029 Asking for What You Want: Building Confidence & Stronger Boundaries

035 You Are What You Consume? Skinny Culture, Disordered Eating & Social Media

Titel says it all no? Don’t blame yourself, but reclaim ✨ in this episode you hear my Point of view to the recent skinny content, my own experience with disordered eating/loosing my cycle & find Impulses to get more awareness on the topic of body image & beauty pressure. An Inspiration to reclaim your power and flow. Life is meant to be lived - not forced and controlled. Follow @yoniversityoflove on Instagram send a dm to chat on what resonates with you or to book your free discovery call for my transformation 1&1 on cycle Health & fertility, redefining self love for you, learning to set boundaries comfortably and magnetizing the Version of yourself that speaks kindly and sexy to you - YOU DESERVE QUEEN!

034 When Wellness Becomes Another Form of Control: Finding Balance in an Age of Optimization

Do you regulate through control or pleasure? In this episode of Birth of Venus, we explore the different ways we seek safety in our bodies and why so many women have been conditioned to value productivity, discipline, and optimization over rest, pleasure, and receiving. We'll explore: ✨ How wellness practices can sometimes become another form of control ✨ The difference between masculine and feminine nervous system languages ✨ Why pleasure, beauty, and slowing down can be powerful forms of regulation ✨ What it means to live in rhythm with your body instead of constantly overriding it ✨ How reconnecting with your cycle can support more sustainable energy, wellbeing, and self-trust You'll also be invited into a few reflective journal prompts to help you explore your own relationship with safety, rest, pleasure, and embodiment. If you've ever felt caught between wanting to be healthy and feeling exhausted by the pressure to constantly optimize yourself, this conversation is for you. ✨ Connect with me: @yoniversityoflove [https://www.instagram.com/yoniversityoflove] 🌹 I offer 1:1 cycle coaching, fertility awareness education, support for trying to conceive and pregnancy preparation. My Unfolding Rose— is a space for women who are ready to come home to their feminine essence, reconnect with their bodies, and cultivate a more cyclical, embodied, and joyful way of living. I'd love to connect with you.

033 Kintsugi Stories with Luisa: From Hormonal Burnout to Cyclical Living

A special pre-birthday Kintsugi Stories episode In this episode,I share a story/essay I wrote around 6 years ago during one of the darkest chapters of my life — a time of hormonal burnout, 'disordered' eating, rushing through life, restriction, and losing my cycle. I share more in depth about: ✨ How I lost my cycle in my 20s after coming of 'the pill' ✨ Why I experienced night sweats, insomnia & pre-menopausal symptoms at only 27 ✨ The stress, restriction, overexercising & nervous system dysregulation behind my hormonal burnout ✨ Feeling dismissed, judged & unsupported by doctors during one of the most vulnerable times of my life ✨ The emotional impact of feeling disconnected from my body, femininity & inner safety ✨ How recovering my cycle naturally became the beginning of returning to myself & cyclical living If this resonates, lets connect @yoniversityoflove [https://www.instagram.com/yoniversityoflove] :)

032 Why living like a man is exhausting your body - When a 24-hour world meets a 28-day body

Hi loves! This one is inspired by the recent reel I posted, caption: 'Idk why the week before my period is so hard...' and LOT of you reached out. I you haven seen it: Check it out here @yoniversityoflove [https://www.instagram.com/yoniversityoflove] and make sure to follow for more :) In this episode: ✨ why the week before your period can feel so intense ✨ 24-hour rhythm vs your natural cycle ✨ blood sugar, nourishment & your Inner Fall ✨ how constant rushing keeps you in fight or flight — If you're curious to to dive deeper, my 1&1 containers are open and we can schedule a FREE discovery call to see if on of these journeys can be a match for what you need (ad deserve) right ow :) 🌙 Cycle Wisdom Coaching Understand your cycle, hormones, fertile window & biomarkers—so you can feel more stable, informed, and connected to your body. 🌹 Unfolding Rose My 1:1 space for deeper transformation— where we gently unravel patterns, build self-trust, and bring you back into your body and your natural rhythm. This is about feeling safe to soften, slow down, and live in a way that truly supports you. Send me a dm on IG and we can schedule your free call :) ✨ ⁠@yoniversityoflove⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/yoniversityoflove]

031 From Survival Mode to Softness: A Return to Yourself

In this episode, I explore the quiet difference between living in survival mode and living in regulation — through the small, everyday moments where we either override our bodies… or start to listen. But this inspired the deeper intention of this episode: it’s about self-respect, body awareness, and learning to live in a way that actually supports your nervous system. The golden threat: your two inner voices — dysregulation vs regulation and why ✨ Rest and why it feels so hard to allow ✨ Emotions as signals, not something to suppress ✨ The habit of pushing through and overriding your body ✨ Nourishment, boundaries, and daily self-support ✨ Living in rhythm instead of constant pressure If this resonates and you feel ready to go deeper, my 1:1 container Unfolding Rose is a space where we gently reconnect you with your body, your cycle, and your inner voice — so you can move through life with more softness, clarity, and trust. Connect with me on Instagram: @Yoniversityoflove [https://www.instagram.com/yoniversityoflove] and follow + share this podcast to spread the 💙 x Luisa