Overview

A practical guide to puberty and periods for mothers who are ready to challenge shame-based narratives and create a new legacy--one rooted in cycle literacy, self-trust, and body sovereignty. Written in clear, empowering language, giving practical support for the most common concerns, from period care to navigating body changes. For generations, mothers have been left without the tools, the words, or the confidence to guide their daughters through puberty and menarche with the honor it deserves. Period of Change is the book that rewrites the script--for our daughters and for ourselves. This is not just a practical guide to puberty and periods. It is a call to reclaim what is our birthright: an understanding of our bodies and the framework for seeing the power and wisdom of our cyclical nature. Period of Change is a guide for mothers who are ready to challenge the shame-based narratives they inherited and create a new legacy for the next generation, one rooted in cycle literacy, self-trust, and body sovereignty--one conversation at a time. Inside, you'll find: Clear, empowering language to help you talk to your daughter about menstruation, puberty, and body autonomy--without shame, secrecy, or discomfort. Honest conversations about the patriarchal history of menstrual stigma--and how we dismantle it, starting at home. A road map for celebrating menarche as a rite of passage, including rituals, gifts, and meaningful ways to honor the transition into menstruation. Practical support for the most common concerns, from period care options and tracking cycles to navigating anxiety and physical changes such as body hair and breast development. Deep, paradigm-shifting discussions on topics often left out, including female pleasure, birth control, neurodivergence, and the menstrual experience, LGBQT+ specific topics, and how our language shapes body autonomy.

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""As someone who writes, shares and teaches about periods, power, and the reclamation of the feminine body, I found Amy Wilding's Period of Change fierce, tender, and long bloody overdue. (Pun totally intended.) In this book, Amy offers a much-needed roadmap for raising daughters who trust their bodies, understand their cycles, and who can step into womanhood with pride rather than confusion and shame. A must-read for every mother who knows in her bones that there's a better way."" --Lisa Lister, bestselling author of Code Red, The Red Journal, Love Your Lady Landscape & Witch ""What struck me about Amy Wilding's beautiful book, Period of Change, is that beyond teaching our daughter's about their menstruation it's actually a book about love: love that is made as mothers guide their daughters into the realm of our natural bodily wisdom and care, love for the female body that arises when a young woman learns to care for herself at the root, and love that she will then carry into the world as her rightful foundation. May all women and their daughters know this embodied love woven in the wisdom of Wilding's book, Period of Change."" --Tami Lynn Kent, author of Wild Feminine, Wild Creative, and Wild Mothering ""I am so excited for this new generation of girls on the verge of puberty, thanks in part to Amy Wilding, whose work centers on women's empowerment and rites of passage. In this creative and fun book that is sure to enrich the mother/daughter relationship, she helps mothers guide their daughters through one of the most meaningful but perhaps scary milestones of their young lives -- the arrival of their periods. With the wisdom and experience that comes with working for so many years in this context, Amy has developed the perfect handbook to help moms and their daughters master the world of menstrual mysteries with a sense of awe and joy."" --Toni Weschler, MPH, Author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility ""This book is essential for all mothers and carers of teens and tweens experiencing their first periods. Period of Change is a bounty of reassuring facts, practical guidance and inspiring real-life stories. From the wealth of brilliant ""conversation starters"" to the wide variety ideas for first period parties and kits, to the grounded advice about the challenges of puberty, Amy has every aspect of navigating menarche covered. I look forward to buying it for all my friends entering this stage of parenting. What a blessing of a book."" --Sophie Jane Hardy (Mortimer) Host of The Red School Menstruality Podcast ""I love Period of Change! Amy Wilding has created the most beautiful gift and resource for mothers of daughters. Each chapter offers solid information, insights, gentle wisdom, love and compassion, deepening and expanding the overall concept of puberty, periods, and more. Amy illuminates ancient and historical truth every step along the way, essential perspectives needed today. Her inclusion of ""Honoring gender identity and menstruation for LGBTQIA + youth"" is tender, touching and authentic. I especially LOVE the conversation starters - always sensitive, respectful and empowering - and sure to inspire conversations that will become a continuous thread and connection for mothers and daughters."" --Janet Lucy, co-author of Moon Mother, Moon Daughter - Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl's Coming of Age ""In this book, Amy Wilding masterfully weaves ancient wisdom with the practicalities of daily life as she lovingly and fiercely invites the reader into an exploration and revolution around how we engage with the cycles of menstruation. Amy never deviates from her closeness and faithfulness to the body's wisdom as she guides the reader through practical information, questions, reflections, and prompts. Uncovering the violence of patriarchal narratives and practices that have been used to steal away female body sovereignty and knowing, this book is a potent reminder that dismantling hierarchical systems of oppression and power-over does not only involve grand philosophical shifts and public activism or exist only in the halls of lawmakers. The dismantling also breathes and lives in our quiet conversations with our daughters about their bodies, their cycles, their bleeding, and their autonomy. It also lives in the brave moments of honest reflection as we challenge and unravel old patriarchal stories. This clear, inclusive, and practical guide is a radical invitation for deep generational healing as we shed the narratives that have kept us, our mothers, and our grandmothers in shame and joyfully invite ourselves, each other, and our daughters into wild knowing, body sovereignty, and freedom."" --Dr. Vanya Leilani, author of The Flesh and the Fruit

Author Information

Amy Wilding is a queer and inclusive feminist, international speaker, and bestselling author of Wild & Wise: Sacred Feminine Meditations for Women's Circles & Personal Awakening from Womancraft Publishing. With a passion for empowering women by helping them to reclaim their inherent sovereignty and wisdom, she has been leading women's circles, mother-daughter circles, and rite-of-passage ceremonies for nearly two decades. Amy is also a National Board Certified Integrative Women's Health Coach, and she offers one-on-one and small group coaching focusing on menstrual cycle literacy, including menarche and perimenopause.

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