FemTech is offering new and potentially helpful options when it comes to tracking your fertility and your period, but what are you missing out on when you automate body literacy with apps and wearable devices? This episode talks about the…
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Does the moon affect the menstrual cycle?
Are the menstrual cycle and the moon connected? There are two schools of thought around this relationship, one based in science and the other in spirituality. Those things aren’t mutually exclusive, however, so let’s take a look at why we…
Meal Planning for Your Menstrual Cycle
As a cycle-syncing nutritionist, I’m asked all the time about what you should eat to have a happier period. While no one food is going to cure all of your menstrual woes, supporting the processes that are happening in your…
The Basics of Regulating Your Period
Regulating your period may be a lot simpler than you think. Though it is a test of patience (changes can take anywhere from one month to two years depending on what you’re dealing with), what’s missing from many hormone-health recommendations…
Science and Spirituality
(See a blog version of this episode below the show notes.) Science and spirituality — are they opposing concepts? This episode dives into the use of the term woo-woo, conspirituality and the rise of the Qanon goddess, the energetics of…
Surviving Mercury Retrograde
Real talk: Mercury retrograde is not that bad. Not if you know how to plan for it. Kristen speaks with her dear friend Janine Mulone about the basics of the internet’s favorite scapegoat: what it means literally and energetically, its…
Using Tarot to Embrace Lunar Energy
(See a blog version of this episode below the show notes.) Society places a heavy emphasis on “solar” qualities that are prized in corporate settings, where more “lunar” qualities are not as well-respected in our culture. This can leave us…
Biohacking for Menstruators
(See a blog version of this episode below the show notes.) If the term “biohacking” conjures up images of Silicon Valley tech bros ingesting weird pills for dinner and plugging all their personal metrics into their iPhone apps, you’d be…
How Changing Your Diet Can Change Your Period
(See a blog version of this episode below the show notes.) Yes, changing your diet can change your period! In this episode, Kristen answers a listener question about hormone-related causes for sleep issues, then dives into how dietary changes can…
Why You Still Have Period Problems
(This blog post is a shortened version of what you’ll find in the podcast episode. If you want more information on each point, listen above!) Maybe you thought you’d grow out of period problems as you got older. Maybe you…
