A counter-culture thinker since childhood, Amanda Laird (she/her) shares the journey she’s taken to follow a different path. From sewing her own period pads as a teen to hosting the popular podcast “Heavy Flow” to building her new business venture, slow & steady studio, Amanda is committed to advancing the feminine economy and exploring the question, ‘what is enough?’

Amanda Laird is the founder and principal strategist of slow & steady. As a former holistic nutritionist, Amanda is an advocate for reproductive health and wellness. She was the host of the Heavy Flow Podcast from 2017 to 2020 and is the author of “Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation” published by Dundurn Press and nominated for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction. In her work at slow & steady, Amanda draws on her 15 years as a creative communicator, writer and holistic wellness practitioner, as well as feminist marketing and business frameworks from Kelly Diels, Jennifer Armbrust and CV Harquail.

In the episode, Amanda mentions the book “Toxic Shock,” “Proposals for the Feminine Economy,” and her Spotify playlist.

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This episode’s poem is by Tony Hoagland and is called “Birdhouse.”

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