Period Blog

Periods are part of a larger cycle you go through, usually anywhere from 21-32 days, and if you aren’t keeping track, they can come up and surprise you. But what about when it comes up and surprises you even when you are tracking? What causes periods to be irregular? Let’s...

Have you ever wondered why you feel extra frustrated or antsy the week before your period? Or why randomly you’ll feel a burst of energy in the middle of your cycle? It’s because of hormones! If you brush off, ehh, hormones don’t impact much; you might want to think...

Rest can feel like a loaded word. Perhaps you didn’t get enough sleep, can’t sleep, or feel like there’s no time to slow down. So when your period comes and hits you like a Mac Truck, there’s barely enough time to take a Pamprin and slap on a pain patch, let...

Your menstrual cycle gives you a few gifts each month. Sometimes that gift is extra energy, other times, it’s exhaustion, but one gift you might not realize it gives you is clarity. Each phase of your menstrual cycle impacts you differently, and as your hormones and energy shift,...

Have you ever gathered around to tell tall tales about creatures living in the hills, ghost stories from back home, or regale each other with menstrual myths? Not the last one? That’s okay, even if it’s not shared often. Menstrual myths have a way of altering how we see...

It’s time to discuss a correlation with cycling that often gets overlooked: the connection between periods and mental health. Many people dismiss cramps as ‘no big deal’ when they can actually be excruciating. It’s time to take an honest look if you overlook...

Let’s talk about something we all share here: periods. It’s the cycle we keep repeating every month! However, we rarely talk about the environmental impact of our menstrual products. Before we dive in, I want to say that all period products are important. There are...