Let’s talk about periods🩸 — properly.

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Hi friends,

It’s been a little while since we’ve been in your inbox, and we’re so glad to be reconnecting.

We’re easing our way back in with something that feels deeply aligned with what Bloom cares about: honest, informed, stigma-free conversations about our bodies, our health, and the parts of ourselves we’re often taught to manage quietly.

Which leads us to the focus of this email: period health. 🩸

On Saturday, June 20, That Good Co. is hosting Mastering Me 3.0: PERIOD., the third installment of their women’s wellness event series. This edition is focused on period health, menstruation, cycle literacy, hormonal education, and real conversations about one of the most fundamental — and often under-discussed — parts of body-based wellbeing.

Bloom readers can access a discounted ticket to Mastering ME through our link below 😌 ❤️

Period health is not just a “reproductive health” topic.

It’s connected to mood. Energy. Pain. Sleep. Stress. Anxiety. Depression. Body trust. Fertility. Medical advocacy. Shame. Identity. Relationships. Work capacity. The way we move through the month. The way we explain ourselves to others. The way we learn, or don’t learn, to listen to what our bodies are trying to tell us.

In therapy, this shows up as vulnerable conversations around:

• feeling dismissed and overlooked by healthcare providers

• struggles to trust and feel grounded in our bodies

• navigating pain that has been minimized

• wondering whether mood changes are “just hormones” or something more

• feeling disconnected from desire or pleasure

• grieving fertility challenges or pregnancy loss

• managing the emotional weight of PMS, PMDD, perimenopause, endometriosis, PCOS, birth control decisions

• & all of the numerous and insidious ways people are taught to push through discomfort instead of receiving care.

Conversations around hormones and period heath also include important discussions on language. Having the words to describe what is happening. Having spaces where symptoms are taken seriously. Having permission to ask questions without shame. Having access to education that helps people understand their cycles not as an inconvenience, but as meaningful information about their bodies, capacity, needs, and wellbeing.

Your body isn’t a burden

For many of us, our bodies become something we learn to manage before we learn how to listen to it. We learn to minimize pain. To apologize for our needs. To keep functioning through symptoms. To treat discomfort as “normal” because no one ever told us it could be supported. For many Black, Indigenous, and racialized people, these experiences can be layered with medical dismissal, cultural silence, unequal access to care, and the pressure to endure more than we should have to.

As therapists, we often hear the private wounds underneath this pressure: feeling inconvenient, feeling “too much,” feeling disconnected from the body, or feeling like our needs are a burden to be managed rather than information to be met with care.

We see how often people’s relationships with their bodies are shaped by what they were taught to ignore. And truthfully that’s why conversations like this matter.

Educating ourselves on period health can offer us information about our nervous systems, our emotional patterns, our capacity, our needs, and the ways our bodies respond to stress and care. It can also reveal where people have been dismissed, under-supported, or left to figure things out on their own.

Mastering Me 3.0: PERIOD. is creating space for a more informed and open conversation — one that brings together education, lived experience, and expert insight.

The day will include conversations on cycle literacy, hormonal education, period health, and body literacy, including a keynote and fireside chat with Dr. Natalie Crawford, a double board-certified OB-GYN and fertility specialist, moderated by That Good founder Catriona “Coco” Smart.

The Details

What: Mastering Me 3.0: PERIOD.
When: Saturday, June 20, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM–4:00 PM
Where: Transmission Studios, 58 Berkeley St., Toronto
Hosted by: That Good Co.
Powered by: Natural Cycles° & Olly Canada

Whether you have spent years tracking your cycle, recently started asking more questions about your hormones, are navigating symptoms that have been hard to name, or simply want to feel more informed and less alone in conversations about your body, this feels like a beautiful space to be in.

Bloom readers can use our dedicated ticket link to access the event discount. The link should automatically apply the discount, but if prompted, use code BLOOMVIP.

We’re looking forward to being back in your inbox more regularly — with resources, reflections, community notes, and offerings that support your mental, emotional, physical, and relational wellbeing. Stay tuned for more notes on growth coming your way soon 🌱🍃

With care,
The Bloom Team

P.S. Bloom was invited to attend and share this event with our community. As always, we only pass along offerings that feel aligned with our values around care, education, and informed wellbeing 🤎

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