If Men Had Periods
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
3y ago
This is a guest blog, written by Louise Ryder who you’ll find working behind the scenes here at Red School and on her own page at Woman in Power. 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 bathroom, it’s a pretty rough day when you’re caught at the times you do with no paper.  If men had periods, they would shout about them with pride. “Please Miss, I need to go to the bathro ..read more
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How To Support Your Child With Their First Period And Beyond
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
3y ago
Written by Emily Stewart, founder of The Real Period Project and the guide for our new Mothering Your Daughter Through Menarche course. Much of what made starting periods so hard for most people was the secrecy and silence surrounding this universal, natural process. Concealment leads rapidly to shame, and swallowing this message young breeds a lifetime of hating something that makes us who we are.  But it doesn’t have to be this way.  Being prepared before they start is key (see the two previous articles in this series: Three Ways To Prepare Yourself For Your Child’s First Period (P ..read more
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Three Ways to Prepare Your Child For Their First Period (Part 2)
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
3y ago
Written by Emily Stewart, founder of The Real Period Project and the guide for our new Mothering Your Daughter Through Menarche course. Whilst there is still a long way to go in our culture in learning to appreciate periods and the menstrual cycle, conversation is more open and we as parents can play a big part in changing the narrative for our children.  We can teach them early on the difference between privacy and secrecy, and foster pride rather than shame. And we can play a really active role in preparing them for puberty and periods so they feel supported, held and as ready as possib ..read more
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Three Ways To Prepare Yourself For Your Child’s First Period (Part 1)
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
3y ago
Written by Emily Stewart, founder of The Real Period Project and the guide for our new Mothering Your Daughter Through Menarche course. Puberty. We all survived it, grew up and got on with our lives, putting those awkward years behind us. For many of us, periods were a major event in this puberty journey, and one that was often an isolating, sometimes frightening, experience.  If you have a child who is approaching puberty and periods you might be wondering how best to navigate the times ahead. Is it really possible for their experience to be different from ours? Can we really change the ..read more
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Go tenderly into the void
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
4y ago
Boy, are we in the mother of all voids right now, collectively. We wake up at the start of the week not knowing what we’ll face. We’re walking on constantly shifting sands. The future is a big unknown.  The interesting thing is that those of us who have been practicing menstrual cycle awareness have quietly been training for exactly this kind of moment!  Each menstrual month our cycle has prepared us for these times by guiding us through the building up and ‘buffering’ of the first half of the cycle, which is followed by the contraction and dissolution of the second half, u ..read more
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My big bleed for Coronavirus
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
4y ago
So, what do you do when faced with a never-seen-before global crisis, the ensuing waves of fear, hideous confusion and unknown unknowns?   Who knows? I didn’t know. But I kept faith with my lil ol’ menstrual cycle. And it drew me deeper in, right into the eye of the storm, to face it, feel it, be undone…. and then it put me back together and delivered me to a new ground within.  There is something curious and magical that happens when you practice menstrual cycle awareness. You start to wonder if life is colluding with you, working on your behalf, to deliver you exactly what is need ..read more
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Five Ways to Have the Best Menopause Ever
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
4y ago
Our whole lives, we’re taught that menopause is a big drama, an ordeal that we somehow have to survive.  Many women find themselves blindly navigating their way through this transition, feeling lost, mad and dismissed. They’ve been cast outside of a dignified holding and respect for this rite of passage that is, in fact, significant to the whole community. The brilliance of menopause has become subsumed in a culture in denial of cyclical life. When, in truth, menopause holds the key for awakening and instating women leaders of the future! In preparation for our first ever menopause ..read more
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Adventures in creativity
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
5y ago
We had hit That Moment. You know the place…it’s when you wonder why you are doing what you are doing, the moment when you think it’s all s**t, or you’re just punch drunk with exhaustion and never want to see your creative project again. All the shine has gone from the initial great vision you had. Or maybe it’s ‘what vision?’. You have forgotten what it was that made you want to do this thing, and now you’re over it and could easily walk off into the sunset never to return. All creative projects inevitably have to travel through this dangerous phase if they are to become anything of substance ..read more
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How can menstruality heal our relationship to earth? It’s time for radical action.
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
5y ago
We’ve been dreaming into this question for the last three decades, and never has there been a more important time to listen for the answer. Although the Extinction Rebellion is doing a phenomenal job of raising awareness of the climate crisis, scientists are now clear that we have only twelve years to mitigate climate change – it’s time for radical action. What role can our menstrual cycle awareness play in this? We passionately believe that menstruality can transform our relationship to the earth. Yes, it’s a bold statement! But we’re living in tumultuous times, and fortune fa ..read more
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Menstruality is going global – thanks to YOU.
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by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
5y ago
Did you hear? A film about the menstrual cycle just won an Oscar! ‘Period. End of Sentence’ is part of a budding global movement to tell the story of menstruality, and it’s so thrilling to witness. At Red School, we dream of restoring consciousness of the power of the menstrual cycle in the world; to our institutions of health and healing, counselling and therapy, education, business, spirituality; and to political and cultural life. Imagine that world! The building of this world starts with each woman (or menstruator) doing the quiet, intimate practice of cycle awareness.   The simple ..read more
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