COMFORTING KNOWLEDGE: Learning what your body is actually going through throughout the month can help you understand the less than fun side effects.
The reality is that our menstrual cycle is extremely powerful and does impact the way we feel from one day to the next. It's also true that we have heightened strengths during every phase of our cycle.
Unfortunately, most of us don't know about the intricacies of our cycle and how to really capitalise on these strengths because from the time we hit puberty we're given very little information about it.
Why? Because there is a long-standing and deeply-rooted taboo around the subject of menstruation.
The worst part is that we've gotten so used to not talking about it, we just sort of accept it and we perpetuate the silence. We forget that silence around a subject strongly suggests there is something 'wrong' or 'shameful' about it.
It doesn't dawn on us that when we tell girls and women that a fundamental part of being female is shameful, we obliterate their desire to truly know, protect and love their body.
The silence is killing our self-esteem, our desire to honor and fight for our bodies and our ability to reach our highest potential...because we're so focused on what's wrong with us as women.
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