What makes Cycle Essentials so effective?
If you’ve ever felt like your body is working against you during certain times of the month – if your mood/headspace shifts overnight, your energy vanishes and you find yourself bloated, craving sugar, or dealing with periods that seem heavier than usual or perhaps they have become irregular – you’re not alone. These changes can be disheartening, especially when you’re doing your best to look after yourself. But here’s the good news: these symptoms aren’t just something to ‘put up with’. They can be your body’s way of signalling that something’s out of harmony – often related to your hormones, particularly progesterone.
Cycle Essentials was developed by Dr Libby to help bring the body back to inner balance during times of hormonal change – whether that’s due to monthly fluctuations or the bigger shifts of perimenopause. With a carefully selected blend of nutrients and medicinal herbs, Cycle Essentials supports cyclical ovulation and hence healthy progesterone production, and provides adrenal support, helping ease common symptoms like mood challenges, fatigue, painful periods, PMS, more frequent or irregular cycles, fluid retention and heavy bleeding.
Why progesterone matters
Progesterone plays a crucial role related to many aspects of our health beyond the reproductive system alone. It maintains the lining of the uterus, helping to hold it in place after estrogen lays it down prior to ovulation. If there’s no conception, the endometrium can fall away and we bleed. Progesterone helps periods to not be excessively heavy, so if they are heavy or there’s flooding, this can be a sign that there’s no or low progesterone. Progesterone is very soothing for the nervous system, supporting both mood and sleep – it’s one of the body’s most powerful anti-anxiety agents, promoting calm and emotional stability.
Several factors can affect progesterone production, with stress being one of the most significant. Chronic stress can interfere with the body’s capacity to ovulate regularly, which is where the bulk of our progesterone comes from. As women enter perimenopause, ovulation becomes less frequent and inconsistent, leading to months where’s there’s no surge in progesterone. This reduction can contribute to symptoms such as increased anxiety (particularly in the lead up to your period), mood swings, heavier periods, irritability, bloating/fluid retention and disrupted sleep.
How Cycle Essentials supports hormonal health
Cycle Essentials uses a combination of medicinal herbs and food-sourced nutrients to:
• Encourage regular ovulation for natural progesterone production
• Nourish the adrenal glands and calm the nervous system
• Reduce inflammation and ease menstrual pain
• Support thyroid and ovarian health
A duo of Paeonia and Liquorice work together to foster ovulation and help restore healthy progesterone levels. They also support adrenal recovery from stress, reduce inflammation and relieve fluid retention. Dong quai adds extra support for period pain, cramps and inflammation, while Siberian ginseng has been shown to enhance the body’s ability to cope with stress and maintain hormone balance.
Iodine, sourced from New Zealand kelp, is essential for thyroid and ovarian function – both of which impact ovulation and hence progesterone production – while also supporting a healthy metabolism and energy. Together, these ingredients create a formula that not only helps you feel better in the short term, but supports long-term hormonal health and resilience.
Cycle Essentials has also shown benefits for women navigating PCOS, helping to reduce excess androgens that can contribute to symptoms like irregular periods and unwanted facial hair growth. And for those in perimenopause, it provides much-needed support as progesterone production becomes unreliable and inconsistent.
This is about more than symptom relief. Cycle Essentials is grounded in nutritional science and traditional wisdom, offering whole-body support to help you feel more inner balance, resilient and well – throughout your cycle and beyond.
