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

Gray, Miranda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846941989 ISBN 13: 9781846941986

Verlag: Ayni Books, 2009

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At last a book that teaches us to how to harness the power of our cyclic nature! Miranda Gray has provided us with an indispensable guide to understanding how the variable (often considered inferior) nature of women's abilities can in fact be an invaluable tool to women and society as a whole. Amy Sedgwick O.T. Reg. (Ont.), Red Tent Sisters, Toronto

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Miranda Gray lives what she teaches. Her work as the Creative Director of a multimedia company, an international workshop facilitator, a writer, a women's online life-coach, and an illustrator all revolve around her cycle. She lives in Hampshire, UK

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The Optimized Woman

Using Your Menstrual Cycle to Achieve Success and Fulfillment

By Miranda Gray

John Hunt Publishing Ltd.

Copyright © 2009 O Books
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-84694-198-6

Contents

Acknowledgements, 
Preface, 
Chapter 1 Why 28 days?, 
Chapter 2 How to use this book, 
Chapter 3 Getting to know your phases, 
Chapter 4 Working with the Creative phase Optimum Time, 
Chapter 5 Working with the Reflective phase Optimum Time, 
Chapter 6 Working with the Dynamic phase Optimum Time, 
Chapter 7 Working with the Expressive phase Optimum Time, 
Chapter 8 Introduction to the daily plan, 
Chapter 9 The Optimized Woman Daily Plan, 
Chapter 10 Done the plan, so what's next?, 
Chapter 11 What men need to know!, 
Afterword, 
Appendix 1: Creating a detailed Cycle Dial, 
Appendix 2: Blank Cycle Dial, 
Resources and reference, 

CHAPTER 1

Why 28 days?

What do women have that men don't?

What if I told you that you had a tremendous power available to you? What if I told you that it would empower you to go beyond your everyday expectations, bring focus and logical reasoning, create better relationships, enhance your problem solving ability, offer creative insight and blue-sky thinking, and finally, create deep insight and understanding?

What if I told you that you are not using the one greatest power source that you have at this moment which could make you more successful at work and in your life? Would you be interested? Of course you would!

And then, what if I said that the answer to 'What do women have and men don't?' is the menstrual cycle.

Bet you weren't expecting this!

Generally the menstrual cycle is seen as an inconvenience rather than an advantage, and the worlds of business, work and personal development have completely ignored a fundamental truth about women: that our abilities change throughout the month.

Unlike men, we have a cycle of mental, physical and emotional changes which impacts the way we think, feel and behave. We have within our cycles a natural, in-built life-coaching model with its own Optimum Times for planning, consolidating, taking action, creative thinking, reviewing and cutting loose.

Where other life transformation and goal achievement approaches go wrong is to force women into a linear structure with unrealistic expectations about the consistency of our mental and emotional approaches and perspectives. This limits us from reaching our full potential in a much wider and diverse range of abilities during our Optimum Times.

With current self-development techniques we are forced into a masculine way of thinking, creating the seeds of failure before we even start towards our goals. And in the business world, rigid working structures ignore our cyclic nature, losing businesses the best creative resource they may have – us!

When we do work in awareness of our abilities and talents as they occur during the month, we can become exceptionally productive and perceptive members of a working team and experience levels of achievement and personal fulfillment beyond our expectations, in our personal and work life.

What are our 'Optimum Times' and how can we use them?

The monthly cycle consists of four Optimum Times. These are days when we experience specific heightened mental abilities, emotional qualities, intuitive awareness and physical aptitudes. On these days we have a unique opportunity to use our heightened abilities in a positive and dynamic way to reach our full potential. By becoming aware of our Optimum Times and the types of heightened abilities they contain for us, and by practically applying these abilities to our lives when they arise, we can not only discover new talents and achieve more, but finally live a life true to our female nature and excel at being ourselves.

Although some generalizations have had to be made for the purposes of this book, including the number of days in the plan, the 28-day plan will help guide you in discovering your own unique personal Optimum Times and abilities, regardless of how regular or how long you cycle is. The Optimized Woman Daily Plan can be used by women with either a natural or a medically managed cycle (for more information see Chapter 8).

Throughout the month most women experience a number of distinct phases. I have called these phases the Dynamic phase, the Expressive phase, the Creative phase and the Reflective phase.

1. The Dynamic phase

This occurs after menstruation and before ovulation. It can be the Optimum Time for mental focus, concentration, learning, researching, structural thinking, independence and physical stamina.

2. The Expressive phase

This occurs around the time of ovulation, and can be the Optimum Time for communication, empathy, productivity, teamwork, supporting others, and creating inter-dependent relationships.

3. The Creative phase

More commonly known as the pre-menstrual phase, this can be the Optimum Time for creativity, inspiration, out-of-the-box thinking, problem identification and problem-solving, and assertiveness.

4. The Reflective phase

This is the menstrual phase itself, which can be the Optimum Time for inner processing, creative reviewing, reaching the core of things, re-framing, letting go, new ideas, rest and renewal.

Most of us try to override this natural cycle of abilities to fit into the structure of the modern world. Without knowledge of our Optimum Times we can often perceive our abilities and ourselves as inconsistent and unreliable, a view that may be shared by partners, bosses and co-workers.

We compensate by working extra hard, producing work which is not to our highest potential, taking stimulants to force our thinking and our bodies into 'the way it should be', and feeling unfulfilled because our life is a constant struggle to fit into a structure which does not fit us. It's a case of a round peg being hammered into a square hole.

The natural monthly life-coach

When we work within our natural cycle of Optimum Times, we also automatically have the skills we need to create success in both personal and business goals.

Most life-coaching methods suggest:

1. Setting a goal then researching and planning incremental steps towards it.

The abilities of the Dynamic phase of a cycle are ideal to apply to these tasks. These can include heightened mental focus and structural thinking.

2. Taking action and building relationships to help us achieve the goal.

The abilities of enhanced communication skills, confidence, productivity and sociability attached to the Expressive phase of a cycle can be used in networking and creating the necessary backing and support for our goals.

3. Using your creativity to actively solve problems and create a clear direction.

The cycle's Creative phase can be a potential powerhouse of inspiration and new ideas. Its heightened intolerance of the superfluous creates a clear focus for our goal.

4. Reviewing progress so far.

The tendency towards inner reflection and review in the Reflective phase of a cycle makes it an ideal time to review situations and goal progress.

Within one monthly cycle we naturally have all the abilities we need to become our own life-coach and to create and support the short and long term...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Ayni Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1846941989
• ISBN 13: 9781846941986
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 253
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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