Understand Your Cycle Podcast

This week, we speak to Clio about sex after giving birth, the challenges, difficulties, taboos, and how to get through and over them. Author of "Get Your Mojo Back: Sex, Pleasure and Intimacy After Birth" and founder of company &Breathe Wellbeing, where she works on post-natal retreats, Clio takes us through misconceptions and lessons around sex, post-birth recovery, and lots more.In this episode, we cover:🩸the last taboo of women's health🩸why Clio wrote a book about getting your sex drive back after giving birth🩸how does giving birth change your sex life🩸what we should know about pelvic floor muscles (maybe the most underrated muscles of our body?!) (19m)🩸seeing a women's health physio & c-section scarring🩸rehabilitation after birth🩸post-natal depression (35m23s)🩸couples therapy🩸 sex and its taboos (42m40)Find Clio on:InstagramAmazon booksSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free

Why should I give a sh*t about my sex life? That's what we explore in this SNIPPET!This is a snippet from our conversation with Clio around getting your sex life and self (or new self!) back after giving birth. Make sure you follow and subscribe to not miss next week's episode, where we cover:🩸the last taboo of women's health🩸why Clio wrote a book about getting your sex drive back after giving birth🩸how does giving birth change your sex life🩸what we should know about pelvic floor muscles (maybe the most underrated muscles of our body?!) (19m)🩸seeing a women's health physio & c-section scarring🩸rehabilitation after birth🩸post-natal depression (35m23s)🩸couples therapy🩸 sex and its taboos (42m40)"We don't know what we don't know"Find Clio on:InstagramAmazon booksSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free

This week we talk to Fertility Awareness Coach, Valentina, about how she practices cycle and fertility awareness, in order to live better and not use hormonal contraception. In this episode 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)?Find Valentina on: InstagramHer websiteSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free

What does our menstrual blood actually taste like? That's what we explore in this SNIPPET!This is a snippet from our conversation with Valentina around our menstrual cycle and the Fertility Awareness Method. Make sure you follow and subscribe to not miss next week's episode, where 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)?Find Valentina on: InstagramHer websiteSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free

"Well now I know I'm not crazy." Jada spent years not knowing what was up and why she felt so different from one week to the next. Until... she finally got an accurate diagnosis. In this episode we cover: 🩸Jada's journey to diagnosis🩸what PMDD is and how it feels to someone who doesn't have it🩸the impact of contraception🩸how getting diagnosed changed her life (14mins30)🩸advice to someone who thinks they might have PMDD Subscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free

We're answering the question of why getting diagnosed with PMDD is important. Stay tuned for next week's episode on Jada's PMDD and how she found out she wasn't crazy, where we cover: the journey to PMDD diagnosiswhat is PMDD the impact of contraception the benefits of being diagnosed properlywhat changed for Jadaadvice to someone who thinks they may have PMDDSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-free

Breaking down premenstrual syndrome (PMS) with Bo"[PMS] is not the root cause, it's the symptom" Stay tuned for next week's episode about PMS and hormonal acne, and how Bo was able to overcome them, in which we cover:PMS & what it isHow the pill worsened Bo's symptoms and hormonal imbalance How Bo started cycle-syncingWhat cycle-syncing isTrigger foods and balancing your blood sugar Improving gut health and balancing stress “One moment I was crying, and then I would be so mad.”To learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-freeSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸

"It's not easy to navigate your way through expectations and pressure, and what you absorbed growing up" This week we talk to Diahala about EGG-FREEZING: We start off on some fun period-related stories (featuring menstrual cups), and then dive into egg-freezing: tips and notes on egg-freezing how Diahala decided to freeze her eggshow to deal with social and personal expectations around fertilityhow to prepare mentally and physically for egg-freezing (25 mins)the process of egg-freezing (32 mins)post egg-freezing emotions: surrendering control and moreand👏🏾so👏🏾much👏🏾more! "35 is the age where you have to have it figured out" - supposedly : Diahala tells us how she did the work to overcome these patriarchal preconceptionsFind Diahala on LinkedInTo learn more go to www.understandyourcycle.comSign up to our FREE cycle synced newsletter here: https://www.understandyourcycle.com/learn-your-menstrual-cycle-freeSubscribe and follow to not miss an episode! 🩸