What a brilliant write-up! Thank you so much Holli for sharing this. The imagery of a world shaped by the moon and seasons reminds me that truly lived time is more than just hours on a clock. It’s life itself, with all its layers of rest, growth, and renewal. It’s striking how deeply the 24-hour productivity standard has insinuated itself into our thinking, regardless of how ill-fitting it is for our bodies and our spirits.
I appreciate very much the historical breadth you provide, because it’s easy to forget that our cultural assumptions about science and “normalcy” came from specific people—Aristotle, Plato, Darwin, Freud—whose biases we inherited as if they were immutable truths. What stuck with me the most was your call to honor these darker, quieter, “wintry” periods—whether it’s the literal winter, the days we’re on our period, or even just a time when we feel depleted and need to step back. I think so many of us try to power through life, not realizing our bodies are practically screaming for rest. Thank you for this gentle invitation to us to step off the hamster wheel, even if just for a little while, and ask ourselves: do I really want to measure my life by someone else’s clock? Or can I rediscover the flow of my own body and spirit? That, I think, is the radical kind of healing we all need. Thank you again so much for this - very thought-provoking!
Yay! I was so currious how you would find this. this kind of wisdom is what I would absolutely hope this next wave of femininism including FemTech would seek to embed. I finally got to what I was trying to get at in this post in the last few days and do a deeper dive in my last Live just now. the first few waves of femininism did not understand the deeply entrenched patriarchy in this way, so tried to make us equal to men -instead of making us our own norm. And returning the world to the Feminine/Lunar as the societal clock instead of the crazy GDP clock we are now on. I think by what I am seeing in your comments you will really find the Season 1 Foundations to Deconstructing Patriarchy/history/myth powerful for your work. So link that as well! (Also on here -- but askign people to watch on YT so i can get the sub and watch hours to get monetized so patriarchy pays us to deconstruct it haha!)
Live (watch about 25 mins in until end of talk about Ep 2...we had a lot of fun talking and before I knew it went for almost 2 hours!) - https://youtube.com/live/Q3vJHcIM8PY
Thank you for sharing this. I’m in peri (starting to really notice cycle changes rather than just symptoms) and dealing with the most intense exhaustion I ever have. The struggle is to make the money to survive capitalism while my body wishes to change rhythms and go with the seasons and flow of the physical changes I’m going through. No idea how to survive this but working on it. Your post helped me feel less alone in this struggle to conform. (Written from bed at 12:15 as I struggle to get up out of bed 🤣)
Also meant to suggest to check into ADHD. So many women our age are waking up to realize we have been unknowningly masking all our lives because, surprise surprise, the system is set up to "see" boys but not girls. I watched this one and was blown away. All the sudden my entire 47 years made so much more sense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbvRVrDw8C0
Ahhh sweet sister. Yes you are not alone! I have a good sister friend who seems to be at the same place in the journey as I am and that helps. Have you found one of those yet? And have you learned about high dosing progesterone? I would start with a spit test before you take anything to see. I was also super struggling with exhaustion and thought it was low Testosterone...but it was progesterone. Here is a link to learn more and even schedule a 15 min consult with the PharmD who is teaching about this. (no affiliation with her -- just passionate about helping). Also, I will talk more about some of the books I have found that go into the psycho-somatic venue of this journey in 2 weeks so stay tuned to that. But just know - the more of us that speak up and out the more we will get things to change. You are so not alone! (And yes, the struggle to have to survive in this system as we force change is so real. I get it...I have been sick for most of last 7-8 weeks plus the holidays...have no help to manage my home or life and no income as I get this work going..so I totally get i!) Link coming next!
What a brilliant write-up! Thank you so much Holli for sharing this. The imagery of a world shaped by the moon and seasons reminds me that truly lived time is more than just hours on a clock. It’s life itself, with all its layers of rest, growth, and renewal. It’s striking how deeply the 24-hour productivity standard has insinuated itself into our thinking, regardless of how ill-fitting it is for our bodies and our spirits.
I appreciate very much the historical breadth you provide, because it’s easy to forget that our cultural assumptions about science and “normalcy” came from specific people—Aristotle, Plato, Darwin, Freud—whose biases we inherited as if they were immutable truths. What stuck with me the most was your call to honor these darker, quieter, “wintry” periods—whether it’s the literal winter, the days we’re on our period, or even just a time when we feel depleted and need to step back. I think so many of us try to power through life, not realizing our bodies are practically screaming for rest. Thank you for this gentle invitation to us to step off the hamster wheel, even if just for a little while, and ask ourselves: do I really want to measure my life by someone else’s clock? Or can I rediscover the flow of my own body and spirit? That, I think, is the radical kind of healing we all need. Thank you again so much for this - very thought-provoking!
Yay! I was so currious how you would find this. this kind of wisdom is what I would absolutely hope this next wave of femininism including FemTech would seek to embed. I finally got to what I was trying to get at in this post in the last few days and do a deeper dive in my last Live just now. the first few waves of femininism did not understand the deeply entrenched patriarchy in this way, so tried to make us equal to men -instead of making us our own norm. And returning the world to the Feminine/Lunar as the societal clock instead of the crazy GDP clock we are now on. I think by what I am seeing in your comments you will really find the Season 1 Foundations to Deconstructing Patriarchy/history/myth powerful for your work. So link that as well! (Also on here -- but askign people to watch on YT so i can get the sub and watch hours to get monetized so patriarchy pays us to deconstruct it haha!)
Live (watch about 25 mins in until end of talk about Ep 2...we had a lot of fun talking and before I knew it went for almost 2 hours!) - https://youtube.com/live/Q3vJHcIM8PY
Season 1 playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3CJhfsjdGTp-vJz-sTUsuseShZ96jn_Z
Thank you Holli. Will do 🧡
Thank you for sharing this. I’m in peri (starting to really notice cycle changes rather than just symptoms) and dealing with the most intense exhaustion I ever have. The struggle is to make the money to survive capitalism while my body wishes to change rhythms and go with the seasons and flow of the physical changes I’m going through. No idea how to survive this but working on it. Your post helped me feel less alone in this struggle to conform. (Written from bed at 12:15 as I struggle to get up out of bed 🤣)
This entire website is a plethora of great info to kick off your own research into this. If you want to private message me to tell me where you are...I might be able to point you in the right direciton of finding holistic health help https://thewellnessbydesignproject.com/2022/08/symptoms-of-progesterone-deficiency/
Thank you. 🙌 appreciate all this info and will look into it 💖
Also meant to suggest to check into ADHD. So many women our age are waking up to realize we have been unknowningly masking all our lives because, surprise surprise, the system is set up to "see" boys but not girls. I watched this one and was blown away. All the sudden my entire 47 years made so much more sense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbvRVrDw8C0
Ahhh sweet sister. Yes you are not alone! I have a good sister friend who seems to be at the same place in the journey as I am and that helps. Have you found one of those yet? And have you learned about high dosing progesterone? I would start with a spit test before you take anything to see. I was also super struggling with exhaustion and thought it was low Testosterone...but it was progesterone. Here is a link to learn more and even schedule a 15 min consult with the PharmD who is teaching about this. (no affiliation with her -- just passionate about helping). Also, I will talk more about some of the books I have found that go into the psycho-somatic venue of this journey in 2 weeks so stay tuned to that. But just know - the more of us that speak up and out the more we will get things to change. You are so not alone! (And yes, the struggle to have to survive in this system as we force change is so real. I get it...I have been sick for most of last 7-8 weeks plus the holidays...have no help to manage my home or life and no income as I get this work going..so I totally get i!) Link coming next!