Understand Your Cycle Podcast

We often talk about unhealthy periods, but what about healthy periods?

This week, Le'Nise tells us about what makes a healthy period:

🩸length of cycle

🩸colour of period

🩸spotting: how much is normal spotting?

🩸clotting: how much is normal clotting?

🩸mood

🩸energy

Only 30% of people with a cycle have a 28-day menstrual cycle

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I had never even thought about perimenopause, until I connected my symptoms

This week, Sarah, a peri to post menopause coach, shares about her experience of menopause and how businesses can support their employees in menopause.

We cover:

🩸Sarah's experience of perimenopause

🩸Misconceptions around perimenopause and menopause

🩸The importance of a holistic approach to prevent overwhelm and burnout

🩸Women's health and ageing

🩸Your thyroid and hormonal issues may be linked to perimenopause

🩸Nutrition and looking after yourselves

🩸How business and governmental policies impact women's experience of menopause

🩸Mental health and menopause

"Women above 50 years old are the fastest growing group in the workplace"

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I had never even thought about perimenopause, until I connected my symptoms

This week, Sarah, a peri to post menopause coach, shares about her experience of menopause

Don't forget to subscribe to listen to the full episode next week, where we discuss:

🩸Sarah's experience of perimenopause

🩸Misconceptions around perimenopause and menopause

🩸The importance of a holistic approach to prevent overwhelm and burnout

🩸Women's health and ageing

🩸Your thyroid and hormonal issues may be linked to perimenopause

🩸Nutrition and looking after yourselves

🩸How business and governmental policies impact women's experience of menopause

🩸Mental health and menopause

"Women above 50 years old are the fastest growing group in the workplace"

Find Sarah on Instagram or LinkedIn

Or on her website

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To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.com

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We speak about mental health, we speak about bone health, but what about vaginal health?

This week, Shelley, a trained midwife and founder of Fem Revive tells us about what vaginal health is.

We discuss:

🩸Vaginal health 

🩸How to keep your vagina healthy 

🩸symptoms of unhealthy vaginas: urinary stress incontinence, vaginal dryness, bacterial vaginosis, and more

🩸HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasounds) and how it can help your vagina

🩸Pelvic floor muscles and post birth struggles 

🩸Does contraception impact vaginal health? 

🩸Preventative measures for vaginal health in your 20s

"Staying hydrated is the key to most things in life"

Find Shelley at Fem Revive here

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Is my vagina healthy? Why do I have this tingling sensation? Why does it suddenly feel tight?

This week, Shelley, a trained midwife and founder of Fem Revive tells us about what vaginal health is.

Don't forget to subscribe to listen to the full episode next week, where we discuss:

🩸Vaginal health 

🩸How to keep your vagina healthy 

🩸symptoms of unhealthy vaginas: urinary stress incontinence, vaginal dryness, bacterial vaginosis, and more

🩸HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasounds) and how it can help your vagina

🩸Pelvic floor muscles and post birth struggles 

🩸Does contraception impact vaginal health? 

🩸Preventative measures for vaginal health in your 20s

"Staying hydrated is the key to most things in life"

Find Shelley at Fem Revive here

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Let's be real, none of us are menstrual cycle syncing experts. And that's A OKAY!

In this episode, Naida and Capu explore working with their cycle, cycle-syncing in a way that works for them, and not forcing it when you don't feel like it. A very real conversation about the ups and downs of cycle-syncing and learning about it way too late, which covers:

🩸using intuition to be cycle aware

🩸guilt if you don't cycle-sync well & not having to cycle sync

🩸the negative narrative around periods

🩸STIs and pap smears

🩸your menstrual cycle in self-employment vs. as an employee

Find Naida on:

TikTok: @naidaallenx 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naida-allen/ 

Instagram: @thewriteway.uk

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"Self-compassion" is a bit of an overused word these days, but that doesn't take away it's importance. Having suffered from an eating disorder and inconsistent periods, Naida shares how she worked on her self-compassion.

This is a snippet from our conversation with Naida around how she started working with her cycle. Naida is not an expert, but is doing her best to work with her cycle. And ultimately, that's what it's all about: a very real conversation about the ups and downs of cycle-syncing and learning about it way too late, which covers:

🩸using intuition to be cycle aware

🩸guilt if you don't cycle-sync well & not having to cycle sync

🩸the negative narrative around periods

🩸STIs and pap smears

🩸your menstrual cycle in self-employment vs. as an employee

Find Naida on:

TikTok: @naidaallenx 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naida-allen/ 

Instagram: @thewriteway.uk

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This week, we speak to Clio about sex after giving birth, the challenges, difficulties, taboos, and how to get through and over them.

Author of "Get Your Mojo Back: Sex, Pleasure and Intimacy After Birth" and founder of company &Breathe Wellbeing, where she works on post-natal retreats, Clio takes us through misconceptions and lessons around sex, post-birth recovery, and lots more.

In this episode, we cover:

🩸the last taboo of women's health

🩸why Clio wrote a book about getting your sex drive back after giving birth

🩸how does giving birth change your sex life

🩸what we should know about pelvic floor muscles (maybe the most underrated muscles of our body?!) (19m)

🩸seeing a women's health physio & c-section scarring

🩸rehabilitation after birth

🩸post-natal depression (35m23s)

🩸couples therapy

🩸 sex and its taboos (42m40)

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Instagram

Amazon books

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Why should I give a sh*t about my sex life? That's what we explore in this SNIPPET!

This is a snippet from our conversation with Clio around getting your sex life and self (or new self!) back after giving birth. Make sure you follow and subscribe to not miss next week's episode, where we cover:

🩸the last taboo of women's health

🩸why Clio wrote a book about getting your sex drive back after giving birth

🩸how does giving birth change your sex life

🩸what we should know about pelvic floor muscles (maybe the most underrated muscles of our body?!) (19m)

🩸seeing a women's health physio & c-section scarring

🩸rehabilitation after birth

🩸post-natal depression (35m23s)

🩸couples therapy

🩸 sex and its taboos (42m40)

"We don't know what we don't know"

Find Clio on:

Instagram

Amazon books

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This week we talk to Fertility Awareness Coach, Valentina, about how she practices cycle and fertility awareness, in order to live better and not use hormonal contraception.

In this episode we cover:

🩸The benefits of getting to know your menstrual cycle

🩸What is the Fertility Awareness Method? How does it work?

🩸Are you ever scared of getting pregnant on the Fertility Awareness Method?

🩸The psychological aspect around cycle-syncing

🩸Why Valentina began practicing syncing her life to her menstrual cycle (practicing cycle awareness)?

Find Valentina on:

Instagram

Her website

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