Tenderoni Hotline #5: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): What It Is, How to Recognize It, and What Actually Helps

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Béa Victoria Albina

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4.9 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Tenderoni Hotline #5: Hello my love, and welcome back to the Tenderoni Hotline, our soft and spacious corner of The Feminist Wellness Podcast, where I answer your most heartfelt questions about healing, nervous system care, and coming home to yourself.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about something so many of us feel but rarely name out loud: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). If the darker months leave you feeling heavy, tired, withdrawn, or just not like yourself, this episode is for you.

You’ll learn what SAD really is (hint: it’s not just “winter blues”) and how it impacts the body, brain, and nervous system. We’ll explore the role of light exposure, circadian rhythms, and hormones like melatonin and serotonin, and how all of this connects to your mood, energy, and emotional well-being.

This conversation blends science, somatics, and self-compassion. Because you deserve to feel supported, connected, and empowered, even in the darker months. SAD might visit, but it doesn’t have to take over. So grab your sun lamp, your tea, your blanket, and let’s talk about what it means to care for your tender self through winter and beyond.

Got a question for the Tenderoni Hotline? Send it to me at: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hey, beauty, quick pause before we get started. My book and emotional outsourcing is finally here,
0:05.5	and publishers are watching what happens this month. Orders and reviews are what decide which
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0:28.6	join me live for a six-week somatic deep dive course starting October 16th, and you'll be
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0:38.2	Every order comes with bonuses, raffles, and gorgeous gifts.
0:42.7	So let's make this moment count and show the publishing world that we want feminist work.
0:48.7	Music This is feminist wellness, and I'm your host, nurse practitioner, somatics, and
1:03.8	nervous system nerd, and life coach, Bea Victoria Albina.
1:07.4	I'll show you how to get unstuck, drop the anxiety, perfectionism, and codependency,
1:11.8	so you can live from your beautiful heart. Welcome, my love. Let's get started.
1:20.4	Hello, hello, my love. I hope this finds you doing so well. Listen, it's pretty friggin' dreary out. So I think it's about time we talk about
1:32.2	seasonal effective disorder here on the Tenderoni hotline. And yeah, so let's do it. I've got some
1:39.9	questions. I've got some answers. Let's cut to it because it's already like October, November.
1:46.7	We should have talked about this like two months ago. I was busy putting a book out. What are you going to
1:51.3	so? We're here now. Let's talk about it. Question Juan. What actually is seasonal effective disorder?
1:59.2	Is this just the winter blues? And I forgot to say, I should have said
2:02.9	this before I read the question, but that's cool. We're going to move with it. I asked a group from
2:08.1	Anchored a couple years ago, there are questions about seasonal effective disorder. I answered them in Anchored.
2:13.9	Anchored is my six-month intensive, beautiful, amazing coaching program. It's like a
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