Give your tweens and teens a healthy, positive start with their cycle.

For all the moms who’ve ever thought or felt or even said out loud,

  • “I really want to be a good mom for the big growing up moments like a first period, but I do not feel ready to navigate all this.”

  • “I want my tween to be prepared for her period to come, to know what to expect and to feel special - no shame at all.”

  • “I want my daughter to have a better first period experience than I did but I don’t really know what that could be.”

  • “This is such an awkward and uncomfortable topic for me. I don’t know what to say or how to start.”

  • “I’m dreading my daughter’s first period. I don’t want to feel this way but puberty was such a hard time for me.”

You’re in the right place, Mama. Raising Flora is for you.

Get Your Tipsheet to Create a First Period Kit Your Tween Will Love

Hello and welcome.

I’m Liz. I’m a menstrual health educator and coach.

I’m a Red School trained Menstruality Mentor and a certified FEMM and teenFEMM teacher. I’m a skilled coach and a seasoned group leader and I’m grounded in my own cycle awareness and parenting journeys.

I love teaching about menstrual cycles — from biology and hormones to inner seasons and cyclical self care. I love inviting stories, answering questions, and making periods a little less taboo every day. I’m warm, down to earth and here to help — you can ask me anything.

I’m especially passionate about giving tweens and teens a healthy, positive start with their cycle. As a mom, I know we’re in a powerful position to lead the way toward a less shamey and more open and meaningful experience.

Or scroll to see how I can help you get ready.

Classes & Consults

You know yourself and your tween best. I come alongside with everything you need to get ready for your tween’s first periods — essential information, trusted resources, personalized support, opportunities for reflection, intentional action steps, and a community of like-minded moms.

Let’s work together so you’re prepared, confident and ready to be your best self with your tween.

FREE Mini Cycle Class

Learn the 10 most important things you need to know about menstrual cycles but were probably never taught

Getting Ready for Periods Class

There is no such thing as a perfect first period. There is, however, so much value in getting yourself and your tween ready for a healthy, positive start. That’s where I come in. It’s my job to teach, coach, guide, inspire, support and cheer you on so you and your tween are ready — and that’s exactly what you’ll get in this special, new class. You'll finish class with: a new connection with your daughter; your personalized plan; must-have resources; more calm and confidence and less shame and perfection

Personal Consultation

Personalized, private consultation on the topics that are most important to you. Get your questions answered, address your concerns, refresh your understanding of menstrual cycles, learn about modern resources, shift your mindset, build your confidence and plan your next steps.

Read what Raising Flora customers have to say about their experience:

“The education was so helpful - from understanding the hormonal communication patterns, to being able to know “how close” she could be to menstruating to products.”

“Raising Flora provides a much needed conversation for those of us that did not get what we needed when starting our first menses…”

“…what I actually got was a whole new way of thinking…”

“Being in community, sharing with and hearing the experiences of other women, was nourishing too.”

“You have a fresh and professional perspective on the subjects of puberty and periods.”

“The classes put my mind at ease.”

“You really helped me talk through what I need to work through emotionally for myself. And I really appreciate your openness and empathy.”

“Truly transformative… exactly what our next generation of menstruating people deserve.”

Now that you’ve had a chance to explore Raising Flora a little, I want to offer a timely message:

You love your tween. You want to give your tween a healthy, positive start with her cycle. You know you can make a difference. At the same time, you might be feeling uncomfortable, like there’s a current of “ugh” running just below the surface. This is common — I hear about this a lot from other moms, and I’ve felt it too.

There are so many reasons why you might be feeling this way. Here are three that might ring true for you:

We don’t have a lot to go by.

We were not taught about our bodies, our hormones, our health. We don’t share about our first, worst, best or bloodiest periods with even our closest family and friends. We have lost the connection to our own cycle.

It feels big.

We can’t always articulate why, but first periods feel big. Maybe because they signal the end of girlhood, this safe and tender age. Maybe because they remind us our tween is growing up. Maybe because they take us back to our own experiences — the cherished, the meh, and the upsetting — and ask us to consider: how do you want to show up now?

Periods are still taboo.

We learned to hide our tampons and talk about “Aunt Flo” in hushed tones. We’ve heard all the cliches about PMS and “being hormonal.” We are up against so much cultural negativity and shame about our bodies and our periods.

It’s no wonder we arrive at this moment of motherhood wanting to be a good mom but unable to navigate all this on our own and unsure how to do better for our daughters.

What I know for sure:

You are in a powerful position to lead the way toward a more open and less shamey experience for your tween. I’m here for you with the information and support you need. Together, we’ve got this.

Will you feel awkward and uncomfortable along the way?

Maybe, but you can handle it. Getting ready for your tween’s first periods can also be heartfelt, funny, liberating, joyful — and it can bring you and your daughter closer together. Plus, that’s why I’m here to help.

You can give your tween a better first period than you had, an empowered relationship with her body, a meaningful growing up experience.

I can show you how.

I help you move from:

  • being caught off guard

  • feeling uneasy and awkward or dreading puberty

  • not knowing what a healthy, positive first period experience looks and feels like

  • being unsure what to say or do with your tween

  • feeling alone and disconnected

  • being hard on yourself and aiming for perfection

  • not knowing which resources to trust

  • unintentionally sending negative messages

  • making assumptions about what your tween needs and wants

to:

  • being self-aware and intentional

  • feeling confident and ready to be your best self

  • fostering a trusted connected with your tween

  • understanding modern resources and a full range of products

  • having supplies and a plan for marking the moment

  • putting together a first period kit your tween will love

  • successfully coaching your tween through their first 13 cycles

  • building community with other moms for support and inspiration

A first period, or menarche, is a physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual event.

Giving your tween a healthy, positive start with their menstrual cycle is beneficial in so many ways. Here are eight reasons why first periods matter.

Unfortunately, our tweens and teens experience the persistent shame, stigma, and cultural taboos about menstruation.

  • 76% of students say there is a negative association that periods are gross and unsanitary

  • 65% agree that society teaches people to be ashamed of their periods

  • 62% agree the world is not set up for them to manage their periods with full confidence

  • 58% of students are negatively affected by these negative associations with periods

  • 70% say the school environment makes them especially self-conscious of their periods

  • 83% hide their period products when they walk out of class to go to the bathroom

Let’s do better, together. Join a Getting Ready for Periods Moms Group today.

Let’s Have a Cup of Tea!

Curious to meet me and learn more before booking? Let’s have a virtual cup of tea so we can get to know each other a little. I’m happy to answer your questions and share more about how I can help you or your group get ready for your tween’s first periods.