Period Power is a profound but practical blueprint for aligning
daily life with the menstrual cycle, to give women a no-nonsense
explanation of what the hell happens to their hormones every month and
how they can use each phase to its full advantage.
Ninety per cent of women experience symptoms of PMS, a syndrome which
features a wide range of signs and symptoms and yet there's an enduring
lack of understanding about what it actually is, and a disappointingly
meager range of treatment options.
So many of us have a Jekyll and Hyde experience of our lives; we feel on
top of the world, capable, confident and sexy for part of each month,
then find ourselves in a state of physical and emotional discomfort and
fatigue, wanting nothing more than to collapse on the sofa in front of
Netflix. But what if instead of just trying to plan for our dark days,
women were equipped with ways to improve them? What if our desire to
improve ourselves could be combined with our need to know just what our
womb and ovaries are getting up to every month? Not to mention how to
take advantage of the natural superpowers that sit in each phase of our
cycle, so that we can plan our month to perform at our best.
Maisie Hill is uniquely placed, as an acupuncturist, women's health
practitioner and doula, to explain just how we can achieve this, as well
as focusing on particular milestones that require an altered approach,
such as coming off hormonal birth control, infertility, pregnancy,
motherhood and the perimenopausal years. Using what Hill calls the cycle
strategy--a woman's secret weapon when it comes to improving her
relationships, career and health--she will apply the principles of
Eastern and Western medicine to give women all they need to make sense
of their cycles, as well as accessible and practical suggestions through
which readers can improve their physical symptoms, and stop berating
themselves because of the way that they evolve through each menstrual
month.
