You woke up tired, and despite your regular caffeine fix, you still feel a bit slow. Your body feels heavier during your workout, and your brain feels filled with fog. Maybe you are just having an off day — or your menstrual cycle is to blame.

Your energy levels will rise and fall throughout the four phases of your menstrual cycle to account for how your body is changing. Typically......

Women lead busy lives, and sometimes, exercise, eating right, and self-care don’t make it into our days. It happens. However, not making these things a priority could be the reason why you’re feeling burnt out and not at your best physically and mentally.

With as many as three out of every four menstruating women experiencing some form of PMS, knowing how to relax and quell irritability, depression, and mood swings is crucial to your well-being.

Suffering through your period every month isn’t something you need to do, and there are plenty of ways you can relax and give your body and mind the TLC it needs.

Women have unique health journeys. From getting pap smears and mammograms to experiencing menstruation and menopause to childbirth to working through postpartum and other mental health conditions, women navigate a lot to maintain their health and well-being.

If you’re hoping to continue on a path of good health or start one, incorporating more nature into your life is one of the best steps you can take. A nature-centered lifestyle can transform your physical and mental health, offering benefits like physical fitness and a deeper relationship with yourself.

If you’ve yet to explore the relationship between menstruation, appetite, and mental health, you could be missing out on finding effective solutions for the struggles you experience while on your period.

Ignoring your mental health could contribute to an unhealthy appetite. The hormonal changes you experience during menstruation can worsen mental health issues. These are just a couple of ways the relationship between all three manifests itself.

Social media is a great way to stay connected with the people you love. It can also keep you up to date on news, the latest trends, and what’s happening in entertainment. Unfortunately, some of those trends can do more harm than good – especially if you’re a woman.

Caring for a fundamental aspect of your well-being, the reproductive system, is crucial. Irrespective of gender, nurturing a healthy reproductive system prevents complications and supports optimal fertility. This post delves into essential practices to safeguard and maintain your reproductive system, fostering a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

There is no doubt that the invention of the internet has made it easier to find information than ever before. However, the problem is that anyone can make a website and write whatever they want online. This is a significant problem when people try to self-diagnose a medical issue by reading the medical information that is shared by influencers and websites found from a quick Google search. While there is plenty of factual data, it is far too simple to get confused and actually cause yourself more harm than you would by making an appointment with your doctor.

Today, we will talk a bit about the surge of self-diagnoses in the digital age and why Googling your symptoms could negatively impact your physical and mental health.

If you do decide to deactivate your app, then you should know that there are many other low-tech ways that you can track your cycle without being plugged in. Today, we will talk about app trackers and alternative tracking methods.

Medical concerns can be among the most stressful experiences. We all rely on medical professionals to help us through this process and provide expert guidance. However, there can occasionally be times that you find you’re not receiving the level of care you deserve. 

Your mental and physical health are closely related. If your physical health is suffering, you’re more likely to have conditions like anxiety and depression. Likewise, if you are struggling with a mental health issue, you may find that your sleep suffers and your desire to take healthy actions wane. 

Many of us look forward to the summer months all year round. Whether you’re looking forward to getting outside, swimming, or more exercise, many women tend to get caught up in the busyness that summer brings. Ultimately, we end up putting our healthy summer plans on the back burner, and before we know it, find ourselves at summer parties or lounging in the air conditioning. While summer can be the busiest time of the year, it’s important to prioritize yourself and your health during these warm months.

If there is one thing that women dread every month, it’s their menstrual cycle. Not only do they not look forward to this time, but they also have to worry about preparing for it too, as crazy as that may sound. The overall cycle can last anywhere from 1-7 days, if not more, so preparing for menstrual cycles allows women to get their minds and bodies ready. Although your period may bring you down and make you feel like you are not yourself, there are some tricks you can do to help you feel better.

Anticipating your menstrual cycle can take a toll on you, but it is something that your body will thank you for. The preparation may consist of eating healthy before you crave all those sweet snacks, stocking up on the essentials like pads and tampons, and getting your mind ready to take on another cycle. If you are someone looking to improve how you get ready for your period, keep reading!

Are you looking to improve your nutrition but don’t know where to start? Luckily, improving your nutrition doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are seven hacks that you can use to help improve your diet.

Did you know that you have trillions (with a “t”) of microorganisms living in your body?  These include bacteria, fungi, viruses, and all sorts of other single-cell or multi-cell critters.  Some of them are helpful and others, well, not so much.

Most people have heard of good bacteria, the ones that support your immune system, help you digest food, and fight off bad bacteria. There are even helpful viruses.  Some of the viruses are bacteriophages, meaning that they will infect a bacterium.  They’re harmless to humans but lethal to bad bacteria. 

And what about the fungi?  Well, there’s yeast, and that’s a good thing.  Yeast is part of the natural mix of microbiomes that live in your gut and one important thing it does is help absorb vitamins and minerals from your food. But, like anything else, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing.

Summer is just about the best time of the year when it comes to the plethora of things you can do outside. Despite that, many of us spend time indoors instead and try to unwind from work or family-related obligations.

Instead of letting loose, you can pick up some easy-to-follow, healthy habits which will make you enjoy your summer a lot more. Here’s what you can do to improve your mental and physical health during long summer days.

Living on the go is one of the many unhealthy norms we have today. Waking up at six in the morning to leave for the office at eight. And then coming back home at nine at night to go to bed by one.

And that's not it.

Urinary incontinence is hard to ignore, but some people do try.  Leaving it untreated is not a good idea.  Urinary incontinence can be caused by an underlying medical condition that could grow worse if left undetected and untreated.  It may also increase your risk of urinary tract infections that could lead to kidney damage in the long term.  Skin infections are also a possibility as the bacteria in urine can weaken the skin’s protective barrier again dermatitis and other forms of inflammation......

Yoga has long been known for its calming effect and centering ability for both the body and mind. An increasing amount of people in our modern world turn to yoga, stretching, and meditation to calm stress and anxiety symptoms, as well as to combat depression and ‘down days’. Yoga has long been known to centre the body and mind, as well as focus breathing and quiet negative mental thoughts by clearing your head. Here are seven easy beginner poses which have been known to be effective in calming anxiety.

Many people think of urinary incontinence, the involuntary loss of urine, as something that happens as you get older, and there is some truth to that.  As the bladder muscles age, they tend to weaken and the bladder’s urine storage capacity can decrease.  That, plus the increasing frequency of bladder contractions as you get older, often lead to occasional, frequent, or even constant leaks.

Urinary incontinence is not restricted to older people, though.  While it’s not as common, younger people can suffer from it too.  

There are different types of urinary incontinence.  

Noticing a pattern in your behavior during certain times of the month that you don’t seem to be able to control regardless of what else is going on in your life? You’re not the only one. Experiencing bouts of depression  in the lead up to getting your period, along with all of the many symptoms that go with it, is actually perfectly normal but that doesn't mean you can’t do anything about it. Read on to understand what exactly is happening in your body to make you feel like crying every time you hit your luteal phase hits, and what you can do to combat these symptoms. 

You notice some blood spots on your underwear today. You scour your things to find sanitary napkins. You realized you did not buy them when you had your last trip to the grocery. You did not expect your period to come today. You are not tracking it because you never thought of it as essential until you have to take a quick trip to the pharmacy to get your supply of sanitary napkins.

Maybe, you do not have enough reasons to monitor your period. Let us understand why you need to in this article, but let us go through the menstrual cycle first.

Immune system – a phrase that you have probably heard many times in the last 12 months. Coronavirus pandemic messed up many things in the world. However, there may be one positive thing the virus brought. Many people now understand the importance of the immune system, and they are looking for the best possible way to improve it.

We are what we eat.

You must have heard of this mantra.

Perhaps you don’t need to be told what it means but just to make sure we’re on the same page, it implies that everything we eat forms a collection of molecules that make up the whole body.

That means that if we eat healthy foods, our bodies stay healthy. And if we eat unhealthy foods our bodies become unhealthy.

But how does eating healthy affect your body?

Every woman feels differently during her period, but some symptoms are common to all girls. Cramps, bloating, sore breast, getting pimples, or mood swings are among the most common ones. Periods can turn out to be pretty tough, especially if they take you by surprise. It seems that no matter how much you prepare for it, your monthly period always manages to come when you least expect it.

So, how can you make period days more bearable? 

The cervix is a hollow, pear-shaped organ that forms a tunnel between the uterus and the vagina.  Its function is to allow the flow of menstrual blood from the uterus and to direct sperm into the uterus.

Like any part of the body, there are things that can go wrong with the cervix.