Raising Flora Podcast

Welcome to the Raising Flora Podcast where we talk about periods, parenting, and everything you need to give your tweens and teens a healthy, positive start to their cycling years. I'm your host, Liz Vivian, a mom and a menstrual health educator and coach. I love teaching about menstrual cycles — from biology and hormones to inner seasons and cyclical self care. I love inviting stories, answering questions, and making periods a little less taboo every day. I’m warm, down to earth and here to help — you can ask me anything.

Season One is all about the back-to-school season. As a mom, I know this season can be a lot to manage both logistically and emotionally as we nurture our tweens and teens through so many beginnings – new classes, new sports seasons, new bus routes, new friendships. So I reached out to experts for good ideas and support. We’ve had amazing conversations about important topics like mental health, nutrition, mindset, friendship, academics, and love. And I’ve brought a cycle aware spin to each chat. I invite you to listen in.

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Episodes

Giving Tweens and Teens a Solid Start to the School Year

Today, I talk about how to give our tweens and teens a solid start to the school year with Jessyka Coulter, lifelong learner, and founder of Ace Cookie Tutoring where she teaches kids HOW to learn and how to LOVE learning. Jessyka’s joy for learning shines through this episode from her story about wanting to be high school valedictorian to her tips for starting the new school year on a great path for learning. She shares what’s behind your daughter’s “school is boring” comments and reminds us th...

Sep 18, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Strengthening Your Athlete's Mental Game with Bre Smedley

Today, I talk about supporting our tween’s and teen’s mental game with Bre Smedley, a life-long athlete who played volleyball in college and now coaches a two-time state champion high school volleyball team in addition to running her business, The Elite Competitor. Bre is using her personal experiences as an athlete plus her Master’s in Education, and her Certification in Positive Performance Mindset to help girls build their confidence for game day and every day. As a mom of a competitive athle...

Sep 11, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Calming Tweens and Teens with Dimple Arora

Today, I talk about how to keep ourselves and our tweens and teens steady through this season of transitions with Dimple Arora. Her practical approach to mental and emotional health focuses on regulating the nervous system, reducing inflammation and optimizing the brain – heart – gut connection uses mindfulness, nutrition, EFT tapping and a variety of mind body techniques. Dimple is a certified life coach, founder of Mindful Evolution and co-host of the I AM MOM Parenting Podcast. Dimple is incr...

Sep 05, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Loving Your Daughter through Every Stage and Phase

Today, I talk about motherhood, love languages and loving your daughter through every stage and phase of her menstrual cycle with Charise Freeman of Growing in Love Together. Charise is a mom, an author, a speaker and a retired Air Force veteran who helps moms connect with their daughters through the five love languages. Like everyone's, Charise's motherhood story is complex and special and I'm so thankful she shared it with us. You'll hear Charise talk openly about sexual as...

Aug 29, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Nourishing Tweens and Teens with Brandee Hommerding

Today, I talk about nourishing our tweens and teens through puberty with Brandee Hommerding of Bee Collective Wellness. Brandee is a certified nutrition therapy practitioner and a self-proclaimed diet culture dropout who works with women to overcome challenges like bloating, fatigue, PMS and irregular menstrual cycles. I so enjoyed our conversation because it's both deep and practical. We talked about how to talk with your kids about macronutrients and why breakfast really is their most imp...

Aug 26, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 1