Knowing Your Body Is Your Power
Hey there!
If you’ve ever thought, “Why do I feel so off, but no one can tell me why?”or wondered how you can be doing “all the right things” and still feel anxious, exhausted, emotional, or disconnected from your body…I want to say this clearly, right out of the gate: You are not broken! You are not weak! You are not losing your mind!
You are living in a female body that was never taught how to function; only how to behave! And that matters more than we’ve been led to believe. Most women are taught what to do less of, how to move more, how to manage stress, take the pill, power through. What we are almost never taught is why our bodies respond the way they do, when our biology needs different support, or how powerful the female body actually is when its systems are working together instead of fighting each other. Especially after motherhood. Especially as hormones shift. Especially when life demands more than our biology was designed to “push through.”
This space is for women who are done being told they’re “just anxious,” “just hormonal,” or “just getting older.” It’s for moms two years postpartum and beyond. It’s for women heading toward perimenopause wondering why they suddenly feel like a stranger in their own body. It’s for every biologically born female who has been handed labels, but not understanding.
Here’s what we’ll be doing together this year:
• Learning how your female body actually works
• Understanding the what, the why, and the when behind symptoms
• Connecting emotional health to physical biology (because they are not separate)
• Making sense of mood, energy, motivation, stress, and mental load without shame
• Rebuilding trust in your intuition...because your body speaks long before it breaks
Women are diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and emotional disorders at significantly higher rates. Not because we are fragile, but because our biology is misunderstood and routinely ignored. I have definitely been there. A doctor "acting" as though they are "listening", but when the words stop flowing from your mouth, they pull out a notepad, and scratch a word that is foreign to your vocabulary on it. Tell you to "start this dose today, and come back in 6 months". Uhhhhh...Wow, great chat! No "Are you tracking your cycle?", "Are you exercising?", "Are you eating a solid Nutrition Plan?" Nadda! When you don’t understand your cycles, hormones, nervous system, blood sugar, sleep rhythms, or stress responses, your body communicates the only way it can: symptoms. And that cute little Pill is only slapping a band-aid on the problem...not solving it!
Same argument goes for the thousands of trendy diets, work out apps or plans, or basically anything you see on social media. If an influencer of any kind is backing it, that's a huge red flag! Not saying that none of them actually work, but typically the trends only give great results for a short period of time, and then everything comes back, and sometimes worse than before. Hence, why they are called "trends". It is best to fully understand YOUR body, and what actually works with, and for your body in EACH season you go through. Yes...your body changes throughout your life, and so must your habits and practices. THIS is why the best diets, workout routines, sleep habits, and stress management practices are the ones that work with your body in season you are in (and to make it even more fun for women, which phase of your cycle you are in). (Your body at 20 is a tad different than your body at 40...sorry for the spoiler!)
This newsletter is not about controlling your body. It’s about knowing it! Because when you understand how your body works, you stop fighting it. And when you stop fighting it, everything changes (energy, mood, clarity, and confidence).
This year is about coming home to yourself. Not through perfection. Not through pressure. But through education, compassion, and deep respect for the female body. If you’ve felt overwhelmed by wellness culture, confused by conflicting advice, or dismissed by systems that weren’t built for you: You’re in the right place!
Let’s learn about the awesome female body together!
— Regina
