I Spoke Up… and My Ovaries Restarted

About this episode

Scottie shares a personal story about her body and her relationship with her mom, exploring the impact of emotions and stress on physical health.

I share a wild story about my body and my relationship with my mom. After almost two years without a period, I was convinced I was in menopause—I'd started HRT, talked about it on the podcast, and mentally moved into that next phase of life. Then I had a 49‑years‑in‑the‑making, honest, loving but unfiltered conversation with my mom where I finally said everything I’d been holding inside. The very next week, my period came back in full force. I’m not claiming a lab-proven miracle, but the timing made me look closely at how deeply our emotions, stress, and nervous system impact our hormones and physical health. I talk about being the “good daughter” and lifelong emotional caretaker, how that chronic stress lived in my body, and how our stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn, flop) shape our decisions and our health. I share how setting a boundary—telling my mom I’m not responsible for her happiness—let my nervous system exhale, strengthened our relationship, and reminded me that our bodies are always listening. I also referenced two old MOMPLEX episodes in this show. You can episode 44 here and 46 here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Scottie Durrett

Topics covered

• hormones
• mother-daughter relationship
• emotional health
• stress management
• boundaries

Keywords

• ovaries
• menopause
• HRT
• stress responses
• good daughter
• boundaries
• nervous system

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