My friend Whitney Walker is an LMFT who specializes in addiction, substance abuse, eating disorders and trauma. In this episode of her Women Waken podcast, we discuss everything from trauma to magic mushrooms to shaking off your trauma…

I’ve personally spent far too much of my time wishing, hoping, praying that things would just change to make things easier for me. But what I didn’t realize is that by resisting the circumstances in my life, I was keeping myself trapped. I was a prisoner to my thoughts of “if-only”. Listen to the guided surrender meditation now >>

Exactly how and why does stress affect your period? How can you tell if a late period, or another period issue, is caused by stress or by something else?

Childhood trauma is widespread, and in my decade (+) of work with women suffering from debilitating period problems, I’ve found that unprocessed childhood trauma is usually a major contributing factor. It might seem hard to believe, but many women heal their periods when they work to heal from their childhood trauma.

It was, by far, the most painful time in my life. But without realizing it, I was setting the stage for the next step in both my own evolution and the evolution of Groove.

Natural birth control gets a REALLY bad rap and has some seriously awful stereotypes attached to it. Let’s set the record straight…

It’s easy for things to feel out of your control when something isn’t quite going the way you’d hoped, so being able to fully understand what’s happening during the process is a BIG deal…

To show you just how NOT alone you are, I asked some folks who have been in the very same boat to share their experiences. Here’s what they said…

Your reproductive health has a lot more bearing on your overall health and well-being than you probably realize. It may not be super intuitive, but in actuality, reproductive health is vitally important to maintaining good overall health…

Deciphering your cycles isn't always easy — everyone's body is a little different. But once you know what to look out for, collecting data about your periods can give you a powerful look into the health of your hormones, your reproductive system, and your body…

Everyone’s cervical fluid pattern is a little different, and it won’t always follow the stereotypical “sticky” → “creamy” → “egg white” → “watery” pattern that we always hear so much about…

There are other benefits you may not know about, so I’m going to break down the meaning of a few different cervical fluid patterns to show you why it’s so important to check your cervical fluid throughout your entire cycle (and not just when you’re fertile).

If you’re ready to learn the method and take advantage of the many ways it can benefit your life and your health, there are lots of ways to learn…

Your period is different from my period, which is different from someone else’s period…but it’s also kind of the same…make sense?

In order to grasp why the sympto-thermal method is so awesome, there are a few facts you need to know. I didn’t learn any of this in sex ed, and, odds are, you didn’t either! Prepare to have your mind blown…

When I found fertility awareness, I was never expecting to discover a link between my horrible periods, my cyclical anxiety, and the chronic constipation that had persisted since my childhood…

For you, fertility awareness may be a way to prevent pregnancy, but for someone else, it may be a way to better understand irregular cycles. Fertility awareness is whatever your beautiful self desires!

Got acne? Menstrual cramps? Heavy flow? Irregularity? Mood swings? Anxiety? A hangnail? Take the pill! Okay…so maybe that last one was an exaggeration, but most doctors will prescribe hormonal contraception for just about anything these days…

In this guest blog post, Dr. Laura Briden ND explains how you may have an irregular period now, but it won’t always be like that. Your body wants to ovulate regularly…

Groove has something for everyone. Whether you’re on the pill or using barrier methods, we’ve got you covered. Even if you’re looking to prevent pregnancy without hormones or devices, we’ve got what you need! …