A guided couples workshop to help you understand your PMDD pattern and how to navigate the cycle together.
Riding the Wave: PMDD & Relationships
90-minute live workshop • Replay included • Pay-what-you-can ($15-50)
PMDD doesn't just live in one person's body.
It ripples through the relationship.
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Even when both people care deeply, the pattern can start to feel confusing, painful, and hard to shift.
One person may be thinking: “I don’t want to hurt the person I love. I wish I could stop it in the moment instead of regretting it after.”
The partner may be thinking: “I want to help, but I don’t know how. I don’t always know when to give space, move closer, or what actually helps.”
And often, both people are trying so hard.
This workshop is a place to slow the pattern down, understand what may be happening, and begin creating a shared way through it.
Not by making one person the problem. And not by pretending one conversation can fix everything.
But by learning how to recognize the pattern earlier, communicate with more care, and find your way back to each other with more clarity.
Save My SpotWhat This Workshop Is & Isn't
This workshop was created for couples navigating PMDD or cyclical mood shifts that are affecting the relationship.
This isn't...
- Trying to figure out if this relationship is “right” or not
- A quick fix or one conversation that solves everything
- A replacement for deeper support like therapy or treatment
This is...
- A starting point to better understand what’s happening
- Simple ways to stay connected—even when it’s hard
- Tools to help protect your relationship during the harder moments
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Come Together or Come on Your Own
This workshop is designed for both partners to attend together when possible.
But if your partner isn’t able or ready to join, you are still welcome. You can come on your own, learn the tools, and bring them back to the relationship.
Here's What to Expect
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In this 90-minute workshop, you’ll:
- Understand why cyclical mood changes can intensify conflict during certain parts of the cycle so the hard moments feel less like a personal failureÂ
- Recognize the early signs that things are starting to shift, and create a shared language before you’re already in the thick of it
- Move from “you vs. me” to “we’re in this together” so both people feel less blamed and more on the same team
- Use simple tools you can personalize to your relationship and return to again and again so that you can rebuild trust with each other over time
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This is a hands-on space to make sense of what’s happening and begin building a plan for the moments that usually feel hardest.
During the workshop, you’ll practice and personalize what you’re learning in real time.
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You’ll leave with a workbook that becomes your own PMDD couples guide — something you can return to again and again when the harder moments show up.
Save My SpotMeet Your Workshop Guides
This workshop brings together lived experience, clinical insight, and relationship-centered support to help you understand PMDD in the place it often shows up most: your closest relationships.
Caitlyn Giff-Marko
Caitlyn Giff-Marko is the co-founder of Wave Rider, a cycle-powered relationship app built for couples navigating PMDD. Diagnosed with PMDD at 36 after years of misattribution, she brings both lived experience and a background in psychology, education, and UX design to her work. Caitlyn is building Wave Rider because she believes couples deserve better tools, and that the right knowledge, at the right time, can change everything.
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Mandy Rother, RD, FMNS
Mandy Rother is a Functional Dietitian and founder of Reveal Functional Nutrition, where she specializes in a holistic, data-driven approach to PMDD. She combines over 15 years of professional experience, lived experience with PMDD, and work with hundreds of clients to help people stop guessing. Through functional lab testing and her Reveal Method, Mandy helps clients uncover what’s been missed and take strategic steps toward sustainable relief.
Julia Hunt, LCSW
Julia brings deep clinical expertise, strategic vision, and a drive for innovation to Wave Rider. A mental health clinician with a background in social work, psychotherapy, and research, she has led development from the ground up of mental health initiatives across hospitals, startups, and communities. Passionate about whole-person health and inclusivity, she leverages her expertise in product design and thought leadership to create solutions that redefine how we understand and integrate mental well-being.
Joing Us for Riding the Wave
If you love each other, but keep getting caught in the same painful pattern…
If you want to understand what’s happening before it becomes another rupture…
If you’re ready for simple tools that help you stay connected through the PMDD waves…
This is a place to begin.
We’ve set the standard workshop rate at $50, while offering lower pay-what-you-can options to make this support more accessible.
Please choose the option that reflects your current capacity and the value of the work for you.
This workshop is educational and supportive in nature. It is not a replacement for therapy, medical care, crisis support, or individualized treatment.
If you or your partner are in immediate crisis, experiencing unsafe relationship dynamics, or navigating thoughts of self-harm, please seek immediate professional or emergency support.
