READY-TO-GO PRESENTATIONS
CYCLE PREP: Live!
Bring our acclaimed first period workshop to your parish or school. Live workshop includes 75 minutes of presentation plus Q&A, along with take-home materials for each family. Great for girls aged 9-11. - What Parents Should Know About (Pre)Teen Periods: How do I know if my daughter's period is normal? What should I do if the doctor offers her birth control? What language can I use to help her develop a positive, healthy attitude towards her period... when I never got that information myself? This program is great for schools or parishes, to give parents the concrete tools they need to navigate teen periods and puberty with less anxiety and more positivity. 45 minutes of presentation, with Q&A.
- Perimenopause Prep - NFP and Signs of Shifting Fertility: This is like Cycle Prep, but backwards! In this class, Christina gives an overview of the biological changes spanning the entire period of perimenopause, offering guidelines for how various symptoms and body signs may shift a couple's experience with Natural Family Planning. Note: this course does NOT offer medical advice on symptom management. 60 minutes, with Q&A. Great for women aged 35 and up (yes, you read that correctly!)
- Human Love in the Divine Plan- An Intro to NFP and Fertility Awareness: this overview includes Church teaching related to marriage, family planning, and NFP. Then it offers a survey of different biomarkers and how they are utilized by different method of NFP to identify a couple's fertile window. Discussion wraps up with an honest look at the benefits and challenges of NFP. This presentation is NOT method-specific and is great for marriage prep, young adult groups, or even a basic overview for seminarians. 60 minutes plus Q&A.
- Body Literacy for Single Women: Why would a single woman want to chart her cycle? In this presentation, Christina introduces the audience to a key concept of Pope St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body: "The Language of the Body." In addition to offering practical guidance on getting started with biomarker tracking, Christina also offers reflections on how learning about this aspect of our female biology can help women contemplate the beauty of how we are specially made in God's image. Great for college groups, Catholic young professionals, and more! 60 minutes plus Q&A.
