And I'm Charlotte's only certified Fertility Awareness Educator. I also serve my community as a birth doula.

I studied with Sarah Bly, CFAE, CPM, at The Well School of Body Literacy from 2023-2025. Before working with Sarah, I became certified as a birth doula with Madriella Doula, an organization I chose because of its core value of accessibility. I now serve the homebirth community by assisting local midwives and witnessing births as a doula. This work is not only fulfilling, but was my foot-in-the-door to the women's wellness world here in Charlotte. 

Before my formal studies, I had been charting my menstrual cycle using sympto-thermal fertility awareness based on the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. I have now been charting my cycle (and meeting my goals!) for 11 years. 

I'm Julie, AKA "The Cycle Lady"

I'm Julie, AKA
"The Cycle Lady"

meet the teacher

Now certified, my dream is to make fertility awareness accessible to all women who want it. To do this, I'll be teaching body literacy classes both virtually and in-person, as well as offering free workshops in my community. Two of my favorite workshops are the Cervical Fluid Demonstration and, for younger audiences, The Cycle Show. 

You can always find me in the kitchen, cooking for my family and creating recipes for my partnership with NYC's Orly Wellness. If not there, I'm probably taking a bath. 

Find out more about my offerings below. 

If you’re tired of being denied access to reproductive health solutions (I’m looking at you: safe, affordable abortions as necessary medical interventions, home birth, the right to a fair and paid maternity leave), I’ve got news for you: you don’t need to live within the boundaries of the medical system.

This system, built by men, for men, and largely with men in mind, does not meet the needs of women who are looking for better reproductive and sexual healthcare solutions. While I can’t fix the maternity leave thing (but can we, together?), I can help you live with sovereignty over your reproductive and sexual health choices. I can show you how your body is communicating with you, giving you the exact messages you need to know how to take care of it, and to make wise decisions for your goals and overall wellbeing. 

I can teach you to be BODY LITERATE: to listen to your body, on a daily basis, using signs and signals that it’s naturally always giving you, and how to interpret those signs so you can make the best decisions for yourself. Every day. Always. No algorithms, no apps, no relying on something or someone else to tell you what to do or what decision to make. 

This is a skill that you can share with your partner or husband, pass down to your daughter, and your daughter can pass down to hers. This is a call to the new-wave of women’s sexual liberation. Margaret Sanger had it all wrong: we don’t need pills to regulate our bodies or our lives. We don’t need or want to live within the systems and cycles that are designed for men. We can use the systems in place to our advantage when we have the KNOWLEDGE of our own bodies’ systems and cycles. 

Why is this important to me?