The Gift of Her Body (Part 2)
An Integrated Course for Mothers Navigating Puberty with Their Daughters
Learn to understand the language of your daughter’s changing body through an integrated approach to women's health and cycle literacy. Support your daughter through puberty with confidence, compassion, and an integrated understanding of the female body.
Who This Course Is For
✨ Mothers who want to prepare their daughters before the changes begin rather than reacting after they arrive.
✨ Mothers looking for practical language to talk about periods, body changes, and growing up without embarrassment or fear.
✨ Mothers who hope their daughters will grow up to appreciate their bodies rather than feel confused or ashamed by them.
✨ Mothers who want evidence-based education that helps you distinguish normal development from signs that deserve medical attention.
✨ Mothers who believe that learning about the human body should also help a young woman understand her worth, identity, and capacity for relationship.
✨ Mothers looking for guidance that thoughtfully brings together biology, bioethics, philosophy, and faith.
Why This Course Exists
Puberty is more than a series of physical changes—it is a season of becoming. As girls begin to experience the rhythms of their bodies, they are also forming habits, asking deeper questions, and developing their understanding of themselves.
This course equips mothers to walk alongside their daughters with confidence, offering clear scientific explanations, practical conversation tools, and an integrated vision of what it means to become a woman.
What You’ll Learn
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Lesson 1: Why My Body Is Relevant to My Person
Lesson 2: My Body Is Not My Enemy (Understanding)
Lesson 3: Authentic Vocation Preparation (Integration; signs and signals)
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Lesson 1: Gaps In Education
Lesson 2: Why Cycle Literacy Matters
Lesson 3: Integrated Women’s Health
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Lesson 1: Learning the Language of Your Body (Physiology + Hormones)
Lesson 2: Cervical Mucus
Lesson 3: Ovulation – For More Than Just Conception
Lesson 4: Charting & The Phases of Your Cycle
Lesson 5: Common Myths to Unlearn
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Lesson 1: Different Methods — Which One Is Right for You?
Lesson 2: Why Apps Are Helpful — But Not Everything
Lesson 3: FEMM Lesson 1
Lesson 4: FEMM Lesson 2
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Lesson 1: Common, But Not Normal — Symptoms Women Experience & When to Pay Attention
Lesson 2: Understanding Cycle Changes in Your 20s and 30s
Lesson 3: What Restorative Reproductive Medicine Actually Is
Lesson 4: You Are Your Best Advocate!
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Lesson 1: Blood Sugar, Nutrition, and Hormones
Lesson 2: Stress and Your Cycle
Lesson 3: Exercise and Hormonal Health
Lesson 4: Rhythms
Course Includes
Video Lessons
Self-paced teaching you can revisit anytime
Workbook
Reflection Questions and Helpful Resources
Lifetime Access
Learn at your own pace and return whenever you need.
Meet Your Instructor
Sarah Denny Lorio, PhD, is a bioethicist whose work explores the intersection of women's health, medicine, philosophy, and faith. Through the mission of What Women Are, she teaches women to understand their bodies with confidence, wonder, and gratitude.
One of the greatest gifts you can offer your daughter is an integrated understanding of her body and dignity. This course is here to give you the tools you need to be a steady, confident presence as she grows into womanhood.
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