The Luminescence Podcast with Schuyler Grant

Ever wonder why your sex drive vanishes, your brain turns to mush, or you want to rage-quit your entire life for no reason? Blame your hormones, or, more specifically, how estrogen and progesterone run your brain. In this episode, Schuyler Grant and her expert panel (Dr. Jolene Brighten, Dr. Marisa Snyder, and Rosie Acosta) break down why it can feel like your brain is actively betraying you, particularly in perimenopause.

What you'll learn:


Estrogen and progesterone are brain hormones (not just “lady parts” hormones)


The hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis explained in plain language


Why perimenopause brings brain fog, mood swings, anxiety, and vanishing libido


The menstrual cycle phases and how hormones shift throughout


What's happening to your serotonin, dopamine, and GABA levels


Why 80% of perimenopause symptoms happen in your brain


A simple breathing technique to calm your nervous system

Here's the thing: for decades, doctors thought women's hormones only affected reproduction. Turns out, estrogen and progesterone control your brain, bones, heart, metabolism, gut health, and basically everything. When they start declining in your mid-to-late thirties, your brain goes through a massive remodeling. No wonder you feel like you're losing your mind. This episode helps you understand what's actually happening and how to take back control.

Podcast Partners:

LMNT

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The clitoral conspiracy is real. This episode explains why women orgasm way less than men in heterosexual relationships (just 65% compared to 95%) and what you can do about it. Schuyler Grant and her expert panel (Dr. Jolene Brighten, Dr. Marisa Snyder, and Rosie Acosta) get real about female anatomy, sexual pleasure, and the cultural myths keeping women from experiencing orgasm.

What you'll learn:

Clitoral anatomy explained (your clitoris is way bigger than you think—seriously, Google it)

Why female orgasm rates are so low in heterosexual relationships

The difference between sexual arousal and sexual desire

Why penetration-focused sex isn't creating orgasms for most women

How to improve intimacy and sexual satisfaction

Practical tools for better sex and closing the orgasm gap

Here's a fun fact: the clitoris was discovered in 460 BCE, then men decided to just...forget about it for a few thousand years. Most medical textbooks still barely cover female sexual anatomy. This episode offers you some of the sex education you never got—science-based info about women's sexual health, minus the shame, plus honest conversation about what sexual pleasure actually looks like.

Featured Guests:

Dr. Jolene Brighten – Naturopathic endocrinologist, author of Is This Normal? and Beyond the Pill

Dr. Mariza Snyder – Functional wellness expert, author of The Perimenopause Revolution

Rosie Acosta – Host of Radically Loved, yoga and meditation teacher

Podcast Partners:

LMNTGet a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/TLP

Timeline: Go to  Timeline.com/LUMI and get 30% your first order with code ONECOMMUNE30

Host Schuyler Grant and a roundtable of women's health experts cut through the shame and get real about sex hormones and intimacy. From the orgasm gap to hormonal birth control, from stress and cortisol to testosterone therapy, Season 1 tackles the questions women have been asking in whispers—with science, honesty, and zero judgment.

This season, host Schuyler Grant joins forces with Dr. Jolene Brighten, Dr. Marisa Snyder, and Rosie Acosta to close the knowledge gap on the three pillars of female vitality: 

Sex, Hormones, and Intimacy.