How to harness your cycle as a female founder with Le'Nise Brothers, founder of Eat Love Move

How To Start Up by FF&M

In this episode, we hear from Le’Nise Brothers, a leading nutritionist and yoga teacher specialising in women’s health, hormones and the menstrual cycle. Le’Nise develops nutritional programmes through her Eat Love Move consultancy to empower and educate women to understand their bodies and advocate for better healthcare.

Le’Nise’s first book, You Can Have A Better Period, was released in March 2022 and she also hosts the Period Story podcast, breaking taboos around menstrual health, hormones, perimenopause, menopause and beyond.

In today’s episode, Le’Nise shares her advice on working to the rhythms of your body and harnessing the power of the four stages of the menstrual cycle to benefit you both professionally and personally.

Le’Nise’s Advice:

• Recognise your tiredness when you are using sugar and caffeine throughout the day as a prop, and when you no longer feel excited about what you do
• Respect your body and its energy levels; don’t feel guilty about taking breaks (these can be productive in terms of ideas)
• Be aware of your menstrual cycle and plan your diary accordingly; when you have your period this is a time for slowing down a little, being more analytical and insightful
• When you are ovulating, you will be more energetic/confident/sociable; this is a time for negotiating and dealing with people
• Be disciplined about good sleep habits; your body needs to anticipate sleep and wind down for it. You may need a little more when having your period
• Pay attention to your diet. During a period you will need more iron which is a great source of energy so eat red meat if you can, and boost your Vitamin C intake. To counteract stress you need magnesium (in for example dark chocolate) sodium (in salt) and potassium (in bananas, coconut water)
• Monitor your menstrual cycle and note if it is being affected by external stresses; understanding this can help you guard against too much stress
• Understanding your cycle gives you power!

If you’d like to contact Le'Nise, you can reach her at [e-mail]

FF&M enables you to own your own PR. Edited by Milun Haggipavlou. Recorded, edited & published by Juliet Fallowfield, 2023 MD & Founder of PR & Communications consultancy for startups Fallow, Field & Mason. Email us at [e-mail] or DM us on instagram @fallowfieldmason.

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• LastPass the password-keeping site that syncs between devices.
• Google Workspace is brilliant for small businesses
• Buzzsprout podcast 'how to' & hosting directory
• Canva has proved invaluable for creating all the social media assets and audio bites.
• For contracts check out Law Depot.

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