For countless women, the promise of a "28-day cycle" feels like a myth. In reality, menstrual cycles are as unique as the individuals who have them. But when does natural variation signal a deeper issue? Clinical findings indicate that between 14% to 25% of women...
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How to Talk About Periods with Young Girls
When I was a young girl the information I got on how my body worked was pretty limited. We got the basics in biology and it was mainly focused on letting you know that you got a period every month and that one day you would have a baby. Nothing was said on how the...
#FWOTM: Ana Mayer, An Innovator Who Meets Fertility Needs on Our Terms
Ana Mayer is the Co-founder of Ovatemp, a company that provides an easy to use ovulation predictor kit for smart phones. At Maxim, you know we're always exploring the theme of taking control of our health through a diverse means of empowerment, like using essential...
The Honor in Horror- A Period’s Place of Power
The four to eight days women spend sorting through various premenstrual symptoms of physical woe is not often thought of fondly. Gruesome bouts of bleeding, emitting dark odors, touches of wrath, ceaseless stabbing pain- these are all elements of what many women...
#HealthyMenstruation with Kelly Springer, MS, RD, CDN
It comes each month and for some of us it drags, its heavy, your skin breaks out, your stomach hurts, your breasts are tender , and you have an aching head. Yup you got it! For some women, their menstrual cycle is a thing to dread. I hope after reading this short...
#FWOTM: Kiran Gandhi, London Marathon Period Pride Runner
Earlier this year, we asked the question "Are Periods Still Taboo?" to find out if after seven years of sharing Maxim's product benefits via what some have called bold and in-your-face marketing tactics, have made a difference in how the general public perceives...
The Twitter Period Movement
Although the Twitter phenomenon that is the #livetweetyourperiod hashtag has circulated for a few months now, this week saw it put to political use in the primaries in the run up to Presidential election. Competing candidate Donald Trump’s fumbling...
#FWOTM: Lorraine Vontista, the feminine goddess Founder of Eagle Rock Juice Co.
Mother Nature, Mother Earth, Gaia, Terra, and Parvati are all metaphoric expressions that represent female icons as the givers and sustainers of life. As women, we literally hold the birthing ground and soil for life in our wombs, making us inherently deserving of...
5 Things to Do to Make PMS Less Painful
Womanhood comes with many rites of passage and periods are of course one of our favorites! If you ask any woman today if she remembers the first time she started menstruating, she can probably recall the moment in detail. It was a turning point in her life, where she...
Chakras, spiritual energy centers, related to healthy menstruation
Special Guest Blog Post by: Lacy Young is a health coach, meditation facilitator and the creator of Campaign for Confidence. Lacy is a former junk food junkie turned green juice aficionado! She believes in the power of veggies and their ability to heal the body, mind...
Birth Control's Effect on Menstruation
In this exclusive extract from Holly Grigg-Spall’s book, “Sweetening the Pill: Or How We Got Hooked On Hormonal Birth Control” (the inspiration for a documentary project from Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein), the author, who is also our Fierce Woman of the Month,...