In sync: Tracking your menstrual cycle can improve your life — here's how 

Having awareness of your hormonal fluctuations can help you hack into better sleep, physical and mental health

Lisa de Jong, menstrual cycle coach Picture: Maria Rusk

Tracking our menstrual cycles throughout the month can help us feel more empowered when it comes to our mental health, our fitness, our social lives and even our careers. For many young women, period-tracking apps like Clue, Moody, and Flo are as likely to be found on their smartphones as social media apps like Instagram and TikTok.

But while the use of these apps is growing, most of us are simply using them to get a heads-up on when we might expect our periods. For years, the idea of tracking your menstrual cycle was closely linked to trying to get, or avoid getting, pregnant.