Putting a Stop to The Stops

Putting a Stop to The Stops

When I worked in the West End, we had a running joke that whenever anyone went on holiday, they’d get what we called ‘The Stops’. It’s when you’ve been running on adrenaline for an extended period of time; you finally take your foot off the accelerator, slam on the...
Levelling the Playing Field

Levelling the Playing Field

Please note: throughout this article, I refer to ‘women’ and ‘men’. When talking about women, I’m referring to those with a menstrual cycle. Not everyone who has a menstrual cycle is a woman and not all women have menstrual cycles. I...
Use Your Power For Good

Use Your Power For Good

As we learn about how we can sync our lives with our menstrual cycle, as we marvel about how far we have come, as we become outraged that nobody shared this information with us and begin to harness the power of our cyclical nature, it is important that we recognise...
Further Enquiring

Further Enquiring

Most women who find Woman In Power have never heard of fertility awareness or cycle syncing before. I love this and am so grateful to be able to do this work and introduce so many women (and soon, girls!) to this work.  AND whilst we marvel at the wonders available to...
Cycle Syncing and Privilege

Cycle Syncing and Privilege

When you’re passionate about this work, it’s easy to paint all women with the same brush: “You should sync with your menstrual cycle because that’s what’s good for you.” When saying this, we often cite the following: if you are post-menopausal, have had a...
If Men Had Periods

If Men Had Periods

If men had periods, there would be free menstrual products in every single bathroom. Companies would sweat over this expense no more than they sweat over toilet paper, because they would acknowledge that whilst not every person poops every time they go to the...