The importance of menarche and preparing for your child's first period with Charlotte Pointeaux
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Today's episode is with my friend and mentor from Cycle Coach School, Charlotte Pointeaux. Charlotte is an Internationally Award-Winning triple-Certified Coach, Shamanic Craftswoman, Host of Wild Flow Podcast, and a sought-after Menstrual Educator and Speaker.
Charlotte founded First Moon Circles®, a globally-recognised facilitator training program which trains menstrual educators around the world to holistically empower, honour and celebrate children and their families at menarche (their first period). She leads a community of practitioners devoted to spreading period positivity into diverse cultures, communities and countries.
I'm so excited to share this episode as we cover important topics that come up often in my 1:1 coaching and the questions I get asked online. We're chatting about the lifelong impact of our first period, how we can go back to heal that experience if we need to, when and how to prepare for your child's first period, and creating a sacred celebration for this important life event.
In this episode, we talk about:
✨ Charlotte's experience of menarache (her first period), how it impacted her sense of self, and ultimately, the work that she does now
✨ How her life and work shifted from discovering Menstrual Cycle Awareness
✨ How Charlotte began offering "First Moon Circles" for young women and their parents
✨ Why the pill prevents you from having a period
✨ The lifelong impact that our experience of menarche (a person's first period) can have on many areas of our lives
✨ How long it takes for the menstrual cycle to stabilize and regulate after a child's first period
✨ How we can approach our children if they don't want to talk to us about the changes their bodies will/are going through
✨ When to expect your child's first period to arrive and when you might want to start preparing for it
✨ How you can support your child to prepare for their first period
✨ Processing the experience of your own first period so that you aren't passing on unconscious menstrual stigma to your child
✨ Finding ways to honour the sacredness of your child's first period
In this episode we mention:
How to Talk to Kids About Periods
About Bloody Time: The Menstrual Revolution We Have to Have by Karen Pickering & Jane Bennett
The Menarche Initiation (use the code EPISODE2 to take 25% off)
