Emily the Period RD
Bio
I help people with periods navigate menstrual health education & wellness with a healthy serving of sass (and not an ounce of nutrition pseudoscience).
Stories (90/0)
Keeping a Sustainable Kitchen
Now more than ever, we’re looking for long-term strategies to reduce our homes environmental impact. We donate old items, invest in better efficiency home appliances, and use our vehicles less. These past few months of pandemic have even been somewhat of an advantage - there's less that is open and available, so we stay home. Of course, we're all hoping we get back to some sort of normal eventually. What if there was a way to make your kitchen more sustainable once we get there?
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Lifehack
Your Privilege Makes You Complacent
It’s almost like when you’re white everything else is blotted out. Or least the things that don’t apply to you are blurred, a little more challenging to visualize. Fuzzy around the edges and the muffled sound like when you’re coming up from underwater. Coming up for air.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in The Swamp
Mom: You've Always Been My Hero
Dear Mom, I've written a million of these letters to you, for you. I've tried writing this one a million times. Never quite getting the depth I wanted - just a little off the mark, cute and sweet but never that deep-in-my-bones, all of my heart and the fibres of my being depth. Never quite capturing the hero in you.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Families
Diet Culture Messages You Can Forget About
Diet culture sucks. It makes practice as a Registered Dietitian both interesting & frustrating - I love hearing stories about food and the ways we understand it but hate seeing people be so unbelievably flustered by messages about weight and dieting.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Longevity