Introducing Personal Business, a new, limited podcast series about rebuilding a solo, service-based business in real time from Amanda Laird, former host of the Heavy Flow Podcast. 

It’s part experiment, part documentation and part “WTF do we even do in online business anymore?”

Over the course of the series, I’ll be using my own “just enough” frameworks, digging into customer insights and market research, and getting by with a little help from my business besties – all leading up to a full relaunch of my offers at Slow & Steady Studio.

Go to slowandsteady.studio/personalbiz and subscribe to the podcast feed.

Today on the show I'm talking to Hannah Olavarria & Kelty Luber, twins, mothers and feminist co-hosts of the podcast and parenting resource Upbringing. 

This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by bebo mia inc, a training and mentorship organization for women in the maternal health field. Use code BEBOFLOW for 15% off any course registration.

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Today I'm talking Suzanne Siemens, co-founder of Lunapads, about building a feminist business, busting menstrual stigma and how consumers can activate our buying power to support feminist businesses. 

This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by Kelly Diels, feminist marketing consultant and founder of We Are The Culture Makers. 

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Today on the show I'm talking to Barbara Loomis, a practitioner and educator of abdominal therapies and creator of Nurturance. We discuss the importance of body alignment, how we hold emotion in the body and the benefits of abdominal massage techniques. 

This episode is supported by LunaPads, makers of smart, sustainable alternatives to disposable menstrual products. Visit Lunapads.com to find out why we love them and use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off any order.

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Today on the show I am talking to Dr. Sarah E. Hill, the author of This Is Your Brain on Birth Control. 

Use code BEBOFLOW for 15% off any bebo mia course registration

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Today on Heavy Flow Holly Grigg-Spall, author of Sweetening the Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control, is back on the show talking about Femtech and menstrual cycle/fertility apps. We discuss the pro’s, cons, opportunities and limitations of collecting reproductive health data through femtech apps, who is benefiting from our data, using technology for fertility/menstrual cycle awareness, who is responsible for providing body literacy education and more.

This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by Diva Cup, a sustainable, easy-to-use, cost-effective and eco-friendly menstrual cup.

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Today on the show Nadine Thornhill, sex educator and co-host of Sex Ed School, to talk about raising sex positive kids, teaching consent, virginity and so much more. 

On Nov. 29, 2019 get 40% off all Bebo Mia courses, including payment plans and bundles with code BLACKFRIDAY!

Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation

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Today on the show I'm talking to Sharra Vostral, associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University and author of Toxic Shock: A Social History. Sharra explains what Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is, how it's related to tampons, the TSS crisis of the early '80's and answers the #1 question I get asked about TSS. 

Visit Lunapads.com to find out why we love them and use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off any order.

Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation

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Today I'm talking to Jennifer Block, author of Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution. 

This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by bebo mia inc, a training and mentorship organization for women in the maternal health field. Register for their new Fertility Specialist Certification and support the 1 in 10 that struggles with fertility. 

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We’re replaying the Best of Heavy Flow while we’re on hiatus over the summer! Subscribe to Heavy Flow on your favourite podcast player and sign-up for my weekly newsletter to get new episodes when we’re back in the fall. 

Today I’m joined by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner. Lisa and I talk about her new book, The Fifth Vital Sign, why your menstrual cycle is a vital sign, the pill and its side-effects and the importance of truly informed consent.

This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by Justisse Holistic Reproductive Health Practioner Vienna Farlow, aka The Cuntsultant. Use HEAVYFLOW for 15% off a Justice Fertility Awareness Education package.

Heavy Flow is supported by de lune, a menstrual health company on a mission to solve your period problems. Visit delune.co and use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off.

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Heavy Flow is produced by: TK Matunda

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We’re replaying the Best of Heavy Flow while we’re on hiatus over the summer! Subscribe to Heavy Flow on your favourite podcast player and sign-up for my weekly newsletter to get new episodes when we’re back in the fall. 

Today I’m talking to Tasha Jade, founder of Daily Magic, about her experience with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a condition that causes the vagina and uterus to be underdeveloped or absent. We discuss Tasha's MRKH experience, gender identity and wax on "what makes a woman?" 

Heavy Flow is supported by Baby Mama Fitness, helping new Mamas get their old fitness back in a Body Positive environment. 15% with code HEAVYFLOW on any Baby Mama Fitness services.

WooWoo Laboratory makes hand-crafted wellness and body care products that reconnect you with the cycles and rhythms of nature. Use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off your order!

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Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation

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Heavy Flow is produced by: TK Matunda

Music credit: Julia and Bradley of Home Studios

Graphic design: Rachel Laird