Le’Nise Brothers is a yoga teacher and registered nutritionist, mBANT, mCNHC, specialising in women’s health, hormones and the menstrual cycle. She is also the host of the Period Story podcast, which aims to break taboos around menstrual health and hormones. Le’Nise has helped hundreds of women improve their menstrual and hormone health through her private practice and group programmes, her Instagram page and talks and workshops for the likes of Stylist, She’s Lost Control, MindBodySpirit Festival and more. Her first book You Can Have A Better Period was released in March 2022.Le’Nise generously shares her story with us and how she has come to being the expert she is today. We focus on the impact of the cycle on our mental health and practises which help us manage our wellbeing during our cycle. We chatted about:Why yoga is a powerful compliment to the cycle workThe connection between our mental health and our cycle hormonesWhy she’s moving away from moving away from using the term PMSShe offers an anti anxiety physical touch practise to help with How she manages her mental and cyclical health and runs her own businessThanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

Sophie Jane Hardy has over a decade of experience building successful marketing strategies and launches for individuals, organisations and non-profits, like the TreeSisters ‘Million Trees’ campaign and Red School‘s global menstruality movement.She is the creator of Your Cyclical Business course, the Communications director of Red School, the host of the Menstruality Podcast, a Mum to a toddler and beloved dog. She’s also a genuinely lovely human being with so much generosity, wisdom and authenticity. I know you're going to love hearing her share.In this episode cover everything from running a cyclical business, marketing strategies, motherhood, how we tend to ourselves and activism. We chat about:Why we love our inner critic and how it’s helped us to transform our livesWhat running a cyclical businesses could look like (it’s the opposite of a patriarchal one by the way)How mothering has changed us as people, business owners and leaders I ask Sophie Jane to support me with my live business tussle around creativity and boundariesTo connect with Sophie Jane and her work click the links below.Your Cyclical BusinessThe Menstruality PodcastInstagramThanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

We are joined today by Barbara Dopfer today, a menstrual cycle mentor and yoga nidra teacher. She works with people who are burnout to help them reclaim their lives through resting well. We discussed:What are the different types of restThe truth behind resting (this is not what you think)Why having a guide helps when you’re starting outHow we landed on agreeing we need rest groupsWhat rest is notWhat rest feels likeIf you’d like to connect with Barbara, you can do so below:https://barbaradopfer.com/https://www.instagram.com/barbaradopfer/Thanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

Laura Wilkes is a cycle awareness educator and yin yoga teacher here to educate you on your menstrual cycle. She is on a mission to empower you with knowledge so you learn how to live aligned with her. To support you in creating space to relax, destress, release and unwind your body through Yin. In this conversation we uncovered our mutual (and radical) subtle and slow approach to life. We also covered;How we are smashing the taboo and stigma around the menstrual cycle in our lives and ways we workWhat ‘living in alignment’ means and how she shares this with clientsA walk through of the main hormonal changes in your cycleA very honest conversation about the pill and the importance of educating yourselfWhy ovulations is so key to your cycle and healthHow stress impacts your cycle and our ways of managing and supporting yourselfThe gift of self love from cycle awarenessYou can connect with Laura on IG @laurajwilkes_ and I'd highly recommend her online Yin classes on a Tuesday evening.Thanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

Jane Brennan is sharing her story about how she came to wake up to a cyclical way of life. As an online wellness brand advisor she supports people to launch and develop their own brands online. Jane is the CEO of Nailah, a beautiful active and leisure wear brand. In this episode we cover:How cycle awareness helped her step off the toxic treadmillWhat her concerns were coming off birth control and what actually happenedThe first book she read which opened her eyes by Alissa Vitta How she works with her cycle in her role as an entrepreneur, mother and wifeOur experiences about talking to men and sons about cyclesWhat our sacred acts of self care are at different stages of our cyclesHow she advocates for financial and time freedom without reaching burnoutYou can connect with Jane over on Instagram on:  https://www.instagram.com/jane.brennan_/https://www.instagram.com/nailahuk/Thanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

This episode is my first solo episode which faces into some of the language and 'maps' of the cycle. Understanding this turned my world from black and white to technicolour. These frames, offers a way to explain what is occuring in our body which many of us have no explination for. It normalises these processes which is so incredibly important.Getting used to some of this language will also help for other conversations I have as we head through the series. This episode adds to the Cycle Tracking Toolkit if you're interested in giving it a go yourself. We cover:What menstruality meansWhat the two energies of the cycle are and how do they show upThe inner seasons of the cycle and how we can lean in to themHere are details on Red School my mentors and Wild Power their book, which is the source for this conversation.Thanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

Welcome to the Cyclical Living Series. Listen for a taste of what this podcast is all about and a little more on what we'll be discussing across the series. I'm your host, Lou Perham and I'm so looking forward to bringing you the gifts of living with your cycle.Thanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.

Jennifer supports women to enhance their body image and self-confidence by guiding them to explore their sensuality, release the shame around sex + pleasure and deeply connect to their bodies.Together we take a magical mystery tour of how Jennifer started on this journey and her realisations along the way. We chat about:Is it actually a 'feminine' cycle?Why we both love our inner WinterHer recommendations on books to help you get informed about your cycle and to start chartingIn learning about her cycle, it helped her switch from a medical approach to a more holistic oneDifferentiating between what the popular version of self care is and what real self care isHow to work through shame around bodies and cycles using languageYou can connect with Jennifer here:Website is : www.jennifer-graham.co.ukContact me: email: [email protected] - @jenniferagraham_ She has kindly gifted us a link to her Secrets to Self-Confidence guide:https://jennifer-graham.co.uk/self-confidence-guide/ Thanks for listening. To download my Cycle Tracking Toolkit, click here.For more info on my 6 week programme 'Know Your Cycle', click hereFind me on Instagram @louperham. If you have any questions want to know more then feel free to DM me on IG.