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......

Maintaining optimal menstrual care helps you to live a healthy, productive life. When you face challenges with your cycle, it can slow you down, cause stress, and make you sick.

However, taking a holistic approach to menstrual wellness improves your health. Nutritious food choices and customized fitness routines support a healthy cycle. Scheduling routines and embracing nature help you to achieve balance and harmony any time of the month.

When you’re experiencing cramps, bloating, discomfort, fatigue, and a host of other personal symptoms, the last thing you likely want to do is put on a little black dress and go out on the town with your partner. While romantic nights out are always appreciated, they aren’t always practical – especially when you’re on your period.

But, experiencing menstrual discomfort doesn’t mean you don’t want to enjoy quality time with your partner.

Mastering women’s health is an intricate balance of monitoring hormones and considering other external factors. Symptoms like acne, irritability, weight gain, weight loss, low energy, and hot flashes can be attributed to changes in hormone levels that inherently happen with reproductive cycles.  

Periods are never convenient and can be challenging to deal with even from the comfort of your own home — but traveling while on your period can be even worse. Unfortunately, you can’t really control when you have your period, and sometimes, it might sneak up on you when you least expect it.

So if you’re planning a long road trip, it’s best to always be prepared just in case. Sitting in the car for long durations can make your period symptoms worse. However, that doesn’t mean you have to simply grin and bear it or cancel your trip.

With a little extra preparation and mindful planning, you can ensure a more comfortable drive during your period. 

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.

Intermittent fasting is one of the most popular health improvement plans today. The theory behind intermittent fasting is that humans were used to staying hungry for long stretches in prehistoric times. Based on this deduction, it is unnatural for humans to have such unrestricted access to food, contributing to uncontrolled weight and increased diseases.

There is a push to make workplaces more equitable, supportive, inclusive, and diverse. This is, in part, due to the Great Resignation, where millions of workers voluntarily quit their jobs to pursue opportunities that fit their needs better. Not only do these employees want better working arrangements, but they're also seeking policies, benefits, and resources that support who they are and how they live.  

Every woman responds differently to each stage of their menstrual cycle, with some women experiencing harsher symptoms than others.

For some women, their menstrual cycles are more predictable as they will get their period often on the same day of each cycle. For others, it will be more unpredictable as to when it will happen.

In either case......

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.

If you menstruate, it’s crucial to learn more about how alcohol can affect your period. Drinking alcohol is a common activity, but it can have disruptive impacts on your body during menstruation.  

Further, there are many misconceptions about vaginal health, reproductive well-being, and menstruation. With such pervasive myths, it’s difficult to know how to best care for yourself during your cycle — which, for many people, is already a challenging and painful time.

Learning more about alcohol consumption during menstruation will empower you to make the best possible decisions for your reproductive health. Here’s what you need to know.

The world is full of health misinformation. You probably already know this. What you likely don’t know is how much this misinformation harms women. Common knowledge regarding birth control, menstruation, and hormonal health is often factually inaccurate and damaging to women’s health. The following will focus on one area of women’s health specifically: periods. In particular, what to do when you have a particularly painful period.

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!

Hormone fluctuation is a natural part of every female’s menstrual cycle. When you feel changes in your mood, energy, food cravings, and more, it’s often your body communicating the shifts it’s experiencing. When you begin to track your cycle, you can better understand how hormonal changes impact your body and take proactive measures to keep yourself in tip-top shape.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) can cause various symptoms for those who experience a period. Mood swings, irritability, cramping, bloating, pelvic pain, and even teen and adult acne are some of the more common symptoms. However, the changes that the body goes through during the menstrual cycle can result in numerous other issues, which primarily stem from the changes in hormone levels.

This article will review some of the lesser-known symptoms that can accompany a period, including what causes them and guidance on relieving them.

Lyme disease is one of the most common tick-borne illnesses in the U.S. and Europe. Caused by certain species of bacteria, including Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease leads to various short-term and long-term symptoms.

Despite being a common bacterial infection, Lyme disease is difficult to diagnose. That is because many Lyme disease symptoms overlap with those of other illnesses, such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.

Managing the symptoms of Lyme disease can be particularly difficult for women. Fluctuating hormone levels throughout the menstrual cycle can lead to sudden flare-ups. Symptoms such as depression, anxiety, insomnia and body ache can worsen when a female patient is menstruating.

For many women, menstruation is the reason why they don’t travel as much because it's not very convenient to be on the road when they’re on their periods especially with the discomfort. In reality, you can actually travel on your period and minimize the inconvenience if you make a good plan.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to travel on your period.

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.

Menstruation is never an easy time of the month, however, it can be even worse when one's hormones are out of sync. If the cramps, pain, and general discomfort weren't enough, women who experience prolonged menstruation suffer even more.....

The monthly period comes both with positive and negative aspects. Maybe the negative ones are the most alive in the mind of every woman that suffers from premenstrual syndrome (PMS). These usually include tender breasts, mood swings, intense feelings of irritability and anger, headaches, and many more. It is estimated that between 70 and 90 percent of women have at least one symptom of PMS every month. Which sometimes makes it more difficult to live with.

Many of the symptoms of PMS affect your mental health. But how does this happen? Learn how your mental health is affected by your monthly period by reading the following synthesis.

Flip through any fashion magazine and you’re bombarded with images of “perfect” bodies.  There they are – stick-thin women with perfect hair and makeup, sometimes draped over hunky guys with abs of steel.  Most of us know these images aren’t real life – they’re an advertising ploy designed to sell the latest in fashion or makeup or shampoo. 

What is the perfect body, the perfect weight?  The answer could depend on where you live.  Not all cultures value slender bodies.  According to Bradley University, in Fiji “larger bodies are symbols of health and connectedness to the community.  People who lose a lot of weight or are very thin are regarded with suspicion or pity”.  In Jamaica, “plump bodies are considered healthiest and most attractive”.  In western culture, a lean body is considered the beau ideal.    

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? 

In every woman's life, the challenge of the menstrual cycle and its side effects appear each month.
Even if we tend to think only of its negative aspects, there is beauty and positivity behind this experience.

Menstruation can be transformed into a less traumatic experience following a few simple ground rules. So, if you have ever been in at least one of the uncomfortable situations that occur with the menstrual cycle, we believe that the following tips can be very useful for a much faster and easier transition during this period.

All girls will experience menstruation, as they grow up. Whether they'll get their first period at school, camp, or when Mom isn't around, it can be a scary experience.

While no one has control over when a girl's period will begin, you can prepare your daughter(s) for that day – no matter when that is – and reduce anxiety. Here are six ways to go about this.

Is it just me, or do others feel kind of sluggish and out of shape from those long, long months of fitness centers being closed?  I know there are some exemplary ladies with the self-discipline to carry on an exercise routine on their own.  I’m not one of those.  After a few months of a sporadic routine of half-hearted sit-ups and jumping jacks, it’s time to get back into some regular exercise.

Exercise is a very good thing. The Illinois Department of Public Health has a comprehensive list of the general health benefits of exercise for women and, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, “for many women, regular aerobic exercise lessens PMS symptoms”.