The Deliberate Day Podcast | Taming the chaos of big family life for moms of many

133. First Period Prep with Pearl & Thistle

March 18, 2024 Brittany and Tiffany Season 10 Episode 133
133. First Period Prep with Pearl & Thistle
The Deliberate Day Podcast | Taming the chaos of big family life for moms of many
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The Deliberate Day Podcast | Taming the chaos of big family life for moms of many
133. First Period Prep with Pearl & Thistle
Mar 18, 2024 Season 10 Episode 133
Brittany and Tiffany

Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with Christina Valenzuela…a wife, mom of four, and the owner and creative director of Pearl & Thistle. 

She offers a unique blend of theology and science to bring better body literacy to Catholics. She's been a certified instructor in the Boston Cross Check™ method of Natural Family Planning since 2013 and her signature course, Cycle Prep, was a 2021 OSV Innovation Challenge finalist. 

She holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Notre Dame as well as a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She is a life-professed member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic and today she is here to teach all of us how to introduce our teens (and really, the entire family) to their cycles in a beautiful way…

  • Christina Valenzuela (00:00)
  • Proximate Formation (03:00)
  • Building a Culture of Care (05:16)
  • Tracking Your Cycle (16:59)
  • Cycle Prep not Period Prep (23:09)
  • Too Late (27:45)
  • Preparing & Affirming (32:30)
  • Rapid Fire Questions (36:30)
  • More About Christina Valenzuela (40:42)


If you'd like to learn more about Christina and Pearl & Thistle, you can head over to Pearl & Thistle's Shop to see everything she has to offer!  

If you have a daughter who will soon be ready, we highly recommend the Cycle Prep: First Period Course for girls by Pearl & Thistle!

Remember sweet momma,

You are doing beautiful work!

Find the complete podcast notes on our website.

To find The Deliberate Day on Instagram, click here.

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Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with Christina Valenzuela…a wife, mom of four, and the owner and creative director of Pearl & Thistle. 

She offers a unique blend of theology and science to bring better body literacy to Catholics. She's been a certified instructor in the Boston Cross Check™ method of Natural Family Planning since 2013 and her signature course, Cycle Prep, was a 2021 OSV Innovation Challenge finalist. 

She holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Notre Dame as well as a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She is a life-professed member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic and today she is here to teach all of us how to introduce our teens (and really, the entire family) to their cycles in a beautiful way…

  • Christina Valenzuela (00:00)
  • Proximate Formation (03:00)
  • Building a Culture of Care (05:16)
  • Tracking Your Cycle (16:59)
  • Cycle Prep not Period Prep (23:09)
  • Too Late (27:45)
  • Preparing & Affirming (32:30)
  • Rapid Fire Questions (36:30)
  • More About Christina Valenzuela (40:42)


If you'd like to learn more about Christina and Pearl & Thistle, you can head over to Pearl & Thistle's Shop to see everything she has to offer!  

If you have a daughter who will soon be ready, we highly recommend the Cycle Prep: First Period Course for girls by Pearl & Thistle!

Remember sweet momma,

You are doing beautiful work!

Find the complete podcast notes on our website.

To find The Deliberate Day on Instagram, click here.

Looking for items shared in our podcasts?!

Christina Valenzuela
Proximate Formation
Building a Culture of Care
Tracking Your Cycle
Cycle Prep not Period Prep
Too Late
Preparing & Affirming
Rapid Fire Questions
More About Christina Valenzuela