January can often be the hardest time for those of us with endometriosis. The joys and delights of December for many menstruators can cause hormonal issues come January, and for those of us with endometriosis, it can be even more problematic.

Instead of diving in headfirst with a hard-core challenge, I'd prefer to offer you some solutions that are gentle on the body, mind and spirit - because honestly, I think it's unsustainable for us to have to jump into a completely new health routine as soon as the clock strikes 12 on the 1st.

Especially if we're feeling unwell with flared endo symptoms, in the dead of winter, when the human body still wants to take it slow and gentle.

So, two weeks ago I launched my Ease Endo Tea Challenge. I did it last year, and almost 300 people joined and experienced symptom improvement with the teas I shared with the group. This year I’m bringing it back, and initially began running it as I usually do, via email, but as I was putting the emails together, I was just thinking how useful the info was and how many more people would benefit if I made it a challenge across all of my platforms, so I brought it to IG and now I’m bringing it to the podcast! You can follow along just by listening to the show, but if you’d like to get a copy of all the info, the resources and research I’m sharing, I do encourage you to sign up to the email version because you’ll get all this info sent to your inbox directly and you can save it in a folder and just pull it out whenever you’d like. You can also hop over to Instagram and join in with the community there, comment with your questions or let us know how you’re getting on and share pics of you drinking your tea!

So, for the next few weeks, I’ll be running this free challenge here on the podcast.

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