Initiated with Love: Tohar’s Stories of Growing Up in a Family That Honored Menstruation
Description
In this episode, we have the unbelievably sweet story of Tohar, who entered into womanhood surrounded by love from her community. Tohar shares the normalization of menstruation in her family culture, and how the women rested, as well as how girls are initiated into their first bleeds with reverence for being a cycling woman. Tohar tells tithe story of loving her period from the start and how having a supportive, healthy, and embodied mother sett there up to become the strong and confident woman she is today (even if she strayed to try to be “cool” for a little while). You might shed a few loving tears and definitely smile big as you listen to Tohar’s wonderful story, and it will definitely inspire those of you looking to initiate your daughters.
Listen for…
- How to harness ovulation energy when you’re stuck at home
- Fully harnessing the Maiden phase of life to build your dream reality
- The normalization (and celebration) of menstrual blood in Tohar’s matrilineal side of the family
- The incredible book her mother gifted her about the sacredness of becoming a cycling woman
- Sex education in Israel vs. sex education in the US
- Tohar’s menarche honored by her community and how it created a sense of internal security that set her up for success in her early cycling years
- Moving to the US and wanting to conform to be a “cool girl”
- Becoming a menstrual cycle advocate in high school
- Normalizing periods for fathers and partners
- Should you have sex on your period?
- The problem with birth control (and the connection to antidepressants)
- Sisterhood and getting off birth control
- How Tohar’s mom was right all along and stayed steady for her throughout it all
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