Self-Care

Weekend with Dad: How He Can Support His Daughter During Her Period

She doesn’t expect you to know everything about periods. But she’ll feel much safer knowing she can count on you.

Bad headaches in the days before your period are common and hormone driven. Here is why they happen, what helps, and the warning signs to tell an adult about.

Lying awake for hours is one of the most common and least talked about parts of puberty. Here is why your body clock shifts and how to get your sleep back.

Sore hips, calves and shins in the days before your period are real and normal. Here is what is happening in your body and what actually helps.

Sleeping ten hours and still exhausted before your period? That is period fatigue, and it is real. Here is why it happens, what helps, and why it does not mean you are lazy.

Bloating before or during your period is your body holding on to extra water and slowing down digestion. Here is why your tummy feels firm, what helps, and when to tell a grown-up.

Suddenly feeling like crying, or your heart racing, even before your period has started? Here is why puberty stirs up big emotions and gentle ways to ride the waves.

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.

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.

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.

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.