My philosophy behind the work
Growing up, we are led to believe that we shouldn’t talk about our periods. That we should hide our menstrual products and take hormonal birth control for our cramps. We are told by our society that periods are taboo. Not to talk about sex, and you shouldn’t care about your hormones unless you want to have kids.
What if I told you that period pain is common, but not normal. That ovulation (what happens in the middle of your cycle) is key to not only your hormonal health, but your overall health as well.
Understanding our bodies is a form of rebellion
This should be common sense, but while trying to heal from my chronic hormonal acne, I was often brushed off for wanting to get to the root cause. That being my hormones. I was told to just try other hormonal birth controls unless I wanted kids.
When in reality our cycle is key to our bone, breast, cardiovascular, brain, digestive health. We are cyclical beings. Our whole health depends on the ebb and flow of estrogen to progesterone. So to say that our cycle doesn’t matter unless we want to reproduce is just plain false.
Why your cycle
should matter
As someone who doesn’t want kids, I thought it was great when I wouldn’t get my period for months at a time. I thought being infertile was ideal. But what I was never taught is that our cycles are a reflection of our overall health.
Now as a certified Cycle and Sexual health Educator, I teach that your cycle health is even more important because it’s easier to track when your hormones are balanced.
What if instead of resenting our bodies, we let them guide us
Clues into what kind of hormonal imbalance we may have
Information on what could be causing the imbalance
A way to track patterns like headaches, spotting, breakouts, pain, breast tenderness, and more.
A comprehensive understanding of our bodies, which is key in avoiding pregnancy
Clues into how we can live cyclically with our own rhythm instead of societies
What can we learn from our cycles?
So how do we learn from our cycle?
Through Cycle Mapping!
Cycle Mapping is a way to track your cycle so that you can keep track of:
How long your follicular phase is vs your luteal phase
This tells you a lot about your hormonal balance
If and when ovulation is happening
Being key in your hormonal health
If what you're doing to support your health is actually helping or not
It gives you direct feedback into when in your cycle to be extra careful to avoid pregnancy
How plants can help us on our journey
Whether you’ve been struggling with a hormonal imbalance, painful periods, spotting, or wanting to jumpstart a late period. Herbs can support us in so many ways.
After struggling with a hormonal imbalance for six years, it was herbs that helped clear up my hormonal acne.
I found herbalism while looking for natural ways to balance my hormones. It wasn’t until my 2nd year of studying that I figured out why it’s so hard to “balance hormones”. It’s because each person and each cycle is unique. No one herb or one herbal blend will work for everyone because we each have unique needs. And those needs should be supported differently.
That’s why combining Cycle Mapping and plant medicine helps you better understand your body's needs.
The answers you’re looking for can be found by connecting with your body
Start learning about your cycle
This is a self paced class series teaching you how to start charting your cycle in detail. Talking about different hormonal imbalances, anatomy, how hormones work, and many many examples.
Cycle Mapping class series
This class series teaches you how to chart your cycle to avoid pregnancy. This series has the same foundations as the Cycle Mapping series, doing a deeper dive in how conception occurs and what rules we can follow to avoid.
Embodied birth control class series