Your Monthly club community understands that our menstrual cycle can be a window into your overall health.
What many women don’t realise, is that although your thyroid hormone isn’t a sex hormone, it plays a vital role in your monthly cycle.
Your Monthly Dietitian, Kate, takes us through the thyroid gland, the role of thyroid health has in our cycle health and signs of thyroid hormone issues to watch for.
Read MoreWhile we now appreciate that hormone health has a role in our mood, libido, bone health and even appetite did you also know that it impacts on our physical ability? From muscle strength to recovery, the fluctuating presence of Testosterone, Oestrogen and Progesterone alters our requirements as female athletes (including you weekend warrior!). New Zealand marathon runner and coach Lydia O’Donnell has recently launched an online coaching platform, Femmi, which aims to support females to reach their performance potential by training WITH their cycle. Not against it.
Your Monthly Dietitian, Sara, interviewed Lydia to find out more about Femmi as well as her personal experience navigating normal hormone fluctuations while training and competing in the international running stage.
Read MoreYour Monthly Dietitian Sara loves running as much as she loves a regular cycle, so when she signed up for a marathon she knew it was important to pay careful attention to some key factors to make sure her cycle stayed regular. Intense exercise and physical training can impact on your period regularity due to a change in fuel needs and the production of stress hormones that can occur depending on your chosen activity. This article is for the goal driven women who wants to look after her period as a part of her training regime and provides some practical tips you can implement today!
Read MoreIt is an honour to introduce this month’s muse, Dr Lara Briden, Naturopathic Doctor and author of The Period Repair Manual (a must-read for all women). Lara is not only an expert when it comes to period health and hormones but is also generous with her time, speaking at events internationally, featuring on podcasts and contributing to interviews such as this one in an effort to teach women about the importance of their cycle health. In this interview we speak about contraception, how pill bleeds are not a period and how to work with your GP to navigate your period health.
Read MoreThis article is for you plant powered women! Learn about key nutrients for period health and where we can find these nutrients in plant based foods. In this article we also discuss supplements and when to reach out for expert support from Your Monthly Dietitian Sara.
Read MoreAugusts monthly muse is non-other than Laura Ellen, host of The Sexual Wellness Podcast, founder of the Sexual Wellness Store and sex, love and life coach. You may remember that Laura interviewed @yourmonthly in one of her recent podcast episodes and we had so much fun together we wanted to create some more magic for you gorgeous! In our interview we chat about the importance of playfulness when it comes to sexuality, why the porn industry is creating the need for brave conversations and how you can be intimate across your monthly cycle.
Read MoreThis month’s muse is the delightful Ellie of Loving Ellie’s Belly, and she’s like a breath of fresh air. She’s unapologetically honest, hilarious and kind of silly (in all the best ways) and while her social media presence may appear light hearted there is a deeper motivation behind Ellie’s willingness to let us in on her life. Ellie speaks about her journey to self-worth, surviving an abusive relationship and struggle with her relationship with food. She challenges women to see themselves as more than their bodies and even questions brands for not supporting size diversity among women. Your Monthly spoke with Ellie about her relationship with her body, her views on societies drive for thinness and importance of choosing your “tribe” if you want to be uplifted by those around you.
Read MoreThis month’s muse is the talented Lydia O’Donnell, a professional runner and Nike run coach. Lydia is inspiring not only because of her sporting achievements (she recently placed 20th at the New York Marathon!) but also because of the way she advocates running. Her philosophy? Running is for everyone, all bodies and all abilities. In this interview we spoke about her own experience of “elitism” in the sport, why women (especially runners) need to eat carbohydrates and how she deals with her monthly as an elite athlete.
Read MoreYour Monthly is over the moon to welcome Bel to our monthly muse series for April. This super women is no stranger to hard work, both in her personal and professional life. When she’s not brightening our work days with her week day gig on ZM she is working hard on her own podcast, The Self-Love Club, interviewing women and sharing stories of reliance and personal journeys to self-acceptance. Bel recently opened up about her own journey recovering from an Eating Disorder and agreed to answer some questions for Your Monthly in an effort to raise awareness of the complexity, prevalence severity and of this mental health issue.
Read MoreMarch’s muse is the gorgeous and talented Hannah from Real Rad Food. Hannah worked with Your Monthly last year and was able to face some challenging thoughts around the danger of diet labels and the pressures of being “healthy” with a such a large social media audience. In this interview she bravely lets us in on some of her key discoveries on her journey to period health.
Read MoreFebruary’s muse is non-other than Bridget Paddon of Goal Diggers NZ, an online coaching business for women wanting to see more, do more or be more in their personal or professional lives. Bridget often speaks about her approach to health and wellness on her personal social media platforms and it was in 2017 that she first spoke about her journey coming off hormonal medication and her experience with the oral contraceptive pill. In this interview Bridget speaks about celebrating her monthly, her research into hormonal medication and why being “hormonal” is something worth celebrating.
Read MoreWelcome to the first installment of Monthly Muse, a guest blog series which aims to share lessons, insights or interesting stories from women doing incredible things. January’s muse is the more like muse’s (is that a word?) as not one but two driven women took their passion for ending period poverty in New Zealand and turned it into a social enterprise and environmentally conscious company, Necesse.
Read MoreWhile product reviews are wonderful nothing beats real life accounts from gorgeous girls just like you. Your Monthly recruited a handful of women to try out the latest period craze, Moon Cup’s, for the first time. Here’s what they found.
Read MoreOur right to contraception is something worthy of celebration (thank you feminist activists of the 60’s!) but are you prepared to make an informed choice when it comes to finding what type is right for you and your body?
Read MorePremenstrual syndrome- mood swings, acne, headaches, tender breasts, gorgeous you don’t have to accept this as a normal part of your monthly. If you identify as a PMS-er you need to read this article!
Read MoreYour Monthly Club had the pleasure of answering some period health questions in a collaboration with another The Good Food Clinic. We chat all things ovulation, libido and contraception in this Q&A style blog!
Read MoreMaking changes to your diet and lifestyle may help alleviate or eliminate these symptoms which can often be debilitating, embarrassing and disruptive to everyday life. Being aware of what you eat, and the affect foods may have on your body is the first step to identifying dietary triggers of bowel discomfort.
Read MoreStarting a family couldn’t be further from my mind at the moment, my current world wouldn’t allow the time and dedication to raise a little person. But we have to talk about fertility, and I believe modern women aren’t having this conversation enough!
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