How Am I?

How Am I? We're reimagining puberty with whole-cycle awareness & emotional literacy.

Our playful app and transformative workshops help young menstruators & adults connect, understand & thrive together, in body, mind & rhythm.

This is where the fun really starts to happen - in the actual design. Working out what’s most needed in the prototype, s...
24/11/2025

This is where the fun really starts to happen - in the actual design.
Working out what’s most needed in the prototype, so that we can test our riskiest assumptions.

We want:
💫 Young people to be engaged with their cycles.
🩸 Whole Cycle Awareness to be commonplace.
💡 A fun and immersive UX and UI.
🦺 A safe, shareable daily readout.

A massive shout out to our in-house designer and master builder Dan Berridge.
Dan is taking the Prototype build in his stride, problem solving while staying open to mine and Nikki’s input and suggestions. Even with Nikki stepping back a bit lately by the power of three we are mighty!

Nikki, Dan and I have put years into the back story, the on-the-ground work, user journeying/testing and refining, and now weeks into the making.

The prototype will be ready to be tested in the New Year.

Get in touch if you and your young person would like to be part of that journey!

Sign up to our waitlist where you’ll hear occasional updates from us as to how we’re getting on. (link in the comments 👇)

(photo - behind the scenes!)

Moods aren't always random!It’s so easy to just see 'behavior'. But, if we’re also a menstruator, we have to remember f...
19/11/2025

Moods aren't always random!

It’s so easy to just see 'behavior'. But, if we’re also a menstruator, we have to remember from our own journey, that when our moods change (and wildly sometimes), and sometimes all seemingly in a few hours, it’s not that we’re ‘going bonkers’ its our internal system shouting out that something needs addressing!

Each hormone has a personality:
Estrogen’s like: Lets connect, create, fix the world!
Progesterone says: Lets slow down, stay at home, make things comfy
Testosterone charges in with: Lets get this show on the road!

So if you think along these lines, mood changes are an indication that we’re shifting phases.. A little bit like we’re in a car and we’re needing to change gear - We naturally adjust our driving accordingly don’t we..
Maybe we’re approaching ovulation, or into the Luteal comedown, or menstruation is on it’s way..
Cortisol can also then jump in and start pressing buttons like an over excited toddler… screaming to us that we actually do need to make these gear changes.

It’s certainty not always easy as an adult to remember all of this, our lives are in full swing, s**t happens, and many of us have such busy existences these days! who’s got time to feel in and listen to these internal whispers??
It really is hard enough for us, let alone our children who are new to cyclical living! - BUT we know that when we do listen in, things get much MUCH easier.

That’s why we’re building tools to help out with this self-understanding.

Follow us if you don’t already, join our waitlist (link in the comments). Help us to help you and all the young menstruators in your life.

This wild ride! (both running a start up - and being a parent!)Both things are not the easiest jobs in the world, but pa...
14/11/2025

This wild ride! (both running a start up - and being a parent!)

Both things are not the easiest jobs in the world, but parenting has to be the hardest sometimes! like when your child silently walks away from you, shuts (or slams!) the door, rolls their eyes, or seems miles away..
I have a tween and it’s easy to think in that moment that i'm the one that has done something wrong, in the way we’ve bought them up or some such thoughts…
The truth is that hormones are taking hold and new feelings are being felt and not yet understood.

These changes can feel really big for our young (or not-so-young) ones!

One minute they can be really loving and chatty, and the next they can be quite prickly and withdrawn.

We all know this as being part of growing up, but it doesn’t mean that the connection has to fade.

I've learnt the key is understanding what’s beneath the moods.

When we learn or remember how emotions, hormones and communication are all interlinked we can stop reacting and start relating! yea!

And at this point in a young person’s life, many parents might be peri-menopausal too..! throwing the other end of the hormonal cycle into the mix for good measure!

Tonight, you could try asking:
”What kind of day has your body given you today?”
It provokes a little deeper thought into what makes us tick, and is a gentle doorway conversation with no pressure and no judgement..

At Howami we're slow and steady in our creation, making changes as we receive feedback, and now we're busy creating two things:
An engaging, playful space for young people to find some hormonal & emotional understanding and a space for Adults to connect in with their young person for more easeful communication around emotions and periods.

If you haven’t already, we’d love you to follow us and sign up to our waitlist to support us at https://www.howami.co/signup

Please spread the word we want good communication and open talk around periods to be commonplace.

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