when you miss a few days of cycle tracking or journaling, remember this is a practice of returning, not regretting.

when you miss a few days of cycle tracking or journaling, remember this is a practice of returning, not regretting.

{if you prefer to listen, click here} Wanna know a "secret"? I missed 10 days of journaling/cycle tracking in my Cycles Journal last month. And so I wrote this message on...
Honoring Cycles of Change & Trusting in Regrowth

Honoring Cycles of Change & Trusting in Regrowth

{~7 minute read... or listen to me speak about even more here on our new podcast episode} Hello to you as you are in this moment. My hope is that this bi-weekly...
The Importance of Men(s)t(ru)al Health & Wholistic Self Awareness

The Importance of Men(s)t(ru)al Health & Wholistic Self Awareness

  Mental health is a journey, and the destination is unknowable... yet full of potential. During Mental Health Awareness month and always, our present awareness along this journey matters. What...
May 26, 2023
The Menstrual Cycle & Fertility Awareness: Your Inner Phases

The Menstrual Cycle & Fertility Awareness: Your Inner Phases

Your menstrual cycle is more than just your period – which is actually just a small fraction of the whole cycle! These are your inner phases; just like the Earth,...
December 06, 2022
The Insight of the In-betweens

The Insight of the In-betweens

It makes sense that our main focus within our cycles is typically on the peak events of menstruation & ovulation. They are the most intense turning points with the most...
October 20, 2022
Body Gardens: The Beauty of Accepting & Embracing Your Body Hair (if you want to)

Body Gardens: The Beauty of Accepting & Embracing Your Body Hair (if you want to)

  Whether you have fields on your legs, a meadow under your arms, a bush between your legs, or brush above your lip, your natural growth is beautiful. And whether...
August 15, 2020
DIY at Home: Natural Herbal Remedies to Calm Your Body, Mind & Menstrual Cycle

DIY at Home: Natural Herbal Remedies to Calm Your Body, Mind & Menstrual Cycle

  Our herbal allies can bring us so much relief in times of discomfort when we don’t know how to help ourselves. Natural remedies are effective when given the proper...
The Healing Power of Presence in Pain & Discomfort

The Healing Power of Presence in Pain & Discomfort

  I write this reflection in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, where I am lucky to be home and well with much time to reflect. So I write this...
April 10, 2020
My Favorite Reusable & Sustainable Menstrual Products - For Your Wallet & The Planet!

My Favorite Reusable & Sustainable Menstrual Products - For Your Wallet & The Planet!

  Oh where do I even begin! I’m sure most of us grew up being given disposable pads and tampons to use - there’s no shame in the fact that...
March 27, 2020
What's Hiding in Your Menstrual Products? The Truth About Pads, Tampons & the Reproductive Health Industry

What's Hiding in Your Menstrual Products? The Truth About Pads, Tampons & the Reproductive Health Industry

Healthy menstruation is, arguably, one of the most important, yet the most overlooked, aspects of our health and the body-positivity movement.  We have been taught to believe that it is largely an inconvenience to bleed: painful, messy, and embarrassing. For centuries, the patriarchy taught us to believe that bleeding people are "dirty", unholy, and even dangerous.
March 12, 2020
Does the Moon really Impact my Menstrual Cycle? Lunar Influence, Guidance & Intention

Does the Moon really Impact my Menstrual Cycle? Lunar Influence, Guidance & Intention

  What is lunar influence and why does it matter?  The moon is our reminder to turn inwards. In the very externally-focused world we live in, we are not as...
February 25, 2020
Self Devotion: Committing to the Habit of Cycle-Tracking

Self Devotion: Committing to the Habit of Cycle-Tracking

When we are able to follow and record what our bodies tell us, we can follow the flow more easily and be more in-tune with our nature. This allows us...
February 10, 2020