Since losing my baby in late January, I wanted to get my cycle back in its natural rhythm, to help support it get over the shock of being pregnant one minute, and not the next.
But let me take a step back first, I have been adoring my cycle for over a year now and it has been the most empowering thing I have done for myself. Not only has it allowed me to begin to really listen to what my body is telling me, but it also allows me to honour that and not feel guilty. I'm not going to go into the details of adoring your cycle, I will let my beautiful friend Claire Baker do that instead, because it is her life's work. I took what I have learnt from Claire, my cycle over the past 12 months and my knowledge of health and wellness...this has given me the foundation to put into practice some really supportive routines to help support my health. Because your menstrual cycle has so much to do with your health. A healthy body, usually means a healthy cycle (unless of course you have PCOS or endometriosis). Here are my tips for a healthy cycle...
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Three week's ago I was pregnant. Excited and happy that our second little bubba was growing in my belly.
I had been exhausted, nauseous on and off and my belly was slowly starting to pop out. All the signs of a healthy pregnancy. Then Monday afternoon, three weeks ago, I started to get some spotting. I panicked and called my obstetrician's office and spoke with the midwife there. She squeezed me in to get an ultrasound that evening. The stress and worry was on! How was your festive season? What did you do over the break?
I hope you ate lots of yummy food, laughed until your belly hurt and loved unconditionally. As we welcome 2017, it is a great time to think about what we want this year to feel like. Not look like or set unthought out goals, but how do you want to feel this year? Last year was the first year I sat down and tapped into what I wanted 2016 to feel like and when I did that, those words came to me throughout the year. I always came back to them for the entire 12 months. It was so much better than setting goals or new year's resolutions that last a couple of weeks and then are forgotten because they are too hard, unreachable or just don't feel good to you. So let me ask you this, how do you want to feel in 2017? Sit in silence, take a few deep breaths and ask yourself this question, then allow the words to surface. Don't think about it, just let them come. The first word or words are your feelings for the year. For 2016 my core desired feelings were FLOW and EASE. I really wanted to get out of the masculine way of living and start to be re-acquainted with my feminine self. It all began when my dear friend Steph Demetrious told me she was organising a soul sister retreat. I have always wanted to go on a retreat, to take a break and reconnect with my highest self.
I felt the pull to purchase my ticket, but as we do as mum's, we ask ourselves if we deserve to spend this amount of money on ourselves. Am I being selfish? So as I do when I am faced with a decision I can't make on my own, I pulled an oracle card for some guidance. The card was 'you need to spend time alone in nature'. Okay universe, done! I purchased my ticket there and then. I had to. My soul needed this. The lead up to the retreat was a mixture of excitement and anxiety. I would be leaving my daughter for the first time for a whole weekend. Mama guilt crept in at times but I reminded myself of the oracle cards message. I need this. I deserve this. I have just started reading a book called The Conscious Parent by Dr Shefali Tsabary which has been sitting on my shelf for a few months now.
I tend to buy books and then read them when I feel called too, and this is one of those books. I am reading it at the perfect time for me as my baby transitions into a toddler. I had only read four pages and this book made me excited and got me thinking, I felt I had to do a blog post about it because as parents, this is so important to hear. ++ We all know being a parent is a huge responsibility, but we actually have the power to either nurture our children into who they want to be as adults or, to put it bluntly, screw them up. Bloody hell!! That is massive. Have you really thought about it that deeply? |