So many women move through their days feeling slightly at odds with their own bodies. Energy rises and falls without warning. Emotions feel louder at certain times of the month. Motivation comes in waves that never seem to match the demands of modern life. We are told this is normal, yet no one ever teaches us why it happens or what it means.
What if your body is not failing you at all.
What if it is speaking?!
In Episode 51 of The Discerning Mother, I sat down with women’s health educator Vanda Aubrey for a conversation that felt less like a lecture and more like a gentle remembering. We talked about hormones, cycle syncing, nutrition, and the nervous system, but beneath all of it was a much simpler truth. A woman’s body is designed to move in rhythms, not in straight lines.
Your menstrual cycle is not an inconvenience. It is a vital sign. It reflects how well your body is nourished, how supported your nervous system is, and how much rest and safety you experience in your daily life. When something feels off, whether it is fatigue, mood swings, irregular cycles, or brain fog, your body is not betraying you. It is inviting you to listen more closely.
Vanda shared how each phase of the cycle carries its own kind of energy, clarity, and need for care. There are weeks meant for outward focus and action, and weeks meant for reflection, creativity, and rest. When we try to live every day as if we are in the same state of productivity, we end up burning out the very systems that keep us healthy.
This is where so much modern women’s health advice falls short. It treats symptoms as problems to suppress rather than messages to understand. It asks women to push harder when their bodies are quietly asking for something different.
What we explored in this conversation was a kinder way forward. One that honors how your hormones, nervous system, and emotional life are woven together. One that allows you to work with your body instead of against it.
If you have ever felt disconnected from yourself, unsure why you feel so different from week to week, or simply tired of trying to keep up, this episode offers a place to begin again.
I am also grateful to share that Vanda will be joining us live inside The Dwelling Place on February 12 for a Cycle Syncing Training, where she will go deeper into how to support your body through each phase of your cycle and answer your questions in real time. If this conversation stirred something in you, that gathering will be a beautiful next step.
Sometimes healing is not about doing more. Sometimes it is about finally learning how to listen.
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