“How can I take care of myself when I have my period?” — I get asked this question a lot, which makes me one very happy woman. It’s my belief that our self-care practice must flow and shift with each phase of our menstrual cycle. Not only that, but as my mentor Alexandra Pope would […]
On the whole, the world doesn’t much like to talk about periods. Why is that? Why do our cycles cause so much societal discomfort? Why are our tampon advertisements devoid of all blood? Why was saying to your male high school teacher ‘Sir, I have my period’ the fastest way to get out of sport, […]
At the age of 26, manipulating my natural hormonal cycle seemed totally out of alignment with the kind of life that I wanted to be living. So I stopped taking the pill. And… nothing happened. My skin didn’t break out, I didn’t really feel any different, but my period didn’t return either. Over the next […]
