Fertility Awareness Method and Herbalism

5 Perks of Pen-to-Paper Menstrual Cycle Charting (That You Just Can't Get From an App) circular calendar fertility awareness natural birth control symptothermal trying to conceive women's health

Here are top 5 reasons to chart your menstrual cycle and fertility signs using pen-to-paper (Menstrual Calendar Journal):

Better for Learning

Research* shows that people learn best when...

Fire Cider: How-To Make this Easy DIY Herbal Remedy herbal remedy women's health

I originally wrote this post in 2016, and titled it:

Drink Fire Cider So You Can Use Your "Sick Days" For Some Fun Instead

When I worked full-time for a company with very limited sick and vacation...

How to use Herbs for Emotional PMS Relief female reproductive system pms women's health

Whatever PMS symptoms I’m feeling, emotionally and physically, can usually directly be tied back to how my month went.

Little to no PMS symptoms means I took really good care of myself the...

Vitex: Not (always) the New Pill for Women’s Ills, Part III female reproductive system hormonal imbalance vitex women's health

I know, I know! I’ve said before how much I love Vitex-- a beautiful, potent medicinal plant. And yet.

Similarly to how Western medicine recommends “the pill” for all...

Red Raspberry Leaf: Female Reproductive Tonic as a Delicious Sweet Tea! [Recipe inside] female reproductive system herbal tea uterine tonic women's health

Red Raspberry Leaf and nectarine iced tea in the making!

Raspberry Leaf (Rubus idaeus) tastes gently sweet and earthy, and is a uterine and pelvic tonic. The way I’ve made it here...