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Friday 13th is such a wonderfully auspicious day, so the new season is a little later than planned...but really it feels right on time! For this episode I was joined by Eir (EYE-ur) who is a Medical Astrologist and AstroHerbalist - and an incredible human and every time we connect I just loose all track of time! She is gearing up for a huge rebirth on November 5th and you can find more of her in the links below:

"Download my FREE e-Book "Your Sun Sign and Your Health." 

Join my Astro-Connection Community

Follow me on Instagram

Listen to my podcast: The Herbal Eir

Find me everywhere else at my LinkTree"

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What they do:

• Beach clean ups. 
• Marine plastic pollution sensitization. 
• Mentorship program to school going students. 

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“The fact that the cheapest options are often those with the most potential to damage our health and the planet makes this a social and environmental justice issue: people with the least power have the greatest exposure to dangerous products”. Annual Report 2 (womensvoices.org)

As per this episode:

Tell the FDA if you have ad any concerns about or reactions to a feminine care product – Call 1-800-332-1088 or fill out a consumer reporting form available here.

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There are some incredible resources that I have wormholed my way through thanks to Julia citing them in her article so I have linked these in the resources below if you want to explore more for yourself. There is the Chem Fatale report (which we deep dive into next episode of Free Flow) you can read here and an interesting article with mind blowing truth bombs here. There is also some interesting pieces regarding Nanosilver here and here.

Last point I would like to make is that these are suggestions, and are not to add to invisible labor. As someone with ADHD and PMDD I am all about finding workarounds and doing my best to remove obstacles. I have found reusable products do that, but there have been times in my life when this wouldn't have worked (one lovely example was when I lived in a moldy house that took DAYS to dry things, and it was very stressful for a myriad of reasons). I also find it cheaper to use reusables and I am all for saving some dosh if it means not putting chemicals up my hoo-hah! 

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 Topics explored in this episode:

• Aligned action through living cyclically.
• Luteal phase: frustration, impatience, not being where you think you "should be".
• How we can embrace this phase of the cycle to cut through the BS and get ourselves back on track.
• What no-BS resources do we need to get ourselves there?
• Accountability:
• self = worksheets and time blocking
• external = family, friends, mentors, therapists, focusmate

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 Topics explored in this episode:

- Mezz’s upcoming album release and being busier during these darker months.

- Nature as a guide; moon, wheel of the year, etc.

- Nature as a macrocosm and Menstrual Cycle Awareness as a microcosm

- How the wheel of the year affects Mezz’s music and creativity. 

- Gardening and the awareness and connection it brings.

- Synchronization with the moon and seasons. 

- Grieving rest.

- Cyclical desires versus real life.

- Scaffolding, pregame, preventative care.

- Connecting the dots through rest. 

- Coming back to the Why.

- Mezz’s blog post about her song Lion and the story behind it, about letting go and stopping pushing. So poignant with some of the topics we explore here on Free Flow! 

- Jet lag and the Chambers of Menstruation. 

- Mauna, Vipassana, Silence and the spark of creativity. 

- The need to quiet and sensory overload. 

- Mezz reveals the secret name of her album! Out in September.

- Chasing Light is Mezz’s new song available today (Solstice!).

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 Topics explored in this episode:

- Mezz’s new song ‘Lion’ which is so catchy and gives me great luteal phase vibes!

- Contrast of the fragility and boldness that can be felt and accessed for Mezz during her singing and songwriting during Luteal Phase.

- Mezz summarizes this as accessing the raw truth when the veil lifts.

- Musical compromise and collaboration.

- Measuring level of success in the music industry via comparison. 

- Redefining success: algorithms. 

- Cycle archetypes through the lens of society and a menstruator’s life.

- Always the polarity: push and pull like Hatha Yoga.

- ‘Wild Power’ by Sjanie and Alexandra and the polarity within seasons.

- Being initially dogmatic as we learn about the cycle.

- Scaffolding during Menstruation: bringing an allowed slowness and holding space during menstruation.

- Recognizing privilege (in the context of carving out a life around your cycle)

- We are trying to put this fluid, go with the flow cycle and put it into boxes so we can understand, learn and digest the information it reveals.

- Little things add up.

- Different versions of ourselves: accepting them throughout the cycle.

- “Cycle awareness and energies changing all the time and what I’m capable of” and that being a compassionate gift for Mezz and for many with later ADHD diagnosis. 

- Mirror of Ovulation and Menstruation.

- “The Ovulating woman is often described as being very productive” and if you aren’t it’s almost like you shame yourself for being a failure as a woman/ person.

- “Follow the threads”.

- Ovulation “following whimsy and feeling alive”. 

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The macrobiotic movement was started by George Ohsawa, who was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1893. He linked ancient oriental philosophy with diet using yin and yang principles. He believed that there was a profound relationship between food, health and disease, and that food was an important means of treating food. 

Please note we are sharing our experiences and we are not trained nutritionists. None of this episode is sponsored.  

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This was actually recorded after the next episode but I felt that this shared more accurate information in a clear and coherent way so I’ve used it as a foundation for the next episode with Julia. Please note I am sharing my experiences and I am not a trained nutritionist. 

 Topics explored in this episode:

• My personal experience with this cleanse
• Healing principles
• Yin and Yang principles
• Yin foods and Yang foods
• George Ohsawa’s primary attributes of a healthy human
• What are macrobiotics?
• Why do a cleanse?
• Effects of the Oshawa cleanse
• Why brown rice?
• Detox symptoms
• How to prepare
• During the cleanse
• After the cleanse

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 This episode we befriend our Inner Champion:

• Inner Champion “The Inner Champion is your ally in the first half of the cycle (via positiva) and it is, as it sounds, the voice within you that champions who you are and what you are doing. It’s the voice in you that spots everything that is right about you. Deliberately cultivating this voice supports you to access the ‘Yes’ power within your cycle - by Kirsty Morris
• https://www.redschool.net/blog/the-inner-champion
• “Alexandra’s advice was play. Let the spring of your cycle be playful. Try things out. Do things differently. Be frivolous with time, with no need for a result or an outcome. ‘No need for a result or outcome’ No wonder Spring was chaotic – achieving goals, getting results. I’d set my goals too high, trying to run before I could walk. Time to kick back and experiment with Spring.”
• Kirsty got to thinking that there must be a match for the Inner Critic: and thus appeared the Inner Champion.
• We need both.
• How to recognise your Inner Champion
• Kirsty describes your Inner Champion as “unlocking your magnificence” which I just love! How does it manifest?
• “It is the Inner Champion that digs out the rough diamond of one's being and the Inner Critic that polishes that gem.”
• Inner Champion can rule the space of Inner Spring and therefore hold that boundary so your Inner Critic does not run rampant during this explorative, vulnerable, inquisitive part of your cycle.
• Coaxing: like a baby.
• What does your inner Champion look like?
• Short mantras or actions of support and prompting and coaxing to just try something and see what happens. A little like the Vision Quest part of the Chambers of Menstruation. 

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 This episode we saunter with the Inner Critic:

• Inner Critic: “The inner critic is your ally in the second half of the cycle. Although for most of us the idea of the critic as ally may feel mad, as it is usually experienced as a very toxic figure undermining who we are, it does have a crucial, even sacred role in the development of our power. The critic’s role is to help us to access the power of ‘No’ in the second half of our a cycle...what is not working in our lives, where we are erring from our path of true self, and keeps us true to the depths of who we are. The critic helps us to hone and refine our sense of self, to grow the psychological muscle to handle our full power. In short the critic is Big School, asking us to pick up our full authority. The journey to realizing the critic as an ally lies in restoring the powers of the other seasons of your cycle, restoring the whole order of your cycle - by Amber Bates
• https://www.redschool.net/blog/the-inner-critic
• Sauntering with my Inner Critic.
• What does she look like?
• What does she say?
• Imposter Syndrome - shame - perpetuation - tracking = antidote
• Peace out perfection
• Holding the tension
• Restore the inner critic to their rightful home (premenstruum) - vulnerable spring - shame summer - quiet in winter unless you did not rest - may not feel fully renewed (3rd chamber) or clear instructions from your Calling (4th)
• Desi Wild Power: “MCA has given me structure”.
• Wild Power: “called into account what you’ve been doing with your precious life force”
• Out of comfort zone, especially business
• Queen and clean lists
• When the going gets tough, I love on myself harder. 

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This episode we discuss PMS, PME and PMDD and how to tell the differences between these three conditions:

• April is PMDD awareness month and you can see lots of information and tips over on my IG: https://www.instagram.com/sorcha_rattigan_/
• You can join in the Instagram challenge created by IAPMD website: https://iapmd.org/
• PMS = Premenstrual Syndrome
• PME = Premenstrual Exacerbation: worsening of the symptoms of another disorder.
• PMDD = Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: symptoms occur during the premenstrual part of each cycle. Symptoms subside within a few days of starting your period.
• Can Transgender Individuals experience PMDD?
• In a nutshell: yes! Here is a link for a website where there is more information and support and if you have any questions my door is open: https://iapmd.org/transgender-pmdd
• “Getting plenty of sleep and taking painkillers can help with premenstrual syndrome. Other treatments like hormone medicine may be used if it's severe”. Read the book Wild Power and download my freebies if you want to break free from the painkillers! Listening to your body is key here. We are not actually supposed to be in heaps of pain each month.
• So how do you distinguish between PMDD or PME? Well hopefully this guide will clarify this for you, plus there is also a fantastic Self Screen Quiz:  https://iapmd.org/pmdd-v-pme on the iapmd website which will help you
• Next episode will be a PMDD deep dive and also my story with ADHD and PMDD which I actually credit for getting my ADHD diagnosis. 

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Holding the Tension is talked about at great length with Red School founders, especially during Luteal Phase (Inner Autumn: Pre-Menstrual). When I completed the Menstrual Leadership Program with Red School last year it dawned on me that we hold the tension in all areas of our cycle, in different ways. So in this week's episode we explore how to hold the tension in:

• Inner Winter when you feel guilty for resting.
• Inner Spring when the Estrogen kicks in and you want to do all of the things.
• Inner Summer when you're in super person mode and you find it easy to give to everyone else but not yourself.
• Inner Autumn when holding the tension may feel like holding your tongue.
• Of course the Crossover days (in between inner seasons) contain their own nuggets of tension holding, so we explore those too.

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The 5 Chambers are:

1. Separation/The Void 
2. Surrender
3. Renewal/Home
4. Visioning/Vision Quest
5. Clarity and Direction/The Return

In this episode we share a brief overview before we enter the fourth chamber: The Return.

Some of the topics covered:

• Clarity and guidance for next steps, urge to initiate, quiet resolve and inner knowing.
• “Return from your Vision Quest”
• "Just take the bath" and the importance of doing one thing.
• Moving quietly: Japanese style.
• Magic in the mundane. Needing the mundane to appreciate the magic. How to thread the magic through the mundane once the cosmic egg bursts and we find ourselves in the Via Positiva part of the cycle once more.
• Water analogies galore (you can tell we recorded this during Pisces season!)
• We came from water millennia ago so it's almost like we are retracing that journey. Julia explored how peaceful she feels emerging from the sea during her cold water swims.
• Transition time is vital: it's ok to give it time, just as we take time to get in and out of the sea.
• Transitioning back to everyday life and how you do this is everything.
• Move with grace. 
• Very subtle. “The instructions are usually pragmatic, specific, seemingly mundane and doable” - Red School’s Wild Power.
• Hatchling with a sprinkle of rising agency.
• Think of it like a warm bath: stay in it and allow it to drain away rather than leaping out to get dressed and crack on with the next thing. 
• Holding the tension: the deep knowing of yourself and also getting back into the real world. 
• Grief or challenging if you prefer the via negativa half of the cycle or are highly sensitive. Crossover days.
• Pace yourself: honor your timing not society’s. Mindfulness and attention to your inner truth, spacious schedule (think slowing your roll), journal or note things throughout the day, limit incoming stimuli and ritual ending (my moon earrings and bed sheets for example). 

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The 5 Chambers are:

1. Separation/The Void 
2. Surrender
3. Renewal/Home
4. Visioning/Vision Quest
5. Clarity and Direction/The Return

In this episode we share a brief overview before we enter the forth chamber: Visioning.

Some of the topics covered: 

• Your Calling is calling: ecstasy & supercharge.
• “Dictation from the Divine”
• Do NOT take action yet! You will burn out!
• Huge vision: your unique contribution that also serves the world. 
• Alchemical magic: encounter versus agency. Hold the tension.
• Practice presence, let go, dictation for the divine (preferably in red pen!), dance, rest. Repeat. 

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The 5 Chambers of Menstruation are coined vocabulary created by Red School and I am forever grateful to their work in the field of Menstrual Cycles and beyond. You can read all about them here:

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The 5 Chambers are:

1. Separation/The Void 
2. Surrender
3. Renewal/Home
4. Visioning/Vision Quest
5. Clarity and Direction/The Return

In this episode we share a brief overview before we venture into the void that is the third chamber: Renewal.

Some of the topics covered: 

• Grounded, whole, belonging.
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and Muladhara chakra: the right to be here.
• Remembering of your Self.
• Love and bliss hormone Oxytocin.
• “The Mother Hug”
• Divine meets earthly body
• Oxytocin activation.
• Self massage.
• Deep healing of self esteem and acceptance: I believe this is deeply healing for all of us but especially for low self esteem and self worth through late diagnosis of ADHD.
• Time and privacy needed.
• Practicing silence. 
• Intention setting journal prompts; what yearning do you have? Clear intentions you want to manifest? Questions that require clarity? Place energy here rather than outwards. Like a mini spring time. Hold the tension. Bleed on it.
• Rest and receive baby! Dimmed lights, silence or calm music, drop the internal and external demands. It’s safe for me to rest.

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The 5 Chambers of Menstruation are coined vocabulary created by Red School and I am forever grateful to their work in the field of Menstrual Cycles and beyond. You can read all about them here:

https://www.redschool.net/

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The 5 Chambers are:

1. Separation/The Void 
2. Surrender
3. Renewal/Home
4. Visioning/Vision Quest
5. Clarity and Direction/The Return

In this episode we share a brief overview before we venture into the void that is the second chamber: Surrender. 

Some of the topics covered: 

• When we enter the second chamber (First day of bleeding).
• Release of tension, negative feelings and tiredness, grief, relief, letting go.
• How to ground into your being. 
• Embracing the art of stopping or going slow. 
• Red School describes this chamber as “the key that opens the temple door”. 
• Dropping the veil and being embraced by the Divine. 
• Rest is radical; it is not for the weak, it is needed. 
• Surrendering guilt-free. 
• Daring to pause. 
• The power in embracing doing nothing for the ADHD brain and how it can be a catalyst for healing our relationship with our Self, especially later diagnosis.
• If you don’t stop, your body will force you to. 
• You may need to feel really really safe before you can allow yourself to let go and surrender. What might that look like? Cacao, nature, bath, cushions, soft lights, naps, quiet.
• Avoidance = keeping the world at bay, busy, procrastinating.
• Saunter. Potter. Peace out perfectionism. Cherish. Trust. Burn the to do list!
• Surrender may be longer than in say your 20’s. 
• If you have a surge of energy (as Sorcha does on the morning before her bleed) , savor it to renew your body and spirit rather than using it in a via positiva way (more on the two Via’s in Season 1, Episode 8).

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The 5 Chambers of Menstruation are coined vocabulary created by Red School and I am forever grateful to their work in the field of Menstrual Cycles and beyond. You can read all about them here:

https://www.redschool.net/

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The 5 Chambers are:

1. Separation/The Void 
2. Surrender
3. Renewal/Home
4. Visioning/Vision Quest
5. Clarity and Direction/The Return

In this episode we share a brief overview before we venture into the void that is the first chamber: Separation. 

Some of the topics covered: 

• When we enter the first chamber (this could be a couple of hours to a few days before the first day of bleeding). 
• How it feels.
• Abandonment or old wounds. 
• Need to be able to land here and be present and be ok not to “do”. That can be challenging especially if low self worth (ADHD), in a transitional time of life, highly sensitive or giving too much. 
• Can be triggering if you struggle with addiction.
• Extreme vulnerability can feel very overwhelming in this chamber. 
• Say “no” to the world and “yes” to yourself.
• Hold the tension: befriend uncertainty, court the unknown, venture into the void.

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The 5 Chambers of Menstruation are coined vocabulary created by Red School and I am forever grateful to their work in the field of Menstrual Cycles and beyond. You can read all about them here:

https://www.redschool.net/

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Via Positivia & Negativa 
• Map of the Two Vias and the power of ‘yes’ and the power of ‘no’. 
• Map of the Inner Seasons
• Map of the Five Chambers of Menstruation: within the inner winter of your cycle. 
• https://www.redschool.net/blog/the-menstrual-cycle-power-process
• The sacred tasks for each season and via.
• To give you a rough idea of these phases, in a classic 28 day cycle:
• The inner winter is approximately day 27 to day 5
• The inner spring is approximately day 6 to day 11
• The inner summer is approximately day 12 to day 19
• The inner autumn approximately day 20 to day 26
• Inner Critic: “The inner critic is your ally in the second half of the cycle. Although for most of us the idea of the critic as ally may feel mad, as it is usually experienced as a very toxic figure undermining who we are, it does have a crucial, even sacred role in the development of our power. The critic’s role is to help us to access the power of ‘No’ in the second half of our a cycle...what is not working in our lives, where we are erring from our path of true self, and keeps us true to the depths of who we are. The critic helps us to hone and refine our sense of self, to grow the psychological muscle to handle our full power. In short the critic is Big School, asking us to pick up our full authority. The journey to realizing the critic as an ally lies in restoring the powers of the other seasons of your cycle, restoring the whole order of your cycle” - by Amber Bates
• https://www.redschool.net/blog/the-inner-critic
• Inner Champion “The Inner Champion is your ally in the first half of the cycle (via positiva) and it is, as it sounds, the voice within you that champions who you are and what you are doing. It’s the voice in you that spots everything that is right about you. Deliberately cultivating this voice supports you to access the ‘Yes’ power within your cycle” - by Kirsty Morris
• https://www.redschool.net/blog/the-inner-champion

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Some of the topics covered: 

• How can we help ourselves in transition times 
• Are we tending to ourselves? 
• Perhaps you have a huge to do list during inner spring or inner summer and you 
• Day 5 and my experience with anxiety
• Crossover days can occur when we feel at odds with leaving a season we feel comfortable in. For example if you are more at home in your via positiva (that is you inner spring and summer) then leaving the inner summer to head into your inner autumn may be challenging and you may notice this crossover day more clearly. This is because inner autumn and winter are via negativa. This language is that of Red School and although the word negativa does sound negative, it is not the case. It is really if you think about the more extroverted, out putting seasons juxtaposed with the more reflective introverted nature of those seasons. Where do you feel more at home? Do you know? Has the preferred via or season shifted as you have gotten older/ had children / etc?
• Fertility as a trigger for challenging crossover days. 
• I notice in my late inner autumn to early winter that I really long for a partner in those times. 
• In a 28 day cycle the transition days may be day 6, 12, 20 and 28.
• Spring and Autumn = transitional seasons so some people may find these more of a challenge. 

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Harnessing hormones
• Improve mood, energy, performance
• Decrease stress
• Help with PMDD and ADHD symptoms
• Improve quality of life in all areas: relationships, workout, foods, exercise etc

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Indian Summer is a term, I believe, coined by Carly of Moon Forest Flow
• Indian Summer is what Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to as Late Summer: the 5th Season, which occurs from mid-August to the Autumnal Equinox (around Sept 21st, this year 23rd Sept).
• Take a moment to notice how you feel now (04/09) compared to, say early August or the Summer months prior. Notice a slight shift.
• The Late Summer in TCM corresponds to the earth element, which is all about cultivating what helps us thrive. (I have plenty of yoga YouTube vids to explore this practically: https://youtu.be/2kXjLEfCwZ0)
• In Late Summer, you’ll sense a shift from yang energy (more outward and strong) to yin (inward and soft) that’s worth paying attention to.
• To link this with MCA, Indian Summer may find you crashing hard if you suffer with post-ovulation depression. Perhaps the dip in Estrogen is very sudden or you are sensitive to it, or perhaps it is the rise in Progesterone you are extra sensitive to. 
• For some people, the post-ovulation drop in Estrogen can lead to a corresponding drop in serotonin. 
• Best way to increase serotonin (which turns into melatonin in the evening!) is by eating tryptophan rich foods (peanuts, eggs, chicken, fish, cheese, turkey and pumpkin and sesame seeds - seed cycling!) which will convert into serotonin in the body.
• Spleen, stomach, worries, sympathy - PMDD apprehension.
• Great time to take stock: Do you feel overwhelmed, or under-stimulated? Inspired or drained? Late Summer is the great pause you’ve been looking for to reset and re-center.

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Time to edit
• Winding down
• Preparing to shed
• Companion goddess! - Kali

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Ovulation - you're in Inner Summer if you’re about to ovulate, you are ovulating or you just ovulated.
• Time of power/confidence
• Claire Baker - “I have much more to say on this, but basically: IT'S OKAY TO REST AT OVULATION SLASH PLEASE TAKE A SUMMER HOLIDAY SLASH YOU DON’T HAVE TO ACHIEVE ALL THE THINGS IN YOUR 30’S.”
• Menstrual Shadows - coined termed by Claire Baker
• Infertility, doing too much, scatty, fatigue, overwhelm, feeling like energy is way too big, feeling disconnected, abandoning the self, unable to receive.
• Mittelschmerz
• Companion goddess! - Quan Yin - Goddess of Compassion

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Energy - time to organise
• Plan things for now
• Play! Power of playfulness and permission to experiment 
• Companion goddess! - Persephone
• Hatchling phase - new shoots, like a little chick coming out of the cave
• Curiosity and potential
• Pitfalls of potential and ADHD 
• Vulnerability
• Rise oestrogen can feel distracting and scattered 
• Tiredness here could be that you are doing too much throughout cycle

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Some of the topics covered: 

• Brief introduction to us both 
• Peace out to perfectionism 
• Big Red Rule! (For more, check out the Red School link below)
• Cycle day check-in 
• Moon days for those without a bleed
• Notes on inclusivity 
• Reconnecting to ancient wisdom
• Talking about periods
• Resting is radical - a cosmic pause
• Permission to say no & to talk about it
• Companion Goddess for Inner Winter

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