If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
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If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
Episode 030 — The Sleep Reset Blueprint (Even If You’ve Tried Everything)
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
31 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 030 — The Sleep Reset Blueprint (Even If You’ve Tried Everything)
If you’re still wired at night or waking at 3AM, you don’t need more hacks—you need alignment. This episode reframes sleep as a signal cascade, not a behavior. We cover circadian and ultradian rhythms, the brain’s glymphatic “night crew,” evening mistakes that backfire (even “healthy” ones), morning anchors (sunlight, movement, breakfast, caffeine delay), wind-down rituals your nervous system learns to trust, and what to do when sleep still won’t come (NSDR/Yoga Nidra). You’ll learn Sleep as ...
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...