Flowing with Confidence

Periods, Panties, and Powerful Knowledge!

As women, our bodies go through so many changes throughout our lives, yet one thing that often gets overlooked is how our period experiences shift across the lifespan. From our first periods as teenagers to the heavier, sometimes unpredictable cycles in our 20s, to the perimenopausal years, it’s a journey that many of us navigate without enough support or knowledge.

For many, issues like leaking and the heaviness of periods are just accepted as part of the deal, but they don’t have to be. Whether it’s worrying about leaks during exercise, at work, or while we’re out with friends, period-related anxiety can be exhausting. It’s something that many women experience in silence, feeling like they’re alone in dealing with these challenges. But the truth is, period knowledge — and access to the right resources — can make a world of difference in how we manage our cycles and feel about our bodies.

Today, we’re diving into a story that’s as bold as it is inspiring. Somewhere between studying and sleeping during medical school, Dr. Amber Robins-Hickson found herself asking a question we’ve all probably thought about at some point: Why isn’t there a product that actually works for period leaks?  When she became a family medicine doctor, Dr. Robins-Hickson began to notice something else while seeing her patients: a lack of open conversations around women’s health, particularly what happens to our bodies as we grow older. Why, she wondered, don’t women of all ages have the tools and knowledge to understand and embrace their bodies with confidence?

This is where SANXTUARY MD was born — a company with a mission to educate women of all ages about their bodies, provide products to manage their periods with confidence, and celebrate women breaking barriers in STEM. Today, we’ll talk to Dr. Amber Robins- Hickson MD, MB. She is a board certified family physician, lifestyle medicine doctor, and the creator of Sanxtuary MD-a period product that caters to girls and women with heavy periods. Dr. Robins-Hickson also is a best-selling author, diversity equity and inclusion specialist, brand and business coach as well as a physician journalist.

To learn more about Dr. Robins-Hickson, click here.

More works by Dr. Robins- Hickson:

• @Sanxtuary_MD

• @DrAmberRobins

THIS PODCAST WILL BE AVAILABLE JULY 7, 2025.

Season 2 Episode 14

Running Time:  25 minutes