This episode was originally released on June 6, 2023, but what I talk about in this episode has been a frequent topic of conversation recently, so I decided to re-release it for those who didn't catch it the first time and for those who might want a refresh!
And honestly, I needed to remind myself this past week of everything I shared in this episode. I caught myself judging myself for not being as energetic and productive and creative as I wanted to be... but then I remembered where I was in my hormone cycle, and I had to meet myself with grace. Because I wasn't in my most energetic and productive and creative phase... I was in a phase that required more quiet, more solitude, and more rest.
So in this episode, I talk about how, as women, we are often forced to work AGAINST the natural cycles of our own bodies and our own hormones in order to function in a world that's designed to work in perfect harmony with men's natural 24-hour cycles.
I touch briefly on two different cycles, or rhythms, in this episode. And then I go in-depth into a third cycle. The first cycle I briefly go over is the circadian cycle, or the circadian rhythm – which is the rhythm or the cycle of the sun. This is the cycle that most of us naturally use when it comes to our sleep.
The next cycle I briefly touch on is the hormone cycle that men go through. Men’s hormones are on a 24-hour cycle, meaning their hormones are nearly the same every single day, and more or less follow the circadian cycle. Their testosterone levels are highest in the morning, and as the day progresses, those levels begin to go down until they reach the end of the day when their levels are at their lowest. This means that men’s highest point of productivity typically occurs during the normal work day.
The final cycle I discuss (much more in-depth) is the hormone cycle that women go through. Women’s hormone cycles follow a 28-day cycle (on average). And within that cycle, there are four different phases where various hormones are at distinctly different levels. A woman’s hormone cycle even has its own name – it's called the infradian rhythm. And the different hormone levels that we as women have within our infradian rhythm affect our energy, focus, productivity, social interaction, communication, cognitive functioning, motivation, and mood. This episode is an in-depth discussion of the different phases of our infradian rhythm: the follicular phase, the ovulatory phase, the luteal phase, and the menstrual phase; and how to maximize the SUPER POWERS we possess during each of these phases based on our hormone levels.
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*A lot of the information I share in this episode around the infradian rhythm and the super powers contained within each of the phases of a woman’s hormone cycle are attributed to information I have learned from a process trademarked by Alisa Vitta called The Cycle Syncing Method. You can learn more about this method and the resources she has created on her website floliving.com.
