Understanding your menstrual cycle can help you to recognize patterns in your mood, energy levels, and physical symptoms, which can enable you to manage and plan your daily activities more effectively.
This guide covers the length of your menstrual cycle, the different phases (follicular, ovulatory, luteal, menstrual), the changes that occur in your hormones during each phase, common symptoms and how you can alleviate them, tracking methods such as basal body temperature charting and menstrual cycle apps, and how lifestyle factors like nutrition, exercise, and stress can affect you.
By tracking your menstrual cycle and paying attention to your body's signals, you can gain a better understanding of what is normal for you and be able to detect any changes that may signal a problem. Additionally, by taking care of your health, including taking the right supplements and practicing specific healthy habits for each phase, you can help regulate your menstrual cycle and promote overall reproductive health.
Nutrition and food (including when to fast)
Exercise and workouts
Lifestyle practices and biohacks (including when to do a vaginal steam, castor oil pack, cleanse and sauna)
Supplements, herbs and botanicals
Mental and emotional health
Plus, a breakdown of calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins and minerals per meal and day, seed cycling information!
All of the recipes are are grain, gluten, dairy and soy free. By understanding your ovulation phase, you can maximize your chances of conception! This can involve making lifestyle changes, such as improving your nutrition and workouts and trying practices like vaginal steaming, castor oil packs and acupuncture to support a regular, healthy menstrual cycle. This can improve your preconception health and increase your chances of a healthy pregnancy.
By living in the flow of your cycle and paying attention to the changes happening in your body, you will be better equipped to manage the common symptoms many women face. For example, you can adjust your nutrition or exercise routine to reduce bloating or take specific supplements to manage stress and improve mood.
This guide is an accumulation of everything I have experienced, learned and implement to regulate my cycle, reduce my hormonal symptoms and live in flow with my body!
From PCOS to ovarian cysts to irregular and long menstrual cycles, I understand how important it is to holistically support our bodies so we can live a more vibrant life every day.