There's any number of reasons why I might be feeling off right now: Stressed about a deadline. Somebody hurt my feelings. The chemical imbalance in my brain. All of the above?! Or maybe it's PMS. As a ...

I don’t want to say my period runs my life, but... it kind of runs my life. I experience each phase of my cycle — menstruation, follicular, ovulation, and luteal — seemingly to the utmost degree, and ...

I got my period for the first time when I was 13 years old. I was at summer camp. At the time, it was the worst thing that could possibly happen. I was scared of tampons and too embarrassed to talk to ...

I turned 30 in December 2021 and - spoiler alert for anyone approaching it - it wasn’t the big ‘to-do’ that I imagined 30 would be (after growing up ingesting every rom-com ever made). I thought I ...

Having a period is a rollercoaster ride, to say the least. Throughout the average 28-day cycle, you go through mood changes, energy highs, energy lows — and then it all culminates with a symphony of ...

It was my first period in over a decade. Yep, I was 28 going on 14, after swapping my progesterone-only contraceptive pill – which comes with the handy side effect of never having that time of the ...

A period that shows up two weeks ahead of schedule can feel like a red flag, but timing alone does not always signal trouble. Cycles shift for all kinds of reasons—some meaningful, some just part of ...

My son is super clingy and often comes to the bathroom with me. One of those times I was on my period, so I took the time to explain to him what it meant. Normalizing periods might help him be more ...

A few years ago, GB runner Jessica Judd (listen to our podcast with Jess) made a startling admission: depending on the stage of her menstrual cycle, her 3,000m time could vary by as much as 15 seconds ...

I was ten years old when I got my period. It was a September day and some girls from my neighborhood and I had just gotten back from 7-Eleven with a slush and candy. I had to use the bathroom, so I ...

Cycle syncing is having a major moment in the fitness industry right now. (Search “cycle syncing workouts” on TikTok, and you’ll be served an eye-popping 14.7 million results!) If you’re not familiar ...