We learned to treat the cycle as background noise, something to push through. The body keeps the record anyway, in sleep, in energy, in appetite. An honest look at what living against your hormonal rhythm actually costs.
I spent forty-something years in this body before I properly met it. A difficult doctor's appointment sent me searching, and what I found changed everything I thought I knew about being a woman in a female body.
You have probably seen the phrase. Nervous system regulation. Regulate your nervous system. Get regulated. It appears on wellness accounts, in podcast titles, and beneath photos of women doing breathwork on yoga mats. And yet, for something mentioned so often, it is surprisingly rarely explained in a way that actually feels meaningful.
So let’s start there.