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Training around your cycle: knowing when to stop
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Training around your cycle: knowing when to stop

Anyone who has spent time on training around your cycle has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Verity LangVerity Lang·April 25, 2026·4 min read
Self-help for low mood: set the standard first
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Self-help for low mood: set the standard first

Advice on self-help for low mood tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·April 19, 2026·4 min read
Building a cycle log: where most people stall
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Building a cycle log: where most people stall

Anyone who has spent time on building a cycle log has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not another…

Rupert SloaneRupert Sloane·April 13, 2026·4 min read
Graded approach to period pain: knowing when to stop
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Graded approach to period pain: knowing when to stop

Put graded approach to period pain back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·April 7, 2026·4 min read
Exercise intensity during your period: six beginner deviations
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Exercise intensity during your period: six beginner deviations

Put exercise intensity during your period back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives…

Verity LangVerity Lang·April 1, 2026·4 min read
Cycle and mood swings: cost, time and results
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Cycle and mood swings: cost, time and results

Let us set the limits of cycle and mood swings first: it reliably improves a trend you can actually compare, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·March 26, 2026·4 min read
Baseline tests before conceiving: the light version and the full one
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Baseline tests before conceiving: the light version and the full one

There is plenty written about baseline tests before conceiving and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done at your…

Rupert SloaneRupert Sloane·March 20, 2026·4 min read
When to start folic acid: read this before you start
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When to start folic acid: read this before you start

Anyone who has spent time on when to start folic acid has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·March 14, 2026·4 min read
Weight management in pregnancy: read this before you start
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Weight management in pregnancy: read this before you start

Separate two things in weight management in pregnancy: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the…

Verity LangVerity Lang·March 8, 2026·4 min read
The order of postpartum recovery: three months in this order
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The order of postpartum recovery: three months in this order

Anyone who has spent time on the order of postpartum recovery has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·March 2, 2026·4 min read
Medication while breastfeeding: knowing when to stop
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Medication while breastfeeding: knowing when to stop

If you have already tried medication while breastfeeding and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…

Rupert SloaneRupert Sloane·February 24, 2026·4 min read
Common menopause symptoms: three months in this order
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Common menopause symptoms: three months in this order

Put common menopause symptoms back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·February 18, 2026·4 min read
How to do a breast self-check: knowing when to stop
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How to do a breast self-check: knowing when to stop

Most people do not fail at how to do a breast self-check from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…

Verity LangVerity Lang·September 10, 2026·4 min read
How often to book a gynae visit: is it worth doing at all
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How often to book a gynae visit: is it worth doing at all

Most people do not fail at how often to book a gynae visit from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·September 4, 2026·4 min read
Cervical screening intervals: knowing when to stop
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Cervical screening intervals: knowing when to stop

Most people want cervical screening intervals to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Rupert SloaneRupert Sloane·August 29, 2026·4 min read
Common causes of anaemia: fixing it point by point
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Common causes of anaemia: fixing it point by point

Anyone who has spent time on common causes of anaemia has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·August 23, 2026·4 min read
Hormones and adult acne: fixing it point by point
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Hormones and adult acne: fixing it point by point

Put hormones and adult acne back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…

Verity LangVerity Lang·August 17, 2026·4 min read
Comparing contraceptive options: cost, time and results
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Comparing contraceptive options: cost, time and results

Anyone who has spent time on comparing contraceptive options has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·August 11, 2026·4 min read
Diet during your period, from judgement to action
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Diet during your period, from judgement to action

Put diet during your period back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…

Rupert SloaneRupert Sloane·August 5, 2026·4 min read
Sleep and hormones: the light version and the full one
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Sleep and hormones: the light version and the full one

Separate two things in sleep and hormones: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action instead…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·July 30, 2026·4 min read