Pinkie, Inc. on First Periods, Empowering Girls & Normalizing Menstruation
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Ep533. This week, Renee is joined by Fiona Simmonds and Sana Clegg, cofounders of Pinkie, Inc. (and moms to four daughters between them), to talk about making the first period experience more comfortable, empowering, and less intimidating. Everything is on the table — from helping kids feel prepared, to normalizing conversations around menstruation, to building products (and a community) that put comfort and sustainability first. Whether you’re raising a daughter who’s about to get her first period, or you just want to make these conversations easier, this episode is packed with insight, honesty, and empowerment.
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| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.8 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Welcome to the mom room, you guys. |
| 1:02.3 | Hi. |
| 1:03.5 | So excited to be here. |
| 1:05.4 | Thank you for having us. |
| 1:06.8 | Of course. |
| 1:07.7 | This is, I've never done this topic before. Like raising girls and puberty. I have a son who is going to be seven in September. |
| 1:17.6 | And this topic has just never come across the mom room for some reason, which is wild because I've been doing this for five years. |
| 1:24.9 | So when I saw this topic in my email, I was like, oh my gosh, |
| 1:28.5 | this is so needed. But to start, I thought maybe both of you could introduce yourselves and just |
| 1:35.2 | tell me a little bit about how you got to where you are now and your transition into motherhood. |
| 1:41.7 | Sure, absolutely. So I'm Fiona Simmons and I have three children. I have a son who's |
| 1:48.3 | 15. My middle child is my oldest daughter. She's 13 and then I have a youngest daughter and she's 10. |
| 1:56.2 | And so I know, I think back fondly at the exact stage of life where you are with your seven-year-old boy. |
| 2:04.0 | And son and I were actually talking this morning. |
| 2:05.9 | They're like never-ending energy. |
| 2:08.3 | It's like you feed them and they just keep going. |
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