... you're sick of dealing with:

Painful cramps that take you out: 

You’re bent over in excruciating pain that knocks you out for several days each month. You can’t get out of bed on some days. You’re rationing your PTO days hoping that you don’t have to use them because you physically cannot move because of your period again. Your go-to action plan of heating pad plus ibuprofen only does so much to calm the pain and you think, "There must be something else I can do. Are cramps this bad really ‘normal’??"

A long or heavy period you simply can't ignore:

Your period shows up and it definitely lets you know it’s here. You have to change your cup, pad, or tampon every single hour or risk ruining your favorite pair of jeans. White pants are definitely out of the question. Sometimes you double up on period protection to just be safe. You started using a period cup and realize there are these purplish blood clots and you’re not sure what that means. You brace yourself when your period shows up because you know to buckle up for more than a week of dealing with it.

Pre-period acne that shows up right on time on your chin / jawline:

That zit (or two or twelve) makes its monthly appearance on the dot. It lets you know it’s on its way, brewing under the surface before it finally appears all swollen and angry. You’ve tried every skincare product under the sun, changing what you eat, praying it away, but it still shows up on time every month. You just want to feel confident in your skin and this painful, cyclical hormonal acne is not helping!

Spotting leaving you wondering if it's actually your period: 

Does your period start and trail off with spotting instead of having a distinct start/stop? Or does spotting happen mid-cycle? Period is that you? Wait weren’t you just here two weeks ago? Am I ovulating? Has it been 4 weeks? Maybe it is time? Oh, you’re gone again? What is happening?

Headaches or menstrual migraines that take over your whole day: 

That throbbing in your head makes it impossible to think clearly, let alone get anything done. You’re sick of cancelling plans, but you can barely move and just need to lie down until it (hopefully) goes away. You haven’t really thought about it, but it does seem that it shows up monthly around half-way through your cycle or right before your period is about to start.

You experience a low libido, vaginal dryness, or pain during sex: 

You never initiate sex. Your libido has packed up its bags long ago with a one way ticket and didn’t tell me where it was going. It’s dryer than the Sahara Desert down there and you experience pain during sex. Neither are helping you get in the mood. It’s such a bummer because you love your partner, but you don’t know why, sex is last thing on your mind.

...you're frustrated with:

A period that is MIA. 

Sometimes it shows up, sometimes it doesn’t. You’ve had maybe 3 or 4 cycles in the past year (maybe less?) Shouldn’t I have one every month? Your cycles are definitely longer than 30 days, maybe even 40, 50, 60 days (or more!) Something is up but you don’t know why it’s missing or why it decides to show up sometimes but not others.

Skin issues that won't quit: 

That deep, cystic acne that just won't budge. It lets you know it’s on its way, brewing under the surface before it finally appears all swollen and angry. You’ve tried every skincare product under the sun, changing what you eat, praying it away, but it still persists. You just want to feel confident in your skin and this painful, hormonal acne is not helping!

Something is up with your hair:

 It’s falling out, splitting at the ends, or just not growing. You notice you’re losing more hair than usual in the shower or are emptying your brush way more often. Maybe you even have hair growing in places it’s not welcome. You don’t want hair growing on my face, but if it could grow back on your head that would be great!

You've been struggling with your fertility: 

You've been trying for months (or over a year) to get pregnant naturally but it’s just not happening. You think, "I guess my period has been a bit off? Is this affecting my ability to get or stay pregnant? More than anything I just want a happy pregnancy and healthy baby and want to make sure I’m doing everything I can to support this dream. There must be a way to do this naturally."

Food cravings that leave you feeling a bit out of control: 

You love food, but you're sick of feeling like out of control around it. You don’t feel satisfied no matter what you eat and feel like you are on a blood sugar rollercoaster. It’s like chocolate has this spell over you and you just can’t stop! You know all foods can fit, but you feel like you keep unintentionally overdoing it and mostly just don’t feel great. You just want a better relationship with food, one rooted in love of food, not fear of it.

You never really feel rested:

Low energy & fatigue make everything harder than it needs to be: 

You would love to have more energy and not feel so tired all of the time. Getting up in the morning is a struggle - even if you actually get enough sleep you still feel so tired! You need caffeine just to keep going and you experience an afternoon crash pretty much daily. It’s just like, on top of all of you period symptoms, you barely have the energy to do much about it. Your fatigue gets in the way of living your best life.

Sleep is a struggle:

It’s either racing thoughts keeping you up at night, waking up some time between 1 am and 4 am then cannot fall back to sleep, waking up in a panic before your alarm has even gone off, or getting out of bed is the biggest effort of the day. Maybe you travel often and the constant crossing of timezones makes it near impossible to have a regular sleep schedule. You don’t even know the last time you remembered a dream and sometimes you wake up with these awful night sweats and have to change your PJs. The last time you felt rested? That’s a funny question.

✦ Elimination diets, but there's nothing left to cut out

✦Every other diet under the sun - Paleo, keto, WW, calorie counting you name it

✦Every serum, cleanser, moisturizer you can get your hands on

✦Taking hair, skin & nail vitamins, hair masks, conditioning treatments, talking with your hairdresser, 

✦Random hormone balancing supplements in hopes that this will be the missing link - but you're not sure if they're doing anything or what your body needs

✦Talking with your doctor - but you leave with more questions than answers

✦Searching for answers on Google - but can't seem to find the information you're looking for

✦Following suggestions you read about in Facebook group - but that's not working either

✦Following various influencers hoping if you just do what they say all of your symptoms will go away

You've tried birth control:

You’ve tried taking birth control because you were told it would ‘regulate your period’. But maybe it’s not working for you anymore and symptoms are starting to creep back in, you want to try a more natural approach, or you recently transitioned off birth control but your periods have not returned to normal. You’re frustrated because you’ve tried all of the things to support your hormones during this transition but all of these issues are returning or new ones that you haven’t had to deal with before are showing up. All you can think is: help!

You want to ditch birth control by you're worried about:

• Scary symptoms you've heard horror stories about
• Your awful pre-birth control problems returning, but worse
• Whether or not your period will come back right away (or at all!)
• Managing your hormone-related condition, like PCOS or endometriosis, naturally without birth control
• What birth control has done to your fertility and chances of having a healthy pregnancy either now or in the future
• Using non-hormonal birth control options to prevent pregnancy
• Where to even begin with tracking your cycle
• Who you even ARE without the birth control you've been on for YEARS

Or maybe you've already taken the plunge to ditch the synthetic hormones and you are experiencing random symptoms and have no idea what to do...

• Your once flawless skin is covered in breakouts
• You losing your hair in clumps
• Your period is STILL MIA or on the flipside super heavy or painful
• You're trying to get pregnant but are met with disappointment and negative pregnancy tests month-after-month
• Your emotions are all over the place and you feel like a different person every two minutes
• You're struggling with gut issues
• You get terrible hormonal headaches or migraines
• Maybe you've heard of post-birth control syndrome and you're wondering ... do I have that?

And you've even tried working with health practitioners:

You’ve already poured hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars into working with different practitioners - maybe holistic or functional medicine professionals - because you feel a root cause approach makes the most sense, but something STILL isn’t clicking. You’ve done the expensive supplement protocols, restrictive food plans, hormone tests. Why isn’t it working?? It seems to just be adding more stress and you're sick of bouncing around from practitioner to practitioner not getting answers and clearly no one is talking to each other when it comes to your health plan.

You feel stuck with all of the conflicting information:

There is so much information out there and you’ve tried to piece it all together, but you’re exhausted of how everything seems to contradict each other. You don’t even know what to believe anymore and just wish there was a plan that mapped out the truth without the noise.

Overall, you feel like you MUST be missing something:

You’ve already tried SO many things, but your symptoms persist despite all of your effort. This can’t just be it, can it?? You wish you had a starting point because you don’t even know where to begin, and nothing has worked so far...