The 5 Things I Stopped Doing When I Started Tracking My Cycle

For most of my adult life, I thought something was wrong with me.

Some weeks I felt unstoppable. Creative. Clear. Magnetic.
Ideas flowing, energy high, ready to take on the world.

And then other weeks?

I could barely concentrate. My motivation disappeared. I felt slower, more emotional, more inward.

Naturally, I assumed the problem was me.

Maybe I wasn’t disciplined enough.
Maybe I lacked consistency.
Maybe I just needed better productivity systems.

So I tried to fix it the way most women are taught to: push harder, work more, override what my body was telling me.

Spoiler alert: that approach is exhausting as hell.

Everything changed when I began tracking my menstrual cycle and learning how my hormones actually influence my energy, creativity, and focus throughout the month.

Instead of forcing myself to operate the same way every day, I started honoring the natural rhythm of my body.

And that’s when things started to feel… easier.

Here are the five things I stopped doing once I started tracking my cycle.

1. I Stopped Feeling Guilty for Resting

Before I understood my cycle, rest always came with guilt.

If I needed a slower day, I assumed I was being lazy. If my energy dipped, I told myself I should just push through.

But once I began tracking my cycle, I realized something powerful:

Rest isn’t a weakness. It’s part of the rhythm.

There are phases in our cycle when the body naturally turns inward. Energy drops. Our nervous system asks for more stillness, more quiet, more reflection.

When I stopped fighting those phases and actually allowed myself to rest, something surprising happened.

My energy during the other phases became so much stronger.

Rest stopped being something I had to earn. It became something my body simply needed.

2. I Stopped Expecting My Energy to Be the Same All Month

We live in a world built around the expectation of consistency.

Show up the same way every day.
Perform at the same level every week.
Maintain the same energy all month long.

But the female body simply does not work like that.

Once I started tracking my cycle, I could finally see the patterns.

Instead of feeling frustrated when my energy dipped, I understood that it was simply part of the natural rhythm.

The goal stopped being constant productivity.

The goal became working with the rhythm instead of against it.

3. I Stopped Pushing Through My Bleed Week

For years, I treated my period like an inconvenience.

Something to ignore. Something to push through.

But the menstrual phase is actually one of the most powerful times in a woman’s cycle.

Now, instead of forcing productivity during this phase, I slow down when possible. I journal. I reflect on the past month. I listen to what my body and intuition are trying to tell me.

Once I started honoring this phase, I realized how much insight lives there.

4. I Stopped Working Like a Man

Most productivity advice is based on the male hormonal cycle, which resets every 24 hours.

Men wake up with a testosterone spike that fuels their focus and energy for the day.

Women operate on a 28-ish day hormonal rhythm instead.

When I started learning about the phases of the menstrual cycle, I realized each phase has its own strengths.

Once I understood this, I stopped trying to do everything all the time.

Instead, I started aligning my work with the phases when those tasks felt most natural.

The result?
More productivity… with a lot less forcing.

5. I Stopped Feeling Disconnected From My Body

This might be the most meaningful shift of all.

Before cycle tracking, my body often felt confusing and unpredictable. Hormonal shifts felt random.

But the more I tracked my cycle, the more I began to understand my own internal rhythm.

My moods made sense.
My energy shifts made sense.
Even my intuition became clearer.

And something deeper happened too.

I started to feel connected not just to my body—but to the larger rhythms of nature.

The cycle began to feel like its own set of seasons moving through my life each month.

Instead of fighting my body, I started listening to it.

And that relationship changed everything.

Learning to Live in Rhythm

Cycle tracking didn’t make my life perfect.

But it did bring a profound sense of understanding and compassion for my own body.

Instead of trying to live like a machine, I started honoring the fact that I’m a cyclical being.

Life stopped feeling like something I had to constantly force.

And started feeling more like something I could move through in rhythm.

Want to Learn How to Start Cycle Syncing?

If this resonates with you, I’m hosting a free workshop where I’ll teach you how to start tracking your cycle and aligning your work, creativity, and energy with your natural hormonal rhythms.

Inside the workshop, you’ll learn:

• the four phases of the menstrual cycle

• how each phase affects your energy and focus

• how to plan your work and life around your natural rhythms

• simple ways to start cycle tracking

You can join the free class here

And if you’re ready to go even deeper, we’ll also be exploring how to build a pleasure-led life and business that honors your feminine energy rather than overriding it.

Because the truth is…

You were never meant to live like a machine.

You were meant to live like a cycle. 🌙