Coming Back to Center
So, what happens when our hormonal cycles get out of control? When we are zig zagging all over the place, on a roller coaster of emotion? In my last post, I talked about the necessity of every part of our cycles and how each piece is meant to reconnect us to our essential selves. In this post, I’ll be talking about how to use that information to get back on track.
PMS is a beautiful indicator of all the things us ladies have been ignoring, pushing down, or flat out turning our backs on throughout the course of our lunar cycle. Maybe our boss made an inappropriate joke, or our partner isn’t helping out as much as we would like around the house and we choose not to speak up. Maybe work has been full throttle lately and we have been turning to caffeine and processed sugar for short bursts of unsustainable energy to see us through. Or maybe we’ve been spending a lot of time huddled up around our favorite form of technology in an attempt to not feel the feelings of a recent breakup. I hear you, boo, I have most definitely been there too.
Inevitably though, these little instances of self abandonment stack up, and when mama progesterone rolls around the week before we bleed-she makes it her duty to help us clean house. Now, if we’ve kept things pretty tidy, there’s not much work for her to do. But if we haven’t…well, we get a big ole case of the grumps, the feels, and the hangries. For real, sometimes all three at once. And this is, as one of my mentor’s would say, a DIVINE SET UP, to show us where we are turning away from our own self care and how we can course correct.
Now, this doesn’t mean I’m advocating for an all out yelling match with your partner/boss/mother/dog. What I am saying, is that when your feelings arise during PMS, LISTEN TO THEM. Hear what they have to say, and then place your hand on your heart, or your womb, and ask your higher self “what would you have me do?” The answer may surprise you. You may feel called to go for a walk, or drink some tea. You may be advised to get some of your feelings out on paper. And yes, you may also be advised to have a heart to heart with those people in your life that are setting of your built in NO BS detector. These little acts of self care are powerful tools in shifting our lives towards the kind of life we have always dreamed of. There’s a reason it’s called radical self care.
Pretty soon the zigzagging roller coaster ride evens out, and we can simply walk our path, one little section at a time.
My number one piece of advice as you start this journey? KEEP IT SIMPLE. This little epithet has saved my a$$ over and over again. Choose one thing, do it for a week or even three consistently before your layer another thing on top of it. Sometimes we are so used to the ever careening pendulum swing that when we turn toward self care we unknowingly choose more chaotic behaviors. Like taking up Tai Chi, a colon cleanse, and underwater basket weaving all in the same day. Just pick one, babe. Go gently with yourself. Walk in beauty.
