The Optimized Woman: Using Your Menstrual Cycle to Achieve Success and Fulfillment

Well-being action: Choosing Adventures What could you do in the next week that’s adventurous, fun, new and exciting, and which you could use the Dynamic phase organizing skills to make happen? Think outside the box. Think of something you’ve always wanted to try but lacked the self-confidence to do. If you can’t do it this month, start organizing i

The Reflective phase is our Optimum Time for reviewing how we feel about ourselves, about who we want to be and where we want to go in life.

Negotiations • Inactivity • Detailed, precise work • Logical reasoning

Many women instinctively release their Creative phase feelings safely in frantic tidying and spring-cleaning.

Reflective phase Approximately days 1 – 6 A good time for: • Reviewing projects and relationships • Focus on core principles • Appraising feedback • Committing to decisions and changes • Assessing personal life goals and direction • Creative reflection • Intuitive insight Not a good time for: • Physical stamina • Learning and memory skills • Concen

Creating emotionally centered approaches • Building relationships Not a good time for: • Analysis and technical detail • Emotional detachment • Independent action • Motivation through material outcomes Creative phase Approximately days 21 – 28 A good time for: • Critical analysis • Identification of problems • Taking independent action • Creative i

Cycle phase Optimum Time actions Dynamic phase Approximately days 7 – 13 A good time for: • Logic tasks and problem solving • Learning • Planning • Detailed report writing • Understanding and structuring complex information • Starting projects Not a good time for: • Summary or brief reports • A casual attitude • Joint projects • An empathic approac

strong. Good physical, mental and emotional strength and stamina. Creative phase Approximately days 21 – 28 Critical analysis, problem solving, independent action, control, creative, intuitive, enthusiasm fired motivation, focused on change and problems. Gradual decrease in mental and physical energy, and an increase in emotional sensitivity. Peaks

Table 11.1 Women’s Optimum Times and their skills and aptitudes Cycle phase Optimum Time skills and aptitudes Dynamic phase Approximately days 7 – 13 Concentration, memory recall, planning, attention to detail, structured and logical thinking, achievement focused, independent action, and self motivated. Excellent physical stamina and strength. Expr