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

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Ultimately, each woman’s experience with the menopause is unique, some will barely notice they’ve gone through it, while others will experience far more extreme and varying symptoms. 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. Short review --> "There are a lot of issues with this book, but regardless every single menstruator should read it: it sets a baseline for knowledge that's gatekept, particularly around hormones and irregular period cycles. Maisie Hill helps you understand the changes in your body and psyche during the lead-up to menopause and how to handle symptoms. You can read this before Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.

And sometimes they’ll be the same as someone who is premenopausal, as in not going through perimenopause. For more information on how Maisie can help you transform your life from the inside out and for other free resources, visit maisiehill. If you’ve read my book Period Power, then you’ll know that I have a lotto say about the menstrual cycle and how it impacts your life. While it was refreshing to read a book about periods and Hill makes some good points about sexism and the environmental cost of disposable sanitary products, as a whole it didn’t really work for me.

I should have stopped reading this book when I read the most vapid sentence ever uttered by human beings: "The Universe has got your back. Now, from day one until you release an egg at ovulation, you’re in the first half of your cycle, which is referred to as the follicular phase. Progesterone's main job is to support conception and pregnancy, though it does lots of other great things for your body too.

Unlike women in other countries, our breaking silence is unlikely to have us jailed, “disappeared” or run off the road at night.

Maisie is incredibly knowledgeable and presents information in a way that is easy to understand and relatable. I’m laughing because this may be the point in your cycle where you’re actually desperate for a break from those closest to you, especially those that you live with during lock down. We have the tendency to people please and say yes to things that we’d actually like to say no to, so often we’re running around in a stress response because we’re fearful about what people think of us. What actions can you take right now to guide you through to where you want to be by the next equinox? As you notice the trees shedding their leaves in preparation for a new season, I want you to consider what old beliefs and narratives it is time for you to shed.

The hormones of the menstrual cycle profoundly influence our energy, mood and behaviour, but all too often we're taught that our hormones make us unreliable, moody bitches, or that it's our lot in life to put up with 'women's problems'. Enter for a chance to win one of three free annual memberships to my online community, The Flow Collective. Yet Hill also comments that many of her clients/patients turn out to have menstrual problems related to undereating or lacking protein in their diets. I notice that I jump and my heart starts racing and now I have an awareness that the sudden change in sound puts me into a stress response after being in parasympathetic from listening to an inspiring talk from a woman I love and respect!

Alcohol increases body temperature (hello hot flushes and night sweats) and raises your resting heart rate (hello hot flushes and palpitations).