A beautiful description of the menstrual cycle. I love the connection between high tide and ovulation. Hadn't thought of that before. My other favorite line was, "This can cause a clash in what a woman wants versus what she needs." How many times did I ignore what my body was telling me vs. what I wanted to do - many, many times. PMS was easy breezy for me but following my period is when the sadness would show up. I was gentle with myself during this time because I had no choice, but the rest of my menstrual cycle was just a blur that I didn't pay much attention to.
I've been overdoing it lately and can tell how it affects my perimenopause symptoms. I've put in too much work in the last 3 years to get back into this state. So, I'm paying more attention and will pull back and adjust accordingly.
So much ignoring my body's signals and deep knowing so that I could keep on with status quo (something "the pill" is very good at conditioning us to do).
Even though I know all this now, and I'm 5 years into actually being aware, journalling, being mindful of my seasons, yet I still from time to time ignore my body's messages in order to meet my own expectations or others. Everytime I do this, some part of perimenopause throws some flares at me.
This month, I skimmed through winter, not truly hibernating and I came out into Spring and Summer like a cocaine bear. Okay maybe I didn't murder anyone, but the anxiety and internal irritation have been next level!
Working on a post about stress response and cortisol in the seasons and in perimenopause.
“Maybe” you didn’t murder anyone! I keep thinking about the remote piece of land, I sold it to my neighbor, but he isn’t using it, and wouldn’t notice if I just….used it for a second…..
A beautiful description of the menstrual cycle. I love the connection between high tide and ovulation. Hadn't thought of that before. My other favorite line was, "This can cause a clash in what a woman wants versus what she needs." How many times did I ignore what my body was telling me vs. what I wanted to do - many, many times. PMS was easy breezy for me but following my period is when the sadness would show up. I was gentle with myself during this time because I had no choice, but the rest of my menstrual cycle was just a blur that I didn't pay much attention to.
I've been overdoing it lately and can tell how it affects my perimenopause symptoms. I've put in too much work in the last 3 years to get back into this state. So, I'm paying more attention and will pull back and adjust accordingly.
Shelby, thank you for your insights and thoughts on this!
So much ignoring my body's signals and deep knowing so that I could keep on with status quo (something "the pill" is very good at conditioning us to do).
Even though I know all this now, and I'm 5 years into actually being aware, journalling, being mindful of my seasons, yet I still from time to time ignore my body's messages in order to meet my own expectations or others. Everytime I do this, some part of perimenopause throws some flares at me.
This month, I skimmed through winter, not truly hibernating and I came out into Spring and Summer like a cocaine bear. Okay maybe I didn't murder anyone, but the anxiety and internal irritation have been next level!
Working on a post about stress response and cortisol in the seasons and in perimenopause.
“Maybe” you didn’t murder anyone! I keep thinking about the remote piece of land, I sold it to my neighbor, but he isn’t using it, and wouldn’t notice if I just….used it for a second…..
Lol. Okay, maybe not everyone will get the movie reference.