Is it hard to be a woman?

What is your initial reaction to that?

Or, on scale of 1-10 (1=agree completely and 10=disagree completely) how would you rate the following ‘It is hard to be a woman’.

Because the chances are that part of the download you received includes the idea that womanhood is difficult. We hear and speak of much suffering in menstruation, fertility, pregnancy and birth.

As we know, when we believe something our unconscious mind shows us evidence to support that belief……

What would life be like with a belief like ‘Being a woman is much easier that I ever thought’ or that ’All aspects of my fertility …from menstruation to pregnancy and birth bring my joy’.

In joy,

Deirdre Morris 

Many of us have been brought up with the idea that the menstrual cycle is something that women have to endure…..yet another hardship in the life of a woman.

Indeed this important part of your fertility is often associated with phrases like ‘the curse’.

Also, there can be a sense of shame around your monthly bleeding as moods change and your soul reveals to you how you really feel about your life and issues in it (if you choose to listen).

Your menstrual cycle is a part of your amazing fertility….the part of you that literally transforms something from just a possibility ….to the complete physical reality (a baby).

Your relationship with your cycle reflects your relationship with your fertility (and therefore, your experience of your femininity, intimacy, relationships, pregnancy, birth and motherhood).

What IS your attitude towards your cycle? What are the words you use to describe it? How DO you respond to its arrival? How do you really feel about your period?

And are these feelings supporting your experience of your fertility, pregnancy, birth and womanhood?

In joy,

Deirdre Morris

Yesterday we considered the wisdom of the clitoris….and its clear message regarding the importance and value of pleasure.

Where does pleasure (any kind) appear in your life….in your day? What are your pleasures?

Are they really pleasurable….does your body delight in them without depleting itself in any way? Or are they habits that lift you briefly out of the humdrum and add stress to your body ?

Is pleasure something that is timetabled in….that has its own space in your day? Just scan a day and notice all the places in which pleasure appears.

It does not have to be a major event. It could be enjoying the sunlight on your face, a smile in the crowd or watching your breath on a frosty morning.

But nature placed the clitoris (and the 8000 nerve endings!) to remind us that pleasure plays a significant role in your evolution. It is intimately connected with your fertility.

It belongs very much in your life AND in your story of pregnancy, fertility, birth and motherhood.

Could your relationship with pleasure be having an impact on your fertility, pregnancy, birth, relationship and life? If so, what might that be?

In joy,

Deirdre Morris