Blog: Insight & Tips
The Importance of Men(s)t(ru)al Health & Wholistic Self Awareness
Mental health is a journey, and the destination is unknowable... yet full of potential. During Mental Health Awareness month and always, our present awareness along this journey matters. What led...
The Menstrual Cycle & Fertility Awareness: Your Inner Phases
Your menstrual cycle is more than just your period – which is actually just a small fraction of the whole cycle! These are your inner phases; just like the Earth,...
The Insight of the In-betweens
It makes sense that our main focus within our cycles is typically on the peak events of menstruation & ovulation. They are the most intense turning points with the most...
Body Gardens: The Beauty of Accepting & Embracing Your Body Hair (if you want to)
Whether you have fields on your legs, a meadow under your arms, a bush between your legs, or brush above your lip, your natural growth is beautiful. And whether...
DIY at Home: Natural Herbal Remedies to Calm Your Body, Mind & Menstrual Cycle
Our herbal allies can bring us so much relief in times of discomfort when we don’t know how to help ourselves. Natural remedies are effective when given the proper...
The Healing Power of Presence in Pain & Discomfort
I write this reflection in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, where I am lucky to be home and well with much time to reflect. So I write this with...
My Favorite Reusable & Sustainable Menstrual Products - For Your Wallet & The Planet!
Oh where do I even begin! I’m sure most of us grew up being given disposable pads and tampons to use - there’s no shame in the fact that...
What's Hiding in Your Menstrual Products? The Truth About Pads, Tampons & the Reproductive Health Industry
Healthy menstruation is, arguably, one of the most important, yet the most overlooked, aspects of our health and the body-positivity movement. We have been taught to believe that it is largely an inconvenience to bleed: painful, messy, and embarrassing. For centuries, the patriarchy taught us to believe that bleeding people are "dirty", unholy, and even dangerous.
Does the Moon really Impact my Menstrual Cycle? Lunar Influence, Guidance & Intention
What is lunar influence and why does it matter? The moon is our reminder to turn inwards. In the very externally-focused world we live in, we are not as...
Self Devotion: Committing to the Habit of Cycle-Tracking
When we are able to follow and record what our bodies tell us, we can follow the flow more easily and be more in-tune with our nature. This allows us...
The Journey towards Body Literacy
In our busy lives we tend to forget to pay attention to our bodies and the cycles within and around us. I often find that the stress of everyday life...
Reawakening Our Intuitive Wild Nature, Together
Jessi Mendez of Wild Essence Alchemy We all possess the dark and the light, yin & yang, solar & lunar, inner & outer. We are conscious of both, but our...
