Why You Feel Different Every Week Of Your Cycle
You are not the same person on day three as you are on day twenty-three. There is a reason — and it is not a flaw.
The menstrual cycle is the only system in the human body that is supposed to feel different every single week. Imagine if we treated it that way.
Week one: estrogen low. The reset. Week two: estrogen climbs. You feel sharper, more social, more like yourself. Week three: progesterone rises. The slow-down. Week four: both drop. The reckoning.
The point is not to optimize each week. The point is to stop being surprised by them.
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