Today we’d like to introduce you to Claudia Pretelt.
Hi claudia, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
The turning point came in 2017. I was 32, already a mom, and I took a workshop called Ama tu Ciclo — Love Your Cycle. I remember sitting there realizing I knew absolutely nothing about my own menstrual cycle. And honestly, that hit me hard.
Not just because of me… but because I suddenly thought: if I don’t understand this, how am I going to teach my daughter?
After that, I went down the rabbit hole. I took courses, read every book I could find, and started talking to my friends about hormones and cycles. And the craziest part was realizing I wasn’t alone. So many smart, incredible women felt completely disconnected from their bodies too. We were never really taught any of this.
That’s when this stopped being just personal.
I enrolled at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, became a Hormone Coach, and combined that with menstrual health education. Today, I help women understand their hormones and cycles in a way that actually feels empowering — especially moms who want to feel prepared before their daughters enter puberty.
Because I learned this late. And I want my daughter to grow up loving and understanding her body instead of fearing it
And now, life has brought me into a whole new chapter: my daughter is entering puberty while I’m navigating perimenopause. So this work isn’t just something I teach. It’s something I live every single day, around my kitchen table, in real conversations, in real life.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Honestly? No. It hasn’t been a smooth road at all.
Building a business while being a mom and a wife is hard. And building one where you are the content creator, the marketing team, the event organizer, the landing page designer — all of it — is a different kind of hard. There were years of showing up, taking courses, hiring coaches, creating posts… and watching the likes not come, the clients not convert, the momentum feel invisible.
And then in 2025, my dad passed away.
I stopped. Creating content felt impossible. I didn’t know how to come back, or if I even wanted to.
But somewhere in that grief, I started asking myself what I actually loved. What made me feel alive. And every time I got quiet enough to listen, this work kept showing up. Not as an obligation — as a calling.
And then I’d see my daughter’s friends getting their first periods, confused and unprepared, and I’d think: this is exactly why. This is the work. These girls need someone who speaks their language, who isn’t scared to say the word menstruation, who can make their moms feel ready instead of scared.
So I came back. Not because it got easier. Because it matters too much to stay quiet.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m a Hormone Health Coach and Menstrual Educator — but honestly, what I do goes far beyond hormones and coaching sessions.
I help women understand their menstrual cycle in a way that finally feels real and approachable. Not cold. Not overly clinical. Just honest conversations about our bodies — the kind we should’ve had growing up.
But what really makes my work different is that I’m not just teaching this. I’m living it in real time.
Right now, I’m navigating perimenopause while raising a daughter who’s entering puberty — and slowly teaching my husband along the way too. Everything I share comes from my own kitchen table, my own body, my own family. It’s not a strategy. It’s just my life.
And honestly, the thing I’m most proud of isn’t a certification or a program. It’s my daughter, Valeria. She understands the changes that come with puberty. She feels connected to her body. She’s proud to be a girl. And she’s only nine years old.
That’s the mission for me.
Because yes, I work with women — but my heart is really in helping raise a generation of girls who grow up understanding their bodies before the world teaches them shame or fear around them.
The work starts with the mom. But it lives on in the daughter.
Let’s talk about our city – what do you love? What do you not love?
Brickell has this incredible energy that I genuinely love. You’re steps away from the water, you can actually walk everywhere without needing your car — which in Miami is saying a lot — and it just feels alive. There’s always something happening. And being so close to other cities and the beaches makes it feel like you have everything within reach.
If I’m being honest about what I like least — the noise can get overwhelming sometimes, I wish it were a little cleaner, and the traffic is no joke. But honestly? When I walk toward the water on a good morning, none of that matters.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/claudiapretelt
- Instagram: @claupretelt
- Other: Tiktok @claupretelt
