp’s Ass is your go-to for menstrual equity, womb wellness, and ending period poverty. Join host Brittany Walker, M.S., RYT 500—nutritionist, yoga instructor, and graduate psychology student—every Menstruation Monday for candid, taboo-breaking talks. Whether you call it a period or a cycle, we dive into reproductive health for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, athletes, military, and disabled communities. Tune in to master your cycle and advocate for menstrual justice through proven biopsychosocial methods. Join our movement for optimal health!Brittany Walker, M.S., RYT 500 | Kick Cramp's Ass LLC Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • Bodies...The Exhibition: Fibroid Pathology & Revelations

    Bodies...The Exhibition: Fibroid Pathology & Revelations
    Jul 7 2026
    Happy Menstruation Monday! Welcome back to Kick Cramp’s Ass, the space where we treat language as a clinical weapon and biological data as our absolute currency.To kick off Fibroid Awareness Month this July, host Brittany Walker, pulls back the curtain on "The Silent Epidemic" affecting millions. Fresh off a recent trip to Bodies… The Exhibition, Brittany bridges clinical physiology with deep anatomical insights to explain exactly how benign muscular growths alter the structural real estate of your pelvis.In this episode, we break down the hard diagnostic boundaries between a naturally heavy period and a true structural fibroid pathology. We look past surface-level symptoms to expose the core cellular drivers—estrogen dominance, chronic stress weathering, and metabolic dysregulation—and audit the modern environmental endocrine disruptors (EDCs) hijacking our reproductive tracks. More importantly, we hand you the blueprint to build a holistic infrastructure for long-term healing, covering everything from phase-specific liver detoxification to pelvic vascular circulation through somatic movement.Knowledge is power, and educating yourself will always be your absolute best resource. Tune in to reclaim your biological authority, challenge medical gaslighting, and decode your body's data trail.Topics Covered:The Pelvic Real Estate: The deep spatial constraints of the pelvic basin and how fibroids exert physical pressure on neighboring organs.Clinical Diagnostics: Decoding volumetric, structural coagulation, and spatial pressure markers to accurately identify fibroid pathology.The Systemic Drivers: How unchecked estrogen dominance, chronic allostatic stress load, and insulin resistance fuel tumor growth.Environmental Weathering: Identifying xenoestrogens and toxic EDCs hiding in conventional household and beauty products.The Holistic Infrastructure: Practical steps for Phase 1 and Phase 2 liver clearance, environmental purging, and breaking pelvic vascular stagnation.The Public Health Emergency: A hard look at intersectional epidemiological data, weathering, and why Black women are disproportionately impacted.Health Literacy as a Weapon: Reclaiming your personal body sovereignty and practicing high-level clinical self-advocacy.High-Yield Takeaways:The Pelvic Basin is Tight Real Estate: Fibroids are not isolated issues; they are physical, space-occupying masses that compress surrounding organs.Track Your Data Trail: Decoding specific diagnostic markers allows you to differentiate between a heavy period and structural pathology.Audit Your Soil: Addressing modern environmental and psychological disruptors is a crucial pillar of fibroid prevention and containment.Build a Living Infrastructure: True holistic care requires daily liver detoxification support, an environmental detox, and intentional somatic pelvic movement.Reclaim Biological Authority: Understanding your underlying biochemistry empowers you to demand equitable healthcare and end the normalization of reproductive pain.Chapters:00:00 – Introduction to Fibroid Awareness Month02:53 – Understanding Uterine Anatomy and Fibroids06:05 – Clinical Diagnostics of Reproductive Pain12:03 – Epidemiology and Intersectionality of Fibroids17:56 – Systemic Drivers of Fibroid Growth24:48 – Holistic Approaches to Managing Fibroids33:42 – Empowerment Through Health LiteracyWe manifest a positive, productive, and peaceful day and menstrual cycle journey ahead!Connect with Us:Receive our newsletters and tips by subscribing to our SubstackFor additional menstrual wellness content, subscribe to our YouTube, Instagram, Threads, or LinkedInYoga, Breathwork, and Mindfulness Resources: Pilates for PeriodsReady to make your own content? Become a friend of ⁠⁠Riverside.fm⁠Visit our website for any additional resources and tools. For listener’s mail, you can email contact@kickcrampsass.org
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    36 mins
  • Hormones, Heatwaves, and Hydration: Navigating Summer Weathering on Your Period

    Hormones, Heatwaves, and Hydration: Navigating Summer Weathering on Your Period
    Jun 29 2026

    Happy Menstruation Monday!

    We made it to Season 4, Episode 11 of Kick Cramp’s Ass with host Brittany Walker, MS, RYT-500.

    Welcome back to the studio as we officially kick off the second half of Season 4!

    As we step directly into the heat of the summer solstice, we are pulling back the curtain on how soaring external temperatures collide with your internal thermostat. If you’ve ever felt completely wiped out, intensely uncomfortable, or noticed your period cramps flaring up during a heatwave, you aren’t imagining things—you are experiencing a very real physiological phenomenon known as summer weathering.

    In this episode, Brittany Walker explores the science behind menstrual cycle thermoregulation, hydration, and how external heat impacts internal physiology, especially during the luteal phase. She provides practical strategies for cycle syncing and hydration to optimize health during summer.

    • Luteal Phase Thermoregulation: How progesterone naturally elevates your basal body temperature, lowering your environmental heat tolerance.

    • The Fluid Dynamics of Cramps: Why dehydration triggers vasopressin, causing severe uterine vasoconstriction and agonizing spasms.

    • Phase-Specific Hydration Needs: How your vascular volume drops during the luteal phase and why your electrolyte needs change.

    • Plant-Based Hydration: Leveraging bioavailable structured water and minerals from whole foods and drinks.

    • The Dehydration Saboteurs: The biological impact of caffeine and processed sugars on your internal fluid balance.

    • Environmental Heat as a Biological Variable: Treating the summer weather as an active metric in your health management.

    Now that we have officially entered the summer solstice, it is time to protect your body from the heat and use this applicable knowledge to manage your menstrual cycle in all phases effectively. We look forward to continually serving you evidence-proven, valuable information to take full control of your menstrual cycle!

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to Menstruation and Summer Heat

    03:34 Understanding the Luteal Phase and Temperature Regulation

    08:19 The Importance of Hydration During Menstruation

    19:39 Key Takeaways and Conclusion

    We manifest a positive, productive, and peaceful day and menstrual cycle journey ahead!

    Connect with Us:

    Receive our newsletters and tips by subscribing to our Substack

    For additional menstrual wellness content, subscribe to our YouTube, Instagram, Threads, or LinkedIn

    Yoga, Breathwork, and Mindfulness Resources: Pilates for Periods

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    Visit our website for any additional resources and tools.

    For listener's mail, you can email contact@kickcrampsass.orgs’
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    19 mins
  • Sustainable Creative Careers: The Power of Cycle Syncing with Kacie Luaders

    Sustainable Creative Careers: The Power of Cycle Syncing with Kacie Luaders
    Jun 8 2026

    Happy Menstruation Monday! Welcome to Season 4, Episode 9 of Kick Cramp’s Ass with your host, Brittany Walker, MS, RYT-500.

    Today we are actively dismantling the toxic hustle narrative to build a healthier model for professional longevity: Sustainable Creative Careers: The Power of Cycle Syncing with Kacie Luaders.

    Why are we forcing our natural biology to conform to an unnatural, rigid corporate timeline? When you try to sustain peak outward productivity 365 days a year, you ignore the brilliant, shifting architecture of your monthly endocrine system. In this deep dive with creative strategist Kacie Luaders, we look at the biopsychosocial model of productivity to prove that honoring your monthly hormonal shifts is not lazy—it is a profound competitive advantage.

    We map out the exact blueprint to integrate your biological data directly into your business strategy. From maximizing the visionary, brain-storming power of your follicular phase to setting firm workplace boundaries during your luteal phase, this episode hands you the keys to absolute career sustainability and body sovereignty.

    TIMESTAMPS

    00:00 - Introduction to Sustainable Creative Careers

    03:10 - The Structural Importance of Cycle Syncing

    05:43 - Challenging the Linear Hustle Narrative

    09:51 - Taking Radical Responsibility for Your Well-Being

    10:40 - Integrating Biological Data into Creative Planning

    13:59 - The Biopsychosocial Model of Career Longevity

    17:46 - Harnessing Neural Energy in the Follicular Phase

    21:35 - Overcoming Analysis Paralysis & Stepping into Action

    26:40 - Embracing the Visibility of the Ovulation Phase

    33:00 - Navigating the Boundary-Setting Luteal Phase

    37:54 - Reigniting Deep Creativity During Low-Energy Windows

    40:32 - Rethinking Modern Labor and Industrial Productivity

    45:42 - KCA Community Tools & Subscribe Commercial

    50:22 - Final Recap & Show Outro

    Connect with Kacie Luaders:

    • Website: https://couldbeprettycool.com/

    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/couldbeprettycool/

    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaciewillis

    If this conversation gave you the validation and the framework you need to reclaim your career on your own terms, please SUBSCRIBE, leave a LIKE, and drop a comment below sharing which phase of your cycle you struggle to create in the most!

    We manifest a positive, productive, and peaceful day and menstrual cycle journey ahead!

    Connect with Us:

    Receive our newsletters and tips by subscribing to our Substack

    For additional menstrual wellness content, subscribe to our YouTube, Instagram, Threads, or LinkedIn

    Yoga, Breathwork, and Mindfulness Resources: Pilates for Periods

    Ready to make your own content? Become a friend of ⁠⁠Riverside.fm⁠
    Visit our website for any additional resources and tools.

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    53 mins
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