Blog: Insight & Tips
Cycle Nutrition + Wellbeing
Welcome to Interview with The Collective, an interview series including our Featured Collective Members from past + current editions of Cycles Journal. Through these blog posts, we'll be sharing their...
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...
Foraging and Preparing Iron-Rich Plants
Both bleeding and non-bleeding bodies require iron as an essential nutrient – it is what gives our blood its very color. It connects us to the iron core of the...
How Can We Protect Reproductive Rights?
We want to take a moment to acknowledge that we may be on the precipice of some dark legislative changes in the United States. While it’s true that the government wants to control our rights and access to safe and legal abortions, what’s also true is that we don’t have to go down without a fight.
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...
Reshaping Our World: on Social Justice & Our Plan to Continue Activism
As a small business in this age, everything we build and do is tied into our politics, beliefs and with a sense of how this can better serve everyone. Within...
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
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
