kateshepherdcohen4 min read Lydia Ko drives open menstrual cycle support for us allIn speaking out she is a winner in our new global menstrual culture, which will help provide menstrual cycle support for all. “It’s that...
kateshepherdcohen3 min readMCS: a county-wide innovationMenstrual Cycle Support (MCS) has rapidly become a county-wide social prescribing innovation and, this year, bolstered by my award for...
kateshepherdcohen2 min readWhat is menstrual loneliness?I often speak of the lifetime burden of something I call 'menstrual loneliness' and 'menstrual isolation' and how my Menstrual Cycle...
kateshepherdcohen3 min readMenstrual health on social prescription: combatting the burden of menstrual lonelinessMenstrual Cycle Support (MCS) on social prescription is set to revolutionise menstrual health care in the UK, naming and addressing what...
kateshepherdcohen8 min readAustralia's first Period SummitHosted by The Australian Commissioner for Children & Young People, I was invited via the legendary Jane Bennett, co-author of About...
kateshepherdcohen9 min readGPs prescribe menstrual support in UK firstTop clinicians, Women's Health Minister, leaders of political parties, Royal College of Obs/Gyn and leaders in the menstrual movement...
kateshepherdcohen1 min readCan the menstrual cycle alleviate Covid-19 stress?Disruption to the menstrual cycle - irregular of absent periods, PMS, heavier bleeding etc is seen as a by-product, a symptom, of stress....
kateshepherdcohen2 min readOn Menstrual Leave : The most empowering professional email you'll ever write?'I'm on my period', 'it's my moontime' or simply 'I'm tired' or 'I'm feeling unwell'. I've used them all, or none at all. Suffering...