Period Care that is better for you & our planet – Organic Mondays

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Sustainable period care for you & your organisation

Oct 11, 2023

International Day of the Girl - Period Dignity helps women & girls achieve their full potential

International Day of the Girl 11th October 2023 It’s UNICEF International Day of the Girl and we want to highlight our Period Dignity Initiative and the positive impact this has on our community and girls. How does providing Mondays’ sustainable period products in our bathrooms advocate for and enable girls to realise their rights and achieve their full potential? It normalises menstruation as a healthy, natural bodily function. Provide period products, just like toilet paper Providing period products in the bathroom, just like we do toilet paper, soap and hand towels normalises menstruation. Girls and women are left feeling...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Healthier periods with Mondays' natural pads, tampons and panty liners

It's your body, it's your health, it's your period. Your period is a window to your health. We all know about the importance of healthy eating and lifestyles, the pandemic has certainly increased our awareness of the implications of unhealthy living. When it comes to periods and menstruation, likely due...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

First Period Stories

Author: Anoushka Everyone remembers their first period My six weeks interning at Organic Mondays during the summer of 2021 was an interesting foray into menstruation culture and as expected, lead to many conversations about periods, first periods, puberty and being a woman in the modern world. As I learnt more...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

How can Acupuncture and TCM help menstrual cramps and pain?

Do you suffer from PMS or menstrual cramps? Have you tried Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) or Acupuncture? Unfortunately, most of us experience some period pain, cramping and discomfort before or during our period. Changes over time, to your period or symptoms, are to be expected, but if there is a...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Bags made with love

We care passionately about what our products are made of and their provenance. That's why Supreme Creations (Bags of EthicsTM) is the perfect partner to produce our gorgeous, and oh so handy, organic cotton purses that you will find in our First Period Kit. Daisy, Social Media and Content Marketing...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

How to use a tampon properly and safely

Through various talks and exchange with girls and women, we have realised that tampons are something that many dread. Especially for young girls, it can seem frightful. It doesn't have to be like that though…we've created a simple step-by-step to support you in the process. The applicator makes inserting a tampon...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

This Smells Like My Vagina

Earlier this week a candle, with the name ‘This Smells Like My Vagina’ went on sale on GOOP.com (Gywneth Paltrow’s wellness and lifestyle company) ….It sold out within hours!!! The candle sounds like it smells perfectly nice, “geranium, citrusy bergamot and cedar,” according to those in the know it smells...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

It's about bloody time we become period positive

Last week Louka wrote her Mondays' blog about how she has decided to change her mindset regarding periods and start seeing it in a more positive way. No small feat when you have a (n)ever-ending period. We were delighted when we received some touching and some funny insights from the...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

29 Days: February, the Menstrual Cycle and the lunar month - all a pure coincidence?

February, the Menstrual Cycle and the lunar month... all have one thing in common: 29 days. A pure coincidence? February is a rather strange month… the euphoria of the beginning of the year starts to fade and reality starts to kick in. You start questioning all your New Year’s resolutions...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Care for your Vulva - Love your Vulva - Viva La Vulva - It's Vulvaliscious!

We often talk about ‘vaginas’ but evidence shows we know far too little about them. The most common terms used for the entire female’s sexual organ is vagina or pussy. What many of us (men and women alike) are really referring to with these terms is the ‘vulva’ and not...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

The Best Period Products for Your Menstrual Flow

What are the best period products for your menstrual flow? Tampons and pads come in a variety of absorbencies but our research shows that most people just use one product with one absorbency throughout their period. Not only that most people use that one product throughout the course of their...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Not all tampons are the same!

Mondays... Lil-lets... Tampax... Kotex... O.B.... Natracare... Different brands, packaging and messaging for sure. But how different can the tampons be? VERY is the answer! The tampon is not a new invention (like the menstrual cup it was invented in the 1930’s) and has proven to be, for many, easy to...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Understanding your menstrual cycle

This weekend was the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, in the Northern hemisphere. So we thought, why not use this opportunity to talk about the cyclical or seasonal changes we all go through every month! A year has four seasons, a month has four weeks, and a...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Why switch to ORGANIC and plastic-free period products?

A City to Sea interview with our co-founder Nancy Saddington in celebration of #OrganicSeptember Organic September, a time to raise awareness about the positive impact of organic products and why we should go organic on our periods! Jasmine of City to Sea: What better way to celebrate than to catch...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Mondays with Louka - 'I'm Bleeding'

Author: Louka “Are you sure you are going to talk about your menstruation? I would never do it.” Someone so boldly said to me when she found out I was openly talking about my menstrual issues. Before I go on, I want to make it...

by Mondays ChangemakerJul 12, 2022

Mondays with Louka - 'My life and turning 25 - a positive period'

Author: Louka This week I turn 25. Each year, as my birthday approaches, I reflect on the past year. I think about what happened, what I’ve accomplished, and what I’ve learned. Especially now in the middle of the Corona Crisis, I have had even more time than usual to think...