Books and Podcasts

RESOURCES FOR MENSTRUAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

I have compiled a list of my favourite resources that may be useful for those wishing to deepen their awareness of their menstrual cycle, for practical, physical, emotional, social and spiritual reasons! NB This page mostly includes unaffiliated recommendations only. If you wish to be advertised, please get in touch! NB This page mostly includes unaffiliated recommendations only.

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Maiden. A Mother's Guide to Puberty and Menarche as a Sacred Rite of Passage by Donna Raymond - Paperback

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In print for over twenty years and with almost 400,000 copies sold, The Period Book is an essential and reassuring must-read for every girl going through puberty, and every parent wishing to prepare a daughter for this important milestone.

Girls Only! focuses on the practicalities, social and personal implications of starting your period, and the physical and emotional developments in puberty. It tells you what happens and when, what you need to know and how to prepare. It answers all the questions girls are dying to ask, but daren't, in a clear, friendly way, using real-life examples.

Girl Stuff 8–12 is the essential younger girl's guide to puberty and the pre-teen years. Fully revised and updated edition 2019/2020 Here's everything you need to know about being a pre-teen, from Kaz Cooke, author of Girl Stuff for teens.

A frank, funny, age-appropriate guide for pre-teens about getting your period, from Dr Melissa Kang (a former Dolly Doctor) and Yumi Stynes

What day are you on? How can you best channel your power? What powers? Your menstrual powers. Lucy Peach, author of Period Queen is a period preacher blowing the lid off shame and empowering people to have their greatest period ever. Period Queen - Life hack your cycle and own your power all month long.

A profound and practical blueprint for aligning daily life with your menstrual cycle. Period Power is the handbook to periods and hormones that will leave you wondering why the hell nobody told you this sooner.

Robyn Steward is 26 years old and is on the autistic spectrum. She has been wowing audiences for years with her clear, candid and refreshing approach to providing information on autism, and now she brings her straightforward positive style to women's safety.

PERIOD FOUNDER AND HARVARD COLLEGE STUDENT NADYA OKAMOTO OFFERS A MANIFESTO ON MENSTRUATION AND WHY WE CAN NO LONGER SILENCE THOSE WHO BLEED—AND HOW TO ENGAGE IN YOUTH ACTIVISM.

REVISED AND UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER. Emma loathes her period. Really, she does. But there's something she loathes even more: not being able to talk about it. Don't be revolted, lead the revolt!

’Passionate, informed and thought-provoking.’ Jane Garvey ’A must read for everyone. Period.’ Kirsty Wark ’Clever, useful and wise. Read it. Pass it on to your daughters. And then to your sons.’ Fi Glover ’Emma cuts right through all the myths and embarrassment with searing facts, honesty and, perhaps more importantly, humour. A bleeding good read.’ Yomi Adegoke

50 Things You Need to Know About Periods : Know your flow and live in sync with your cycle. We're taught not to discuss periods in public. Society doesn't celebrate the menstrual cycle. Instead we say it's 'that time of the month' when 'Aunt Flo is visiting' and we've 'got the painters in'. But the truth is that it can be bloody hard living in a body that bleeds once a month.

Naturopathic doctor Lara Briden wants to give women the knowledge and tools to improve their period health.

Known as the 'Period Girl', this book builds on Nicole's successful 'fix your period' online course, training and coaching and will help women solve their period problems without using the pill.

Wild Power is a book about feminine power-the power of the menstrual cycle. An embodied consciousness that opens a woman to a unique force that can heal, restore love, guide her home to herself, and support the manifestation of her dreams, ambitions, and life calling. This book reveals the inner architecture of a woman and the path to power that is encoded in her body, which takes her on an initiatory journey from menarche to menopause. This unique force tutors us in the sacred tasks of each phase of this journey, the perils and the pitfalls, as we grow into our authority and eldership as creators and leaders in the world.

Podcasts...

Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power.

Period Power is a profound but practical blueprint for aligning daily life with the menstrual cycle. By Maisie Hill.

PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed—and how to engage in youth activism.