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Welcome to the Period Pain Mini Series! Here’s what to expect

5 May 2026 · 2:29

Hello, and welcome to The Cyclist Period Pain miniseries. We are so glad that you're here. Before we get into the episodes, we wanted to sit down and talk to you about why we made the series, because honestly, it comes from a really personal place.

In fact, I don't think The Cyclist would exist without period pain. It was a huge pivotal part in our journey that led us to realise we need more in women's health.

Period pain has been one of the biggest things in our lives, not a minor inconvenience, not something we just push through quietly. For us, it has been years of not knowing, of being dismissed, of wondering whether what we were experiencing was normal. And if you're a Cyclist listener, which you clearly are, we're pretty sure that a lot of you have been experiencing this too.

So this year, we made the decision to not only do our bi-weekly episodes, we also wanted to go deeper. We wanted to create a mini series that let you really immerse yourself in a subject, hear from multiple perspectives, and walk away feeling like you actually understand something you didn't before.

In The Period Pain mini series, we cover everything from what period pain actually is, to how to navigate the medical system, to what the research says about natural approaches, to the very real psychological toll of living in a body that hurts.

We speak to gynecologist Dr. Praveen De Silva, naturopath Loula George, pelvic health physio Caitlin Frizz, psychologist Andy Leggett, and we hear the real and raw story of Ella Cunningham, who has lived it firsthand.

We have dropped all the episodes of the mini series today, so you can listen at your own pace, in your own time.

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Hit play. We hope this series makes you feel a little less alone.

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