Elina Berglund, a physicist at CERN, found inspiration for Natural Cycles while contemplating her own family planning journey. Frustrated by the limited options for a non-invasive, non-hormonal contraceptive as she and her husband discussed starting a family, she embarked on a quest for a natural alternative. Her own experience with hormonal birth control heightened her determination to find an alternative, ultimately leading to the creation of Natural Cycles.

Sandra was diagnosed with Parkinson when she was forty years old. One day se was randomly fiddling with a little knitting marker and placed it on her glasses. She immediately noticed an effect on her Hemispatial neglect, a condition that takes away awareness and control on the left side of the body. This reaction was a surprise for her as suddenly she could feel her left side of the body, she could feel warmth.