I walked into Eshe House ‘just to look’ and stayed for the Women of Eshe circle. In the app I took three simple commitments: gentle cleanse, Intensive Cream at night, lights out by 11 p.m. I keep it 4–5 nights a week with reminders. Mid-week we do a WhatsApp check-in; if I skip, the girls ask—no judgment—how they can help. I had a couple of Saturday slip-ups; a friend from the circle nudged me back to the plan. After four weeks of Saturday sessions plus the app checklist, I’m steady for the first time in ages: no scrambling when work piles up, just doing my list. It feels like I’ve found my people and a plan that actually sticks.

My cycle swung from 35 to 60 days, PMS was rough. For three months I logged sleep, stress and evening coffee in the app and tagged symptoms by phase. The pattern showed up fast: my hardest weeks matched late study nights and coffee after 6 p.m. I cut evening caffeine, pushed bedtime earlier by 30 minutes. I went to a gynecologist with my notes—the doctor ruled out thyroid/PCOS issues and we kept a monitoring plan. By month three my intervals were 30–34 days and PMS was gentler. During exam weeks the cycle still stretches sometimes—but I see it in the logs and don’t panic: I know how to get back on track.

For a year we were ‘guessing days’ and felt broken. The app taught us to watch fertile windows, and a community call helped keep stress in check. We stopped shooting in the dark: timed trying to high-fertility days, I kept a short symptoms log, and I quit Googling at 2 a.m. My husband joined the routine—evening walks instead of back-to-back shows. Six months later I saw two lines. I know every path is different and there are no guarantees. What helped me was tracking, calm support and consistency—not a ‘secret trick.’

Monthly jawline breakouts and a shelf of seven bottles. At the Acne & Confidence Saturday we were honest about triggers and cut the routine down: gentle cleanse, Eshe Intensive Cream at night, SPF in the morning—no scrubs, no new actives. In the app I turned on the pre-cycle checklist: sleep, water, and less sugar the week before. And yes—I stopped picking my face. By week 2–3 there were fewer new spots; by week 8 my texture evened out and the panic-buys stopped. One night after a late event I slipped—two pimples popped up; back to the plan and they settled. What works is simplicity + discipline.