There is hardly anything more gratifying—and more beneficial for the mind of a woman and people assigned female at birth —than practicing self-awareness through each phase of the menstrual cycle. It allows us to return to the simplest yet most important questions: What do I feel? What do I need right now? This practice helps […]
Can cycle-awareness and the skill of cycle-syncing make you more resilient? The short answer is YES. I used to confuse resilience with the ability to apply strength and push through regardless of cycle phases. This confusion eventually led to exactly the opposite: exhaustion, poor health, damaged communication, and a heavy sense of isolation. In my […]
As we talk about the menstrual cycle, women’s mental health, and the emotional well-being of people with estrogen cycles, there are two strategies we apply. The most common is a repairing approach to mental health. Here, we proceed with repairs of what gets broken after a period of time of pushing through and living out […]
What unites women of ancient Greece, today, from Brazil, or Tokyo across centuries, cultures, and continents? Not the societal norms and standards – those are cultural constructs — shaped by time, place, and ideas. At the core of womanhood lies something deeper, timeless, and universal: the menstrual cycle. Always present, in plain sight, it was […]
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Mood Swings Diary. Part 2.
It seems quite intuitive that the cyclicity is in the core of nature. The same natural physical and emotional cyclicity entered into my own life with my first menstruation and every month after that, yet it never occurred to me that the menstrual cycle is much more than its visible signs occurring to me once […]