Cyclical Motherhood

Welcome back to the Cyclical Motherhood Podcast!
Today’s episode is our final for season 1 and is dedicated to the moon.
Together we explore how we can follow the moon cycle as support/guide/inspiration at times when we don’t experience our regular cycle for any reason: pregnancy, postpartum, amenorrhea for medical reasons or unexplained ones, being on hormonal contraception, after hysterectomy, during peri-menopause, menopause and beyond. 
This is a huge topic and we offer a short introduction to:
the phases of moon cycles and how these relate to menstrual cycle 
the earth/moon relationship and waters/moon relationship and how these affect our bodies
our stories of times when we followed the moon cycle as an anchor while not experiencing our own menstrual cycle
how the moon cycle relates to our cyclical motherhood journey
the moon/family life relationship: simple rituals and practices for the whole family to connect with the moon
We hope you enjoy this conversation and it inspires you to cultivate your own relationship with the moon or reignite the one that you have already.
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References and resources:
Red Moon book by Miranda Gray 
Stephen Harding is the holistic ecologist who talked about gravity as love, and taught Hayley at Schumacher College. He also wrote the book ‘Animist Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia’
You can buy Hayley’s moon log calendar tracking tool here
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Thank you for being here ♥︎
We hope you have enjoyed our conversation today. Please share with other mothers you know who might enjoy this. 
If you wish to connect to us, you can find us on Instagram @cyclicalmotherhood
To connect directly to Hayley @_hayley_anderson_ and https://hayleyanderson.co.uk/
To connect directly to Marinella @earthmoonmala and https://www.earthmoonmala.com/
Music is Medicine Tune by Julie Abbé https://julieabbe.com/

Welcome back to the Cyclical Motherhood podcast!
Today's episode is a shared exploration about why Cyclical Motherhood is needed now:
for mothers
for our children and families
for the collective and beyond
We found this conversation super rich and inspiring. We leave you with a powerful enquiry to hopefully support you on your own exploration of being a cyclical mother during these times.
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References and resources: 
the definition of 'whiteness' and 'modernity' that Hayley speaks about has been learned from the powerful book 'Hospicing Modernity' by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti
the concept of emergency that Hayley refers to comes from the teachings of storyteller Michael Meade
The poem On Children by Kahil Gibran from the book 'The Prophet' can be read here
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Thank you for being here ♥︎
We hope you have enjoyed our conversation today. And if you have, we would be so grateful if you could share with other mothers. 
If you wish to connect to us, you can find us on Instagram @cyclicalmotherhood
To connect directly to Hayley @_hayley_anderson_ and https://hayleyanderson.co.uk/
To connect directly to Marinella @earthmoonmala and https://www.earthmoonmala.com/
Music is Medicine Tune by Julie Abbé https://julieabbe.com/

Welcome back to he Cyclical Motherhood podcast!
Today's episode, together with episode 7 are at the heart of Cyclical Motherhood, the second foundational piece of this work.
In this episode Hayley interviews Marinella on her journey of raising her boy (8 years old at the time of recording), as a menstrually aware and cycles aware boy.
We discuss:
how we can share about our menstrual cycle with our boys 
what we can do to bring our boys into our menstrual experience
how we can share about the wider cycles of life with them
a story of a time it was clear that Marinella’s son had the understanding of the menstrual cycle and the wider cycles of life
How to begin this conversation about the menstrual cycle and wider cycles with our boys
This conversation is an invitation to normalise menstrual cycle awareness among boys and men too. It is an opening to widen this topic beyond the container that what we have been used to so far (women’s and girls’ circles) and we hope will inspire you in your menstrual mothering of boys.
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Thank you for being here ♥︎
We hope you have enjoyed our conversation today. Please do share with any other mothers you think might receive something from our conversation.
If you wish to connect to us, you can find us on Instagram @cyclicalmotherhood
To connect directly with Hayley @_hayley_anderson_ and https://hayleyanderson.co.uk/
To connect directly with Marinella @earthmoonmala and https://www.earthmoonmala.com/
Music is Medicine Tune by Julie Abbé https://julieabbe.com/

Welcome back to he Cyclical Motherhood podcast!
In this episode (& the next episode - episode 8), we introduce the second foundational piece of Cyclical Motherhood: raising menstrual aware children.
In this episode Marinella interviews Hayley on her journey of raising her daughter (4 years old at the time of recording), as a menstrually aware and cycles aware girl. 
We discuss: 
how we can share our menstrual cycle with our girls
what we can do cycle by cycle to bring our girls into our menstrual experience
how we can share about the wider cycles of life with our children
a story of when it was clear that Hayley’s daughter had the understanding of the menstrual cycle and wider cycles of life
how we can begin the conversation about the menstrual cycle and wider cycles with our girls
It is a really beautiful, rich and intimate conversation, that we hope will inspire you in your menstrual mothering of girls. 
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Thank you for being here ♥︎
We hope you have enjoyed our conversation today. Please do share with any other mothers you think might receive something from our conversation.
If you wish to connect to us, you can find us on Instagram @cyclicalmotherhood
To connect directly with Hayley @_hayley_anderson_ and https://hayleyanderson.co.uk/
To connect directly with Marinella @earthmoonmala and https://www.earthmoonmala.com/
Music is Medicine Tune by Julie Abbé https://julieabbe.com/

Welcome back to the Cyclical Motherhood podcast!
In this episode we explore Summer:
Nature’s summer 
our inner summer or ovulation 
summer in our motherhood journey
how our inner summers have changed since motherhood
some monthly summer rituals that carry us through our mothering 

It is a very juicy conversation with some great insights, reflections and stories. 
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References and resources:
Hayley’s Charting Your Fertility Cycle Course
Nikki McCahon's work, Seasons of Matrescence: https://www.seasonsofmatrescence.com/, https://www.nikkimccahon.com/
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Thank you for being here ♥︎
We hope you have enjoyed our conversation today. Please do share with any other mothers you think might receive something from our conversation.
If you wish to connect to us, you can find us on Instagram @cyclicalmotherhood
To connect directly with Hayley @_hayley_anderson_ and https://hayleyanderson.co.uk/
To connect directly with Marinella @earthmoonmala and https://www.earthmoonmala.com/
Music is Medicine Tune by Julie Abbé https://julieabbe.com/