The Story of Her Rhythm
I spent years searching for the woman I wanted to become.
A woman who knew herself deeply. Who trusted her body, felt at home in her femininity and moved through the world with a quiet confidence in who she was.
Whenever I caught a glimpse of that quality in another woman, I was captivated by it. I wanted to know what she knew. What had she found within herself that I was still searching for?
For a long time, I thought I needed someone to show me the way.
I never imagined that my menstrual cycle would become one of the things that led me back to her.
Her Rhythm grew from that journey.
What began as a desire to make my period a little kinder to the planet became something far more personal: a journey into beauty, awareness, trust and a deeper honouring of my body — and, ultimately, of myself.
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My first introduction to reusable menstrual care came through a friend who couldn't stop raving about her menstrual cup — how much she loved it, how much better it was for the earth — and insisting I should try one too.
I was very hesitant, but eventually curiosity won, and I bought one. Not long after, I fell pregnant. Using it during that short time was enough to begin changing my perspective on period care.
I then moved house, and somewhere along the way my menstrual cup disappeared, which I think happened for a reason.
As I began preparing for birth, I realised I would need maternity pads for postpartum bleeding. Years earlier, I had made cloth nappies and still had some fabrics and absorbent materials tucked away.
I knew how to sew.
Surely I could make my own?
So, armed with those old materials and hours of YouTube tutorials, I taught myself.
I experimented with different shapes, lengths, fabrics and absorbencies, making and remaking until I found what worked. I shared them with friends and family, who loved them too.
And I absolutely loved making them.
There was enormous creative possibility in something so practical. All those beautiful fabric prints were irresistible. Every new one offered another opportunity to turn something useful into a little piece of wearable art.
Then, just seven weeks after giving birth, my period returned.
Finally, I got to wear the pads I'd been creating for myself.
Something began to shift.
There was an unexpected joy in knowing that underneath my clothes I was wearing something beautiful that nobody else could see.
It wasn't for anyone else's gaze or approval. It was simply for me.
A little secret.
And perhaps, without knowing it yet, a small rebellion against the idea that menstruation was something ugly that should be hidden away.
Using cloth pads began changing my experience of my period in ways I hadn't expected.
I could see my blood. I became familiar with it. Washing my pads, caring for them and choosing something beautiful to wear made menstruation feel less clinical, less disposable — and somehow, more a part of me.
The squeamishness began to soften.
In its place came curiosity.
I started paying attention to my body. What had once been something I simply managed each month became something I wanted to understand.
And beneath that practical shift, something more subtle was happening too.
It felt as though I had begun gently untying the threads of old ideas I had carried about my body, my blood, femininity, what should be hidden and what it meant to be a woman.
For years I had looked towards other women, searching for someone who could show me how to become the woman I longed to be.
Slowly, I began to realise:
I was searching for myself.
Not someone I needed to become.
Someone who had been there all along.
Discovering my rhythm.
That growing curiosity about menstruation led me further.
One of the first threads I followed was a video exploring menstruation from a spiritual perspective. It opened a door I hadn't known was there.
Soon afterwards, I discovered Wild Power. One book became another, and then another, as I immersed myself in menstrual cycle awareness and began learning about the patterns and changes that can unfold throughout the cycle.
I was fascinated.
But I didn't want to simply read about it and decide it was true.
I wanted to know for myself.
So I began tracking.
I created an early version of what would eventually become the Her Rhythm Cycle Tracking Journal and started recording my own experience.
And what I discovered felt incredible.
Patterns began appearing on the page.
Things I had experienced as random suddenly had context.
Changes in my energy, emotions, confidence, creativity, sensitivity and need for rest began to make more sense when I could
see them within the rhythm of my own cycle.
And the more I understood, the more I trusted.
The impact it had on the way I saw myself felt so profound that I immediately wanted other women to experience it too.
I designed the first proper version of the journal, had test copies printed and gave them to a group of friends to use in exchange for their honest feedback.
That little experiment became the Her Rhythm Cycle Tracking Journal — and Her Rhythm itself was becoming something much bigger than I had first imagined.
Her Rhythm became something more.
Somewhere along the way, I realised Her Rhythm was never going to be simply a reusable period care brand.
The pads taught me that changing the way we care for ourselves during menstruation can begin changing the way we experience it. That beauty can exist in a place we have been taught to hide.
The journal taught me that awareness creates understanding — and understanding can soften so much of the frustration and judgement we carry towards ourselves.
My curiosity continued too. I went on to become a certified cycle coach, deepening my knowledge and giving me new ways to support women in understanding their own bodies and cycles.
And the deeper I went, the clearer the heart of Her Rhythm became.
Today, Her Rhythm brings together beautiful reusable period care, cycle tracking, education, workshops and personalised coaching — different doorways into the same deeper possibility:
To know your body.
To care for her.
To trust her.
And perhaps, along the way, to discover something beautiful about yourself that was there all along.
Care that reaches a little further.
Care for women and care for the earth have been woven into Her Rhythm from the beginning.
Over the years, I've looked for opportunities to extend that care beyond the women who find their way to Her Rhythm — through menstrual education, community conversations and practical support.
That has included donating 200 reusable pads for schoolgirls in Papua New Guinea through the Malas Foundation, as well as donating pads for the female crew aboard a Sea Shepherd
vessel — bringing together two things that have always mattered deeply to me: caring for women and caring for our earth.
The donation to the Malas Foundation was featured by the Sunshine Valley Gazette, sharing a little glimpse into this part of Her Rhythm's story.