Understand Your Cycle

We summarised the brilliant report by McKinsey Health Institute and World Economic Forum, giving you the drops of information you need. 🩸 Some nuggets: 🩸women spend 25% more of their lives in debilitating health than men 🩸a study conducted in Denmark across 21 years showed that women were diagnosed later than men for more than 700 diseases 🩸as of 2015 there were five times more scientific studies on erectile dysfunction than premenstrual syndrome Promise it's not all depressing - read the article, and tell us your thoughts!

Last week's Understand Your Cycle podcast episode with Valentina. 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)? Subscribe to not miss an episode!

In case you missed it! Bet you didn't see this one coming 👀

So happy that this stat got a keynote slide & a few keynote minutes: 71% of women have experienced medical negligence because they are a woman. If the gender health gap is not solved, gender inequality never will be!! We shared other drops of wisdom 🩸 and key takeaways from the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society in this week's Understand Your Cycle newsletter. Make sure to subscribe to never miss another!! Link in the comments. (stat is from Ipsos & Women's Forum's Women's Barometer)

A few months ago, we posted "It's only blood" to show that menstrual blood is not disgusting, a bit like the blood from a cut that we often suck or touch. But it's NOT only blood. Inspired by our podcast guest, Valentina (live on Fri), we're exploring what menstrual blood actually consists of in Understand Your Cycle's Friday newsletter, along with some fun scientific research happening currently around menstrual blood! Sign up to our newsletter to find out more! Knowledge is power - let's do away with the notions that "period blood is disgusting". ------------------------------------ Understand Your Cycle is a medically verified platform that teaches us everything about the menstrual cycle, and how to work with it. Check out our website, social media, podcast, and newsletter to get your dose of menstrual cycle knowledge. It's time to talk about periods! 🩸 UYC also provides school workshops and talks around the menstrual cycle and other aspects of reproductive health. Contact us to find out more.

our BLOG is LIVE !!! Did you miss a newsletter? 👉 not to worry - they'll be on our blog! https://lnkd.in/dPTiCB6F ---------- Understand Your Cycle is a medically verified platform that teaches us everything about the menstrual cycle, and how to work with it. Check out our website, social media, podcast, and newsletter to get your dose of menstrual cycle knowledge. It's time to talk about periods! 🩸 UYC also provides school workshops and talks around the menstrual cycle and other aspects of reproductive health. Contact us to find out more.

Time and again, the impact of our cycle and menstrual wellness is underestimated. Not "just" if you have a chronic condition, such as endometriosis, PMDD, or PCOS, which each individually impact an estimated 10% of women. But also each and every person with a menstrual cycle. If our hormones are out of whack, if our PMS (impacts 70-95% of menstruating women) is severe one month, if we're not getting our period, it all impacts our mental health. Big time!! And vice-versa: if we've been struggling with our mental health, it so often also impacts our cycle and menstrual health. Happy World Mental Health Day! Sign up to our newsletter to receive our newsletter feature on mental health on Friday!! ------------ Understand Your Cycle is a medically verified platform that teaches us everything about the menstrual cycle, and how to work with it. Check out our website, social media, podcast, and newsletter to get your dose of menstrual cycle knowledge. It's time to talk about periods! 🩸 UYC also provides school workshops and talks around the menstrual cycle and other aspects of reproductive health. Contact us to find out more.

Want to learn how to work *with* your menstrual cycle? Check out our quick guide to your menstrual cycle in daily life. We cover: 🩸Mood 🩸Work 🩸Sex drive 🩸Self 🩸Food 🩸Exercise 🩸Sleep 🩸Immune system 🩸Digestive system ... and how we can work with each in alignment with our cycle! -------------- Understand Your Cycle is a medically verified platform that teaches us everything about the menstrual cycle, and how to work with it. Check out our website, social media, podcast, and newsletter to get your dose of menstrual cycle knowledge. It's time to talk about periods! 🩸 UYC also provides school workshops and talks around the menstrual cycle and other aspects of reproductive health. Contact us to find out more. #periods #menstrual #cycle

New podcast episode!! Hormonal imbalance, acne and PMS with Bo Ever had PMS? Hormonal acne? Or simply mood swings that seemed slightly over the top? Bo talks about it all! We cover: 🩸PMS & what it is 🩸How the pill worsened Bo's symptoms and hormonal imbalance 🩸How Bo started cycle-syncing 🩸What cycle-syncing is 🩸Trigger foods and balancing your blood sugar 🩸Improving gut health and balancing stress Don't miss it!! “That’s when I learnt that our body talks to us in symptoms”

Looking towards fertility and menopause and feeling a bit overwhelmed? Just like our menstrual cycles, we weren't taught much about fertility and menopause at school. And so they can feel ominous and overwhelming. On top of that, society gives us a timeline that we should abide by. By informing ourselves, we can break these taboos and feel empowered. 🩸 Knowledge is Power 🩸 Quote from our most recent podcast episode about egg-freezing 👇