New year, new podcast! While I love talking about periods all the time over on Self-Care for Cycles (the show I co-host with Janine Mulone, yes we changed the name!), I know not everyone wants to hear about it every…
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How to Be Productive On Your Period
The stereotypical period involves a ton of PMS symptoms, painful cramps, lots of sugar cravings, misery, rage, tears… everything but actual productivity. A healthy menstrual cycle really doesn’t have any of that. You don’t have to be relegated to the…
Mocha Cookies for Seed Cycling in the Follicular Phase
Seed cycling is a gentle, nutrition-based method for helping you balance your hormones. It involves alternating between one period of pumpkin seeds and flax seeds with another period of sesame and sunflower seeds. The idea is that the seeds contain…
How the Menstrual Cycle Impacts Hunger, Mood, and Sleep
As much as we try to be productive, energized, and perfectly peppy people on the regular, we menstruators cannot copy and paste that version of ourselves into our daily lives. Our hormones fluctuate over the course of a month or…
5 Reasons Your Period Is Irregular
Your menstrual cycle is a wealth of information about your health, and an irregular period can tell you quite a bit. Getting to know your personal rhythms is the best place to start when it comes to uncovering your body’s…
Better Than Trader Joe’s Blueberry Lavender Oat Milk
Turns out I’m an oat influencer. First my Oatly oat milk dupe recipe skyrocketed my website traffic, and people are loving my savory oatmeal with spinach and artichokes. Today I have something new for you: a dupe of Trader Joe’s…
How the Birth Control Pill Can Impact Your Period
The birth control pill has become a cure-all solution to menstruators’ problems. It’s prescribed for regulating irregular periods, managing PMS, treating pain and other symptoms from conditions like endometriosis and PCOS, and reasons outside of preventing pregnancy. But does it…
Savory Spinach-Artichoke Oatmeal
If you’re not riding the savory oatmeal train just yet, this recipe will hopefully get you on board! Most people associate oats with the sugary flavor packets that come 12 in a box and heat up in the microwave. It’s…
5 PMS Cravings and What They Mean
PMS cravings are all the rage (sometimes literally) in the luteal phase of our cycles. When we’re not clued in to our monthly changes, it might feel like something otherworldly has taken over and cleaned out the fridge. Intense cravings…
Easy Chocolate-Pomegranate Freezer Fudge
When I say easy, I really mean it. This chocolate freezer fudge couldn’t be simpler, and you can customize it to whatever toppings you want to add. We love cacao for its relaxing qualities, something I’m leaning into hard this…
