My love, you are not broken - You are cyclical

What It Means to Be Cyclical

We are not the same woman every day. We wake with different energies, shifting moods, evolving needs. Some days, we are FIRE. We feel bold, clear, unstoppable. Some days, we are water. We are soft, slow, pulled inwards.

To be cyclical is to belong to a rhythm, one that ebbs and flows, bursts and rests. We move through shifts, constantly evolving with the needs of our bodies, our emotions, our energy.

Just as the moon waxes and wanes, and the earth shifts through the seasons, we too experience cycles that carry us through the fullness of life. We are not separate from the world around us; we are woven into it, pulsing with the same rhythms of creation, destruction, and renewal. To align with our cycle is to reconnect with this ancient wisdom, to honour the seasons of our inner world as we honour the seasons of the earth.

But the world wasn’t built for this. It expects us to be steady, predictable, the same every day. Productivity is praised, while rest is often seen as weakness. We are told to push, to perform, to keep moving forward.

Yet, if we listen closely to our bodies, we’ll hear the wisdom of our cycles, guiding us through each phase of the month. Each phase asks something different of us, but each also offers something unique to embody and celebrate.

Ovulation makes us magnetic. We are glowing, social, confident. Then the luteal phase arrives, bringing deeper feelings, sharper truths, the need for boundaries. Menstruation slows us down, empties us, helps us reset. And then, like the first light of dawn, the follicular phase pulls us forward, ready to begin again.

It’s liberating to know that we are not meant to stay the same. That the woman who doubts today is not the woman who will rise tomorrow. That the exhaustion you feel isn’t failure, but a message to rest. That the moments of deep feeling and sensitivity are not weaknesses, but doorways to your innate wisdom.

When we acknowledge our rhythms, we stop seeing our fluctuations as disruptions or failures. Instead, we begin to understand them as a map, a guide to deeper self-awareness and self-compassion. We see that every time we feel overwhelmed or unsure, we are simply moving through a phase that requires gentleness and patience. It becomes a path to honouring our true needs, rather than forcing them into an idea of productivity or expectation.

To accept our cyclical nature is to accept our wholeness. The messy, shifting, untamed fullness of who we are. Peace is not found in resisting the changes, but in surrendering to them. In learning to trust that every phase has its purpose, every emotion its message, every rise and fall its own kind of beauty.

This is the invitation of the menstrual cycle: to meet ourselves in every season, to honour every version, to love ourselves in the ebb as much as the flow. To let go of the need for sameness and instead, step fully into the power of being ever-changing, ever-becoming, completely, beautifully whole.