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Slow notes on cycles & living.

Short essays. Some practical, some quiet. I write about once every two weeks, usually on a Sunday morning.

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A pot of stew with seasonal vegetables on a wooden counter
Seasonal eating · 7 min read · April 14, 2026

What I'm cooking for the follicular phase in spring.

When the body's emerging from a winter and the cycle is emerging from a bleed, the same thing tends to want the same kind of food: green, alive, lightly bitter, slowly warmed. Here's what's been on my stove this month, plus three of the recipes I've been giving clients.

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A jar of dried nettle
Herbs

Nettle, plainly: what it does and what it doesn't.

The most over-prescribed herb in fertility internet. Here's what nettle is actually good for, when I use it with clients, when I don't, and why infusion-strength matters.

March 31, 20265 min
A bedroom in soft morning light
Sleep & cycles

Sleep is louder than your supplement stack.

If I had to pick one variable to change for almost any cycle complaint, it'd be sleep. Why progesterone makes you sleepy in the luteal phase — and why fighting it costs you.

March 17, 20266 min
A couple cooking together
Partners

The conversation I want every partner to have.

A short script — about ten minutes, on the couch, no phones — for partners of women in the trying years. Three questions, three things to say, one thing to stop doing.

February 28, 20264 min
A candle burning in a quiet room
Loss & grief

After a miscarriage: the first ten days.

Written carefully and slowly. Things I've learned from sitting with women through this: what helps, what doesn't, what to say, how long bodies and hearts each take.

February 14, 20269 min
A bowl of root vegetables
Seasonal eating

The luteal phase wants warm food.

Why the second half of your cycle craves heavier, warmer, slower food, and why fighting it makes everything worse. Plus the simplest soup in the world.

January 28, 20265 min
A pencil and a paper chart
Charting

Why I want you off the app for a while.

Apps are guessing. Your body is telling. Three months of paper charts will teach you more than two years of an algorithm. Here's why, and how to switch.

January 14, 20267 min

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What I'm cooking, what tea I'm making, one cycle reflection. ~1,200 words. No upsells.

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