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Author: Nancy Saddington Purpose is in our blood Hi I'm Nancy, CEO & Co-founder of Mondays.I would like to share my journey and the motivation to found Mondays along with Elisabeth, and why it is that our shared core mission is to make it easy & convenient to have plastic-free and organic...
Author: Elisabeth Dewey Confidence is not a given. It comes from the knowledge that you are worth looking after. If you feel good, you radiate confidence and when you look confident, you look good to others. Take care of yourself We women are notoriously bad at prioritising caring for ourselves....
Author: Nancy and Elisabeth Periods are still treated as a taboo. Over two million women shy away from saying the word ‘period’ in front of children, believing the term to sound dirty, rude, awkward and embarrassing according to the new research we have recently conducted. This lack of open conversation...
Author: Nancy Saddington Sanitary pads are the most widely used menstrual products on the market today, but where and when were they invented and why are they called sanitary pads? Throughout history, there are many references to how women have dealt with their periods. Before the commercial manufacture of...
Do you know what's hiding in your cupboard...? Elisabeth had an interesting experience recently that might make you question a lot of things... "On my way to work the other day, I was confronted with a sculpture of a HUGE VULVA (not, to be honest, what I was expecting to...
Authors: Nancy and Elisabeth Menstruation is a natural, healthy and biological process that every girl/woman (and that’s 50% of the population!) experiences, so here is a list of the basic period essentials every girl should know! The Beginning and the End! 1. Menarche is a girl's first period. It...
Author: Elisabeth Dewey Menstruation is a natural, healthy and biological process that every girl/woman (and that’s 50% of the population!) experiences, so here is a list of the very basic basic period facts we should all know. The Beginning... and the End! 1. Menarche is the name for a girl's...
Author: Nancy Saddington We are often asked why the name Mondays? The word Monday actually originates from the Latin language dies lunae which means “day of the Moon” and as our periods follow a lunar cycle, there is a natural affinity between menstruation and Mondays. And did you know that the word menstruation from the Latin mense (meaning month)...
Author: Elisabeth Dewey Right now it’s cool to be many things…vegan, eco-warrior, even being a menstrual cup user carries a certain cachet….but what about being a pad girl? Ever thought about that..? The surge in popularity of menstrual cups and period panties has, occured as the conversation about periods is...
Author: Nancy Saddington There’s a lot to know about periods - let’s keep it to the salient facts! On the journey to securing financing for Mondays, Elisabeth and I spoke to more men about periods than women! This is due to the fact that men, in most cases, currently control...
Time is running out for our planet and it's inhabitants Personally I am not a big fan of slogans like ‘save the environment’ and ‘save the planet’ - they feel so abstract and distant, the problem so large, I feel overwhelmed by the scale of the problem. I would like...
Author: Maja Juzwiak Frustrated with how time consuming it was to buy plastic free period products, (and regularly being caught short!) Nancy decided to dive into the world of periods and discover what the options were on the market to make her periods more convenient. Where could she find that...
You are what you eat..and wear! Ever heard about Veganuary? “Since 2014, Veganuary has inspired and supported more than half a million people in 178 countries to try vegan for January – and beyond.” Why not get inspired and try it this month? A lot of focus has been put lately on what...
Author: Katie Cappella MYTH #1 – You shouldn’t exercise on your period FALSE Exercising can actually help with decreasing PMS symptoms you may be feeling, particularly before your period. Exercise can help with fatigue and mood swings and regular aerobic exercise may lesson these symptoms. Exercise also tends to...
