Heavy Flow
Breaking the Curse of Menstruation

Amanda Laird is a holistic nutritionist who specializes in menstrual health. She has witnessed the widespread shame associated with menstruation and recognizes how this impacts women in all areas of their life, but most importantly their health. Shame prevents open discussion with health care provid......more

Just finished this review copy received from netgalley and it is a compelling read highlighting a load of issues that women have about not really understanding our bodies due to shame, taboos and lack of unbiased information. I like the way the author deals with some of the less scientific suggestio......more

Going into this book (and reading the first part) I fully thought this was just going to be a book about periods and how society views them (taboo) as well as the issues with womens healthcare. Being someone who suffers from a chronic illness and has been dismissed by OBGYNs for YEARS and honestly k......more

What an astonishingly necessary book. It is never too late to learn new things or learn more about your body, especially when it's a function largely ignored, if not denigrated in culture. I can't recommend it highly enough of you ever had a period. PS. This book is pretty trans inclusive. WIN.......more

Amanda definitely knows, what she's talking about, an empowering, eloquent woman who dares to talk about menstruation straight to the point - which is what we should all be doing, as this mechanism is the very reason we all exist. This is a book every woman, who wants to know more about her own body......more