About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges girls face during their hormonal years and how to support them through cycle awareness and healthy relationships with food.

In this episode: Why "common" symptoms like painful periods, mood crashes, and headaches aren't actually "normal"—and what they're telling us The difference between NFP and body literacy, and why cycle awareness is a gift we owe our daughters How cycle syncing can shape the way we eat and exercise across the month The surprising parallels between puberty and perimenopause Building a healthy relationship with food to help guard against disordered eating later on Missed the mother daughter workshop? You can still register here and watch the replays. https://healthandhormones.org/mother-daughter-2/ Want one on one support? Schedule a free discovery call with Rita here. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=18525602&appointmentType=27841554

People in this episode

Host: Rita Johnson

Topics covered

• hormonal health
• menstrual cycle awareness
• disordered eating prevention
• puberty
• perimenopause
• cycle syncing

Keywords

• painful periods
• mood crashes
• headaches
• NFP
• body literacy
• cycle syncing
• puberty
• perimenopause
• disordered eating

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Health and Hormones, healthandhormones.org, Acuity Scheduling

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