Deliberate Motherhood Podcast
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Deliberate Motherhood Podcast
133. First Period Prep with Pearl & Thistle
Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with Christina Valenzuela…a wife, mom of four, and the owner and creative director of Pearl & Thistle.
She offers a unique blend of theology and science to bring better body literacy to Catholics. She's been a certified instructor in the Boston Cross Check™ method of Natural Family Planning since 2013 and her signature course, Cycle Prep, was a 2021 OSV Innovation Challenge finalist.
She holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Notre Dame as well as a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She is a life-professed member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic and today she is here to teach all of us how to introduce our teens (and really, the entire family) to their cycles in a beautiful way…
- Christina Valenzuela (00:00)
- Proximate Formation (03:00)
- Building a Culture of Care (05:16)
- Tracking Your Cycle (16:59)
- Cycle Prep not Period Prep (23:09)
- Too Late (27:45)
- Preparing & Affirming (32:30)
- Rapid Fire Questions (36:30)
- More About Christina Valenzuela (40:42)
If you'd like to learn more about Christina and Pearl & Thistle, you can head over to Pearl & Thistle's Shop to see everything she has to offer!
If you have a daughter who will soon be ready, we highly recommend the Cycle Prep: First Period Course for girls by Pearl & Thistle!
Remember sweet momma,
You are doing beautiful work!
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