Syncing Your Pleasure With Your Menstrual Cycle: A Conversation with Blaire Horton

Today’s episode of the Period Chats podcast is all about matching your pleasure with your menstrual cycle. We’re chatting with Blaire Horton from Holistic Rendezvous, who is a certified Nutrition Educator, certified Natural Chef, and a Holistic Nutrition Consultant. Blaire shares insights on the effects of hormone level changes on our libido and pleasure. Many people struggle with the topic of pleasure in general, and it may be the case that we don’t take the time to explore the interplay between our moods, interest in sex, and needs in general with our menstrual cycles. This episode will give you tips on a myriad of ways you can find pleasure in each phase of your cycle, so you can work with your natural rhythms instead of being eluded or even frustrated by them. And, it will help shatter whatever taboos may be present for you around the topics of libido, the menstrual cycle, pleasure, and sex. Blaire explains that the follicular phase is like spring and tends to make us more adventurous. Ovulation usually increases sex drive as well as self esteem in general, so we brainstorm how to channel that to our advantage. The early luteal phase is sometimes known as the “romantic” phase, so we talk about what interpersonal interactions look like during that week. Then in the later luteal phase many of us transition into nesting and organizing. Many people get more introverted, and some of us have more negative self-talk compared to other phases, so we share tips for how to get rest and good nutrition during that part of the cycle. We also talk a lot about what self-care looks like, and how it may change throughout the menstrual cycle as well. The main point is that pleasure is personal. It doesn’t necessarily mean sex with a partner, or anything sexual at all. It’s what feels good to you. We hope everyone can have a pleasure routine because it’s an important part of empowerment in our lives. Connect with Blaire: www.holisticrendezvous.com