Category: Period Health

Can Minerals Help You Have Better Periods?

Are you a woman who experiences cramps, bloating, heavy bleeding, and other problems during your menstruation? If you’ve used ibuprofen, heating pads, or taken warm baths but experienced very few results, you’ll be happy to learn that there is another solution to menstruation issues. It’s essential to listen to your body. One of our main […]
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How To Have An Enjoyable Period

I recently did a few different podcast interviews and periods always come up (of course!). One other theme I saw was the mention of how inconvenient periods are no matter what. We did chat about menstrual cups and period panties though, which was really cool. But even with these helpful period products, the consensus was still that […]
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Normal vs. Abnormal Shifts Before Your Period

Most of us have been taught that our periods are not a fun time. They are painful, messy, and something to be dreaded. This is definitely the messaging I got as a young girl and something I still see memes about all over the internet today. The reason this messaging is harmful is because while […]
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Period Poverty Is Real

The average woman spends 2,535 days of her life menstruating. 🔴⁣​​⁣​​Menstruation is a healthy part of having a uterus. ⁣​​⁣​​Regardless of our financial or social situation, we must purchase or otherwise obtain access to enough pads/tampons/menstrual cups/period panties to bleed for nearly seven years of our life. 🤯⁣​​⁣​​This is why it is INSANE that period […]
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Slowing Down To Speed Up

Are you always doing?  Do you find yourself moving from one thing to the next with little white space just to sit and be?  Are you eating while doing other things?  Are you always worrying that you are not doing enough? Continually checking things off your to-do list and still not feeling satisfied?  Does the […]
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The Liver: Hormone Superhero

Some of the most common questions I get are around premenstrual symptoms (PMS) like acne, bloating, extreme fatigue, weight gain, etc.  While we can try to generalize what possible hormone imbalances are present, I think the most helpful thing to do is zoom out and focus on what could be exacerbating this.  When we think […]
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How To Support Estrogen Detox

Estrogen plays a role in various body functions. However, high levels of estrogen can pose health risks, such as weight gain, thyroid dysfunction, breast or ovarian cancer, and blood clots. How can you get rid of excess estrogen you ask? The answer is supporting proper estrogen detoxification in the body. There are three phases of […]
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What is your period trying to tell you?

Our menstrual cycles are more than a monthly bleed. They are a way for our bodies to communicate with us. ⁣They tell us what is going well and where we may need to slow down and refocus in our lives.  One way we get information is from our actual period. ⁣Based on when we get […]
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Five Ways to Have Better Periods

There’s something we’ve been taught – it’s normal  it’s normal to feel crazy, have painful cramps, heavy bleeding, and overall a very stressful event that is your period each month. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ But, that’s wrong.  It may be common, but it’s not normal. Feeling like a completely different person for a week (or two or more) […]
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The Six Tools to Use for Period Pain

Just because something is common doesn’t mean that it’s normal. Take period pain, for example. Each month, many women suffer through what they think is a normal part of their period, the excruciating pain that comes with their cycle. Other women experience it as well, so they never question whether or not the days or […]
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