The Holistic Health And Hormones Podcast
Aug 24, 2026 · 46 min · 11 segments
In this episode of The Holistic Health & Hormones Podcast, we explore menstrual awareness and what your menstrual cycle may be telling you about your hormones, overall health and fertility.Your period…
Kori Rae KovacsGuest
Eli HuangHost
Like shouldn't menstrual awareness be taught a lot sooner? Like it should be taught in basically primary school even because that preteens is actually anyone's getting their menstrual cycles from, you know, as young as eight or nine now.

And it's like, if we're not teaching women or teaching young girls, actually, anywhere between 10 to teenage years, I mean, coming to our late 20s, and look, it's the same as a fertility health practitioner and fertility coach.

It's like, these women have no idea about their cycles until they're trying to conceive.

We've kind of grown up in a society where the predominant experience is held through a masculine perspective.

And the thing is, is that our cycles, I believe, I mean, this is a deep belief of me, of mine, is that our cycles are inherently like our internal rhythms and our internal patterns.

And when we understand what those rhythms and patterns are, then we're able to live a more coherent life that feels more vibrant and aligned with our unique energy that ebbs and flows, you know, week to week.

You know, we've kind of downplayed sex, downplayed, you know, this kind of education.

And especially when it comes to women's bodies, you know, women's bodies have been hypersexualized.

And I mean, we could kind of go all around in this area because So many times menstrual cycles are attached to, you know, menstrual cycles of puberty are attached to, you know, sexualization of women.

And so it ends up being taboo or it ends up being just like something that we don't talk about.

And then the issue is, is that we're we are growing up and not understanding or just like very minimally, you know, oh, it's just something that we have to manage, have to deal with.

And we don't really get to know who we are or how our bodies actually function.

Like shouldn't menstrual awareness be taught a lot sooner? Like it should be taught in basically primary school even because that preteens is actually anyone's getting their menstrual cycles from, you know, as young as eight or nine now.

And it's like, if we're not teaching women or teaching young girls, actually, anywhere between 10 to teenage years, I mean, coming to our late 20s, and look, it's the same as a fertility health practitioner and fertility coach.

It's like, these women have no idea about their cycles until they're trying to conceive.

We've kind of grown up in a society where the predominant experience is held through a masculine perspective.

And the thing is, is that our cycles, I believe, I mean, this is a deep belief of me, of mine, is that our cycles are inherently like our internal rhythms and our internal patterns.

And when we understand what those rhythms and patterns are, then we're able to live a more coherent life that feels more vibrant and aligned with our unique energy that ebbs and flows, you know, week to week.

You know, we've kind of downplayed sex, downplayed, you know, this kind of education.

And especially when it comes to women's bodies, you know, women's bodies have been hypersexualized.

And I mean, we could kind of go all around in this area because So many times menstrual cycles are attached to, you know, menstrual cycles of puberty are attached to, you know, sexualization of women.

And so it ends up being taboo or it ends up being just like something that we don't talk about.

And then the issue is, is that we're we are growing up and not understanding or just like very minimally, you know, oh, it's just something that we have to manage, have to deal with.

And we don't really get to know who we are or how our bodies actually function.
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