Sex Between Your Ears [Luminescence Podcast]

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Luminescence Podcast, hosted by Schuyler Grant, powered by Commune. A space for science-based, culturally curious, and politically fearless conversations illuminating women’s health. 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: 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

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0:00.0	It's Jeff, and I'm super excited to share something really special with you today. A look into the very first season of the new luminescence podcast hosted by the mother of my three beautiful daughters and my better three quarters, Skyler Grant.
0:16.1	This first season features roundtable discussions hosted by Skyler with three extraordinary women, Dr.
0:22.5	Jolene Brighton, Dr. Marisa Snyder, and Rosie Acosta. It's an informational and occasionally
0:27.7	spicy look into women's health. We launched luminescence last year as an in-person gathering,
0:34.8	creating space for long overdue conversations about women's health.
0:39.6	And through our work here at commun, it's become exceedingly clear that women need more than
0:44.8	fragmented information. They need education, context, and real community all in one place.
0:50.9	And that's what Lumin essence is about, not only through live events, but now through
0:54.7	this weekly podcast. So I'll be featuring a handful of episodes here, but I encourage everyone to
0:59.7	head over to their favorite podcatcher and subscribe directly to the Luminense Pod.
1:08.1	80% of the symptoms impairing menopause are brain-related symptoms. I got prescribed antidepressants.
1:14.7	I had no estrogen. I had no progesterone. I had no testosterone. Our hormones are running the show.
1:23.1	The most common symptom of perimenopause is irritability.
1:27.9	And yeah, libido, there are days where I'm like, girl, I don't know where you went.
1:31.4	She just packed her bags without permission and left.
1:33.6	A traitor.
1:34.2	I want women to know that you're not broken.
1:36.2	How do we then begin to communicate this with our partner?
1:39.4	Gynecology is expected to do far too much.
1:42.9	Medicine as a whole said, if it's lady parts related,
1:46.1	stick it in that corner.
1:47.3	Not at any point in my journey did anybody say,
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