Alisa Vitti, HHC, is a functional nutritionist, women's hormone expert, and best-selling author of WomanCode. She is the founder of FLOLiving.com, a virtual health center that has been treating the root causes of hormone imbalance and supporting women's hormonal and reproductive health for over a decade, and she recently launched MyFLO, a period tracker designed to help users fix symptoms and schedule their lives according to their cycles.

A 28-day plan working with your monthly cycle to do more and stress less

How women can improve their productivity, happiness, and physical well-being by keeping their natural cycles in mind and working with them (rather than ignoring them).

How women can improve their productivity, happiness, and physical well-being by keeping their natural cycles in mind and working with them (rather than ignoring them).

In the Flo teaches women how to use their 28-day cycle to optimize their life by letting their internal clock and natural rhythms guide time management, diet, fitness, etc. (This is so simple and yet under-utilized it is shocking. It makes perfect sense when you think about it: You have different energy levels at different times of the month, different libido levels, etc. so why not use foresight to plan projects for when you are at your most effective, and understand when you need more emotional connection with others?)

There are specific tips on what to eat and how to exercise depending on what phase you are in-and it works. Women are getting promotions, losing weight, and in one case thus far, literally clearing their endometriosis by using the cycle syncing method.