Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

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Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

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I love all forms of medicine, they all have their place and some forms can be used successfully together when it’s safe to. But I don’t think it’s helpful to frame things as ‘natural’ or otherwise when it comes to perimenopause. You all know I’m a big fan of so called natural medicine but please hear this, really listen up. I want you to know that there are no prizes for going through perimenopause without western medicine. So you all get to decide what’s best for you. If you are in the horrors with menstrual cycle issues, or you want to learn how to harness your hormones, then you are in the right place. I’ve been reading the entire work throughout several months and during my last cycle, I’ve been reading about the different seasons while I was in a specific season (reading about “Winter” during menstruation, etc.). Hello lovely people. I have just walked to my studio and in contrast to the other week when it was all snow and ice here and I was wearing three layers, leggings, jeans and then waterproof hiking trousers on top, it’s very different this week and today. It’s the most gorgeous day, very sunny here in Margate and there isn’t one single cloud in the sky and I’m only wearing jeans. So I’m feeling quite chipper even though it’s day 23 which is not usually when I feel chipper.

I’m my experience, menstruation has always been an immensely personal, usually painful however deeply connecting experience. To have a book that utilizes both the science around menstruation, and this emotional/spiritual aspect of menstruation was refreshing. Moving on, maybe you’ve got some sass going on. Maybe you’re feeling a bit flirtatious. Again, this all helps with the typical human mating strategy. Our behavior is helping us to take advantage of the fertile window in the cycle when conception is possible. But that’s just about it for today my friends. Remember, when it comes to understanding the cycle, keep it simple. Get a sense of where you’re at. Are you in the first half or the second half of your cycle? Are your hormone levels low or are they soaring? And how are they impacting you? Do you want to be out there in the world or laying low? Book Genre: Education, Feminism, Health, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Psychology, Science, Self Help, WomensAnd I just found that so ironic because over the years I’ve had a lot of clients with low progesterone, struggled to get it prescribed when they were trying to conceive in their 30s. And that’s a rant for another day. I feel like I’m storing up a lot of rants at the moment. I feel like maybe there’s an episode of Maisie’s rants coming up where we’ll just get them all out at once. Day one is the first day of your cycle, and it’s also the first day of your period. Now, I get a lot of messages from people asking me what counts as day one. So, in case you’re wondering that, here you go. It’s the first day that you experience significant blood loss. It doesn’t matter what time of day. Okay? This is the first non-fiction book I've ever voluntarily read from cover to cover and it has definitely awoken a thirst for knowledge in me. If they can all be this engaging, relevant and interesting then sign me up. Exercise is another great way to boost your immune system and hormone production. It also allows you to sweat out excess estrogen, which can be useful if you suspect that you have “estrogen dominance,” a common condition in perimenopause. Highly recommend for anyone who is menstruating. Or used to. Or will. Or anyone who is hoping to get to know their partner/friend/family member who is menstruating, better.

Maisie Hill gets rid of myths, sheds some light and allows for an open, honest and much-needed conversation * Mind * In the same way as right now we're experiencing such horrific weather in the UK, you could describe your cycle in the same way; so in your winter, the time of menstruation when you're bleeding, you may be more inclined to want to stay indoors, hibernate a bit, prioritise your own needs rather than being out there in the world serving others which we are often doing. Whereas in the summer you are more extroverted, more likely to want to be outside being social. Hormones are very low at the start of the cycle and then they peak mid-cycle around ovulation. Everyone’s experience will vary and it's about your levels of hormones, your response to those hormones and the context of your life. I don't know if this was mainly because I'd already fairly recently read Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler (which was a phenomenally helpful and insightful text, almost like the bible of fertility really), but I didn't really find much in Maisie Hill's book that I didn't already know, at least from a biological perspective. The first few chapters are fairly comprehensive in terms of the female reproductive system and understanding how your body works, and Hill writes in a way that makes the topic very accessible. So there are definitely some positives to this book, especially if you haven't read much on the subject before and are fairly new to it. Your menstrual cycle and the length and experience of each season are highly sensitive to changes in your life. Work stress, poor diet, relationship issues, and illness are just some of the things that can throw your hormones off balance. As a result, your cycles may be too long, too short, or very irregular. Now, if you’re like, “What the hell is this woman talking about?” Then don’t worry. All will be becoming clear because today I’m going to be demystifying the cycle for you. I’m going to be explaining it in a way that will help you to make sense of your cycle, whatever your particular experience is like.Join me this week as I share some facts and resources about the menopause transition and how it might affect you. I’m busting some myths and sharing some truths about perimenopause, premenopause and menopause, and explaining how your hormones affect you during these times. Now, the reason for this is that hormone levels fluctuate while in perimenopause. And sometimes they’ll be the same as someone who is premenopausal, as in not going through perimenopause. So blood tests just aren’t a reliable way of determining if you’re in the club or not. Now, there are times when they might be appropriate and useful such as if you’re experiencing symptoms kind of earlier than you might expect these symptoms to start appearing. Then your GP might recommend them. Beyond the pseudoscientific “treatments” I also find it unhelpful to suggest restricting one’s life and work according to a *largely* arbitrary set of “seasons”. Who in the real world can reorganise all public speaking to land on a handful of days in the month? Or to restrict creativity, socialising, introspection, developing plans etc etc according to someone else’s imposed timetable? I really do find it odd in 2019 to be restricting women to be slaves to the monthly calendar. Feels like a real step away from equality. I make no secret of the fact that I hate my periods. I hated them when they started, and twenty years later I hate them even more. However, this is the first book I’ve ever read, or indeed come across, on the subject of menstruation. I saw a copy in a bookshop and immediately became hopeful that it could tell me what I’ve been doing wrong all these years. The blurb makes some pretty grand promises about ‘taking control of your menstrual cycle’ and by nature I’m inclined to put great faith in reading books as a means of life improvement. It was therefore almost inevitable that I’d feel at least slightly let down by the reality of the book. I don’t regret reading it, however it hasn’t had the effect on me that the author clearly intended and I'm doubtful of whether it'll help me manage my periods any better.

I have walked down the aisle three times. This is true. I have been married three times, to two people. Neither of which I’m currently in a relationship or married to. Let’s save that for maybe never. Then, just before your period starts your hormones decrease. This is the day or two before you start bleeding. When you might feel particularly sensitive and exposed because of the hormonal drop off that happens. In my experience this is a great time to hibernate. So, let’s take a moment to stop and think about what the ultimate aim of the cycle is. It’s reproduction, right? The menstrual cycle and our hormones benefit us in all sorts of ways. But I think that we can all agree that the main purpose of the cycle is to end up creating a new human being. Its aim is for you to conceive and reproduce, regardless of whether that’s something we actually want or not. That’s what it’s there to do. And it’s the same for me when I talk about being autistic. I don’t like the term ‘diagnosis’. And I’ll get onto that in a future date. I know a lot of you would like to hear more about this. I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about my so called autism diagnosis. And oh my God, the sleep issues that become more prevalent as we age, let’s not forget about the impact of them on mental health too. So there are a multitude of reasons why mental health can suffer but I don’t think it’s coincidental that our risk of suicide is highest when oestrogen drops off around the time of menopause.Now, in the days before ovulation, testosterone also shows up and can increase energy, motivation, and sexual desire. Again, all to help you go find a human and have sex with them. Then, just like that, you ovulate. This revolutionary book reveals everything you need to know about taking control of your menstrual cycle and outlines The Cycle Strategy to help us perform at our best, throughout our cycle. In Period Power you will discover how to:



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