Just what does the length of your cycle have to do with your mental health? We delve into the results of a study published by the NIH. It’s holiday season and people are working out more to not gain or starting their resolutions off early. But don’t go super hard just yet! This can affect your cycle in a dangerous way. Lastly, a teenager may have missed his days in biology or anatomy/physiology class by suggesting that we “hold our bladders” when our periods are on. Collectively we say, “whaaaaat?!” Enjoy the flow-versation!   Feed your period with bone broth! Quick and easy way to make it, yet so many blood-building properties, vitamins and minerals. Special thanks to our Flow Friday Fact partner, the Womb Sanctuary, A Sacred Place for Women to be Seen, Heard and Loved! Check them out at: www.wombsanctuary.com Also, special thanks to our Ask Dr. D partner, Green Living Mama, doTERRA Essential Oils and Wellness, changing lives one drop at a time. Check them out at: www.mydoterra.com/ErickaJoy   Download Sisters of Flow App today! Available in Apple and Google stores today! We’ve made it so easy to answer the weekly question, submit your questions for Ask Dr. D and more. Weekly menstrual health tips will be pushed out, as well. Apple Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sisters-of-flow/id1164558153?ls=1&mt=8 Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.p5901GI&hl=en Question of the Week: What is more important to you: being slim or no cycle? Let us know! Use hashtag #flowfriday on Twitter and Facebook @SistersOfFlow Thank you for joining us today at the Sisters of Flow, where we “go with the flow” on anything and everything menstrual cycles Have a fantastic flow Friday! Your Sisters in Flow, Constance and Dr. D (of Hilton Holistic Health) P.S. Here are those links we talked about! Associations between Psychiatric Disorders and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics by Mary Lee Barron, PhD, APRN, BC, FNP, Louise H. Flick, DrPH, Cynthia A. Cook, PhD, RN, Sharon M. Homan, PhD, and Claudia Campbell, PhD                  US by National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588420/ Fitness & menstrual health: How to stay lean, healthy, and fit without losing your period by Spencer Nadolsky at Precision Nutrition http://www.precisionnutrition.com/fitness-menstrual-health Teenage 'meninist' sparks fury with anti-tampon rant as he tells women to 'just control their bladders' by Kim Reader and Rachel Bishop at Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teenage-meninist-sparks-fury-anti-9067035   Music credits: "Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/