Pearl & Thistle offers a wide variety of self-paced, online courses designed to help parents, women, and couples learn cycle awareness and body literacy from a Catholic perspective.

Ready to know and love God's design for the body? I've created dozens of courses and resources designed to help parents, women, couples, and organizations learn cycle awareness and body literacy from a Catholic perspective.

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How do you teach your kids that our bodies are good while keeping boundaries in mind? Lay the foundation with this free, age-appropriate intro to Theology of the Body.

Families: kids aged 6-9

MADE IN HIS IMAGE
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The best time to prep for her menses? Before it happens! No need for fear or wondering what's going to happen; prepare your daughter - and you - for her first period with Cycle Prep.

Parents + girls: aged 9-11

CYCLE PREP
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Why wait until she's an adult to gain valuable health info? Help your daughter to understand her cycles and determine what's normal and what's not with this basic intro to charting.

Girls aged 12+

CHARTING FOR GIRLS
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Dread the sex talk no more. Anatomy, Reproduction, and Fertility for Catholic Teens combines biology and theology to illuminate the language of the body as designed by God.

Teens (boys or girls!) aged 16+

CATHOLIC TEEN COURSE
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What if there were a "reverse puberty" class for women and couples using NFP through the perimenopause transition? Course includes videos, couples workbooks, and private podcast!

PERIMENOPAUSE PREP
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The solution to "the Church needs to do more to support NFP?" It's you. Let me train you how to dynamically bring NFP to your parish and community as a lay leader.

NFP AMBASSADORS

EN ESPAÑOL

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Con subtítulos y PDF recursos en español. Un programa que otorga ciencia exacta, información de ayuda y que respeta el rol de los padres como los principales maestros.

CYCLE PREP - EN ESPAÑOL
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Esta hermosa Guía presenta a las chicas dos niveles para graficar ciclos: una Guía Básica para usar durante los primeros años y una Guía Avanzada para cuando los ciclos se vuelven más regulares.

LEYENDO TU CICLO
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Hemos preparado hermosas diapositivas en PDF con sus notas para presentar, ya sea usando este libreto directamente o el suyo propio. Se incluyen folletos para recursos adicionales y aprendizaje.

PAQUETE

Note: This page features all of our pre-recorded courses, with pricing for individual licenses.

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Looking for something different? Christina is also available for consulting, training, speaking, and more. We'd love to speak with you about your needs and how Pearl & Thistle can help you.

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