The Power of the Period | Lucy Peach | TEDxPerth

What if PMS isn’t a curse, but is instead part of a cycle that can be both a powerful creative muse and life coach? Lucy Peach shares how learning about her period has helped unlock both creativity and productivity. She shows how understanding the power of the period can transform both lives and relationships. Lucy Peach is a stadium-folk-pop singer song-writer and sexual health educator. Using science, stories and songs, this ‘Period Preacher' believes it’s time we had a new ‘Talk’. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @merbish7962
    @merbish79622 жыл бұрын

    Props to the dude with the tablet drawing everything in time with her talking

  • @lolololololutrythcfy
    @lolololololutrythcfy4 жыл бұрын

    this made me giggle and cry from pride of being a woman as i bleed and die from pain ❤️

  • @christinemariequigless

    @christinemariequigless

    2 жыл бұрын

    you don't have to have pain be a part of your period forever. there is a way out, it would be my pleasure to help if you're open to it. I use an effective and holistic method. In 90 days or less we can get rid of your cramps and PMS, medical diagnosis be damned...i did it and have helped many others do it, you are not alone and you no longer have to suffer to be a woman.

  • @Rhian357

    @Rhian357

    Жыл бұрын

    Ffs

  • @j.goethe4980

    @j.goethe4980

    Жыл бұрын

    @@christinemariequigless what kind of method?

  • @naninverina

    @naninverina

    8 ай бұрын

    Show us your method, please❤❤

  • @emmamackt
    @emmamackt3 жыл бұрын

    So glad I've found this video - first day of bleeding on a super full moon. Time to chill the F out❤️

  • @necolesettles1720

    @necolesettles1720

    2 жыл бұрын

    YEEEEEEES 💃🏿💃🏿

  • @SusiePettit
    @SusiePettit Жыл бұрын

    Yessss! Can we have all 9-12 year old girls AND boys watch this?

  • @honjabee
    @honjabee3 жыл бұрын

    Her outfit is everything 😍

  • @imane8711

    @imane8711

    3 жыл бұрын

    yesss

  • @hannaday8947
    @hannaday89474 жыл бұрын

    That one person who shouts "woooo!" After she says "it's time we harness menstrual power".

  • @babysenpai3883

    @babysenpai3883

    4 жыл бұрын

    At home I literally did the same thing it was a great talk

  • @KylaPlaxton

    @KylaPlaxton

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes! this is so good!

  • @moonii6351
    @moonii63512 жыл бұрын

    It’s sad that only now in my early 30s I’m learning about this. I knew the bare minimum about my period, but now I can understand it and appreciate it and harness its power. Love it ❤️

  • @meaghenstandlee6644

    @meaghenstandlee6644

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @Gemini9999

    @Gemini9999

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m pushing 30 as well, and have only now recognized the 4 week process.

  • @elisanoemi5930

    @elisanoemi5930

    Жыл бұрын

    me too

  • @madolikamilot3933

    @madolikamilot3933

    10 ай бұрын

    Same thing here, you're not alone ! Now we know ! :)

  • @emilyjanepritchard
    @emilyjanepritchard3 жыл бұрын

    Really great, really important. Thank you. I always thought I had PMDD, I used to really struggle with deep anger, sadness, and emptiness in my Autumn. I realized it was just like I was grieving. And I do grieve, the loss of potential life, and everything that I had dreamed and planned to do throughout the month that seems lost, and I don't handle grief well. So when I started thinking about it like that and met it with compassion rather than resistance, I really got a better handle on my emotions. Now, the way you describe it adds even more layers of understanding, so I am really so happy, that I can say "In my Autumn" rather than "the week before I get my period" it's really brilliant. Thank you for such a wonderful presentation and performance, your voice is lovely.

  • @ziady8360

    @ziady8360

    9 ай бұрын

    Dear Emily, I felt it's the right word I can use to describe my feeling after reading your comment. you just out into word what I feel. thinks for sharing your thoughts and feelings❤

  • @akiinefaexperiencinglife
    @akiinefaexperiencinglife3 жыл бұрын

    My first day of period and as a 24yr old who has had irregular periods all through,i have never taken this education serious. Now on my journey to self improvement,i realize every aspect of what i am is important .

  • @neptunes_oeuvre
    @neptunes_oeuvre3 жыл бұрын

    I feel that menstruation is literally like a wound not in a way where you treat it as something smaller but instead something to nurture and care for, it makes way for something new and beautiful 🤍 thank you Lucy

  • @egreen4646

    @egreen4646

    3 жыл бұрын

    red raspberry leaf tea, drink a cup a day will help with pms and bleeding time.

  • @mutumjaya
    @mutumjaya3 жыл бұрын

    I cried by the song when she screen "it's in my blood, I won't feel shame"

  • @shannonlstin3636
    @shannonlstin36368 ай бұрын

    This is a fantastic talk and should be presented in early educaton before young ladies experience their menstral cycle, to help give them better understaning and prepare them to take proper care of their health.. On the other hand, not every female can plan their life/work life around their cycle. We need to spread cyclical awarness in the work force!

  • @miakeys4280
    @miakeys42803 жыл бұрын

    As somebody who practices witchcraft, we often use our periods to manifest. Lots of powerful energy in our bodies. So we harness it to to have more success in our spells/manifestations

  • @patriciaonwuka4827

    @patriciaonwuka4827

    2 жыл бұрын

    How do you do it ?

  • @andreapothoven7461
    @andreapothoven7461 Жыл бұрын

    Winter: North Night Shadow Stillness Less energy Pj's No smiles Eyes closed Introverted New moon/shadow moon Horse on cart Cleaning no Spring: East Morning Morning-sun / sunrise Energy Jeans Smile Half moon / rising moon Horse before cart Eyes on stuff close by Cleaning yes Summer South Mid-day High noon sun Extroverted Dress Laughing Full moon Cart on horse Eyes wide open Cleaning - making a mess Autumn West Sunset Evenings Becoming introverted Comfy pants Starring in distance Evenings Smiling Half moon/ descending Cart before horse Cleaning- yes That's how I see my period-compass

  • @tracyvo3
    @tracyvo32 жыл бұрын

    “that’s how you go with the flow” MY JAW DROPPED DOG LIKE 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @asandayoung8085
    @asandayoung80853 жыл бұрын

    Listening to the song in the end while on my period makes me cry 😭

  • @Indigo_outlaw
    @Indigo_outlaw2 жыл бұрын

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I always check my calendar before I commit to a big event or adventure to make sure I'm not in fall or winter. This is great!! Thank you

  • @createwithAI-home
    @createwithAI-home4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful way of helping us to understand ourselves a little bit more, more women’s health teds please!

  • @imane8711

    @imane8711

    3 жыл бұрын

    yesss

  • @rewildrevolution
    @rewildrevolution3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sister!! This is so hard to do living in a mans world

  • @natalieohlsson7777

    @natalieohlsson7777

    2 жыл бұрын

    Truth is, it’s a women’s world too.

  • @raghad6716

    @raghad6716

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@natalieohlsson7777 its really not

  • @yeyo4281

    @yeyo4281

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@raghad6716 And we won't let it stay this way 😊

  • @christinemariequigless
    @christinemariequigless2 жыл бұрын

    what fun!! I am so raising my hand with you on this. I devoted an online course to teaching others how to harness the power of their period and when we work with it--no more cramps, no more PMS. It is so much fun to be the queen of the world during menstruation, the warrior during follicular, Aphrodite during luteal part I, and Athena during Luteal part II. There are so many solutions ready to land if we would just use our cycles!!! Thank you for this heartfelt way to understand the phases.

  • @joannaeread
    @joannaeread Жыл бұрын

    This video remains one of my favorite TED talks!

  • @gargeebanerjee1243
    @gargeebanerjee12432 жыл бұрын

    I never had anyone put it this way for me.🖤

  • @MariaStadell
    @MariaStadell3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful speech, beautiful song, beautiful illustrations

  • @gracefrancis7518
    @gracefrancis75184 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing Lucy ❤️

  • @sarahismyhumanname
    @sarahismyhumanname2 жыл бұрын

    this is perfect! thank you for being a women! thank you for inspiring

  • @tonyameikle2772
    @tonyameikle27724 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Love this ♥️

  • @tudalu
    @tudalu3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this :) Hope this video will gain huge amount of views it deserves.

  • @KylaPlaxton
    @KylaPlaxton3 жыл бұрын

    omg I love this! I'm going to feature it on my website! YESSSSA! I couldn't have said it better myself OR Sang it better myself!

  • @JyoSco007
    @JyoSco0073 жыл бұрын

    Wow! What a beautiful singing!

  • @Discoveringrid
    @Discoveringrid2 жыл бұрын

    We are so powerful ❤️

  • @denisherforbes4095
    @denisherforbes4095 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @CoachLydia
    @CoachLydia2 жыл бұрын

    ONE OF THE BEST TED TALKS EEEEEVER

  • @arafa.7
    @arafa.74 жыл бұрын

    The song oh my god!!!!!!!!💜

  • @celinaannika3902
    @celinaannika39023 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful! ❤️

  • @maradekoninck8793
    @maradekoninck8793Ай бұрын

    Love this!

  • @Catando
    @Catando4 жыл бұрын

    Love this talk!!! You're amazing!!! ❤❤

  • @iriefrenchies5583
    @iriefrenchies55832 жыл бұрын

    So upsetting that I am just hearing about this wonderful perspective now at the age of 35. How amazing and beneficial this kind of feminine education would have been at 13. And here we are, all us women, thinking there is “something wrong” because our cycle affects our hormones… and all Doctors do to “correct” things is give us “birth control” to further distance ourselves from our natural truth and seasons. Such a dysfunctional and vicious cycle. So happy I know this now and Can pass it on to my 2 daughters in a timely fashion. ♥️🙏

  • @imane8711
    @imane87113 жыл бұрын

    this is wholesome

  • @martarodriguez3120
    @martarodriguez31204 жыл бұрын

    Superb!! Really like you sister

  • @louisesutherland5080
    @louisesutherland50802 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Thank you :)

  • @bloomingorchid721
    @bloomingorchid7212 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation and perspective 👏🏿

  • @Southerntings
    @Southerntings Жыл бұрын

    I'll never be the same again

  • @JyoSco007
    @JyoSco0073 жыл бұрын

    Amazing artist, that guy 👍

  • @Ado_Remi
    @Ado_Remi4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @maritanottzmusic
    @maritanottzmusic6 ай бұрын

    so beautiful

  • @Empowered_you_
    @Empowered_you_ Жыл бұрын

    Make time to do something that u love that makes u feel you in fall

  • @Misseggy24
    @Misseggy242 жыл бұрын

    Whilst this is really beautiful and I hope it’s inspiring for a lot of people, I can’t say I resonate. I’ve always struggled with an immense sense of dysphoria regarding the function of AFAB people’s reproductive systems, and how we’re told by society that we should embrace this aspect of our bodies. My reproductive system, and therefore my menstrual cycle, has only ever represented physical and psychological pain for me. It makes me feel disconnected from myself and my identity.

  • @janetpillay2957
    @janetpillay29573 жыл бұрын

    Loved this talk and the song 💓

  • @wolverineempire3387
    @wolverineempire33873 жыл бұрын

    That’s is why women rule

  • @HannahMitchell-Art
    @HannahMitchell-Art6 жыл бұрын

    This is so great!

  • @dorothymaria8711
    @dorothymaria87115 жыл бұрын

    Most incredibly, empowering, comical and authentic TedxTalk I've watched! Thank you Lucy 🙏♀️❤

  • @autismuntouched5771

    @autismuntouched5771

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree,period shaming is real ,❤️She takes that away.

  • @JamieHartMusic
    @JamieHartMusic5 жыл бұрын

    check out her other Ted talks thats longer, much better!!

  • @ActiveAdvocate1
    @ActiveAdvocate1 Жыл бұрын

    It's absolutely unfathomable to me to only have seven days of any of these. I get ten to twelve-day periods, MAYBE a week of feeling like a human being, and then, the rest of the time, crippling emotional PMS. I don't care about the physical stuff, even when the cramps are bad enough to make me vomit, which they are sometimes. It's the emotional stuff. I just want to be TOTALLY alone for days and days on end, I can't sleep, I can just sit and stare at nothing for hours, I'm slow, I'm ravenous for sugar, I'm bored, I'm lonely despite not wanting anyone near me, I'm anxious to the point of looking over my shoulder and listening at doors, and scream and I cry at NOTHING, it's INSANE how bad it is. Oh, and I only have one ovary. I'm also not able to go on birth control or any kind of antidepressant because I have a heart condition. My gynaecologist told me I'm lucky: some women are homicidal or suicidal. And THAT'S where she left it. I waited for over a year to see her, to beg for ANYTHING she could do, and she told me all the mood-improving "supplements" are just placebos. And THAT'S where she left it.

  • @andreapothoven7461

    @andreapothoven7461

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe this will help All organic 3 in 1 . bananas/ dark chocolate/ full milk Or Organ meat, chicken liver is the easiest, maybe stuffed in meatballs, if taste is difficult And herb teas Camomile/ shepherd purse / BlackBerry leaf etc.etc.etc. With or without raw honey And last organic pads and tampons. Wishing you cramp free periods, It's possible......bye

  • @ActiveAdvocate1

    @ActiveAdvocate1

    Жыл бұрын

    @LJ, the way even Canadian medicine is going right now, it would probably take me about 100 years.

  • @caddycallaghan
    @caddycallaghan Жыл бұрын

  • @kitten_foots
    @kitten_foots5 жыл бұрын

    That outfit 😍

  • @rainbowstarks
    @rainbowstarks6 жыл бұрын

    where can I find the song at the end? Was really inspiring. thank you

  • @jenueledwards8786

    @jenueledwards8786

    4 жыл бұрын

    how period is nothing but ur body pushing out a very small egg u may cause pain

  • @simgirl118

    @simgirl118

    4 жыл бұрын

    I feel it by Lucy Peach on Google Play Music! Might be on other platforms but idk, I just typed in her name and found it(:

  • @dingospender9385
    @dingospender93856 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Lucy - well done!

  • @lucypeach

    @lucypeach

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @AppleBottomJ

    @AppleBottomJ

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tom Spender Thanks 😅

  • @AydanJane
    @AydanJane5 жыл бұрын

    Love this! Hilarious and informative!

  • @oztish
    @oztish3 жыл бұрын

    5 days? Lucky her.

  • @egreen4646

    @egreen4646

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Zuzanna Rey when I did bleed it was 7 days like clockwork and a short cycle 28 days.

  • @MsGaella
    @MsGaella7 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @tatomataxia
    @tatomataxia6 жыл бұрын

    yes, yes, yes x

  • @princeofpersiagirl
    @princeofpersiagirl3 жыл бұрын

    I just watched this (on my period) and I kind of found it interesting and useful but at the same time it feels like it wasn't as informative as i thought, it's much more abstract. I didn't get what are you supposed to harness?

  • @amanjotkaur6881

    @amanjotkaur6881

    3 жыл бұрын

    I guess it's harnessing the information that you have if you are aware of what your cycle is like for you. Making the best choices according to your cycle, where you can. When you are in the spring/summer phase, choose to do something productive/to contribute. Harness the autumn/winter phase by nurturing or resting yourself so you are in the best state possible.

  • @lunastellar8338
    @lunastellar83383 жыл бұрын

    🌹❤🌹

  • @visionn_
    @visionn_2 жыл бұрын

    powerful❤️

  • @gnk-seriespowerdroid4405
    @gnk-seriespowerdroid44053 жыл бұрын

    She botted the god damn comments

  • @mONchichi11
    @mONchichi114 ай бұрын

    Women being denigrated for century's for their menstruation and now you decide to de center women from the discussion by saying "any one who menstruate" absolutely ridiculous.

  • @MaikkiMasa
    @MaikkiMasa3 жыл бұрын

    I have only one question: who the heck is that dude just sitting there on stage not giving a sh*t??

  • @cecilesuperfree1042

    @cecilesuperfree1042

    2 жыл бұрын

    Patriarchy

  • @akanksha5040

    @akanksha5040

    2 жыл бұрын

    He is the illustrator. Whatever you saw being drawn on the screen was by him. :)

  • @hilarybee1797

    @hilarybee1797

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's the hubby and I think he is being supportive by doing fabulous drawings ;)

  • @duckgoesquack4514
    @duckgoesquack45146 жыл бұрын

    is her hat made out of menstrual blood?

  • @nites90

    @nites90

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably

  • @blokeVB
    @blokeVB4 жыл бұрын

    🤭🤢🤮

  • @lucylousie8512

    @lucylousie8512

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bloke what

  • @lyingonthekitchenfloorasus608

    @lyingonthekitchenfloorasus608

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lucylousie8512 i'm sure he means periods

  • @nicolehambleton8635

    @nicolehambleton8635

    4 жыл бұрын

    then we can almost guarantee that he doesn't have a girlfriend then

  • @ayelove1838

    @ayelove1838

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or he’s a child

  • @cecilesuperfree1042

    @cecilesuperfree1042

    2 жыл бұрын

    he‘s jalous

  • @TLC150
    @TLC1503 жыл бұрын

    What 🐂💩

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