CG Podcast: Hormones, Cycles and Girlhood with Dr Nancy

In this episode of Courageous Girls, we sit down with Dr. Nancy to talk about sex, hormones, and the changing bodies of girls and women. Together, we explore how understanding these physical and emotional shifts can help us guide our daughters with grace and wisdom. From monthly cycles to puberty, PMS, and beyond, Dr. Nancy shares her insights from decades as an OB-GYN and therapist to help us navigate these topics in a way that empowers both moms and daughters.

We also discuss the importance of modeling self-care, celebrating our unique bodies, and helping girls embrace their identity as they grow. This episode is full of practical advice, encouragement, and perspective on how to walk alongside our daughters in these formative years.

Together, we explore:

🔹 Understanding hormonal cycles — the role of estrogen and progesterone through puberty, menstruation, and menopause, and how to respond with curiosity rather than judgment.

🔹 PMS and emotional awareness — how mood swings can reveal deeper truths and provide opportunities for self-reflection and growth.

🔹 Caring for our bodies as temples — practical tools for sleep, nutrition, movement, and hydration, and modeling healthy habits for daughters.

🔹 Celebrating individuality — embracing body diversity, unique hair types, and personal rhythms to teach girls self-acceptance and confidence.

Let’s walk with our daughters in understanding their bodies, emotions, and design—celebrating every stage of life as part of God’s plan.

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Courageous Girls' motivation is to see a generation of women who are navigating trusted relationships, are confident in who God says He is and who He made them to be and are resiliently moving through the peaks and valleys of life. A generation of women who are rooted in grace and free from the performance-based treadmill we are enticed with every day.

CG answers this goal by providing clear and trusted Biblical, clinical and relational wisdom for moms. With the long-term goal in mind, lessons are created as building blocks and encouraged to unfold within community.

Not only does a CG community provide the perfect place to practice the art of relationship, but it also allows the moms to share the load which provides a diversity in leadership. All the while nurturing a trusted connection with the first model in a daughter’s life, her mom. 

Groups provide a safe place to focus on God’s word rather than the competing influences in the world. Instead of competition, comparison and judgment… groups strive to grow in gratitude, joy and acceptance. CG is an intentional choice to equip ourselves and our daughters to love others well and to live from a place of wholeness and grace. 

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Resources

Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace

Helping Moms Raise Confident Daughters Courses

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