For many entrepreneurs, a personal experience provides to inspiration to start a business. This is certainly true for Jo Barry, the inventor of Rae, an award winning wireless portable heating pad and the founder and CEO of Scarlet, a period care company, who I speak to on today’s episode of Period Story.

In this episode, Jo shares:

• How difficult her periods were from the very beginning
• How at age 10, she had to deal with flooding and very heavy periods and how this affected her confidence
• Her endometriosis diagnosis at age 19
• Why she invented Rae, a wearable rechargeable heating device
• The hurdles she faced when building Rae, including people wincing at the word blood
• What it’s like running a bootstrapped business
• And of course, the story of her first period

Jo says that women need to stop playing down their pain, especially if it’s something that is interrupting your day or life in any way. She says we don’t have to dismiss our pain.

Thank you, Jo!

Get in touch with Jo:

Scarlet Website

Scarlet Instagram

LinkedIn

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On this episode of Period Story, I speak to Dr Sula Windgassen, the health psychologist and author of the book It’s All In Your Body.

In this episode, Dr Sula shares:

• Why getting told the issues you’re experiencing are ‘all in your head’ inhibits healing and fosters a message of distrust, isolation and disconnection
• Why categorising psychology as woo woo can preclude so many people that could directly benefit from working with themselves in a slightly different way
• How our psychology and biology can impact each other though psychobiological loops and change multiple systems in our body
• Why it’s important to accept our feelings and experience them in our window of tolerance
• The impact suppressing emotions has on the physical body
• What symptom spirals are and how to interrupt them
• And of course, the story of her first period

Dr Sula says that she wrote her book for people who feel unseen and dismissed in their suffering to know there are options and it’s not all in your head.

Thank you, Dr Sula!

Get in touch with Dr Sula:

Her book: It’s All In Your Body

Her website

Her Instagram

Her community

Her podcast: https://www.howwereallyfeel.com

Her YouTube

A transcript is available on www.periodstorypod.com

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Email

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Book a 30 minute hormone health review with me: http://eatlovemove.as.me/hormonehealth

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Did you know that 90% of venture capitalist investors are men? On this episode of Period Story, I talk to Marina Gerner, the journalist and author of The Vagina Business about innovation in femtech and the vagina-centric space.

In this episode, Marina shares:

• How a viral article in Wired magazine led to her writing her book The Vagina Business
• The pushback she received about the title of the book
• How investor squeamishness and embarrassment is holding femtech and vagina-centric businesses back from being able to effectively raise money
• Why a data-centric approach is helpful when raising money
• The questions you need to ask when choosing a period tracking app to ensure your data is being protected
• And of course, the story of her first period

Marina says we need to have more conversations about women’s health and that we’re in a collective learning experience as a society.

Thank you, Marina!

Get in touch with Marina:

Her book: The Vagina Business

Her Wired article: We need to talk about investors’ problem with vaginas

Her website

Her Instagram

Her Substack

A transcript is available on www.periodstorypod.com

Get in touch:

IG @periodstorypod

Email

periodstorypod@gmail.com

Book a 30 minute hormone health review with me: http://eatlovemove.as.me/hormonehealth

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