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Physical boundaries and hormones. A dynamic duo. 

You may have stumbled upon videos of this 1970s psychological experiment where children had the option of having a marshmallow as an immediate reward or two marshmallows if they waited 15 minutes being alone with a single marshmallow. The study (the Stanford marshmallow experiment, if you’d like to check it out) looks at delayed gratification. I bring it up because keeping physical boundaries when oestrogen levels are through the roof, around the time of ovulation, can feel a little like being tempted with the greatest reward we could access right at that time. Women’s bodies, their hormone cycles to be specific, are geared towards fertilising the egg at the time of ovulation, so, unsurprisingly, sexual

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Female Health

Why is my sexual desire so inconsistent? Are my hormones to blame?

Are you a woman who’s noticed that you become more sexually aroused during certain weeks of the month? Perhaps you struggle to understand why your libido feels so high despite being single or navigating boundaries in dating? Or perhaps you’re married and trying to figure out why some weeks all you can think about is sex, while during others being touched is the last thing you want? As women, while we are often quite familiar with our hormones in terms of our menstrual cycle, we can often shy away and blush at the thought of talking about hormones and sexual desire! However, this is a relevant and real part of the hormone cycle that few

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Female Health

What should I know about my hormones and menstrual cycle? 

HORMONES & THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE – PART 1 Hi friend! If you are a biological woman, chances are that you bleed once a month-ish. While it can be annoying and sometimes ruin our plans, it can also be a relief, right? Have you ever wondered what actually happens inside our body to make it all happen? If you don’t have a period, I bet you know people that experience a menstrual cycle. This means that this is relevant to us all! You might have also thought about why we feel the way we do at different points in our cycles. One day you have the energy to conquer the world and a few days later

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