Hormone Health Blog

You're curled up on the couch with a hot pack on your lower belly, rocking back and forth in the fetal position as your husband gently pats your head because he has no clue what else to do for you. You're popping painkillers like candy, and you know the maximum amount of pills you're allowed to take in a day. The period cramps are back again! FML, you think, "I can't go in to work like this, I think I need to call in awkwardly to my male boss again...this sucks." Let me tell

You came off the pill or IUD months ago and your period is still unruly af. What gives!? Why am I a 32-year-old woman living in the body of a 15-year-old girl?! Your periods are so heavy that you can't even go on a 2 hour hike without stopping mid trail to change your protection. Your boss is concerned about you because you have to skip work because of your period cramps, AND you've been dropping the ball on big client meetings from your forgetfulness. Then you get teary

Seed cycling is one of my fav ways to help support hormone production while also having a nutritious snack and connecting with your cycle. Let me explain! Essentially you're eating different seeds at different times of your cycle. These specific seeds help to support either estrogen or progesterone, depending on which phase of your cycle you're in (follicular vs luteal). Unlike drugs or certain herbal medicines, seed cycling is simply giving the teeny building blocks that you

There are cycles all throughout nature. The moon, the tides, the seasons... It's not a surprise that menstruating women also experience the effects of these cycles. This post is meant to act as a general guide to help bring awareness to changes that some women may feel during their menstrual cycle. But first, let's start with understanding the days of our cycle. Day 1 of true menstruation (not just spotting, but the first day of your true bleed) is considered day 1 of your wh

What's the difference between a menstrual cycle vs a period? The period (or a bleed) can either be your natural period or a withdrawal bleed from the birth control pill. People taking the pill, don't have natural hormonal fluctuations found in a menstrual cycle because that process is suppressed with the synthetic hormones from the pill. But they do have a withdrawal bleed during the week of hormone withdrawal when those placebo pills are taken. On the other hand, the menstru