Menstrual Cycle

Finding joy

I know that it is normal for human brains to have a negativity bias. And I think years’ of anxiety and depression in adolescence has made my bias quite strong without me recognising things can be any different – thinking of this in a neutral way without passing judgment on myself. I know that there …

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overwhelm at work

I work in a primary school where the children can work individually, which involves much more spontaneity and individual support/help. Today school started again after the holidays. At noon when we’ve eaten all together I’ve got really emotional and asked, if it’s okey, that I take a bit of time for myself and have eaten …

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Desire & Shame

Hi Coaches Needs & Desires – I’ve been tracking my cycle now since November & realised that when it came to writing down my needs & desires I really struggled to write something down, I’ve recently had a breakthrough & have been able to add words like Care & Love , it felt nice to …

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Sudden intense self sabotage

My partner and I have a really good relationship. We’ve been together for two years now and started living together about six months ago. A month or so after we began living together, I started feeling more insecure than I ever have before. He has never given me a reason to feel this way – …

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Lunar Cycle

I am still breastfeeding and therefore am still experiencing postpartum amenorrhea (my daughter is 1 year and my periods didn’t return with my son until he was 13 months). I’ve just watched Harness your Hormones module one and I really want to get going with tracking my cycle and don’t want to wait! My question …

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Cycle tracking without periods

I suspect I have PMDD. I’ve been trying to log my cycles on and off for years. I have two children 1 & 4 year old, with a pregnancy loss in-between. For the past 5 years, I’ve been pregnant, postpartum or breastfeeding. Therefore very few bleeds, making it more tricky to track. I have started …

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Inadequacy and rage.

It’s day one of my cycle and I’ve woken up full of rage. It doesn’t feel like a thought is driving the anger, it’s just THERE, in my chest, massive and the colour of a bruise, throbbing. No reason why. Every month I need to take days just to regulate myself and then feel guilty …

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Rejection

Hi, I’ve been looking for management for the last few months, and have been reaching out to people here and there. Being in my summer, today I felt capable of taking big massive action and sent some messages and emails I’ve been holding off sending for a while. However, usually after making the massive action …

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Goal coaching

Hello, I’ve been coached on this goal a few times now. Here’s what’s coming up now. My goal has changed (thanks coaches) to include my business goal and build in an internal goal) G- Taking steps towards setting my business up online with self trust and without urgency Rocks 1) Film some online classes or …

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Brown blood

Hi there For the past 2 years I have had brown blood 2 or 3 days before my period (only spotting), and from about day 1-3 of my period. By day 3 it starts to have a red tinge to it but it’s still very dark. My period is also very light until about day …

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Taking the pill again

I started taking the contraceptive pill in my teens, took it for ten years and then swapped it for a copper coil about ten years ago. My intention was to live more “naturally” and the hope was that my migraine would improve. Now I’ve had two children and the coil put back in after both …

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charting on sertraline

Hello, Im struggling with feeling the authenticity behind my charting because I have just started taking Sertraline a week or ten days before my period to try to treat pmdd. I have just started and im in the part of my cycle when I would usually be feeling all the horrid pmdd symptoms and Im …

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PMDD and life

Hello I’m feeling like there is so much that I need direction and help with I don’t know where to begin. I suppose I’ve spent all my life struggling with what now I see as effects of Pms or PmDD. Im generally a highly sensitive person anyway and my mood definitely get affected Id probably …

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PMS/PMDD help

Hi 🙂 I have very recently joined the community and I have just down the first session of Harness your Hormones. However, I thought I would use the opportunity to ask straight away something that has been on my mind for quite some time. I have been struggling for some years now with really low-mood …

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Next steps for a diagnosis

Hi, I’d love some help please. So I finally got around to re-listening to the “Understanding Your Cycle” module. I listened to it a while back and knew I needed to listen it again and take lots more notes, as so much hit home with me. So, below is basically a summary of the notes …

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Cycle tracking question

Hello! I have 5 cycles’ worth of tracked data, and while overall a pattern has of course emerged, there are 5 days that are still “mystery days” for me in terms of how I’m going to feel physically and mentally, whereas almost all the others have consistent themes cropping up. Those 5 days have been …

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Fear of money

Thoughts download: Im not reliable throughout my entire menstrual cycle. I can become sick again. Health insurance is too expensive. I dont want to loose my free health insurance. I either need to be poor with free health insurance or very rich, but not in the middle, if not i will have to work too …

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Spring extravaganza

Hi! I love how I feel in my spring. But at the same time it always is a very difficult period for me. From the moment I start bleeding, I get a rush of sexual desire through my body and I feel like I NEED to sleep with someone. This has in almost every spring …

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Tracking your cycle

Hi there, My period have stopped but I’m still ovulating, I know this as I’ve just had an internal scan. My question is how do I chart my cycle if my period have stopped?   Answer: Here at Ask A Coach, we offer coaching and this is a question rather than a coaching submission so …

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Seasons and cycles

How much is the season and the weather affecting my cycle and hormones? I have spotting in the winter but now when the Summer is here the spotting is gone. I get easily cold in the winter (with cold hands and feet) and a Chinese medicine practitioner said that that contributes to my pms and …

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Perimenopause

Just joined up with you and am feeling a little confused, doesn’t take much now! I have started to work through the videos but how do I track my cycle or whatever it is called when you are in Perimenopause. I still have all the Seasons you talk about but now I am 56 they …

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Food goals in autumn/winter

Hello, Reaching out in the depths of winter, as can’t see the wood for the trees at the moment… my goal is to build a better relationship with food, it’s a big vice of mine and something I’ve always struggled with. Since the spring forward workshop I’ve been completely on it, been feeling really positive, …

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Not Feeling My Seasons

Hi coaches, I’m feeling frustrated and upset this week because everything I’m hearing and reading about the seasons of the cycle don’t really seem to reflect my experience of my own cycle. I was hoping to find that some of the mood swings and big emotions I feel in life were related to my cycle …

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Transition days

I’m in my second month of cycle tracking, and I feel so much more in tune with my cycle. I’ve noticed both months I felt detached, numb, disconnected and spacey on my transition between winter and spring. I was thrilled to be able to identify this, and it made being gentle on myself much easier. …

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Productivity in Autumn

Hi, My goal for these next few months is to create a body of work. I already work as a creative in the music industry, but this project is going to be sole by myself for myself. I have found it challenging because my inner critic makes me doubt myself a lot, which again makes …

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Sensory Issues

Hi coaches! I have always had some sensory issues (hyper sensitive to certain sounds such as chewing, cutlery on plates, flicking fingernails) and I am just starting to connect these with my cycle. My coping strategies for when these sensations are happening are: trying to distract myself, telling myself it is the noise that is …

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Cycle tracking on the Mirena IUD

Hi! I just joined and am very excited to be here. I’m familiarizing myself with all the content, modules, and calls, etc. But I’m having some doubts that I’m doing this “right”. Some background: Like many of us, throughout quarantine, I learned a lot about myself/my body. I learned that I am highly sensitive, and …

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Irregular periods

So I posted this up on the facebook feed but think I’d like some coaching with it. I have charted my cycle for years (more in depth in the past year) and have totally changed my lifestyle (over the past 7 years) to try and enable my cycles to become more regular, however in truth …

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Premenstrual spotting

Hi, every month in my fall I am not well. I think I have a progesterone deficiency and my gynecologist doesn’t take it seriously, saying that many women have this and it’s “normal”. However, I am really bothered by this pre-menstrual spotting that starts a week after my ovulation. Especially because it is not just …

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Fibromyalgia

Dear Coach! I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about 6 months ago. I have noticed that I get more fatigue and pain during the autumn time of my month. Do any of you have any experiences coaching people wanting to harness their cycle while also working with chronic pain? I know the coaching itself will help …

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