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I’m Not Bossy

Take a look at the picture below and give it a CD (Cycle Day).

I wonder if it’s the same cycle day I would give it. 😉

Poor boy, I’m sure he felt like many men do when faced with unexpected changes we undergo cycle wise and often take for granted..

Aren’t the changes grand?!?

Each cycle day is a new opportunity and filled with new found strengths.

Embrace each cycle day.

Know who you are and what your strengths are in it. Learn to anticipate those strengths and make them work for you. And, don’t worry if others don’t quite get it. You do and that’s all that really matters.

And, no…I’m not bossy. I’m Period Wise.

You be period wise, too!

Quiet

BE QUIET!

That’s what my mind screamed this morning as my daughter chattered non stop.

I had risen early to write and craved quiet to settle myself and think. I needed quiet in body and mind after the crazy week I’d had.

She had risen early to prepare for work, but the roads were still icy and she couldn’t leave at 6:45 as planned.

And, so she talked. Non stop talked. Fast. Furious. Asking me questions and not giving me time to answer. Her mind was racing (usually is) and her mouth was doing its best to keep up. Flitting from room to room (and bumping into me as she passed), she continued to talk even when the distance between us was too great for me to hear what she was saying.

My muscles tensed and my jaw clenched. Frustration grew within me. Tears stung my eyes. The ONLY time I would have for quiet was slipping away. My mind, the one I’d hoped to settle and ground in quiet, became a roaring, conflicted mess of thoughts. I wanted to scream, “SILENCE!” and have everything fall still and silent.

Quiet.

Some people thrive in a whirl of activity where noise, within and without, feeds their innermost needs.

Others need quiet.

Quiet is more than a lack of audible noise. Quiet is a stillness…calmness…peacefulness that allows the mind to recharge, regroup, focus – and it exists where intrusions do not interrupt and the mind is free to go about its business.

Silence was not what I needed this morning. Quiet was.

And, quiet is what I’ve had for the past 20 minutes. Daughter went out to sit in her car while the street thaws. She sent a brief burst of texts in which she said she would return indoors before leaving.

And, when she does quiet will flee from the barrage of noise that will accompany her.

Where is she in her cycle? This is CD 4 for her.

Where am I in mine? Take a wild guess.

Living Within Your Cycle

As one who no longer flows, I can attest that menstruation is an important and necessary component to a woman’s emotional makeup.

As my body becomes more and more accustomed to the lessening of hormones that menopause brings, I find that my mind wishes to become so, but is as yet unable.

I still seek my cycle day (CD) and the knowledge of where I am within my cycle. If I detect ovulation, I eagerly anticipate the changes that will lead to menstruation.

Yes, even without a uterus, my body signals when menstruation begins. Menstruation is more than physical – more than a matter of blood flowing from your vagina.

Menstruation is mental as well. It’s a welcome change…a needed and necessary change.

How often have you said/heard, “I’ll be glad when my period starts!” ?

Why do you suppose we say that? What is it about menstruation that’s so welcome?

I wish all who cycle eagerly anticipated the changes each cycle day brought and welcomed the strengths present in them.

Living within your cycle is an awesome way to live.

It’s empowering.

It’s liberating.

It’s period wise.

Your Cervix Can Tell Your Cycle Day Count

From the age of 21, for the next 32 years I relied more on what my cervix told me about my cycle than what my calendar did.

Did you know that your cervix is an accurate means of knowing when to expect ovulation and when to expect menstruation? And, that you can accurately judge your start time to within an hour of beginning just by learning the signs your body is giving you?

Beautiful Cervix provides pictures of an entire cycle, showing the changes the cervix goes through and provides comments.

If you are not aware of the changes your cervix goes through each day of your cycle, or wish to know when to expect your fertile days and your period’s please take a few minutes and visit the site, look at the pictures, read the information provided.

This is period wise information that you should not be without!