Several years ago, I was searching for a synthetic – hormone free method of birth control. I came across the fertility awareness method (or FAM, for short) and I was initially very skeptical. Nevertheless, I gave it a shot, and found that it was exactly what I was looking for. It also challenged everything I knew about my body and menstrual cycles. I found out that there was a lot we weren’t being taught as women. That we aren’t being irresponsible for not going on hormonal birth control, that we OVULATE every month and that the practice of FAM can give us a relationship with our body that we’ve never experienced before. I decided that I wanted to share this information with more women and became a certified FEMM instructor. Now, I teach the fertility awareness method and work with women who desire to have a relationship with their hormones and with their cycles. As a result, they have a greater sense of empowerment in their choices and in their lives.