If women are generally celebrated for their ability to bring offsprings, many cultures view menstruation as an impurity and limit the freedom of women during that time. It is still considered unspeakable. What is the cost of the privacy and silence in which we enshroud menstruation? Somewhere between a young girl who is convinced she is dying because she is bleeding and an artist who paints with only her period blood, there is a place where menstruation can be discussed as naturally as the process itself, where it becomes the most normal thing ever, and that's the place that will set the new tone for all women and future generations. Kayla brings us to this place with much humour and emotion.

Kayla-Leah is a coach, speaker, humanitarian and author. She is the director of Days for Girls, founded by Celeste Mergens, an organization that provides reusable feminine hygiene kits to women and girls in developing countries around the world. After experiencing a period in a third-world country, she realized that even in developed nations, there is a cost to not having permission to talk about what happens with and to the female body during menstruation.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx