Reflecting on how tediously slow mainstream medicine has been to understand reproductive health and still today how much miseducation there is around the menstrual cycle and hormonal ebb and flow. Female-assigned reproductive systems are designed to work like a perfect symphony as we move through different phases of our monthly cycle and stages of our lives. Intense symptoms or “PMS” preceding your bleed time, mood swings, depression/anxiety, heavy painful periods or debilitating menopausal symptoms are not “normal.” They have become accepted as part of being in a cycling body because we have been indoctrinated to believe that to have a uterus means suffering. This excerpt is amusing but also exemplifies the ignorance of doctors at that time and horrendous practices of the past. We have moved away from such barbaric practices as leeching and electroshock therapy but mainstream healthcare providers still remain *shockingly* ignorant about the feminine cycle and ways to support hormonal balance. Too often we are either given no answers, our symptoms are brushed off, or we are given meds that mask symptoms instead of healing the root cause and can even lead to much bigger issues later on. It’s time that we understand that our cycles as a vital sign of overall health. We have a RIGHT to FEEL GOOD in our bodies. I am so excited to be studying and learning ways to naturally support reproductive health from menarche through menopause. It starts with claiming the rights to our own bodies. The language of your body is YOURS for the knowing. I will be offering a Body Literacy class series later this year where we will explore just how fucking amazing and powerful our bodies are, become aware of the different phases of our cycle and how to track fertile signs and symptoms for wellbeing, conscious conception or pregnancy prevention. Stay tuned! 🌺#womensempowerment #menstrualempowerment #menstrualinsanity #menstruation #breakthetaboo #cyclehealth #fertilityawareness #pms #educateyourself #reproductivehealth #reproductiverights #lutealphase #hormonalhealth #takebackyourpower
So much truth. Feeling grateful beyond words for those who have held me up, especially through these last couple of intense years, through moments I have felt I was hanging by a thread. True friends who have helped me find that elusive thread and have held on with me, those who have woven tiny threads that together have created a net stronger than steel and have held me and my son when I’ve felt no ground beneath us. Never underestimate the thread you hold for someone, however thin it seems. You don’t how many many others are part of that web and how the tiny piece you hold is an indispensable part of the grid that keeps someone you love held fast. To be at the center and see every little intersection of this grace is deeply humbling. No one can build such a thing for themselves, it is something woven around you by acts of kindness, generosity and fierce and faithful hope. It is an awe to behold. This is love. We are the weavers. #weavinghope #holdfast #carryoneanother #poweroffriendship #thisisgrace #makenewfriendsbutkeeptheold #webofsupport #gratitude
