Resources

Female Body Stuff
​- Menstrual Cycle Recommendations

• The 5th Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
• Hormone Intelligence by Aviva Romm
  • https://avivaromm.com/ also has a ton of resources
• The Period Party Podcast
  • Nicole Jardim
• Burnout by Emily and Amelia 
• Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
• Wild Feminine and Mothering from Your Center by Tami Kent

- Embodiment during pelvic exams and during any medical contact

• Planning this blogpost

Motherhood Stuff
- Weaning  - whats happening in your body - another hormonal shift that may be have you wondering "what is happening?!"​​​

Writing by Kaylee

​Threads
There are whispers within me; a voice from my past 
My past that I have not lived. 
There are marks inside of me that are there from another
Another who I did not know
They remain in me so deep and unseen and unheard but are they?
They rise up, ramp up, turn from whispers to murmurs to screams that deafen
And I cannot or will not hear them. 
They move.
I move.
They follow. 

I tune in towards them. Wondering.  What do you say?

Within Her
To the girl who is in her head;
To the girl who thinks someone else knows better;
To the girl who hunches her shoulders, who plays small;
TO the girl who places all others’ needs and dreams before her own;
TO the girl who questions her every desire, her every move before she commits;
TO the girl who’s internal conversation is at odds with her inner pull….

Pause. Breathe. 

Ribs…the sides of your ribs. 

Inhale.  Expanding outward. Pull in fresh energy turning you inward.  

Exhale. 

 See the pressure flow from your chest, down your arm, to your wrist and launch off your finger tips.

Inhale.  Lengthen your spine.  Rise up.  Listen to her.  She is wise, the one who resides within; the wise woman who will listen to her truth for healing.  It happens here.  Within her. ​

Now
The pull where I am
To where I want to be
The right now
And the in between
I drift to the future to hopes to dreams
Your voice brings me back to me
To the now
To the right here
This is where I need to be
Feet in the earth
The smell of the sweet breeze
Whispers of air on my face
Touch of your hand on my leg
The touch it rises
It gets higher
Taller
Less frequent
More intense 
Then it fades
Fades away only to be longer for
Only to be felt in glimpses
Fleeting 
I am pulled by you by me by the Earth

Grounding
Build us together 
Bring us back to the Start
Me them
Us we
Bonded together
Fates intertwined 
For we each have one another
No person alone
This is how we walk forward
Hand to hand
Heart to heart 
Back to the start 
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There are hurts deep inside
We all wrestle with
It takes another to hold us
To make us feel safe
To open that hurt 
Just mend it a bit
Each vulnerability bonds us
Just let it show
If it remains inside it widdles away 
Until we release it 
And let it fly
Let it soar
Until then precious one 
It will all remain 
hard never changing. 
Always The same. 
It begins right here. 
Inside 

There is hurt
I can see it
You can hide it away
Or you can share it with others
To see what they may
If you share it
That hurt
It may just go away
Continuing to be there 
To wonder, weave, and flourish
To reach another
Their hurt is the same
The same in a way but not in another 
Then shared with the other you both can be free
Be free of the burden of walking alone
Alone in the hurt that stifled your voice
Hurt needs to be cuddled with care
Only then can we build back stronger, together
Back at the start​

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