Self-Care
15 articles on this topic
Soso Answers: cramps, blood colors, and more (July 17 to 24)
Real questions girls asked this week, painful cramps, brown blood, packing pads, big mood swings, and yellow discharge, answered warmly and honestly.
Big Feelings About Your Period: A Girl's Guide to the Emotional Side
Hating your period, dreading it, or wishing it would come, every one of those feelings is normal. A girl's guide to the emotional side, plus ways to feel steadier.
How to Track Your Period: A Beginner's Guide for Girls
A beginner's guide for girls to tracking your period, what to log, how to build the habit, and why app predictions are gentle guesses in your first year.
Period Cramp Relief for Girls: What Actually Helps When It Hurts
A girl's guide to easing period cramps fast, heat, gentle movement, food, and rest, why each one works, and the signs it is time to tell a grown-up.
Discharge, Smell and Staying Fresh: What Is Normal Down There
Several of you quietly asked about discharge, smell, and keeping clean. These are some of the most common worries, and the answers are simpler and kinder than you think.
Pubic Hair, Shaving, and Those Little Bumps: What Is Normal
Why do you grow hair down there, do you have to shave it, and what are those little bumps? Calm, honest answers about pubic hair as your body changes.
Scared, Excited, or Both? Your Feelings About Your First Period Are Normal
Wanting your period but feeling terrified at the same time? Feeling behind your friends? Your feelings make total sense, and here is how to work through them.
Growing Breasts: Why They Can Feel Uneven, Sore, or Different From Your Friends'
One breast bigger than the other? A sore, firm lump under one side? Bigger or smaller than your friends'? Here is what is going on, and why almost all of it is normal.
Your First Period at School: How to Handle It Calmly and Discreetly
Worried about getting your period at school? Here is a calm, practical plan: a small kit, getting to the bathroom, and what to do if you bleed through or someone notices.
Dealing with Tough Days
Some days period feelings hit hard, and that's okay. Here are gentle, real ways to get through the harder moments, one small step at a time.
Exercise During Your Period: Why Moving Helps
Think you should skip exercise on your period? Moving your body can actually help you feel better. Here's why, and how to do it your way.
Self-Care During Your Period
Your period is a perfect reason to take extra-good care of yourself. Here's a simple guide to feeling your best, body and mind, during that time of the month.