Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

You can track your period's start and end dates to estimate when you will likely ovulate. Use ovulation test strips to detect hormone surges that predict ovulation. When your ovary releases an egg ...

The different phases of the menstrual cycle have fluctuating hormones that impact mood, energy, nutrition intake and more. Here's what to know. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus ...

Your menstrual cycle is the monthly process your body goes through to prepare for pregnancy. It begins on the first day of your period and ends the day before your next period starts. A typical cycle ...

Welcome to the biology lesson you never had.

How in tune with your menstrual cycle are you? Thanks to growing awareness around how the female body works during the monthly hormonal process—and more ability to track changes in the body, be that ...

Cycle syncing is a practice that involves changes to a person’s diet, exercise routine, and lifestyle habits to align with the different phases of the menstrual cycle. Since every person has a unique ...

Is it that time of the month? The one where your heating pad becomes your best friend and the thought of working out feels like a joke? We’ve all been there. But here’s the plot twist: moving your ...

Studies show the menstrual cycle changes certain brain regions. But they don’t reveal whether that’s connected to emotional fluctuations. Colored coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the ...

Nutrition advice is largely based on the idea that the body’s needs stay consistent from day to day. But anyone who menstruates knows their body goes on a roller-coaster ride throughout the month.