27/01/2026
Sitting in this pottery studio thinking about cycles within cycles 🌀
When I got my first period at 11, I had no idea what it was. It took me 2 days to find the courage to ask my mum.
2 days of confusion and silence. Thinking something was wrong with me.
Even after “the talk,” I had zero context about the pain I would endure each month since.
Why my mood tanked before it came. Why I felt unstoppable some weeks and exhausted others. Why my body seemed to be working against me.
Spent 15+ years thinking something was wrong with me.
Spoiler: nothing was wrong. I just didn’t have the manual.
If you could go back and teach younger you ONE thing about your cycle, what would it be?
Genuinely curious 💭
With love,
Sara x
Video description: 9 second reel of bébé bloom cofounder Sara at the pottery wheel, hands shaping clay as text appears on screen: “11-year-old me needed this / 29-year-old me needed this / I’m teaching my daughter differently.” Breaking generational cycles, one conversation at a time.