Spoznaj svoj menštruačný cyklus a ži s ním v harmónii
Spoločnosť nás učí menštruačný cyklus zanedbávať a skrývať, čo vedie k boju s vlastnou biológiou. Príručka zladeného cyklu ti ukáže, ako spoznať svoj cyklus a žiť s ním harmónii. Prevedie ťa štyrmi fázami menštruácie, ponúka inšpirácie na vedenie denníka a pracovné listy, a pokrýva témy ako tvorivosť a produktivita, pohyb, strava, starostlivosť o seba, romantické vzťahy a ďalšie. Táto príručka od expertky na sledovanie plodnosti ti pomôže k cyklickému životu, intuitívnemu využitiu času a celkovej pohode.
Angie Marie is a fertility awareness educator with an adventurous edge. After a life-threatening experience with birth control convinced her to explore her reproductive options, she dove headfirst into learning all she could about pregnancy, birth and periods. After training to be a doula and then a fertility educator, Angie combined her fascination with science and relentless creative itch to come up with resources that help menstruators make their period their superpower. An avid mountain climber and ultrarunner, Angie finds her home in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington. No matter where she's exploring, she feels her best when she's tuning into her body's wisdom. Find more resources at TheHormoneHacker.com and more of Angie's work at itsangiemarie.com.
This was a good introduction to cycle syncing with lots of examples and flexible ideas on how all mensturators can benefit from it. As someone who endures painful periods and PMDD symptoms I’m hoping I can put some of it to use to help me understand my body more. If this practice helps reduce the intensity of symptoms - beautiful! If it simply pushes me to document my symptoms more and notice patterns - I can use that information to better advocate for myself.
I came in expecting a primer on menstrual cycles and hormone levels and got so many more creative ideas about how to think about structuring tasks and taking care of myself with my cycle in mind! It was thoughtful and engaging, as well as informative. Will be referring to this book in the future!
Solid ebook and introduction to understanding your cycle. I got a lot out of the first third - which was the most science-based - and it helped me think about patterns in my own life. The rest was a bit repetitive and felt more like the author’s interpretation and advice more than anything else. 90% of her relate-to-the-reader examples are exercise-based, so if regular kayaking/hiking/climbing isn’t a reader’s lifestyle it’ll leave them feeling a little forgotten.
All-round informative enough. I was looking for a science-based read on the effects of female hormones during the menstrual cycle on mood, energy levels, and exercise performance. I wish there’d be more references to actual scientific research though and that it had been written in a more serious tone, and less like a YA novel. I didn’t care for the ‘seasons’ analogy either but overall, the book did the trick and I got the info I was looking for.
For anyone interested in learning about cycle syncing but doesn’t know how or where to get started, I highly recommend starting with this book!
It’s a great intro book on the topic and offers different worksheets for personal reflection while learning. I am so excited to put what I used in this book to use. I really appreciated the author’s use of seasons as a metaphor for different parts of the cycle. It made the content easily digestible.
This would be a great book for someone who is brand-new to cycle syncing. But if you’re already familiar with this topic I wouldn’t recommend it if your goal is to dig deeper. I wish I read a book like this when I was much younger, it’s so important that women understand their bodies in this way. This book shows you how to work with your cycle instead of pushing for perfection.
3.5 stars - A great starting point to my cycle syncing journey featuring digestible writing, inclusive language, and helpful analogies! I really appreciated this book, but portions of it were far too influenced by the author's personal life experiences which often came across as narrow minded, particularly in the body movement chapter.
Woke author and not super evidence-based (only like 5 sources throughout this whole book!) The first half was interesting but the last 1/4 was not very appropriate (especially for a teen?)