When I found this concept a few years ago I had been fighting with my hormones for over a decade with no luck. This just made so much sense.
4 seasons, one month.
Did you know your brain is different by 25% each week of your cycle.. so you are literally a different person throughout the month!
Winter phase (menstruation): in this phase, you are open to so much, and yet feeling more tired. As your progesterone and estrogen fall you will feel more tired.
If you are having a painful period of depression caused by your period that means there is some kind of imbalance in the weeks before. So this is something to pay attention to.
The Winter period is usually between day 25 and day 4.
Your hormone levels are lowering quickly.
This creates a great opportunity for the two sides of your brains to communicate!
The left: analytical
The right: the feelings
This phase is a great time to work through how you feel about certain situations in life that may have had you stumped.
Schedule some time this week to think through what you need to.
It's ok this week to turn INWARD.
You might feel like you want to push, as females, we are encouraged to do a million things at one time. Even though we are capable to do this, we need to honor the season, it WILL pass.
As we move out of our winter phase, we move into our spring phase (follicular), which is pre-ovulation.
So think of the actual spring, more fertile, life is happening, you see growth from the inward season of winter. Your energy is growing!
You're going to start to feel more social coming out of the winter, you will want to interact with others.
Focus on connecting with people that nourish + feed you.
Your creativity is HIGH this week!
Use this for your advantage, sit down and think BIG, schedule things out, and say YES to invitations that come your way in the coming weeks!
Your brain this week is in a place where it can be open to new ideas, beginnings + creative outlets.
The estrogen is starting to rise around day 4 or 5.
Remember this is not exact. The Lord created our bodies intimately and we are all unique. You can begin to observe the rise of energy in your body rising.
Your FSH hormone is increasing to help eggs mature. How cool is that?
All of your hormones are super low and will slowly be building back up this week.
Out of the spring phase, you are coming into summer, phase three, and ovulation.
You will reach the peak in your estrogen on day 14.
Spring is roughly day 5-12 and then summer takes over, day 13 for 7 days.
This is the phase when you are looking for a mate, you are most social, we are taking better care of ourselves, we also feel like we can do a million things and rock it.
This is perfect because if you have been rested in the winter season and planned carefully in your spring season that means when you get to the summer season you can go out into the world and DO.
Now we have to be careful because everyone else can feel it and will want a little more of you.
Collaboration is FLOWING this week!
Your communication skills are high this week.. so what do you need?
Once estrogen has peaked, we release an egg 12 hours later. This is when you are most fertile.
The rise in your FSH and LH encourages the follicle to release an egg. Your estrogen hormone rises and created a thickened uterine lining. Testosterone surges, and then quickly drops after you ovulate. ASK FOR IT!
So be careful to not put your energy into things that don’t serve your greater purpose and what you have planned in your winter phase. Stay focused and be compassionate. In this season don’t forget to start grounded in the Word and truth.
The verbal centers in your brain are on FIRE by these hormones this week.
Talk about what you want this week!
Schedule needed conversations and community this week!
Set aside 10-15 minutes to either walk or sit barefoot on the ground. This time alone and in communion with nature helps us balance our rising hormones naturally. This is a time to get away from the hubbub of our daily lives and allow our natural rhythms to lead us in the right direction.
Your brain chemistry is on FIRE this week for getting things done and checking off tasks on your TO-DO list!
Check back on any plans you made in the follicular week and see what needs accomplishing!
The autumn (luteal) phase is for reflection to slow your body back down after the busy summer season. This is your gentle reminder to listen to your body.
What do you need? If you start to ignore it you will notice the critique inside of you rising up. The judgment of the last month, of all the things you “should” have done.
This is the season to reflect.
Think about what happened over the last few weeks.
What happens is then we go into the winter phase.
You can then take all that reflection in the winter season, organize and then use it for the next month.
Estrogen, Progesterone + Testosterone have all peaked!
They then quickly fall right before the bleeding begins.
PMS sometimes happens this week but it is not needed.
Typically this means the estrogen is out of proportion to the progesterone.
