As a current Master's in Public Health student focused on nutrition, I find that conversations about hormones come up everywhere - among fellow students, health founders, colleagues, and friends, sometimes in academic settings, sometimes in informal conversations, slowly starting to explore how lifestyle and environment shapes women’s health.

Dear Two Moons Readers, I’m Laura Donovan, a certified auriculotherapist and the founder of Solstice Ear Seeds. I didn't start Solstice because of a business idea. It started as a necessity. They say you have a thousand problems until you have a health problem, then you have just one. That became very real for our family.

I am the founder of Period Reality and JIBE. I work with organizations, leaders and high performing teams navigating burnout, health strain and unsustainable expectations. My work sits at the intersection of menstrual cycle awareness, leadership and the future of work. I am writing for anyone who has ever felt that their body was the first thing to break in systems that reward consistency over reality. For everyone who has ever felt that their body was swimming against a current. 

To all my high achievers, performers, or working moms struggling to keep your head above water, battling irregular periods or extreme PMS symptoms, or just tired of not feeling at home in your body... you're not broken. You're just trying to force a 28-day cycle into a 24-hour productivity system that wasn’t designed for you.