Go with your flow

What should my period be like? What can I do when things go wrong? And are there better options for me than taking the birth control pill? These are common questions among women; so why do so few of us have reliable answers? With the menstrual cycle's taboo history and the shortcomings of traditional medicine, women are left with few options for addressing period problems beyond a prescription for birth control. But the pill, unfortunately, just shuts off the body's hormonal cycles without allowing the chance to truly heal. For too long, periods have been viewed as "too problematic," "too messy," and "too hormonal" to spend much time worrying about. It's time to think differently about periods and the hormones that regulate them. The female body is resilient, powerful, and wise, and the menstrual cycle follows suit when given the right support. Many women don't realize that their fertility and feminine physiology play a crucial role in supporting well-being, even outside of family planning or pregnancy. Because of this, they settle for hormone-disrupting pharmaceutical interventions which often make the original problem worse, not better -- whatever it had originally been. Though it seems like a simple solution, prescription of hormonal contraceptives for period problems simply creates millions of over-medicated women who never knew that they had an alternative choice. Consequently, their period problems remain and even worsen, with the symptoms hidden under the cover of their hormonal contraceptives. That's a problem. It's the twenty-first century, and it's time to allow women to identify the root cause of their period problems and make their own decisions about how they want to address them. Go With Your Flow is the solution they needed all along, offering a deep dive into the essential, evidence-based information about the female body, how it works, and what it means when problems arise.