Elaine Salvador
Co-founder
“OurCycle was created from my own relationship experience. I wanted my partner to better understand how my cycle affected my energy, feelings, and support needs throughout the month.”
Most couples are never taught how much the menstrual cycle can shape daily life - not only the period itself, but energy, confidence, sensitivity, stress, the desire for closeness, the need for space. These changes can feel obvious to the person experiencing them, and completely invisible to their partner.
Sometimes what looks like distance is actually low energy. What looks like irritability may be hormonal sensitivity. What looks like inconsistency may simply be a different phase of the cycle.
OurCycle makes that invisible rhythm visible inside a relationship - respectfully, simply, privately. So support becomes easier, communication becomes softer, and neither person feels alone in it.
- Elaine
Andrius Steponavičius
Co-founder
“I joined OurCycle because I wanted to understand Elaine better - not only during her period, but throughout the whole month.”
In a relationship, you can love someone deeply and still not always understand what they are going through. There were moments when Elaine's energy, mood, sensitivity, or need for space would change, and I did not always know how to read it. Sometimes I wanted to help, but I did not know what kind of support she needed. Sometimes I would guess wrong.
For me, OurCycle is important because it gives couples a softer way to communicate. It helps the partner understand without forcing the woman to explain everything every time. It creates a small bridge between what she is feeling and how I can show up for her.
I believe relationships become stronger when both people feel seen. OurCycle is about making that easier - with more patience, more care, and less guessing.
- Andrius
