From the point of view of herbs, if a woman wants to relieve digestion, I recommend fennel , which improves digestion, aronia, which harmonizes the organs with internal secretion, chicory, which supports the liver and pancreas. An excellent herb for PMS and menstruation is yarrow, it regulates digestion and the cycle, contains tannins and therefore relieves pain . If the pain is really strong, meadowsweet is excellent , which contains salicylates, which are substances that reduce and relieve pain. If you are bothered by swollen breasts, headaches and fatigue , I recommend Ginkgo biloba extract , few people know that it is an excellent herb for women. Of course, the body can benefit from tea made from lemon balm, valerian,...

As for specifically female issues, we very often deal with self-love and self-worth with clients, which have a great impact on women's health . In order to be healthy, a woman should love herself, respect herself, and appreciate her body, which does so much for her. Self-love also means accepting yourself as you are, even with all your imperfections. It means being good enough. Respecting yourself. Being able to set boundaries and also being able to defend them.

I am most often contacted by women who want advice on cycle tracking and evaluation of records. I also organize (online) STM courses several times a year. Consultations are also used by women who are solving various problems with menstrual cycles (irregularities, discontinuation of hormonal contraception, PCOS, anovulatory cycles, etc.) or other gynecological problems, or women who would like to get pregnant and have not been successful so far.

Some clients' PMS symptoms stopped after stopping contraception, others were helped by lifestyle changes, a quality diet, and others even quit their jobs or resolved their personal relationships. In my office, I always pay attention to an individual approach and look for areas that are good to change. What can we do for ourselves if we are stressed? Functional medicine doctor Dr. Jan Vojáček describes this perfectly in his book The Art of Being Healthy - It is essential to slow down and calm down as much as possible in a tense situation.

I personally perceive the source of problems before menstruation to be a misunderstanding of female physiology from the advice of experts, from whom we seek advice, which is logical. But the problem arises that the advice given to women is often effective for the male sex, not ours. Women like to reduce their intake to lose weight, limit carbohydrates to lose weight, exercise more to lose weight, but it ends up with loss of menstruation or PMS for example. When PMS is caused by a reduced level of serotonin, zinc or magnesium in our body. And why? Because they tell us the exact opposite. Exercising more and eating less, which is the exact opposite of what a woman really needs.

Mindfulness practice helps us to open up to life's experiences, move from reacting to responding and actually allows us to live life with ourselves present for it. When we move from reacting to responding, we actually get to choose - is this worth exploding over, or not? In the past, I'd usually just explode. And then regret it. The ability to make that choice today is truly incredible. That's because we train our brain to stop. It's quite miraculous. I was extremely skeptical at first, but it was integral to my healing as it taught me to connect with my body and gain understanding that a lot of my chronic pain in the past was linked to anxiety trapped in...